It
seems that DevilDriver are looking
to keep things in the NWOAHM family. Replacing previous drummer, John Boecklin, who left back in October, is Austin D’Amond
(apologies to anyone hoping is was going to be Dave Lombardo or Mike
Portnoy.) D’Amond has previously worked with Bleed The Sky and, more recently, played on Chimaira’s final album Crown of Phantoms. This guy’s drumming
is absolutely thunderous on these releases and should be a good fit for the
Californian quartet.
Austin D’Amond is also currently a member of
The Elite, a project fronted by
fellow ex-Chimaira member, guitarist
Rob Arnold. It is unlikely that D’Amond’s
duties to DevilDriver will interfere
with this project any time soon however, as Dez Fafara has left the band in hiatus while he summons the end
of days reforms Coal Chamber for
a tour and new studio album. God help us all.
