Sexoturica compilation. Feeling he had "ostracized a bunch of fans" with Physicist, Townsend felt he had the chance to make a more personal and honest record. Townsend was inspired one morning while driving across Canada with his band, and looked to write an "introspective" album dedicated to his homeland. He produced and recorded Terria, a "highly illustrated stream-of-consciousness" album, with Gene Hoglan on drums, Craig McFarland on bass and Jamie Meyer on keyboards.
Townsend cited Ween's White Pepper as an inspiration for the album. Terria was released in November Townsend's solo run lasted until After a five-year break from recording, Strapping Young Lad reunited to record a new album. Townsend credits the album, Strapping Young Lad, as an emotional response to the attacks of September 11, , in the United States. Musically, Strapping Young Lad was less industrial than City, and more reminiscent of death metal, with a "larger-than-life" rock production style.
The self-titled album was released in February It received lukewarm reviews, with critics finding it inferior to City, but it was the band's first charting album, entering at 97th place on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Townsend's next project took several years to come to fruition.
After the creation of the IR8 demo tape, Townsend and Jason Newsted had begun work on a new project called Fizzicist, which they described as "heavier than Strapping Young Lad".
Hetfield was "fucking pissed" that Newsted was playing outside the band, and Newsted was prevented by his bandmates from working on any more side projects, although Townsend would later downplay Metallica's role in Newsted's unavailability.
With the project stalled, Townsend instead wrote the album himself, entitling it Physicist. Townsend assembled his Strapping Young Lad bandmates to record it, the only time this lineup was featured on a Devin Townsend album.
The thrash-influenced Physicist was released in June , and is generally considered a low point in Townsend's career. Hoglan and the rest of the band were dissatisfied with the way the sound was mixed, and Townsend considers it his worst album to date. Townsend has revealed in interviews that he suffers from depression. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder around , a condition that was unknowingly exacerbated by his alcohol and drug use at the time; he has been sober and free of anti-psychotic medication since After the completion of City and Ocean Machine: Biomech, Townsend began to approach a mental breakdown.
He explained, "I started to see human beings as little lonesome, water based, pink meat life forms pushing air through themselves and making noises that the other little pieces of meat seemed to understand.
The diagnosis helped him understand where the two sides of his music were coming from; he felt his disorder "gave birth to the two extremes that are Strapping's City record and Ocean Machine: Biomech. Townsend returned to the studio, accompanied by Hoglan, to work on the album, on which Townsend played most of the instruments. Infinity was released in October Later in his career, Townsend has cited Infinity as his favorite solo record. Written and recorded in under a month, the album was produced as a parody of punk rock bands and documents the act of selling out for mainstream success.
Townsend founded his own independent record label, HevyDevy Records, to release the album. Townsend assembled a permanent lineup of Strapping Young Lad to record City, including prolific metal drummer Gene Hoglan, along with Townsend's former bandmates Jed Simon on guitar and Byron Stroud on bass.
The industrial-influenced album was released in To this day, the album is widely considered Strapping Young Lad's best work, with Metal Maniacs calling it "groundbreaking" and Revolver naming it "one of the greatest metal albums of all time".
Townsend himself considers it the band's "ultimate" album. Later that year, Townsend released his second solo album, Ocean Machine: Biomech. The album featured a mix of hard rock, ambient, and progressive rock.
For Strapping Young Lad and solo projects from — , Townsend mainly used the Peavey head, with Mesa Boogie and Marshall 4x12 cabinets, for his main sounds.
He would still make use of the Peavey head for some solo recordings, such as Synchestra. One of his favorites is the Roland GP, a unit that Townsend still uses along with his Fractal units. Townsend also utilizes D'Addario Strings. Townsend recorded a Noisescapes demo and sent copies to various record labels.
Relativity Records responded to Townsend with a record deal and Townsend began work on what was to be the first Noisescapes album, Promise. Shortly afterward, the label introduced him to musician Steve Vai. Townsend soon landed a second touring gig, this time with the opening band of Vai's tour, the Wildhearts. He played live with the band throughout half of in Europe, and appeared as a guest musician on their single Urge. In , Century Media Records offered Townsend a contract to make "some extreme albums".
He agreed to a five-album deal with the record label, and also provided much of the guitar work on the album Millennium and the album Hard Wired by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly.
Townsend began to record material under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad. He avoided using his real name at this point in career, looking for a fresh start after his high-profile Vai gig.
This was the guitar that was used during the shows in support of Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, and the shows in support of City. During the late s and the s, he was also seen with two ESP Telecaster models one white, one black with EMG 81 pickups, which were used for the majority of his six-string material. Devin Garrett Townsend born May 5, is a Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from to , and has an extensive career as a solo artist.
After recording and touring with Vai, Townsend was discouraged by what he found in the music industry, and vented his anger on the solo album Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, released under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad.
He soon assembled a band under the name, and released the critically acclaimed City in Since then, he has released three more studio albums with Strapping Young Lad, along with solo material released under his own independent record label, HevyDevy Records.
Townsend picked up the banjo when he was five, and began playing guitar when he was He participated in several metal bands while he was in high school, and founded Grey Skies at the age of Townsend founded his own independent record label, HevyDevy Records, to release the album. The industrial-influenced album was released in Later that year, Townsend released his second solo album, Ocean Machine: Biomech.
The album featured a mix of hard rock, ambient, and progressive rock. Townsend has revealed in interviews that he suffers from depression. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder around , a condition that was unknowingly exacerbated by his alcohol and drug use at the time; he has been sober and free of anti-psychotic medication since With the project stalled, Townsend instead wrote the album himself, entitling it Physicist. Townsend assembled his Strapping Young Lad bandmates to record it, the only time this lineup was featured on a Devin Townsend album.
Hoglan and the rest of the band were dissatisfied with the way the sound was mixed, and Townsend considers it his worst album to date. After a five-year break from recording, Strapping Young Lad reunited to record a new album. Townsend credits the album, Strapping Young Lad, as an emotional response to the attacks of September 11, , in the United States. The self-titled album was released in February Devin Townsend Birthday Countdown 0 0 0.
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