Whats the deal?

[NFU]

I keep hearing about devin...and i tried listening to some of his stuff, but frankly i wasnt impressed. Is he overated as im assuming, or did i just seriously miss something? someone recommend a bunch of songs (preferably different from eachother) that i can listen to...to give him another shot. thanks.

 

[Metal88]

Hey man. I was just like you the first time I heard Devin. He sounds like very typical old fashioned rock upon a first listen, at least he did to me. I still feel that way about most of his Strapping Young Lad stuff in general with the exception of a couple spectacular songs. However his solo albums "Ocean Machine" "Infinity" and "Terria" are all sensational to me now. Give those three another chance.

From Terria - "Earth Day" "Canada" All are great and will grow on you though, buy the cd. It made a difference over the mp3's on my comp.

Ocean Machine - Life, Night, anything else. Same as Terria

Infinity - Here there are several weak tracks but the strong tracks are as good or better than anything he's done. Get "War" "Bad Devil" "Christeen" "Noisy pink bubbles"

You've probably tried many of these already, but try them again. hehe. My favorite single track is "Earth Day" Later

 

[NFU]

alright, thanks a lot man. im downloading all of those now...if i like em, ill certainly buy the albums. stay heavy!

 

[NFU]

this shit is awesome...earth day blew me away. wheres a good place to buy these albums?

 

[Demonspell]

The End, or directly from Devin's in-house label: www.hevydevy.com

 

[Burton C. Bill]

also, check out Strapping Young Lad. they are on Century Media, and are a much more aggressive (industrial metal) project. also, Physicist are good too. same line-up as SYL but it is very keyboard-oriented. get the CDs from HevyDevy Records, because they are the best. i even got a christmas card with devin's autograph on there last year.

on another note, i'm so glad devin finally got his own discussion forum. he's easily one of my favorite musical artists

 

[7 Dying Trees]

Strapping Young Lad are awesome, and I am quite partial to ocean machine as well

then again, all devy's stuff is cool

 

[oldlyonfreak]

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[Prostheta]

Devin's usual lineup tends to be the SYL guys (By, Jed, Gene). For Infinity, it was just Dev and Gene, for Physicist it was the full SYL lineup.

AFAIK, E Val Mescal of Zimmers Hole is playing keys with SYL so theres scope for a SYL/Zimmers tour. Who knows?

 

[NFU]

just bought all his solo shit...still not diggin strapping much...but ill keep trying.

 

[Prostheta]

Hows it all sinking in? Any project in particular warping your mind into a balloon dog yet?

 

[OceanbarD]

Originally posted by LordHypnos
alright, thanks a lot man. im downloading all of those now...if i like em, ill certainly buy the albums. stay heavy!

stay heavy ? get really heavy , get the city album from strapping young lad

 

[OceanbarD]

Originally posted by LordHypnos
just bought all his solo shit...still not diggin strapping much...but ill keep trying.

not diggin strapping young lad much ? wtf ?

 

[Prostheta]

He's prolly not digging it because SYL's battering him with the wet end of the shovel

 

[OceanbarD]

Originally posted by Prostheta
He's prolly not digging it because SYL's battering him with the wet end of the shovel

(fuck i just pissed in my pants) damn you !
well that what its aim to do , it says "you piece of shit , wake up and fuck off , thanks"

 

[Prostheta]

"hey, i just shit my pants!! stick it in your ass!!"

METAAAALLLL!!!!

 

[OceanbarD]

what ? your pants , your shit or the shovel ? i could try the 3
at the same time. i could try to lick it too (the shit)

 

[Prostheta]

Umm....I shit my pants, so i'll shake on the shovel in which case we can cram it up your ass in one shitty shove.

 

[OceanbarD]

pointless

 

[Prostheta]

Point taken - looking back up the thread, i've noticed how many people get lost on Devin just by listening to one project, or just one track.

All the people who I know who are into Devin came into the fold from all directions. I wonder how many people have listened to some of his work which "didn't catch them" and missed out on all the good stuff which they would have?

Devin would be so unbelievably huge if wasn't so damn versatile and dynamic