The Fury of Our Maker's Hand

With this second album by DevilDriver, the band still wasn't accepted into the Archives, though it contains more elements of true metal than the self titled debut. The sound of the band on this release ranges from groove/thrash down to metalcore. With emphasis on "core".

The album contains some great tracks, such as "End Of The Line" and "Grinfucked" (the latter features harsh vocals that remind me of Children of Bodom) but some of the tracks are absolutely unlistenable, such as "Pale Horse Apocalypse" and the title track. "Sin and Sacrifice" has an interesting opening, but is overlong.

One strong point of the band is that their singer can growl the whole time. The whole CD is pretty much growled vocals. There are no Slipknot-esque half-growls, or shitty clean singing, for 12 tracks. For those people who put DevilDriver in the same category as Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, and Korn, you are wrong. This band is nothing like nu metal.

Despite the metalness of this record, this is DevilDriver's worst effort. It is an awful lot like the first CD, except the singing style is different. Also, unlike the first album, the songs are all at least 4-5 minutes. Good groove metal is quick, three minutes is enough ... However, the skill of the singer makes up for the unoriginality and lengthiness of it all. My overall rating for the album is 2/3.