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February 03, 2005

Devin Townsend

I've been listening to Devin's last Strapping Young Lad release (self-titled, 2003). The album is perfectly produced and louder than a sonic boom. This is the only anti-war album I have ever heard that actually pounds the listener with cataclysmic force. The production, as expected from Devin, is impeccable and Gene Hogland's double bass drumming and blast beats are insane and unrelenting-- fittingly machine-gun like. The album's serene closer, "Bring on the Young" provides a haunting epitaph for this an album. I can't wait to see SYL perform at the Opera House here in toronto. See http://www.inertia-entertainment.com/main.html for show details.

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