Ever have your door kicked in by five thugs collecting on a debt? Hopefully you haven’t but the sound of Death Valley Driver would be the soundtrack.
These Charlottetown, PEI, bruisers crank a sound that is a love letter to heavy metal. The five-piece mixes the classic hard rock of KISS and AC/DC, the sludge of Black Sabbath and the urgency of Motorhead into a Molotov cocktail of amps, gravelly vocals and swampy rhythms.
With two full-length releases and an EP under their belt, several songs licensed for movies and television , the ECMA-winning band isn’t letting their foot off the gas.
Their debut album "Choke The River” has gotten rave reviews and had charted nationally on several Loud charts on university radio, peaking at number 3. Their song "Sleeping All December" is being used as the entrance music for Ring of Honor tag team The Briscoes. The album was also nominated for an East Coast Music Award and was the winner of Music PEI’s Loud Recording of the year.
Their follow-up, “Graveyard Dead” took home the 2014 East Coast Music Award’s Loud Recording of the year, as well as being nominated for rock album of the year by Music PEI. It was featured in renowned music publications Revolver Magazine and Exclaim! It also charted at #6 for the top 20 loud albums of the year by Earshot.
Their latest EP “Carnivore’s Oath was produced by Paper Lions guitarist Colin Buchanan and mastered by Juno nominee Dan Weston (City & Colour, Classified, The Reason). This batch of songs shows the band continue its growth with a larger focus on melody and songwriting, while retaining their heavy roots.
The five-piece has shared the stage with Metallica, Coheed & Cambria, Seether, 3 Inches of Blood, Goatwhore, Morbid Angel, Cryptopsy, August Burns Red, Lagwagon, Protest The Hero, Misery Index, Obscura and many others.
Every song on this record is uniquely its own. No track sounds like another and you won't get déja vu listening to this record either. Death Valley Driver has so much variety that there is a little something for everyone. The vocal style, aggressive as it is with great power. Also with quite the attitude.
The thing about this record is that it gets better and better with every listen, slowly turning into a classic for some with amazing replay with its unique blend of Tony Iommi influenced riffs and its sophisticated drum beats. Truly every track on this record has memorable riffing and well seasoned bass lines. No song drags on too much producing meaningless, unnecessary cacophonous noise that takes the song nowhere. Also what might also be noted is the crisp, warm audio production. All of the instruments can be heard clearly in the mix without one instrument overpowering the other.
Metalzine M Rating Out Of Five:
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"Carnivore’s Oath" is released on Oct 7th
Click Here To Check Out Thier Debut LP "Choke The River" (Bandcamp)
These Charlottetown, PEI, bruisers crank a sound that is a love letter to heavy metal. The five-piece mixes the classic hard rock of KISS and AC/DC, the sludge of Black Sabbath and the urgency of Motorhead into a Molotov cocktail of amps, gravelly vocals and swampy rhythms.
With two full-length releases and an EP under their belt, several songs licensed for movies and television , the ECMA-winning band isn’t letting their foot off the gas.
Their debut album "Choke The River” has gotten rave reviews and had charted nationally on several Loud charts on university radio, peaking at number 3. Their song "Sleeping All December" is being used as the entrance music for Ring of Honor tag team The Briscoes. The album was also nominated for an East Coast Music Award and was the winner of Music PEI’s Loud Recording of the year.
Their follow-up, “Graveyard Dead” took home the 2014 East Coast Music Award’s Loud Recording of the year, as well as being nominated for rock album of the year by Music PEI. It was featured in renowned music publications Revolver Magazine and Exclaim! It also charted at #6 for the top 20 loud albums of the year by Earshot.
Their latest EP “Carnivore’s Oath was produced by Paper Lions guitarist Colin Buchanan and mastered by Juno nominee Dan Weston (City & Colour, Classified, The Reason). This batch of songs shows the band continue its growth with a larger focus on melody and songwriting, while retaining their heavy roots.
The five-piece has shared the stage with Metallica, Coheed & Cambria, Seether, 3 Inches of Blood, Goatwhore, Morbid Angel, Cryptopsy, August Burns Red, Lagwagon, Protest The Hero, Misery Index, Obscura and many others.
Every song on this record is uniquely its own. No track sounds like another and you won't get déja vu listening to this record either. Death Valley Driver has so much variety that there is a little something for everyone. The vocal style, aggressive as it is with great power. Also with quite the attitude.
The thing about this record is that it gets better and better with every listen, slowly turning into a classic for some with amazing replay with its unique blend of Tony Iommi influenced riffs and its sophisticated drum beats. Truly every track on this record has memorable riffing and well seasoned bass lines. No song drags on too much producing meaningless, unnecessary cacophonous noise that takes the song nowhere. Also what might also be noted is the crisp, warm audio production. All of the instruments can be heard clearly in the mix without one instrument overpowering the other.
Metalzine M Rating Out Of Five:
MMMM
"Carnivore’s Oath" is released on Oct 7th
Click Here To Check Out Thier Debut LP "Choke The River" (Bandcamp)