Strapping Young Lad - Alien (#2650)

Radical Cut · **Joined:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:19 am **Posts:** 960

afeigel wrote:

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.....uh Dark Angel was 666x what this shitty ass band is. I'll say it again, fuck them and their stupid "I wanna make money off Pantera fans" bull shit metal. FUck it. GIMME DARK ANGEL GODDAMNIT!!

If you don't like this album then you are a disgrace to metal itself. This release is brilliant and its too bad that you're too busy living in the past to realize it.

P.S. How you can compare this to Pantera is beyond comprehension.

He's old world, and violently opposed to about anything that isn't his good old thrash, so let him be before he goes on some retarded tangent about the old days.

His level of comprehension doesn't extend to music like this, so he'll name-check just about any agressive metal band with a hint of a similarity in order to help build his argument.

Anonymous · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:13 pm

Awesome band.

Saw them live -- fucking really awesome live.

deathkvlt · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:18 pm

I think I'll buy this one, I've been listening to City a lot these days and I'm craving for more. SYL wasn't as good as City, so I would like to know what all you guys think of this one. Any of you (the more the merrier) care to rank the Strapping Young Lad albums...? Thank you.

Radical Cut · **Joined:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:19 am **Posts:** 960

deathkvlt wrote:

I think I'll buy this one, I've been listening to City a lot these days and I'm craving for more. SYL wasn't as good as City, so I would like to know what all you guys think of this one. Any of you (the more the merrier) care to rank the Strapping Young Lad albums...? Thank you.

This one is definitely closer to City in sound and spirit. If you were dissapointed with SYL it will probably be a pleasant change.

I don't about know ranking them all but I prefer the sound of City and Alien, and both cds are overall stronger than the other two, but I enjoy them all.

City/Alien
SYL/Heavy...

Dead Machine · **Joined:** Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:24 pm **Posts:** 2527

City
Alien
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
SYL.

There you go, Daniel.

Ness · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:05 pm

Sometimes I like Alien better than City. Maybe that’s just b/c I have overplayed played City, but otherwise I'd agree with Dead Machine's list. Also check out Physicist. It’s a solo Devin Townsend project that sounds like a cross between S.Y.L. and Ocean Machine (another Devin Townsend project).

deathkvlt · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:43 am

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?

Ness · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:22 am

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.

Dudeguy · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:17 pm

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

Adam · **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:11 pm

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

Anonymous · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:25 pm

"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 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:30 am

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

Alien is pretty good too

Eyesore · **Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:00 am

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 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:27 am

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

Anonymous · **Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:30 am

Imperial = greatest song ever.

Eyesore · **Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:47 am

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 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:49 pm

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 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:28 pm

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 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:57 pm

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 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:14 am

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

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