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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Device!

I've loved Disturbed since I was a wee lass so I was highly upset when I found out that the band would be taking a break. However, I was pee my pants excited when David Draiman, frontman of Disturbed, announced that he has been working on a little side project called Device.
The trio is made up of Disturbed frontman David Draiman, Rock of Ages guitarist Virus, and Evanescence drummer Will Hunt.  Geno Lenardo, former guitarist of Filter, decided to remain a studio collaborator and will not be touring with them although he did participate in the recording of the album.

The music video premier for their first single, "Vilify" dropped yesterday and I love it! Some people have been hating on Device saying that they sound just like Disturbed....   Well no shit! David Draiman has one of the most identifiable voices in rock today. If you are listening to the song expecting him not to sound like him then you're probably delusional. Vocally the song does have a Disturbed feel to it. Disturbed's music is more hard in your face heavy rock where I think Device has a more industrial rock feel. The band is based in hard rock but they took it to a more futuristic electronica level. So yes there are similarities but if you liked Disturbed in the first place wouldn't you like this too?

Device's self titled album comes out on April 9th! I can't wait to review that for you guys too. There are tons of featured rock artist on the album too! Draiman says that he took a page from the hip hop guys out there that always have everyone and their mother featured on their album. Here's a run down of the featured artists.

Black Sabbath Bassist- Geezer Butler
System of a Down Frontman- Serj Tankian
Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave Guitarist- Tom Morello
Avenged Sevenfold Frontman- M. Shadows
Deep Purple Vocalist- Glenn Hughes 
Halestorm Frontwoman- Lzzy Hale

Again I can't wait for this star studded album! Device is also starting a tour in April and I'm hoping they're going to be near by so I can possibly review a show too. 

If you guys haven't heard "Vilify" yet you need to!  Check out these links.

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