Country of origin: United States Location: Santa Barbara, California Status: Active Formed in: 2003 Genre: Groove Metal/Metalcore Themes: Hate, Chaos, Revenge Current label: Napalm Records Years active: 2002-2003 (as Deathride), 2003-present Pictured (from left to right): Austin D'Amond, Diego "Ashes" Ibarra, Mike Spreitzer, Dez Fafara, Neal Tiemann. Formed after Dez Fafara's original band, Coal Chamber, dissolved. Originally went by the name Deathride, the name was a suggestion from Fafara's wife, who came across the term "Devil Driver" in a book by Italian witchcraft author Raven Grimassi (specifically, in a book on Stregheria). Fafara liked the name because he felt it sounded "evil", and thought the term "suits his life". The band's logo and artwork frequently contain a "Cross of Confusion". 前 COAL CHAMBER 主唱兼词曲创作人DEZ FAFARA 的新团 DEVILDRIVER（恶魔司机） 曲风与 COAL CHAMBER 完全不同，成员为主唱兼词曲创作人DEZ FAFARA ，吉他 EVANS PITTS 和 JEFFREY KENDRICK ，贝司 JON MILLER ，鼓手 JOHN BOECKLIN 。DEVILDRIVER 是一个更加极端的 HARDCORE 加 DEATH METAL 的乐队。像FAFARA上一个乐队一样签在 ROADRUNNER ，他们的初次发行是在2003年的同名专辑，然后在2005年发行了《THE FURY OF OUR MAKER'S HAND》，然后是2007年的《THE LAST KIND WORDS》，2009年的《PRAY FOR VILLAINS》。首张专辑《DEVIL DRIVER》发行与2002年，此时的重型乐坛正处于变革的酝酿期，从这张作品来看DEVIL DRIVER更多的是在NU METAL之上变型而不是彻底的转型。在专辑当中的《NOTHING'S WRONG 》、《I COULD CARE LESS 》、《DIE》听到了THRASH BEAT、轮拨等NU METAL里甚为少见的技术。