DevilDriver –Trust No One

2016 has already seen some fantastic releases, from Killswitch Engage’s Incarnate to Anthrax’s For All Kings to name some examples. Now, after a three year wait due to Coal Chamber being reunited with Dez Fafara, DevilDriver are back with Trust No One. Longtime band member and guitarist Mike Spreitzer describes the album as “The Record I’ve been wanting to write for 12 years”, but without original members John Boecklin and Jeff Kendrick on drums and guitars, will this release stand up to be as solid as the rest of their discography?

Let’s cut to the chase here, the answer is a resounding yes. For a record that Spreitzer’s been waiting to write this long, it certainly sounds like the band have taken their time to craft the album to be as perfect as they can. The new members, Austin D’Amond (former drummer of Chimaira) and Diego “Ashes” Ibarra (former bassist of Static-X) fit into the band just fine, making a good example in the opening track “Testimony of Truth”. Fafara’s vocals are fantastic, spitting venom into the microphone with the same aggression as the other members pump into the songs, along with Spreitzer harmonizing guitar lines. Before you know it, the song ends before cutting into “Bad Deeds”, with D’Amond’s drumming adding an extra layer of thickness to the track. Along with “Daybreak”, DevilDriver’s first single from the album, there are a number of stand out tracks on the album, from the title track “Trust No One”, “the hauntingly thematic “This Deception” and “My Night Sky” all the way to a personal favourite from the album, “Feeling Ungodly”, a track that is bound to catch most listeners off guard with small breaks all the way to crushing rhythms. The album ends on “For What It’s Worth”, which not only displays an interesting array of strings, but also shows the band pulling punches right until the bitter end.

After listening to the album, it’s almost cathartic to get the aggression off your chest. Fafara hopes that you“ turn it the fuck up and enjoy this record from start to finish!”. So, if you ever need a band who you know will always make a solid album from start to finish, you can always trust DevilDriver.

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Review by Connor Williams, RockRevolt Journalist

If you have not had a chance to read the latest issue of RockRevolt, take a look at the interview we did with Dez himself!