Strapping Young Lad - Alien (#2650)

Dudeguy

i love the clean vocals on this disc, very nice, somthing different

Adam

I'm sure this has been said before, but "City" needs to be reviewed. Great album.

admin

"City" is their finest album i think, but "Alien" shits all over the other two albums. that said i think SYL was better than HAARHT and i love the album syl :oops:

noodles

I dont think its possible to review City beyond "BEST THING EVER OMG BUY NOW"

Alien is pretty good too

admin

I've said it all over the Devin Townsend board and no one agrees, but Alien sounds more like a mix of Ocean Machine, Physicist, and Terria with a bit of Infinity and SYL mixed in than a traditional SYL album.

noodles

Eyesore wrote
I've said it all over the Devin Townsend board and no one agrees, but Alien sounds more like a mix of Ocean Machine, Physicist, and Terria with a bit of Infinity and SYL mixed in than a traditional SYL album.

imo its like terria but really pissed off

admin

Imperial = greatest song ever.

admin

metalNESS wrote
deathkvlt wrote
Thank you guys. I think I'll get Alien then...By the way, that non-SYL Devin Townsend stuff seems awesome. Which albums should I get first?
Physicist, Infinity, Ocean Machine, pretty much anything by Heavy Devy.

Yeah, pretty much. Devin is the man! I love the Punky Bruster album. It always amazes me to listen to it and know that Devin called up the label and said, "Give me $1500 and I'll give you a new album in a week!" and Cooked On Phonics was the result! Hahaha. Unreal. That CD blows away 95% of the shit that passes for punk and it was done as a joke...IN A WEEK!! Hahaha.

Devin Townsend KO1 All Other Punk Bands! 😃

mentalmark

YES!!!

I've just bought this on eBay for £3.50 ($7) including p&p. This has been an album that I've always put off buying, (I'm tight with cash and I've got the odd song downloaded), but today is the day at long last!

Eternal_Idol

mentalmark wrote
YES!!!I've just bought this on eBay for £3.50 ($7) including p&p. This has been an album that I've always put off buying, (I'm tight with cash and I've got the odd song downloaded), but today is the day at long last!

You won't be dissapointed, this album is as heavy as a punch in the face from Gene Hoglan himself.

Legacy_Of_The_Night

Eternal Idol wrote
mentalmark wrote
YES!!!I've just bought this on eBay for £3.50 ($7) including p&p. This has been an album that I've always put off buying, (I'm tight with cash and I've got the odd song downloaded), but today is the day at long last!
You won't be dissapointed, this album is as heavy as Gene Hoglan himself.

Fixed, lol.

noodles

Legacy Of The Night wrote
Eternal Idol wrote
mentalmark wrote
YES!!!I've just bought this on eBay for £3.50 ($7) including p&p. This has been an album that I've always put off buying, (I'm tight with cash and I've got the odd song downloaded), but today is the day at long last!
You won't be dissapointed, this album is as heavy as Gene Hoglan himself.
Fixed, lol.

roflz

mentalmark

Eternal Idol wrote
mentalmark wrote
YES!!!I've just bought this on eBay for £3.50 ($7) including p&p. This has been an album that I've always put off buying, (I'm tight with cash and I've got the odd song downloaded), but today is the day at long last!
You won't be dissapointed, this album is as heavy as a punch in the face from Gene Hoglan himself.

Glad you say so dude!

I heard SYL and wasn't best pleased but I know these guys are the masters of keeping you on your toes! Also got Napalm Death - Scum arriving tomorrow for £4.00. Glad to finally promote that one to CD!

Eternal_Idol

mentalmark wrote
Eternal Idol wrote
mentalmark wrote
YES!!!I've just bought this on eBay for £3.50 ($7) including p&p. This has been an album that I've always put off buying, (I'm tight with cash and I've got the odd song downloaded), but today is the day at long last!
You won't be dissapointed, this album is as heavy as a punch in the face from Gene Hoglan himself.
Glad you say so dude!I heard SYL and wasn't best pleased but I know these guys are the masters of keeping you on your toes! Also got Napalm Death - Scum arriving tomorrow for £4.00. Glad to finally promote that one to CD!

Alien is waaaayyyyyyyy heavier than SYL.

noodles

I think SYL is heavier, Alien is weirder and a less stripped down sound though

Eternal_Idol

noodles wrote
I think SYL is heavier, Alien is weirder and a less stripped down sound though

I'm not a big fan of SYL personally, it doesn't keep my attention. I find Alien to be flat out amazing though, and I rank it right up there with City. Alien contains a lot of pure raw emotion, and I think that makes it feel heavier.

noodles

I just love how stripped down SYL is, it's totally centered around the amazing guitar sound

mentalmark

Holy shit!! :dio: :dio:

Listening to this as a whole and not as a couple of downloaded tracks (like I had before) really makes the difference! I feel like Gene Hoglan literally did kick his boot straight through my chest-that's some immense drumming on there.

I suppose the unpredictability is predictable (or should it be predictably unpredictable? 🙂 ), but I certainly should have bought this sooner. And it IS waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy heavier than SYL

The New Black next to get then!

Ness

mentalmark wrote
Holy shit!! :dio: :dio:Listening to this as a whole and not as a couple of downloaded tracks (like I had before) really makes the difference! I feel like Gene Hoglan literally did kick his boot straight through my chest-that's some immense drumming on there.I suppose the unpredictability is predictable (or should it be predictably unpredictable? 🙂 ), but I certainly should have bought this sooner. And it IS waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy heavier than SYLThe New Black next to get then!

Get The New Black, but if you're expecting something close to Alien or SYL or City you're mistaken. It's more like his solo stuff mixed with SYL. It's good, but a lot of Strapping fans were disappointed with it.

admin

The New Black: Better Than City.

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