Plagues
The Devil Wears Prada
Plagues is the second studio album by The Devil Wears Prada, a metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio, released on August 21, 2007 through Rise Records. Coming quickly on the heels of their debut Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord (2006), the album was largely written and demoed over the winter of 2006–2007 and recorded through the spring, with production handled by Joey Sturgis, whose work on the record would go on to make him one of the most sought-after producers in the metalcore scene. The album's title and lyrical themes draw from the ten plagues of the Old Testament, specifically as referenced in Exodus and the Book of Revelation, with the band mapping those biblical catastrophes onto modern society from a Christian perspective. Plagues peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 30,000 more copies than their debut, marking a significant commercial step forward for the band.
Musically, the album is a dense, energetic assault of breakdowns, drop-tuned riffs, and dual vocal interplay between screamer Mike Hranica and clean vocalist/guitarist Jeremy DePoyster. As Indie Vision Music noted at the time, the production represents a marked improvement over their debut — the album sounds fuller and more refined while retaining the rawness that defined their early appeal. Horror-tinged synthesizers courtesy of keyboardist James Baney weave through the heavier passages, adding an ominous texture that set the band apart from many of their contemporaries. Singles "Hey John, What's Your Name Again?" and "HTML Rulez D00d" received music video treatment and aired on MTV and Fuse, broadening the band's reach significantly beyond the Christian hardcore circuit.
Plagues
The Devil Wears Prada
Plagues is the second studio album by The Devil Wears Prada, a metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio, released on August 21, 2007 through Rise Records. Coming quickly on the heels of their debut Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord (2006), the album was largely written and demoed over the winter of 2006–2007 and recorded through the spring, with production handled by Joey Sturgis, whose work on the record would go on to make him one of the most sought-after producers in the metalcore scene. The album's title and lyrical themes draw from the ten plagues of the Old Testament, specifically as referenced in Exodus and the Book of Revelation, with the band mapping those biblical catastrophes onto modern society from a Christian perspective. Plagues peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 30,000 more copies than their debut, marking a significant commercial step forward for the band.
Musically, the album is a dense, energetic assault of breakdowns, drop-tuned riffs, and dual vocal interplay between screamer Mike Hranica and clean vocalist/guitarist Jeremy DePoyster. As Indie Vision Music noted at the time, the production represents a marked improvement over their debut — the album sounds fuller and more refined while retaining the rawness that defined their early appeal. Horror-tinged synthesizers courtesy of keyboardist James Baney weave through the heavier passages, adding an ominous texture that set the band apart from many of their contemporaries. Singles "Hey John, What's Your Name Again?" and "HTML Rulez D00d" received music video treatment and aired on MTV and Fuse, broadening the band's reach significantly beyond the Christian hardcore circuit.