Описание
The Devil Wears Prada is an American Christian metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio. They are currently signed to Ferret Records.The band derives its name from an anti-materialistic mindset as stated by vocalist Mike Hranica in several interviews upon the subject. The members of the band only read the book with the same title after choosing their band name.
Biography:
In 2005, the band released a demo entitled "Patterns of a Horizon." Their first full length album was released on August 22, 2006, entitled Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord, which featured guest vocals from Cole Wallace of Gwen Stacy. A demo song titled "HTML Rulez d00d" was placed on the band's MySpace profile on January 1, 2007. On July 11, absolutepunk.net began to stream their song "Don't Dink and Drance". Plagues, which was released on August 21, 2007, still kept the hardcore sound. On a recent interview with East Coast Romper, the band states their influences are Underoath and Still Remains. The band performed a cover for the rap song "Still Fly", originally performed by Big Tymers, the cover song was released on the compilation album Punk Goes Crunk. Mike Hranica, the band's vocalist, also manages a clothing company called Shipshape Clothing with which he sponsors and endorses bands. Some of Shipshape's sale money goes to charities such as Skate 4 Cancer. The Devil Wears Prada began writing and recording a new album entitled "With Roots Above and Branches Below" after the Warped Tour for a planned release of May 5th, 2009. Vocalist , Mike Hranica , stated that they would add a little more production to their new album."Expect a much heavier and more epic record," he stated. Keyboardist , James Baney , also stated that their new album would be more mechanical but still containing their same distinct style whereas drummer , Daniel Williams , stated that the new album would be more crazier and wilder.[5] In Fall 2008, they debuted a new song off their upcoming record while on tour with Underoath, Saosin, The Famine, P.O.S., and Person L.[6]
The band participated in Taco Bell's 2008 installment of Feed the Beat. On October 24, the band went through to the first round as one of the top 24 bands, and continued through to the top 12 bands. On November 7, the band was eliminated from the final round. The band is currently recording their new album. "[7] The album is expected to be released May 5th 2009.
The Devil Wears Prada are scheduled to tour the US and Canada from March to May with A Day to Remember, Sky Eats Airplane and Emarosa. They are also scheduled to perform at Warped Tour 09 and will be playing on the entire tour. On March 13, they released a new song entitled Dez Moines along with a new layout.And on 26 March 2009 , a song clip entitled Assistant To The Regional Manager was uploaded on Youtube. With the pre-order of their new album titled, "With Roots Above And Branches Below", you are given the option to receive several pre-order packages. One including a CD / DVD / Shirt deal, also it comes with a card with a code that lets you download two new unreleased songs, Dez Moines, and Assistant To The Regional Manager.
Current line-up: * Mike Hranica - vocals * Jeremy DePoyster - guitar, singing * James Baney - synth * Andy Trick - bass * Daniel Williams - drums * Chris Rubey - guitar
