DevilDriver Reveal New Album Artwork
DevilDriver have revealed the owl-themed artwork for their hotly-anticipated new album. It’s a real hoot! See what we did there?
DevilDriver will release their new album, ‘Pray For Villains’, on July 13th and you can check out the art-work for the record below.
Talking about the artwork, frontman Dez Fafara has said: “The “Pray For Villains” Artwork is based on the title track on the record. The chorus goes “They Pray For Villains when their heroes let them down.”
“The concept of the Villain saving the day – when all else fails you turn your eyes towards the badass that gets the job done. Not the clean cut guy – often big talking, slow acting, lacking in spirit and conviction!”
“I needed something graphic to tie into the hero/villain idea.”
“I personally have been collecting Owls for some time and the Owl in many different cultures is seen as both the hero and villain. In Ireland an Owl that enters a house must be killed at once, for if it flies away it will takes the luck of the house with it.”
“In Australia, Aborigines believe bats represent the souls of men and Owls the souls of woman. Owls are therefore sacred in their culture because your sister is an Owl and the Owl is your sister. For the Aztecs, one of their evil gods wore a screech Owl on his head and in the Celtic culture, the Owl is the sign of the Underworld.”
“So, the OWL was the obvious choice as I wanted to feel as connected to the artwork as I do to the music and also give DevilDriver another icon to work with and even further define us a band!”
“So we bring you.”
“PRAY FOR VILLAINS”
“Hail !”
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Check out Beez’s view on what to expect from DevilDriver’s ‘Pray For Villains’ here!
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I CANNOT FUCKING WAIT FOR THIS ALBUM!
Shit cover, retarded album name.
fuck yeah
cant wait for the album and their show in oxford, wudnt say its a shit cover at all if it relates well to the album title which is good also
I think the album art’s fitting with the theme, and the title is cool ;D
Bands/albums/whatever can have silly names (like 36 Crazyfists) yet still be awesome
Indeed. I personally love the artwork, in your face and uncomplicated – The Last Kind Word’s was too complex.
can`t wait for this – and then Download, brothers!
well, other way round!
i cant wait for this cd!
Kris dobo you are a faggot
I want to get the special edition, but I love the artwork on the regular edition a lot better. Special edition is meh.