The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada is an American metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio, Formed in 2005. The Devil Wears Prada derived their band name from the story with the same title. They are currently signed to Warner Music Group. The Devil Wears Prada is a Christian band consisting of Mike Hranica (vocals), Chris Rubey (lead guitar), Jeremy DePoyster (rhythm guitar, vocals), Andy Trick (bass), Daniel Williams (drums) and James Baney (keyboards), all of whom are Christians.www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6aNV_xKSto

 The band recorded and released their demo entitled Patterns of a Horizon in 2005, and later re-recorded all the of the tracks from the demo to be recorded for their debut full-length album, Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord, which was released on August 22, 2006. Listening to their album you can definantly tell they are new and really doint know much about writing a well rounded album. Dont get me wrong this is a great band, but a lot of their songs on this album sound well very similar to each other. All of the have the same flow, and you can tell the songs are kind of just thrown together and the theory behind the songs wasnt there. Just a bunch of guitar riffs flying at you at once. Its hard to listen to their first album compared to their others. Besides the nonsense thrown together on this album there are some really good songs, for example 'Dogs can grow beards all over' this song is crazy and very random. but as a new band they have a very good start into the music world and have a bright outlook.          www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxFiu5Yy2Os

           Plagues, The Devil Wears Prada's second album was released on August 21. A huge step forward from their first album. this ablum is very more technical in terms of guitar and drums. you can definantly tell that the members of this band have matured alot in the writing process, they know alot more about how to write a great song and make it more exciting. At least when I listen to this album i get pumped, so much energy is flowing through me in evey song. This is definantly their break through album, the band was being more noticed by the music scene and by bigger record companies. this is one of their most diverse albums and I personally love it, they will never have another album like this one.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGvdcFqSZU4

          The Devil Wears Prada began writing and recording their third album With Roots Above and Branches Below after attending 2008's Warped Tour. Prior to recording and production of it, vocalist Mike Hranica stated "Expect a much heavier and more epic record". Keyboardist, James Baney, also announced that their new album would be more mechanical but still containing their same distinct style whereas drummer, Daniel Williams, claimed that the new album would be "crazier and wilder" than their previous albums. When I first listened to this album I was amazed. The powerful screaming from Mike blew me away. The crazy high singing of Jeremy made go crazy. These two seemed to be unstopable on this album, all the harmony going on between the two was amazing. The technical guitar parts blew me away as well, I being a guitar player myself hada hard time learning some of these songs, these two guitarist really really matured as guitar players and made this album well rounded. Everything is pin-point on this ablum.

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       The Zombie EP released  on August 24, 2010. What can I say about this. Its brutal, crazy, epic and amazing all in its self. I dont think I could say one bad thing about  this album. The band defiantly changed their sound up for this album and it was a great idea. They brought heavy to the table and it defines what The Devil Wears Prada is all about. To start off the harmonies in this ablum are unbelieveable. Jeremy just goes beyond him self to reach these high reaches in singing. Talk about heavy the guitar parts in this are just so brutal its crazy, they went crazy in the writing process of this because these songs are very difficult to master. Mike went to places hes never gone with when screaming, his voice has gotten so powerful over the last 3 albums that no one can match it. His scream is so unique and changing it up was great to hit those low sceams for this. A great album!

 In an interview with Tim Karan, Hranica stated the band's plans for their fourth full-length studio album. His comments were placed within comparison to their latest release the Zombie EP. He descriped that the album would be "a more heavy-focused sound from us. We think it would be smart to push that beefy, heavy songwriting from Zombie into the new full-length...but with a strong blend of what we usually do with melody." The album will not be a concept album - like their previous work on the Zombie EP - but will have an overall theme, focused on anti-idolatry, which, according to Hranica, "has been weighing on me lately." The album is expected to be released sometime near the beginning of the summer in 2011.

           Despite speculations that the band named themselves after the film with the same title, it was actualized that they were formed before the film was released. They have explained that their band name is based on an anti-materialistic mindset and derived their name from the novel, The Devil Wears Prada. At the time of naming the band, the members assumed that the novel included anti-materialism as its moral, until later discovering that the novel did not feature this as its message at all. Despite making this mistake, the band members refused to change the name and decided that they created a new meaning behind the title "The Devil Wears Prada", within the terms of it being their band name.

        “ It's the same concept as our lyrics 'emeralds hold no hope' and many others. What we believe it to mean is that possessions don't matter at all and someday everyone will realize that this is true. When standing before God, he won't care about your sweet Prada scarf or Gucci shoes or whatever. It's a Christian reasoning for the name, we didn't name it to attempt at being fashionable or whatever," Mike Hranica said.

 The Devil Wears Prada, whats not to like about them. Their probably one of the best bands out there. They have a distinct style that no one can match. I love them. Check them out