STRAPPING YOUNG LAD — City (review)

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD — City album cover Album · 1997 · Industrial Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
Warthur
Although I find Devin Townsend's progressive metal material very hit and miss, Strapping Young Lad's second album (their first as a fully-fledged band project as opposed to a Devin Townsend solo project. And it's a beaut too, offering an incredibly angry industrial-thrash hybrid which demonstrates than when he wants to, Townsend can reach deep down inside himself and draw out a truly volcanic eruption of fury. One of the few Townsend albums I've encountered where the technical proficiency on display is matched by genuine-sounding emotional expression to the fullest extent, this makes me see his catalogue in a whole new light.
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UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Townsend´s solo material is hit an miss to me too. I absolutely adore SYL though. Especially "City" and "Alien".

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