Devin
Townsend and Strapping Young Lad have returned to the battle
front and a mighty return it is. The ever popular knob twister
studio wiz has easily put forth one of his strongest release
yet with his evil cohorts. Devin has regrouped his mighty
formation to spew forth an incredible slab of metal that's
sure to kick the underground's ass world wide.
Strewn
thru out "Alien" Strapping Young Lad easily lay
to waist all in their way with a healthy dose of metal chops
and up-tempo thrash blasts that they have oh so mastered to
an art form all their own. Skin thrasher Gene Hoglan is so
damn tight and heavy on "Alien" that this may just
be the finest he's played since his early days tearing it
up the thrash masters Dark Angel dare I say. The production
of "Alien" as well is incredibly textured and fine
tuned as should be expected with the skills that Devin Townsend
holds in his twisted cranium behind a mixing board. Adding
to the already fine song writing thru out this metal masterpiece
is the usually feeling of utter confusion and anger that some
how works wonders for Strapping Young Lad.
It's a great change to finally get something of quality in
these days of so-called metalcore and Hot Topic influenced
rock music of today. Strapping Young Lad seems to fill the
void for what real fans of hard edged metal music have offered
to them in today's market. Mr. Townsend has always had so
much to offer the metal community and with this most recent
release proving beyond a doubt that he can throw down there
just might be a very bright future ahead for these thrash
leaders. I'm sure that "Alien" will be easily overlooked
due to the corporate rock industry saturating the market with
fashion friendly bands that seem to arrive as fast as they
fall so clamp your dirty little paws on to this metal smorgishborg
and inflict some mental harm.
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