Metallized.it review of "Fate is Your Muse" [loosely translated from Italian] Devil To Pay - Fate Is Your Muse Damp belly crawled out of the music scene in Indianapolis, the Devil To Pay, in their ten-year career, went through moments of grace, scraped the bottom and dabbled in everything in between. Created as a trio, just one year after the training had to take a break for an indefinite period because of drug problems of singer and guitarist Steve Janiak. Miraculously released from the hospital, the leader of the band leaves behind a period of visions and hallucinations of the "other side" with a wealth of moods and feelings that are clearly traceable in the lyrics of his songs. In 2008, the band gains a new element, guitarist Rob Hough. Their new metaphysical journey through the realms of consciousness opens with the song Prepare to Die, a dark triplet with a riff granite. No doubt a good start. The slow and hypnotic Wearin 'You Down played on a harmonic minor scale, while the voice is scratchy on the notes of the middle register and more relaxed on low ones. The engaging drum patterns of Ten & One Pocketknife Lizardmen are the basis of a fast and upbeat song, with a refrain whose riff vaguely reminiscent of Seek and Destroy. The subsequent Yes Master is the classic stereotype of the doom song: seven minutes of heavy guitars, sometimes with the third melodies, voice estranged and sore and bradycardic time of battery. Already Dead, much shorter, is characterized by changes of time and dotted rhythms, with a fine solo guitar and pleasing drum fill. The song is also repeated the title of the album, or Fate Is Your Muse. The fast This Train Will not Stop is pleasant and, above all, a burst metal so sent at half disc is a cure for a better use of the same. Savonarola is guided by a great riff and upbeat, even if the song only lasts three minutes, you can not hold his head. New tempo changes and sporadic guitars for the third Black Black Heart, pleasant and vaguely experimental piece in the second half. The Naked Truth is angry and maybe lasts less than you would like, but it is still a beautiful piece. Mass Psychosis, as the title suggests, is obsessive nell'incedere and hallucinated in the singing. In Tie One On find a fast 12/8, enthralling and exciting, even if it is in the middle, with half-time and again the guitars to the third, that the passage gives the best of himself. Stereotypes are a main player in the final doom Beyond the Ether, bit slow and with the voice that, despite some short turns in the middle register, distressed stationed on very low notes. The Devil To Pay have been through a lot, but maybe it's because of what the band continues to have something to say. The four Indiana will gladly listen, and fans of the genre will be very pleased with this their product.