{"id":20735,"date":"2015-02-24T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T19:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=20735"},"modified":"2015-02-23T20:49:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T01:49:55","slug":"the-noobs-guide-to-devin-townsend-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-noobs-guide-to-devin-townsend-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Noob’s Guide to Devin Townsend, Part 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Howdy my fellow turlet dwellers! Jimmy McNulty and I are here with the second installment of The Noob’s Guide to Devin Townsend! Previously, McNulty took you through the discography of Strapping Young<\/a>. Today, we divided up Devin’s solo efforts and will address each album with our own take. Although much of Devin’s work is solely created by him, the albums covered today are strictly under the moniker of “Devin Townsend”<\/strong>. Lets get started!<\/p>\n

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\"punkyb\"<\/a>1996 Punky Br\u00fcster Cooked on Phonics<\/em><\/p>\n

(GL) Although most of you will dismiss Punky Br\u00fcster<\/em> immediately, I invite you to hang around for a least ONE song. That song is Ez$$$<\/a>. I believe the core behind this record laid strictly in his distaste for the music industry (not a totally new concept). Lyrics include \u201cIt took two minutes, to piece these three lame riffs together. It it’s the same crap that’s selling loads\u201d. Original, I know! But, the interesting thing behind this statement is that Devin has stated in a recent interview<\/a> that his work in SYL \u201cwas emotionally really unhealthy for me because it\u2019s foundation was rooted in apathy and anger.\u201d Why is thing important? Be sure to stick around for our third and final installment of this series!<\/p>\n

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\"dream-big-and-work-hard\"<\/a>1997 Ocean Machine: Biomech<\/em><\/p>\n

(JJM) This one hits home for me. At the time it was released I was under the impression that SYL was finished. I kept listening to this album thinking, \u201cThis is NOT Devin!\u201d But it is… as I would later come to grasp. The aggression was mostly gone but the heavy melodic riffs were still present. This album is Devin finding himself as a solo artist: layering tons of guitars and taking total control over a variety of vocal styles. You’ll find melodic yet melancholic tracks (Seventh Wave, Funeral<\/a> , Bastard) interspersed with up-beat, hard rock tracks (Life, Hide Nowhere<\/a>, Voices In the Fan), and a few absolute surprises: acoustic with hints of electronica in “The Death of Music” and “Things Beyond Things”. Son of a gun, I’d like to link the entire album to you folks, as it’s so perfect; but I cannot… instead I will leave you with an absolute monster of a progressive metal song, \u201cBastard\/Not One of the Better Days\u201d:<\/p>\n