Produced by Al Smith and The Devil Rides Out
Released: 2008
The Devil Rides Out is a Perth combo with an eclectic background: vocalist Joey K and drummer Royce Uyen were in early 90s death metal bands, guitarist Andrew Ewing from the indie band Thumb and original bassist Ben Franz is from The Waifs! The resultant sound is gritty blues and stoner metal, nothing like any of their other bands. "Volume III" is the third of their trilogy of EPs (all featuring six tracks each), and the first to feature Franz' replacement Brendan Ewing. It is also their dirtiest and heaviest material so far, given more impetus by some punchy production.
"Volume III" is also angry, pummelling and aggressive music that could well be the soundtrack to a fight. The riffs are sharp and abrasive, the vocals a caustic rasp that rises to a venomous bark. And The Devil Rides Out sure knows how to rock. On both "The Shape of a Heart" and "Six (I Got Your)" they dole out enormously catchy doses of rollicking groove-laden sludge that wouldn't be out of place on an album by Corrosion of Conformity. "Slow Gun" and "The World Has Fangs" are driven by bouncing riffs and the growling anger of the vocalist. "Fiftyonepercent" has a raw punk edge perfectly suited to Joey K's hardcore snarl that can at times recall Henry Rollins when he gets his blood up. The musical style may be different these days, but this man is no less pissed off at the world. "Meet Joe Blues" is mean and sleazy biker blues like the kind you'd find on the jukebox of the roughest pub in the universe.
This the perfect way for them to round out this triumvirate of releases, rough n' ready, violent rock n' roll, hard and unrelenting like a bare-knuckle brawl.
- Slow Gun
- Fiftyonepercent
- The Shape of a Heart
- Meet Joe Blues
- The World Has Fangs
- Six (I Got Your)
Rating: 78%
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