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AUGUST 2016




  

The Devils

'Sin, You Sinners!'

CD Review By: James G. Carlson




Independent Swiss label Voodoo Rhythm Records recently released the debut LP by Naples, Italy duo The Devils, the aptly titled Sin, You Sinners! With heavily distorted guitar, violent drums, and banshee-esque vocals coupled with dirty singing, the two create a mixture of loud, noisy garage punk and ear-bleeding, blasphemous blues trash. There are ten songs total on Sin, You Sinners!, few of which make it past the two-minute mark. All in all, the album speeds by like an amphetamine high, landing at just under twenty minutes in length.

The Devils do have a band gimmick. Guitarist/vocalist Gianni Vessella dresses like a priest, while drummer/screamer Erica Toraldo dresses like a nun. Of course, these look more like fetish outfits or cosplay getups than the real thing - holy costumes on unholy characters - which makes it both stupid and fun at the same time. And judging by the songs and the pictures in the album's foldout booklet, The Devils don't take themselves or their music too seriously, which makes it all the more enjoyable.

Song names for The Devils' Sin, You Sinners! include: "Puppy Nun," "Coitus Interuptus (from a Priest)," "Drunk Town," "Azazel," "Hell's Gate," and "Shaking Satan's Balls."

Sin, You Sinners! by The Devils is available from Voodoo Rhythm Records in CD and LP formats.