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Choke The River

by Death Valley Driver

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Choke the River With Your Dead We cleave this skull with fire Worship the wolves with razors Control the gods, none higher When floods come cleanse, we’re reborn (chorus) Bound by chains of insects Crippled by the ghosts Choke the river with your dead Until the tides come close Shape the clay of your god Frozen by his eyes Choke the river with your dead Flesh bone sacrifice You taste the kiss of insects The sweet embrace of failure When liquid hooks dig deeper The sting of Hell burns sweetly (repeat chorus) No one bleeds on their casket clothes Or cries at the jester’s funeral When birds of prey stop the feast We bleed into the ocean Sheep dreams of insect’s life And crack a crooked smile No one bleeds on their casket clothes Or cries at the jester’s funeral
2.
Mothsblood 02:53
Mothsblood Let’s burn this one more time on the assembly line Dining on smoke and fever dreams for all my life The pink smell and slave riot Happiness drives you crazy Breath in time, spit out words The cold scalds your silver tongue (chorus) Strands of honey skin burning me whole I’m burning with the streetlight prophet Wings of the hunting crow crave me knives I’m burning with the streetlight prophet There were some days I thought I’d never pray for failure The webs that stains my eyes see the thorns inside you Can’t hear me, behold me, the dust shines so clear Can’t hear me, behold me, the dust shines so clear (repeat chorus) Soon you will burn Mothsblood, bullet’s path, cut the lines.
3.
Straight to Hell When the chains that keep you grounded get linked by the hands of ghosts Then you’ll learn that the God you’ve been serving is the one you hate the most Chorus: In here I turn the tide Only time will tell In here I serve my time Straight to Hell These changes are coming and the ballots have been cast When I hear those boots stomping, then I’ll know my times has passed. (repeat chorus) Will I sink or am I swimming All that certain is the loss Bones and regrets line the highway Clouds from nightmares blind my eyes
4.
Insect Dirge 03:45
Insect Dirge Bleed earth on a shallow tomb The blue sky burns by casket light Bleeding backs build the palace walls The crop grows fuel for insect dirge Hogtied by the raven’s curls I drag the rocks to insect’s crown If I burn in these four walls I’ll bury the ash with memories (chorus) Lost in the dust pile A grain is replaced Stabbed by the hours Open the gate and nail me to the sky Cursed to the nightmare Living skin is turning pale Crack the code of the tyrant’s rules from servant’s backs I pull the switch to drop the blade The colors blind me The hallowed eyes trip the wires And burn the slaves
5.
Heavy Lies the Crown Hang from this rope so tightly Drag my regrets to the mountain The hangman’s hand holds steady The birds of prey will stave Sheep beg to dream I pray to wake Clouds of the nightmare Choking my neck Crushed by the wheel of karma My eyes will burn with fire These eyes will bury the regrets The raven’s curls choke softly
6.
Sleeping All December You burn the iron idol I bathe in gasoline We’ll hang these martyrs one by one Inside the emerald master I whip the traitor dogs When death is served it’s all the same Been sleeping all December Storm winds bring frozen days Can’t see this light before Drown in a coloured haze This flesh is not for keeping Just a coat until I’m gone I’ll die with it inside my cage Baptized in blood servants Drink up and fade away Just another ghost in the machine Sleeping December Storm clouds have frozen my eyes Can’t see black for the blind man Can’t see the light in the sky
7.
Lambs in the Wolfskin You burn the path that keeps the trail on the searchlight The serpents fall right into place Inside the womb you call the name of a million mothers The answers always turn out wrong Lambs in the wolfskin The kingdom is dead Lambs in the wolfskin The snake has no head The blood that stains your lips always tastes like failure But still the hunger burns your mind I never said the wolf would take your skin so easy I’ll leave this lambskin for my host
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Armour Divides Forged by the ghost hands The wires unwinding Cursed to the flesh cage, it leaves me behind Teeth of the serpent, the eyes of the deadman Guiding the crusade till Aries is fed March in the emerald The amour divides me Man or a martyr? No one knows Sleeping with corpses that still keep on dreaming Sword in my hand always staking my claim Burn all the bridges I’m no longer crossing Flesh of the master still drives me insane Born without feeling, still reeling while feasting on the spoils of war skin of your master burns faster Bleeding out salvation’s hand

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Choke The River was release April 5, 2011 on Diminished Fifth records. It spent an impressive 18 weeks on the Earshot Loud charts, peaking at #3.

PRESS AND HIGHLIGHTS:
Named one of the 'Top 10 Opening Acts In Canada This Summer' by Crave Online!

"everything here is built upon a foundation of pure, heavy grooves"
-Exclaim! Magazine

"If you dig southern influenced Metal with a nice dose of Rock, or if you miss Pantera or if you are a member of a Black Label Society chapter, than this band might be right up your alley"
-Cosmic Lava

"The grooves are just as heavy and infectious as any band you could name, while the sound is so grimy it would make Matt Pike want to go take a shower."
-MetalStorm

"Bringing together sludge metal with aspects of thrash and more heaviness"
-MusicNerd.ca

"If we could bottle Death Valley Driver’s swamp water/metal than we would have a generation of horn throwing, head banging, swamp water drinking, metal fans that understand good music is not about genre identification. It’s about giving bands the freedom to explore their sound and supporting them with raw energy and enthusiasm."
-WeLoveMetal.com

ABOUT:
Like it's namesake, Death Valley Driver will leave you with a sore neck and a few bruises. Since forming in 2008, they have become one of the hardest gigging metal bands on the Island. In that time, they have played all over the Maritimes. The five-piece has shared the stage with Metallica, Coheed & Cambria, Seether, Protest The Hero, Matt Mays, Misery Index, Obscura and many others.

They recently released their debut album "Choke The River" on Diminished Fifth Records. The album, engineered by Haywire's David Rashed, has gotten rave reviews and had charted nationally on several Loud charts on university radio, peaking so far at number 3.

Their song "Sleeping All December" is being used as the entrance music for Ring of Honor tag team The Briscoes and most recently Death Valley Driver was named by Craveonline as one of the top 10 Opening Acts in Canada This Summer for their opening performance for Metallica on Rock the Hill 2011.

Dan Hodgson - Vocals
Ryan P. Gallant - Drums
Ray Blacquiere - Guitar
Nick Doucette - Guitar
Ric Rumbolt - Bass

QUICK FACTS:

-Winner of the Clash of the Bands to open for METALLICA, COHEED & CAMBRIA, SEETHER, PROTEST THE HERO on the Hill in Halifax (2011)
-Winner of the Regional Q104 Battle of the bands to open for rock legend’s KISS (2008 PEI)
-Vocalist Dan Hodgson is also in the east coast metal band Gallactus
-The cover art was done by John Dohe and layout by John Sudbury
-The Guitar on the album was recorded by Trevor Richards and Ray Blacquiere
-The Album was recorded & engineered by David Rashed (Haywire)

For Fans of: Down, The Sword, Devildriver, Lamb of God

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/DeathValleyDriverPEI
REVERBNATION: www.reverbnation.com/deathvalleydriver
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released April 5, 2011

Engineered, mixed and mastered by David Rashed

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Death Valley Driver Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Since forming in 2008, DVD have become one of the hardest gigging metal bands on the Island.
The five-piece has shared the stage with Metallica, Coheed & Cambria, Seether, Protest The Hero, Matt Mays, Misery Index, Obscura and many others.
They recently released their debut album "Choke The River" on Diminished Fifth Records.
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