Devin Townsend | Artist

Devin Townsend is a Canadian progressive metal musician, songwriter and record producer born 1972 in New Westminster, BC. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and led them from 1994-2007. After SYL folded Townsend contributed guitar on albums for Front Line Assembly and vocals for Steve Vai. His first solo album was the excellent 1997 release Biomech under the name "Ocean Machine". Townsend has gone on to release a body of excellent prog-metal work either under his own name or his band The Devin Townsend Project. Outstanding albums include Biomech, Terria, Accelerated Evolution, Addicted and Empath, as well as some excellent live albums; The Retinal Circus, Ziltoid Live at The Royal Albert Hall and Ocean Machine – Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv.

Artist Website: hevydevy.com

Featured Albums: Devin Townsend

Related Artists: Devin Townsend Project, The Wildhearts, Strapping Young Lad