J-1 The Devil Wears Prada

"Much of the heavy music around us suffers from a total lack of emotion. It's sort of losing an audible sense of sincerity". That is a direct quote from the singer of the metal sensation "The Devil Wears Prada", also known as TWDP. TWDP is a Christian metal band from Dayton, Ohio. Usually, I am not a fan of bands that preach their faith through their music. Their sound is just too good to not listen too. When you say the bands name, most people instantly think of the movie. Contrary to popular belief, the band had the name two years before the movie was released. The band does fully believe the meaning behind their name though. In an interview, singer Mike Hrancia stated "It's the same concept as our lyrics "emeralds hold no hope" and many many others. What we believe it to mean is that possessions don't matter at all and someday everyone will realize that this is true. When standing before God, He won't care about your sweet Prada scarf or Gucci shoes or whatever. It's a Christian reasoning for the name, we didn't name it to attempt at being fashionable or whatever.". Every member of the band has openly accepted the beliefs of the Christian faith and lives the lie to show it. Obviously that will have quite an impact on the music that the group makes. This is surprising to a lot of people. In a music scene that is impacted so much by darkness and bad things, or at least that's what people think, you wouldn't think a Christian band would be so incredibly popular. Every member of the group is a phenomenal musician on his instrument of choice. All of the members have been quoted as saying that they do not care if you believe what they are preaching, they just want to spread their beliefs. That is why I think I love the band so much. They are not forcing anything on me when I listen to their music. The bands first studio album was released in 2006 and was titled "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord". It was released through Rise Records. They released three other albums in between their newest full length album. Everything that they have put out has had an amazing amount of success, including their newest album titled "8:18".