City - Strapping Young Lad

City - Strapping Young Lad

1 CD(s) - Heavy Metal - Label: Century Media/EMI - Distributor: EMI - Released: 15/10/2007 - 5051099766525 more

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This is a review of City, the 2nd album of Strapping Young Lad the Canadian Progressive/Extreme metal band. This album is often critically acclaimed as the best work of Strapping Young Lad, to add to that Devin Townsend is often cited as a genius. Made in 1997, the album should appeal to ... Read review





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Review of City - Strapping Young Lad by dangaroo

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Disadvantages: Too much going on

This is a review of City, the 2nd album of Strapping Young Lad the Canadian Progressive/Extreme metal band. This album is often critically acclaimed as the best work of Strapping Young Lad, to add to that Devin Townsend is often cited as a genius. Made in 1997, the album should appeal to me but doesn't impress me anyway near as much as it should do, I've tried to get into it several times and the mixture of different styles messes it up a bit for ...
...vocals, some songs on the album like Detox are pretty good but others like Oh My F***ing God just sound like progressive industrial metal with a muffled sound that represents a result similar to a heavier version of what Mike Patton is up to these days (if you've seen it), which is basically just making a racket! Maybe it's my simple mind but I prefer something more raw than an experimental, over the top concoction of styles. This album does have ... Read review

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City - Strapping Young Lad

Main specs

Title: City

Performer: Strapping Young Lad

Genre: Heavy Metal

Release Date: 15/10/2007

Label / Distributor: Century Media/EMI / EMI

Pieces in Set: 1

Format: Performer

EAN: 5051099766525

Catalogue Number: 776652

Titles on disc 1

1.: Velvet Kevorkian

2.: All Hail The New Flesh

3.: Oh My Fucking God

4.: Detox

5.: Home Nucleonics

6.: AAA

7.: Underneath The Waves

8.: Room 429

9.: Spirituality

10.: Centipede (bonus track)

11.: Home Nuclenonics (96 demo/bonus track)

12.: Hedroid (gunt demo/bonus track)

13.: Detox ('96 demo/bonus track)

14.: AAA ('96 demo/bonus track)

15.: Detox (video clip/bonus track)

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