Pray for Villains

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Pray for Villains
Pray for villains cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 14, 2009
Genre Groove metal, melodic death metal
Length56:15
Label Roadrunner
Producer Logan Mader
DevilDriver chronology
Head on to Heartache
(2008)
Pray for Villains
(2009)
Beast
(2011)
Special edition cover
DD special edition.jpg
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blabbermouth.net 9/10 [3]

Pray for Villains is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band DevilDriver, released on July 14, 2009. It sold around 14,600 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Contents

On April 24, Roadrunner unveiled the cover artwork for both the regular and special editions of the album. It was also announced that the special edition would be a CD/DVD package with four bonus tracks, a behind-the-scenes DVD, and expanded artwork. [4] On May 21, DevilDriver released the single "Pray for Villains" to the public. On June 17, the music video for "Pray for Villains" premiered on MetalSucks.net. [5] Play.com also teamed up with Roadrunner to offer "Resurrection Blvd." for free download to people who preorder the special edition of the CD from the Play.com website.

Notes

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."Pray for Villains"4:02
2."Pure Sincerity"4:38
3."Fate Stepped In"5:10
4."Back with a Vengeance"3:40
5."I've Been Sober"5:16
6."Resurrection Blvd."3:58
7."Forgiveness Is a Six Gun"4:33
8."Waiting for November"5:06
9."It's in the Cards"4:24
10."Another Night in London"3:05
11."Bitter Pill"4:24
12."Teach Me to Whisper"4:01
13."I See Belief"3:54
Total length:56:15
Special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Self-Affliction"4:49
15."Dust Be the Destiny"3:10
16."Damning the Heavens"2:19
17."Wasted Years" (Iron Maiden cover)5:00
Total length:71:35

Personnel

DevilDriver

Production

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 35
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 61
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 92
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 112
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 64
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 74
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 60
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [13] 4
US Billboard 200 [14] 35
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [15] 4
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 14
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [17] 11

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