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Dec 7, 2019 · On how the current leg of his ongoing "Empath" tour — during which Townsend performs with a full band — differs from its initial leg, in which he performed solo acoustic sets:
After recording and touring with Vai, he was discouraged by what he found in the music industry and vented his anger on his 1995 solo album Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, which he released under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad.
Jan 17, 2020 · Townsend kept his promise aboard the 70,000 Tons Of Metal where he performed six songs from his old band alongside guitarist Wes Hauch (ex- The Faceless, Black Crown Initiate ), bassist Kyle...
Nov 20, 2023 · Two of these are live acoustic renditions of Ocean Machine cuts, both presented more as freeform delay-drenched one-man jams. However, it’s closing track Man that proves most interesting, its aggressive stylings feeling like a natural bridge between Townsend’s solo material and STRAPPING YOUNG LAD.
Mar 5, 2020 · An eccentric but compelling artist from the start, Townsend kicked off his steady rise to glory with a dual approach, launching industrial-tinged metal crew Strapping Young Lad and his own solo efforts simultaneously.
Strapping Young Lad began as a solo project by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. Once he had completed his work as vocalist on Steve Vai's Sex and Religion and that album's subsequent tour, he recorded the majority of the instruments on the debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing.
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Jul 3, 2024 · From Strapping Young Lad's 1995 debut album Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing to Townsend's 2019 solo album Empath, this list of Devin Townsend albums also includes his projects with the Devin Townsend Project, The Devin Townsend Band, and as Ocean Machine.
