DEVILDRIVER reveal ‘Country Heroes’ video

DEVILDRIVER recently announced their highly-anticipated full-length album of outlaw country-gone-metal anthems, Outlaws ‘Til The End.  The collection of savage metal interpretations will be released via Napalm Records on 6th July and can be pre-ordered at http://smarturl.it/OutlawsTilTheEnd-NPR.  Now the wait is over for new music as the band just dropped their haunting rendition of Hank3‘s Country Heroes featuring Hank3 himself on vocals, together with DEVILDRIVER frontman, Dez Fafara.  The track kicks in with a classic outlaw country intro, instantly careening into a heavy assault accented by Hank3‘s Ozzy Osbourne-influenced vocal line.  Check out the track here

“This record would not have meant as much to me without having Hank3 on board,” says DEVILDRIVER vocalist Dez Fafara.  “He is one of the most authentic and real outlaw country artists out there right now.  ‘I’m drinking some George Jones and little bit a Coe…’ etc., that is genius writing from Hank3 and should be recognized as such.  I’ve heard this song as ‘heavy’ in my head for a very long time, so to re-track it and have Hank3 appear only to sing almost Ozzy-ish is just an over the top treat to the ears!  Enjoy!”

Recently DEVILDRIVER revealed the first of several segments of a new video interview series supporting the release of Outlaws ‘Til The End.  The initial part, titled ‘Intro to Outlaw Country’, features the members of DEVILDRIVER as well as album guests Randy Blythe of Lamb of God, Wednesday 13, Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory, Lee Ving of Fear, Hank3 and Brock Lindow of 36 Crazyfists discussing their personal introductions to the outlaw country genre and how it has influenced them as musicians.  Check out the ‘Intro to Outlaw Country’ video here:

Completing the project are a host of metal and country luminaries providing unforgettable cameos: horror metal icon Wednesday 13 lends his incensed rasp to George Jones’ If Drinking Don’t Kill Me, 36 Crazyfists frontman Brock Lindow brings fire and soul to Steve Earle’s, Copperhead Road, and Fear Factory‘s Burton C. Bell helps to turn Richard Thompson’s anti-war classic, Dad’s Gonna Kill Me, into a brooding gothic metal extravaganza.  Meanwhile, Lamb of God members Randy Blythe and Mark Morton contribute to an exhilarating decimation of Willie Nelson’s Whiskey River before Randy makes a second appearance on DEVILDRIVER‘s version of cowboy standard Ghost Riders In The Sky; the latter featuring John Carter Cash Jr, the son of Johnny Cash himself.  The album also features the iconic voice of Fear, US punk rock legend Lee Ving, on Johnny Cash’s The Man Comes Around and David Allan Coe’s The Ride.

DEVILDRIVER Outlaws ‘Til The End track listing:

1. Country Heroes
Written by Hank Williams IIIPerformed by Hank3 & Dez Fafara

2. Whiskey River
Written by Johnny Bush and Paul Stroud; recorded by Willie Nelson
Performed by Randy Blythe, Mark Morton of Lamb of God & Dez Fafara

3. Outlaw Man
Written by David Blue; recorded by the Eagles
Performed by Dez Fafara & Neal Tiemann of DEVILDRIVER

4. Ghost Riders in the Sky
Written by Stan Jones
Performed by John Carter Cash, Ana Cristina Cash, Randy Blythe & Dez Fafara

5. I’m the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)
Written by Bobby Bobby Borchers, Wayne Kemp, Mack Vickery; recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Performed by Dez Fafara & DEVILDRIVER

6. If Drinking Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will)
Written by Harlan Sanders, Rick Beresford; recorded by George Jones
Performed by Wednesday 13 & Dez Fafara

7. The Man Comes Around