Three short years ago, two heavyweights of the metal scene joined forces for what would become known as the Double Trouble tour across Northern America. It was an ambitious and unlikely pairing, with the two co-headliners coming from completely different spectrums of the genre chart, but the Metal Gods gave their endorsement and the two combatants - Devildriver and Cradle Of Filth - combined a run of shows that has already been written into metal history.
Together, Devildriver and Cradle Of Filth created a live spectacle running the complete gammit of metal emotions, the sheer, aggressive nature of Devildriver providing the perfect folly for the more cinematic and theatrical world inhabited by Cradle Of Filth.
With demand for the tour rampant across the globe, Australia has been chosen as the next destination to receive a welcome dose of Double Trouble with both bands touching down in this country for five shows across the country this July.
HEAVY managed to track down Devildriver frontman Dez Fafara to get the rundown.
"It's incredible," he smiled when we mention the epicness of the double header. "When we did this in the United States it all sold out pretty quickly so we decided to bring it over. I mean, there's a couple of places around the world that are saying, come bring this tour. And of course, I'm great friends with Danny (Filth) so I'm proud to come out with him.
We were going over the set list last night with the band, deciding what we were going to play and also going over production. It's going to be a good time. When we first started talking about it you could feel the energy in the room from both of the bands. It was like, let's go do this so it's going to be a great time. Much looking forward to it."
We bring up the fact that the aggressiveness energy from Devildriver is a stark contrast to the more theatrical and cinematic stage show preferred by Cradle Of Filth, but Fafara, while acknowledging it isn't your standard teaming of bands, was quick to stress that sometimes opposites DO attract.
"For some reason the bands work together really well," he shrugged. "We're so separate musically, but it's a one-two punch that when you get done with the gig, you're walking out going okay, that's a proper heavy metal show."
In the full interview, Dez described recent work on set lists and production planning, confirming that DevilDriver will perform an intense, non-stop hour-plus set. Conversation covered the pairing of the two band's origin and their chemistry, crediting a mutual respect between the bands based on the successful U.S. run.
We spoke about the experiences for fans, including a special meet and greet, what material will be covered over the tour, the possibility of new music and never-heard-live-before songs and more.
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