A Devil's Din
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A Devil's Din

Montréal, Quebec, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2008 | SELF

Montréal, Quebec, Canada | SELF
Established on Jan, 2008
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"Album Review"

A DEVIL’S DIN One Day All This Will Be Yours (Island Dive) Rock ’n’ roll on the timeless precipice of psychedelic, progressive, transgressive danger. Be warned. 6.66 - Montreal Mirror


"A Devil’s Din: A Psychedelic Cheerfully Mellow Trip"

Psychedelic Rock and Roll is what A Devil’s Din is all about.

After performing with numerous local bands like the Mongrels, Test Pilot, and The Mother Funkers, ace keyboardist and longtime underground musician David Lines finally took the reins and formed his own project: A Devil’s Din.

With this new project, Lines’s freedom to explore his eclectic, yet exotic, musings leaves him boundless.

One Day All This Will Be Yours comes together with the aid of Colin Burnett’s mighty drumming (from the Mongrels and punk band Bliss), along with guitarist-turned-bassist Mikael ”Titanium Hand” Tobias (whom David had previously worked with in skyhook), and lead guitarist Chuck Doucet, with his dingy blues bars and concert hall skills.

After playing local venues and honing their musical talents, they began recording the debut album One Day All This Will Be Yours with Adrian Popovitch at the Mountain City Studios (Sam Roberts, Priestess) in 2009, and then continued production at Studio L’Amour. The album was produced by David Lines, mixed by Rod Shearer, and mastered by Ryan Morey.

One Day All This Will Be Yours is a psychedelic rock album with moments reminiscent of Syd Barrett, John Lennon, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, and The Pixies – all brought together with lush hypnotizing melodies, true to their collection of influences.

The slow rhythm and groovy melodic keys on “She Sings a Silent Hollow” is relaxing, and has that everything’s-gonna-be-okay feeling within it’s sorrowful lyrics.

“Stand A Chance” starts us off with a catchy guitar riff and a bouncy, headbobbing beat that gets you moving, really getting your groove going before mellowing out near the end.

I especially liked “WARGASM!”, with it’s creepy energetic approach, screeching progression, spiralling guitar and drum solos. The album as a whole is an unwinding, thoughtful passage through darker times, bringing on a tranquility perfect for those bad times that we’d prefer to forget. The screaming guitars and lush melodies are an especially satisfying touch. For those into the good old smoothness of Bowie, the cheery lightheartedness of The Pixies, and a dark side of Sabbath, this is definitely an album to check out! - www.forgetthebox.net


"A Devil’s Din: A Psychedelic Cheerfully Mellow Trip"

Psychedelic Rock and Roll is what A Devil’s Din is all about.

After performing with numerous local bands like the Mongrels, Test Pilot, and The Mother Funkers, ace keyboardist and longtime underground musician David Lines finally took the reins and formed his own project: A Devil’s Din.

With this new project, Lines’s freedom to explore his eclectic, yet exotic, musings leaves him boundless.

One Day All This Will Be Yours comes together with the aid of Colin Burnett’s mighty drumming (from the Mongrels and punk band Bliss), along with guitarist-turned-bassist Mikael ”Titanium Hand” Tobias (whom David had previously worked with in skyhook), and lead guitarist Chuck Doucet, with his dingy blues bars and concert hall skills.

After playing local venues and honing their musical talents, they began recording the debut album One Day All This Will Be Yours with Adrian Popovitch at the Mountain City Studios (Sam Roberts, Priestess) in 2009, and then continued production at Studio L’Amour. The album was produced by David Lines, mixed by Rod Shearer, and mastered by Ryan Morey.

One Day All This Will Be Yours is a psychedelic rock album with moments reminiscent of Syd Barrett, John Lennon, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, and The Pixies – all brought together with lush hypnotizing melodies, true to their collection of influences.

The slow rhythm and groovy melodic keys on “She Sings a Silent Hollow” is relaxing, and has that everything’s-gonna-be-okay feeling within it’s sorrowful lyrics.

“Stand A Chance” starts us off with a catchy guitar riff and a bouncy, headbobbing beat that gets you moving, really getting your groove going before mellowing out near the end.

I especially liked “WARGASM!”, with it’s creepy energetic approach, screeching progression, spiralling guitar and drum solos. The album as a whole is an unwinding, thoughtful passage through darker times, bringing on a tranquility perfect for those bad times that we’d prefer to forget. The screaming guitars and lush melodies are an especially satisfying touch. For those into the good old smoothness of Bowie, the cheery lightheartedness of The Pixies, and a dark side of Sabbath, this is definitely an album to check out! - www.forgetthebox.net


Discography

One Day All This Will Be Yours (LP)

Skylight (single)

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A Devil’s Din is a  three-man musical force that transcends duality and eclipses boundaries creating a sound that is both timeless and contemporary.  A dark and heavy psychedelic world meets a subtle progressive sophistication, while melodies dig hard like alien ear-worms.  Fuzzed out guitars expand over rolling bass and thunderous drums on a musical journey that both engages and challenges the mind and soul.

Formed in 2008 by David Lines, a Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist and session player, A Devil’s Din has been steadily establishing itself as a dynamic and powerful live band in the ever-expanding sea of mind-altered/ing rock music coming out of the city. Switching between his SG and his classic keyboard set up, he is supported by the mighty rhythmic duo of Tom Chollet on bass (sometimes switching it up on guitar--watch out double-neck fans!) and Dominik Salameh on drums, A Devil’s Din are a musical force to be reckoned with.

Currently in studio working on their second album, “One Day All This Will Be Yours”, the debut record by A Devil’s Din, was officially released in June 2011 and has been steadily growing in popularity in the underground music community. Lorraine Carpenter, then-music editor of the Montreal Mirror described it as,

“Rock ’n’ roll on the timeless precipice of psychedelic, progressive, transgressive danger. Be warned.”

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