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New Westminster, Vancouver BC, Canada (1993 – present)

Devin Garret Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian musician and record producer from New Westminster, British Columbia. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist, in which his work usually leans more towards a style.

After performing in a number of metal bands in high school, Townsend was discovered by a record label in 1993 and was 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 a solo album 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 diverse mix of hard rock and progressive metal, 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.
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  • leighdobson

    I should thank all you guys that mentioned The Omega Experiment, I checked them out after reading this shoutbox and they are really good.

    Thursday evening

  • xVictimOfADownx

    The Omega Experiment is awesome, really killer production on their album. It's pretty cool they produced it all by themselves.

    Sunday evening

  • Stern_J

    time for my annual Devin binge :)

    last week

  • EvanClark

    They remind me of Infinity. But there's nothing wrong with being reminded of Synchestra. That album is the tits.

    last week

  • Claggy

    Hmm, they've never really reminded me of Synchestra.

    last week

  • ShortSonata

    TOE always reminded me of Synchestra far too much...

    last week

  • Snowtrace

    What VictimOfADown said. For more Dev Metal check The Omega Experiment. He is his own genre, k?

    last week

  • Lionheartattack

    The thumb picture is back! o/

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Devin Townsend Project in London on 10/27/12

27 Oct 2012 | from www.hevydevy.com

Artist: Devin Townsend Project Date: Saturday, October 27th 2012 Doors: 7:00pm City: London Venue: Roundhouse Country: UK Buy tickets Notes: The Retinal Circus Related post. Add to Google Calendar | …

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