DEVILS RUN – … In The Details (2014)
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Hailing from Las Vegas, Nevada, comes DEVILS RUN, which with their fresh release “… In The Details” smash your ears with an explosive cocktail of ’80s American hard rock with a metal-tinged assault of grooves & hooks, catchy enough to fry your brain and enough guitar solo wailing to knock Slash’s hat off.
At some point, Devils Run seem to have taken the kind of boring, watered down sound of the modern American Rock scene and turned it into a snarling beast of riffs and pounding drums.
Opener “S.O.S.” strikes the fuse and runs through a heavy amount blazing guitars that will ignite the flame of whats to come. Throw in a catchy chorus to boot and you have a great opener without any fault.
“Secrets” is equally raging with an opening hook that makes Devils Run feel like they’ve always been your favourite band and – goddammit – another catchy chorus. You can feel the love for this band reigniting itself as you listen to each song.
“Burn The Night Out” follows, and slow down a bit the razor attack in a midtempo rhythm with clean guitars and more separated instrumentation. It’s the more melodic song on the record and one of my faves.
But the band crank the levels again with “SaviorSelf”, which is a certified headbang rager that will definitely make your ears bleed.
“C.R.A.Z.Y (So Serious?)” is a quite original number. It’s the longer song on offer and quite interesting, as it’s based on the anarchic excursions of Heath Ledger’s Joker (from Batman’s movie The Dark Knight), including a solo that might be based on Hans Zimmer’s score from The Dark Knight. The fact that no one’s written a metal or rock song like that yet is astounding.
Then, the band offers a remix of the previous track, and it’s completely different both in rhythm and cadence. I think different recorded takes were used for this version, and it really works.
More hard rockin’ waves continue with “Black Diamond”, and then “Godless”, which opens slowly before building into the verse and then exploding with a fantastic chorus. The song changes tempo in the middle, becomes more upbeat and burst into another fantastic guitar solo, followed with some great guitar harmonies before returning to that very good chorus.
The quality doesn’t slip, tracks like the kicking “Fight ‘Em With Your Rock” and the melodic semi-ballad “Close Your Eyes” (great lead vocals) are prime examples of Devils Run ability to write catchy yet heavy tunes.
Devils Run rocks hard, sometimes in a take-no-prisoners way but always focused on melodies.
All the songs here are plenty of blazing guitars, crushing drumming and catchy hooks, while the vocals – lead & backing – are precise and quite massive.
But the album’s real killer blow is the unrelenting finality every song seems to have – everyone on the band plays like every song is the last song they’ll ever play. You can hear the downright passion from the musicians on every note.
Strongly Recommended.
01 – S.O.S.
02 – Secrets
03 – Burn The Night Out
04 – SaviorSelf
05 – C.R.A.Z.Y (So Serious?)
06 – C.R.A.Z.Y (So Serious?) [Ritalin remix]
07 – Black Diamond
08 – Godless
09 – Fight ‘Em With Your Rock
10 – Save Me
11 – Endlessly
12 – Close Your Eyes
Chris Babbitt – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Andrew Cushing – bass, backing vocals
Steven Anderson – guitar, backing vocals
Dee “DP” Puente – drums
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www.devilsrun.bigcartel.com
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