A Darker and More Personal Album| Posted September 10, 2013
The Devil Wears Prada's latest album continues the serious metalcore sound that was present on their previous album, Dead Throne. On Dead Throne the band showed a maturity in both sound and lyrical content which was a welcome change. Early on, this band was known for its humerous song titles but on Dead Throne all of the song titles were serious and the lyrics delt with some very heavy subjects. It was a great album and was a highlight of that year. Fast forward to 2013 and the band's new album, 8:18 (weird name for an album,) continues in the vein of serious song titles and lyrical content.
While the lyrics again get into some serious topics, (like the aptly named "War,") there's a dark and deeply personal quality to them as well. (The first track on the album is called "Gloom.") Lead vocalist Mike Hranica belts these lyrics out with a fiery passion and clean vocalist Jeremy DePoyster reinforces them with some wonderful voice work. The sound also takes the turn to the dark side, moreso then it was in the band's previous album. It's there to add to the dark nature of the album and it does that job very well.
8:18 might not be the best album in the band's history but it's still a solid listen. It's a dark, personal and at times, depressing, look into 5 men who want to share their message to the masses. Pick this up when it comes out next week. You will not be disappointed.
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