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Devin Townsend

Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) 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 1994 to 2007, and has an extensive career as a solo artist. After performing in a number of heavy metal bands in high school, Townsend was discovered by a record label in 1993 and asked to perform lead vocals on Steve Vai's album Sex & Religion. After recording and touring with Vai, Townsend was discouraged by what he found in the music industry, and vented his anger on the solo al ...read more

Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) 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 1994 to 2007, and has an extensive career as a solo artist. After performing in a number of heavy metal bands in high school, Townsend was discovered by a record label in 1993 and asked to perform lead vocals on Steve Vai's album Sex & Religion. 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 1997. 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's solo albums, a mix of hard rock, progressive metal, ambient, and new-age, have featured a varying lineup of supporting musicians. In 2002 he formed the Devin Townsend Band, a dedicated lineup which recorded and toured for two of his solo releases. In 2007, he disbanded both Strapping Young Lad and the Devin Townsend Band, taking a break from touring to spend more time with his family. After a two-year hiatus, he began recording again, and soon announced the formation of the Devin Townsend Project. The project began with a series of four albums, released from 2009 to 2011, each written in a different style. Townsend continued to record and tour under the new moniker until January 2018.Across all his bands and projects, Townsend has released twenty-three studio albums and three live albums. Townsend's trademark production style, featuring a heavily multi-tracked wall of sound, has been compared to the styles of Phil Spector and Frank Zappa. His vocal delivery ranges from screaming to an opera-esque singing. Townsend's musical style is rooted in metal, and his albums are written to express different aspects of his personality.Courtesy of Wikipedia « hide

Similar Bands: Devin Townsend Project, The Devin Townsend Band, Strapping Young Lad, Ihsahn, Gojira

LPs
Powernerd
2024

Lightwork
2022

3.7
195 Votes
The Puzzle
2021

3.1
115 Votes
Snuggles
2021

3
97 Votes
Empath
2019

3.8
527 Votes
Dark Matters
2014

3.4
49 Votes
Ziltoid the Omniscient
2007

3.8
989 Votes
The Hummer
2006

2.7
229 Votes
Devlab
2004

2.3
256 Votes
Terria
2001

4.3
1,097 Votes
Physicist
2000

3.3
511 Votes
Infinity
1998

3.9
702 Votes
Ocean Machine: Biomech
1997

4.4
1,419 Votes
EPs
Christeen + 4 Demos
1998

4
50 Votes
Live Albums
Devolution Series #3: Empath Live in America
2023

3.7
3 Votes
Devolution #2: Galactic Quarantine
2021

4
18 Votes
Devolution Series #1 - Acoustically Inclined, Live
2021

3.9
15 Votes
Order of Magnitude - Empath Live Volume 1
2020

4.3
26 Votes
Iceland
2016

3.8
14 Votes
Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2015

4.5
55 Votes
The Retinal Circus
09/30/2013

4.4
85 Votes
Unplugged
2011

3.8
54 Votes
Official Bootleg
1999

3.7
23 Votes
Compilations
Nightwork
2022

3.7
44 Votes
Dreampiece
2022

3.6
5 Votes
Guitar Improvisation #3
2020

4
10 Votes
Guitar Improvisation #2
2020

4
12 Votes
Guitar Improvisation #1
2020

3.8
12 Votes
Tests of Manhood
2020

3.7
9 Votes
Ass-Sordid Demos II
2004

3.5
19 Votes
Ass-Sordid Demos I
2000

3.4
28 Votes

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