Former Coal Chamber frontman Dez Fafara and his band DevilDriver are back with their second album, The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand.The record was produced by Colin Richardson, who has also worked with bands like Cradle Of Filth, Carcass, Fear Factory and Funeral For A Friend. Along with Fafara, DevilDriver includes guitarists Mike Spreitzer and Jeff Kendrick, bassist Jon Miller and drummer John Boecklin. When I spoke with Fafara he was having some throat problems, but soldiered onward.
Chad Bowar: Talk about the sound of the new album.
Dez Fafara: It's definitely a growth from the first one, and if you haven't heard the first one you won't know what I'm talking about. We have a lot of melody in this one, a lot of faster songs, a lot of heavier stuff, more hooky stuff and more solos. I think the players did an amazing job and really stepped it up.
How did you decide on The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand as the album title?
My life has been a storm over the past ten years and I decided to come up with a title that was best suited for that. You have your maker's hand and I have my maker's hand and we both living in our fury, the fury of our maker's hand. It explains my life.
Did those experiences influence the lyrics on the album as well?
Most definitely. Everyone always asks me where I get the inspiration from. I could walk five feet and get inspiration. Life is all over the place.
You recorded the album in El Paso, Texas, not known as a recording mecca.
It was nice. It was about 200 miles away from El Paso, five minutes from the Mexican border. There was nothing really around. We were on a 1700 acre pecan ranch. There was nothing to do but concentrate on music, and that in itself was a great thing. A lot of the time friends and managers and girlfriends coming into the studio can be a hindrance to what you're trying to do. In order to really expose yourself as an artist you have to isolate yourself.
How was Colin Richardson to work with as a producer?
He's absolutely a genius. I think the mark of a good producer is that everything he does doesn't sound like he did it, he makes the band sound like themselves. He defines the band. I think that's what he did with DevilDriver.
You had about 30 songs going into the studio. How did you narrow them down?
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