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| 4.0 excellent | EasterInTheBatcave | June 14th 16 |
An extremely raw, brutal, and heavy album. The production is rougher than Devin's usual, but still has his trademark layering. This is probably the most "industrial" of all the Strapping Young Lad albums, due in large part to the drum production, which gives the album a mechanical feel. The record loses some steam in the latter half but is, for the most part, engaging and interesting all the way through. Even though Devin himself has largely dismissed this album since its release, I think it's an absolutely superb record.
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| 1.5 very poor | Eggnog Addict | October 30th 24 |
the original igorrr but more metal taking another half point away for putting satans ice cream truck in my auditories
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| 4.0 excellent | ManiacBlasphemer | October 24th 19 |
Devin Townsend when he was inspired, has always been with a few steps ahead compared to his peers. When this album was released, pretty much everyone that was looking at the 80s thrash bands for innovation and heavyness got terrified of it. After all, the title of the album promises really heavy music. Some moments on this album feels as if the songs can descend into chaos, but they actually have a flow and are constructed in progressive, innovative manner. This is how you make progressive extreme metal. Even more amazing is that Devin actually wrote this entire album by himself as he did not have a proper band at that point. Because this album was so ahead of its time, it usually gets underrated, although the music here is not really far behind that on City. Highlights are tracks 1, 2, 5-7. Drizzlehell is solid as well. The other ones are kind of weak and monotonous, particularly the 4th track. The bonus track are weak as well, with maybe the exception of Japan.
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| 3.5 great | BRAman22 | June 18th 14 |
While this isn't as good as Strapping Young Lad's later records, it is still fairly entertaining to see where their later sound originated from.
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| 3.0 good | XSebbyMcMuffinX | July 4th 07 |
Recorded in 8 days, this album is a burst of being entirely fed up with operating within an industry and just making something pure, which led to one of the greatest extreme industrial metal bands ever. Some tracks are anthemic and unforgettable, some are sonically grimy jams, and the tracks altogether flow well into a solid experience, laying an effective foundation.
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| 4.5 superb | codeofsilence | November 27th 06 |
This is also my least favourite SYL album, but that's cause i love the others so much! This is still a very strong album, having it's own unique feel differing from the latter releases.
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| 3.5 great | thrash_fanatic | October 26th 06 |
Probably my least favourite SYL album, but it still has very memorable moments and quirky parts that I love about the band.
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| 4.0 excellent | qwe3 | September 17th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | bikvid | June 18th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Axier | January 6th 23 |
| 3.5 great | foxxxy | November 21st 22 |
| 3.0 good | Spec | September 3rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Elmo | July 29th 22 |
| 3.5 great | "Tab" | June 2nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Davey | May 5th 22 |
| 2.5 average | ZFeeney | February 6th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Jerrad | January 16th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | ballout | December 7th 21 |
| 2.5 average | JoneHK | December 7th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Azrael | December 1st 21 |
| 3.5 great | remi | August 2nd 21 |
| 3.0 good | Spag | July 10th 21 |
| 3.5 great | teo | July 5th 21 |
| 2.0 poor | Raoul | June 9th 21 |
| 3.5 great | jhop | May 27th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dr7 | May 17th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Harlz | February 23rd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Adol | January 14th 21 |
| 3.0 good | shem | December 29th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Zac124 | December 12th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | December 3rd 20 |
| 3.0 good | Skiiddz | September 25th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Tib | September 12th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | aalqui | July 20th 20 |
| 2.5 average | luetin | June 18th 20 |
| 3.5 great | SuzyC | June 11th 20 |
| 3.0 good | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Josh | June 2nd 19 |
| 2.5 average | Gbhill | April 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | March 15th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Kaze | February 3rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | August 6th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Sapee | April 24th 18 |
| 3.0 good | adios | November 5th 17 |
| 3.0 good | KOZAKY | October 17th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | October 10th 17 |
| 3.0 good | n3xus6 | March 11th 17 |
| 3.0 good | bSmith | February 9th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | loulou | June 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | March 27th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | jsounnd | January 11th 16 |
| 3.0 good | 8genre | January 5th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Trism | December 14th 15 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | December 1st 15 |
| 2.0 poor | SYL | November 26th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Pegana | November 22nd 15 |
| 2.5 average | mzeet | September 27th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dav85 | February 1st 15 |
| 3.5 great | heck | January 6th 15 |
| 2.5 average | MOS6581 | December 26th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Morina | October 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Jackus | July 22nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | ngk44 | April 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | wateran | April 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | jaksnow | March 19th 14 |
| 3.0 good | gas83 | February 25th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Sithese | February 23rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Lunx | February 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thibs | January 17th 14 |
| 2.5 average | 5amue1 | October 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gnome7 | August 10th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Curse. | July 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Fra | May 24th 13 |
| 3.5 great | CK | March 16th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Zamora | March 14th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Gard3n | February 19th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Thor | January 11th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Zeg | December 30th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | cb123 | December 30th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | MikeC26 | November 13th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Dizchu | September 29th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Meowza | August 25th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Lani | August 5th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | bruto7 | June 4th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Rail | May 3rd 12 |
| 2.5 average | Vyndax | January 28th 12 |
| 3.4 great | Trey STAFF | January 13th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | amp112 | January 3rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | ZKG777 | November 25th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Jon1988 | September 11th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Zool | August 24th 11 |
| 3.0 good | true | August 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Totes | July 20th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Smaizi | March 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gmork89 | December 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | JaiWrap | October 20th 10 |
| 3.5 great | MO | September 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jruined | April 8th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | M87 | April 3rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | CutMan | February 17th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | sphygmo | January 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greggers | November 22nd 09 |
| 3.5 great | aeuk | November 16th 09 |
| 3.0 good | pride | November 10th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Smooz | September 9th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | J2e2c | June 7th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | SVIIB | February 20th 09 |
| 3.5 great | KILL | February 1st 09 |
| 3.0 good | Takkeh | December 20th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Satana | November 23rd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | gafel | September 10th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | BadgerX | July 22nd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | lkay | March 8th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Zaktto | January 24th 08 |
| 3.0 good | DerMond | September 11th 07 |
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