OK i was hoping it wouldn't come down to this, but you've proclaimed your ignorance so loudly to everybody that reads your lackluster posts, I feel I have no choice but to put you in your place, if for nothing else than saving my friends of this board from possibly believing something you might say.
If you HONESTLY believe that that anything Devin Townsend (or SYL for that matter) writes is just 'noise' then, I feel very sorry for you, because you're obviously tone deaf (on top of being a fucking moron).
Devin's music consists of nothing but melody, harmony, and beat, and everything else you might claim to be what it's not. Gene Hoglan should consider himself lucky that he gets to play with someone like Devin.
I've been a metal radio DJ for 6+ years, I've been in metal bands for just as long so I feel I have enough credentials to decipher what's 'noise' and what's not. I can guarantee you that everything I've heard from Devin Townsend (Devin Townsend Band in particular) simply excels far above and beyond anything else that anyone has ever done in the past 10 years. Opeth? Yeah, they're good, but they are a little to extreme for everyone's taste. Dream Theater? Equally as good, but too 'tech' to keep everyone's attention.
Devin Townsend's music is the perfect blend of musicianship, catchiness, and technicality. He can write something for ANYONE, and if you seriously consider that to be nothing more than 'noise' then you obviously don't know how to listen to music.
Or maybe you just listen to what all your friends tell you is good, and 'cool.'
From a levelheaded perspective, I ask you to honestly take a listen to Devin's music. Analyze it, critique it, take a break, then listen again. If it never appeals to you, then maybe you shouldn't be listening to metal, because Devin Townsend represents everything metal should be in 2005 and beyond.
The end.
