| Pray for Villains | ||||
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| Studio album by DevilDriver | ||||
| Released | July 14th, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Groove metal, melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 56:15 (Standard edition), 1:11:35 (Special edition) |
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| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Logan Mader | |||
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Special Edition
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| Allmusic | [1] |
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| Ultimate Guitar | [2] |
Pray for Villains is the fourth studio album by DevilDriver, released on July 14, 2009. On April 24 Roadrunner unveiled the cover artwork for both the regular and special editions of Pray for Villains. It was also announced that the special edition will be a CD/DVD package with 4 bonus tracks, a behind the scenes DVD and expanded artwork.[3] On the May 21st Devildriver released the single "Pray for Villains" to the public. On June 17, the music video for "Pray For Villains" premiered on MetalSucks.net[4]
Play.com also teamed up with Roadrunner to offer "Resurrection Blvd." for free download to people who preorder the special edition of the CD from the Play.com website.
The album sold around 14,600 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Pray for Villains is the first and (so far) only album to not contain the "Cross of Confusion", the band's logo, in its artwork.
Contents |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Pray for Villains" | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Pure Sincerity" | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Fate Stepped In" | 5:10 |
| 4. | "Back with a Vengeance" | 3:40 |
| 5. | "I've Been Sober" | 5:16 |
| 6. | "Resurrection Blvd." | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Forgiveness Is a Six Gun" | 4:33 |
| 8. | "Waiting for November" | 5:06 |
| 9. | "It's in the Cards" | 4:24 |
| 10. | "Another Night in London" | 3:05 |
| 11. | "Bitter Pill" | 4:24 |
| 12. | "Teach Me to Whisper" | 4:01 |
| 13. | "I See Belief" | 3:54 |
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Total length:
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56:15 | |
| Special Edition (Bonus Tracks) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 14. | "Self-Affliction" | 4:49 | |||||||
| 15. | "Dust Be the Destiny" | 3:10 | |||||||
| 16. | "Damning the Heavens" | 2:19 | |||||||
| 17. | "Wasted Years" (Iron Maiden cover) | 5:00 | |||||||
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Total length:
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1:11:35 | ||||||||
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