Happy or sad. Angry or depressed. Energetic or calm. This song works for me no matter what mood I'm in. And it always makes me joyful and unable to give a shit.
It’s wild that TH-cam just recommended me this video while I was thinking about how I couldn’t tell if I was happy or angry or ready for what’s next. Hope you’re still jamming.
@Dave Levensworth S.C.I.E.N.C.E. came out in '97. I didn't include Symbolic because it's another genre. Those three I cited are pretty much related, genre-wise
My intro to SYL. This and Meshuggah introduced me to a more layered, heavier, intense style of metal a good twenty years ago. Still the best of its kind. I miss Devin’s chaotic side.
This and “In the Rainy Season“ are simply the most mind blowing opening for a metal album I ever heard in the 90s: fast, chaotic, brutal, but also melodic, epic and intimate at the same time. The rest of the album is at a demo level, but these two songs are enormous.
I'm not a fan of his solo stuff, but I can appreciate it for what it is. He is a very talented individual and quite possibly a musical genius as far as creativity, patience and self discipline is concerned.
I love the fact that this song are incredibly heavy but still keep the ryth and the melody, witout only screaming and/or burping incomprensibly words. SYL best metal band ever !
this song carried me through my teens and it's still an all time favourite. I like Dev's new stuff, but the old SYL is what I have always felt the most
I am so fortunate to say that I video taped this off MTV's Headbangers ball back in the 90's. This was my teenage soundtrack! That makes me a music GOD now a days ! hahahahah
I'll never forget, mid 90s, seeing this video on MTV Latino (!) Headbangers Ball... and it blowing my mind... And now I've seen the man half a dozen times, got the albums, the shirts, the Ziltoid puppet, almost 30 years of being a fan of the Hevy One.
I love this song!! I love how angry and raw they sounded back then... And the video is seriously awesome! I like the "This is an important shot of Jed" part lol
I'm honestly shocked this doesn't have millions of views so pure raw and honest anger and hostility but then again "Normal People." can't handle this real shit.
No joke, and devin is a fucking genius very underrated, was fortunate enough to see him and meet him with strapping young lad at ozzfest before they disbanded, fucking amazing show.
You are so right about normies cant handle this real shit. I play this for metalheads and even some of them just can't take it. almost everyone I play it for just thinks it's way to intense. I love it's brutal honesty and think it's hands down the best use of the F word in a song anywhere.
Gotta throw it out there, I fucking love Devy's mannerisms in this video, they're hysterical, I love all the wild gesturing and arm waving he does, I wanna be like that!
You're lucky. The girl I broke up with in high school was in charge of the year book - she purposely changed what I said in the yearbook under my face to something self inflicting :(
this is for what I am started to listened SYL!!!Greetings from Russia!!!;-))) Ofcouse, at first it was an album "Soul Of a new machine" By "Fear Factory"(1992) One of the great heavy metal industrial albums!.All are these guys I have listened almost at the same time,but more prefer Devin Townsend and his projects later, couse,as for me,he is more talented as well!
Devin was by far the best extreme vocalist in 1994 along with few others. Imagine he took screaming to a new level and was even self taught. There are technically as good or better extreme metal singers since. But that high pitched fry scream is like Devin was one of the first who took it this far on HAARHT.
2022 and I just heard Call of the Wild. Had to come back and relive my childhood. I just remember this was a track that was played non stop cus that chorus was dedicated to some forgotten ex-girlfriend. Devin still going strong and putting out music that touches your inner soul!
I still love Devy in all his manifestations, but man I do miss the rage days.... back when he could scream without risking an aneurysm. This song, message or music, just wouldn't be the same without the rage.
The Devin I grew up with. Blasting this gem throughout my teen years. I remember someone said to me around 1999 check out Slipknot it's aggressive. I listened and I laughed my ass of.
That's what I guessed immediately. Just got into SYL a few months ago...makes sense to me, especially since he probably saw a bear in his backyard (I live in Victoria, across the water from Vancouver) as a boy!
this is fucking DEVIN TOWNSEND BEST CLIP EVER!!!From it I began to listen Death-Industrial-Heavy Metall till this time !!!I I am 44 right now!!!Greetings from Russia to all H&M fans!!!
As heavy things go,it is most definitely a really heavy thing! Back in 1995, I almost got a hernia trying to pick it up for the 1st time.I didn't try to do that again! Since then,I've just had to leave it where it was sitting and enjoy it where it sat!
It's weird thinking about this young, snarling, bowl cut lunatic growing up to be a goofy, bald alien father who makes beautiful melodic music but then again this song ends with "Can I take your stinkin' order" so I guess he always had a silly side. Also he still makes heavy stuff with some harsh vocals. Just... never this unbelievably heavy anymore. This band was... something else.
Quickly became one of my more favorite bands recently. And yea, his other stuff like Devin Townsend Project is still great but SYL was a whole different beast. Nice to see some recent comments. This album is also very underrated imo, but I can understand some of the dislike towards it. City is still my favorite album though :). This album has alot of silliness going on but also unfiltered rage.
Awesome. The video is actually for the song SYL from the album Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing. One for the music videos that was not included on the For Those Aboot To Rock DVD from some reason. Either Devin forgot about it or just didn't want it to ever see the light of day. Anyway, awesome video. Hail Strapping Young Lad.
This is the kinda shit that kept metal relevant during this time period...Pantera solidified the state of metal and bands like SYL, Fear Factory and Messhugga kept the rawness obvious and wasn't prone to the overproduction and industrialization that gave way to nu metal in the years to come.
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The intro rotating shot when they're posing is fucking genius. Devin is a madman in the most glorious way
I like how his top has his name on it, like all great Canadians
Happy or sad. Angry or depressed. Energetic or calm. This song works for me no matter what mood I'm in. And it always makes me joyful and unable to give a shit.
It’s wild that TH-cam just recommended me this video while I was thinking about how I couldn’t tell if I was happy or angry or ready for what’s next. Hope you’re still jamming.
1995: came out this, Demanufacture and Destroy Erase Improve.
What a fantastic year!
And Death- Symbolic
@Dave Levensworth S.C.I.E.N.C.E. came out in '97.
I didn't include Symbolic because it's another genre. Those three I cited are pretty much related, genre-wise
Not to mention Disco Volante...
Incubus, Meshuggah, syl fans you guys mid 30s?
@@Ruffnek310 incubus, meshuggah and syl fan here, 29 til November.
wait until all the vocal coaches reacting to Kingdom discover the SYL era Devy
Gene H.
@@kuntymckunterson But Gene wasn't on this album. Chris Byes on drums.
I miss this Devin
@@DarthMohammedRules oh shit I thought it was robot drums for some reason
😂😂
My intro to SYL. This and Meshuggah introduced me to a more layered, heavier, intense style of metal a good twenty years ago. Still the best of its kind. I miss Devin’s chaotic side.
so fucking underrated it's unbelievable.
Thank fuck someone knows what they have, they are absolutely fucking brilliant.
not under rated,.. simply under heard... for anypne that hears this, is changed forever.
Fucking game changer in music when this came out in '95. New level of sickness and very delicate same fucking time. Holy fuck!
"I am a coming of a new age" He's right about that. A new age of music from him in future releases.
Devin Townsend writes the best choruses ever, hands down.
21 years later, still the best fuck you song about working for an INC.
The editing in this video is phenomenal for 1994-1995 era! Been listening to this song, and album, since I was in my early teens! Never gets old!
love how devin is just not holding back and is just going crazy through the entire video
This and “In the Rainy Season“ are simply the most mind blowing opening for a metal album I ever heard in the 90s: fast, chaotic, brutal, but also melodic, epic and intimate at the same time. The rest of the album is at a demo level, but these two songs are enormous.
yeah they're ludicrous
This man has no limits to his creativity and ability. I would say that about very few.
I'm not a fan of his solo stuff, but I can appreciate it for what it is. He is a very talented individual and quite possibly a musical genius as far as creativity, patience and self discipline is concerned.
I love the fact that this song are incredibly heavy but still keep the ryth and the melody, witout only screaming and/or burping incomprensibly words.
SYL best metal band ever !
this song carried me through my teens and it's still an all time favourite. I like Dev's new stuff, but the old SYL is what I have always felt the most
I am so fortunate to say that I video taped this off MTV's Headbangers ball back in the 90's. This was my teenage soundtrack! That makes me a music GOD now a days ! hahahahah
This and Fear Factory, nothing else ever got over it... or have i missed something?
fact...all strapping young lad songs must be played at full volume
Ben Roy the amount of times I've lay down and put my headphones on full volume just to appreciate this genius...
i miss those loud abrasive shows!!
Absolutely!!
"THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SHOT OF JED" got me good
Man I love this shit! Devin Townsend is such a beast! I dont know he disliked Heavy as a Heavy Thing, it had some of his best songs!
I love the melodic part at around 2:12, they always manage to be melodic but still really heavy
imagine being a kid in 95, the world is against you but you have a walkman and blast this in your head. 🤘 best feeling in the world
We need a Full HD version of this
This is some of the most intense, relentless, and heavy sh*t I ever heard! I'm digging this.
All time fave!!!! Even 15 years later innovative and brutal. Adrian White kicks ass on drums!
I finally read the lyrics to this after 20 years and I now know what this song is about. It's pumping some new life into me.
"I am the coming of a new age, stained we still stand tall"
I remember seeing this video on Noisy Mothers and being totally blown away. Nothing else quite like it.
2:56
Probably the most important shot in this entire video.
Jeez, I guess I'll just be one of the few people appreciating the hell out of this bad-ass song without talking about Devin's hair or how he looks.
This is a important shot of JED. Best shot ever.
I'll never forget, mid 90s, seeing this video on MTV Latino (!) Headbangers Ball... and it blowing my mind... And now I've seen the man half a dozen times, got the albums, the shirts, the Ziltoid puppet, almost 30 years of being a fan of the Hevy One.
I love this song!! I love how angry and raw they sounded back then... And the video is seriously awesome! I like the "This is an important shot of Jed" part lol
I'm honestly shocked this doesn't have millions of views so pure raw and honest anger and hostility but then again "Normal People." can't handle this real shit.
No joke, and devin is a fucking genius very underrated, was fortunate enough to see him and meet him with strapping young lad at ozzfest before they disbanded, fucking amazing show.
2edgy4me
Don't cut yourself on that edge, man.
You are so right about normies cant handle this real shit. I play this for metalheads and even some of them just can't take it. almost everyone I play it for just thinks it's way to intense. I love it's brutal honesty and think it's hands down the best use of the F word in a song anywhere.
Detox video has over a million views
This album doesn't get the respect it deserves, the first two songs are two of the best SYL songs
Gotta throw it out there, I fucking love Devy's mannerisms in this video, they're hysterical, I love all the wild gesturing and arm waving he does, I wanna be like that!
I managed to get lyrics from this song placed in our school year book.
***** Of course it was only the chorus, the meaningful part is just implied.
***** Exactly.
You're lucky. The girl I broke up with in high school was in charge of the year book - she purposely changed what I said in the yearbook under my face to something self inflicting :(
ganondorfchampin the lyrics from Detox is in the game Fallout 3
Your high school was way better than mine ;(
Weird seeing A backstreet boys hairstyle on our father
Sliaom
it was the 90s lmao...skullet came soon after
They copied him! Just couldnt take the extremes of such a dew and made it homosexual... some just fail. Backstreet Boys that is.
this is for what I am started to listened SYL!!!Greetings from Russia!!!;-)))
Ofcouse, at first it was an album "Soul Of a new machine" By "Fear Factory"(1992) One of the great heavy metal industrial albums!.All are these guys I have listened almost at the same time,but more prefer Devin Townsend and his projects later, couse,as for me,he is more talented as well!
Who's backstreet boys? Anyways, Dev looks like Edward Nygma here :D
I really miss that times, i was like 13-14 years old, and i was blasting this song at max volume... Yep, I miss that times
This song goes out to every other driver out there.
Just bring back all these video values man. You can't express metal in 4K.
Devin was by far the best extreme vocalist in 1994 along with few others. Imagine he took screaming to a new level and was even self taught. There are technically as good or better extreme metal singers since. But that high pitched fry scream is like Devin was one of the first who took it this far on HAARHT.
The staccato string section in the choruses is beyond epic.
This song needs to be re-recorded ASAP!
just discovered this amazing band. so happy. :P
Heard about this song on the SYL episode of the Heavy with Andrew and Don. It’s even better with the video
SUCH AN UNDERRATED ALBUM!!! One of the best industrial metal songs I've ever heard
2022 and I just heard Call of the Wild. Had to come back and relive my childhood. I just remember this was a track that was played non stop cus that chorus was dedicated to some forgotten ex-girlfriend.
Devin still going strong and putting out music that touches your inner soul!
God damn this thing deserves a full re-production.. video remaster, music channel strip, remix/substitution/ remaster.. it's fantastic
Devin looks like an adult playing a teenager in an 80s movie.
I always thought he looked sort of like Willem Dafoe, at least before he went bald.
I still love Devy in all his manifestations, but man I do miss the rage days.... back when he could scream without risking an aneurysm. This song, message or music, just wouldn't be the same without the rage.
No words to describe how underrated this song is.
The Devin I grew up with. Blasting this gem throughout my teen years. I remember someone said to me around 1999 check out Slipknot it's aggressive. I listened and I laughed my ass of.
Yeah same. But someone showed me Korn around the same time and then slipknot and said “these guys make SYL sound like Enya” whatever the f he meant
For all his uplifting modern stuff, this still makes me feel better than any of it
The first one "Heavy as a really heavy thing"
This song is just incredible O.O
i love how raw this video is and at the same time looks fucking spectacular
From day one the dude created a wall of sound. Awesome
I miss this intense shit. The stuff that reminds you of WHY you're alive! Thanks for the memories SYL!
....and I'm still here after all these years, coming back from the time I had no google user and watched this for the first time.
If I start a new band I will call our first album "Heavy and Hard Rhino Turd" as a tribute to SYL. Hall of Fame band they are!
Oh my God! I've never seen this video before. Devin has hair! seriously though, 1995? So far ahead their time. I'm very impressed. :)
I remember when I first heard this all those years ago it sounded so… futuristic to me, haha. It still has the best chorus ever though!
As soon as those first drum machine beats come on at 0:40, I become a new person.
Awesome band - awesome song - love the intro. Thank the Gods for Devi!
such an amazing scream and clean voice
.....that kid intro is Devin Townsend at 3 years old. WHAT
Yep, it's true. Read it in an Interview some time ago.
@That Frosty Ape Yeah, there' another track on the album that ends with another of young Devy's stories.
That's what I guessed immediately. Just got into SYL a few months ago...makes sense to me, especially since he probably saw a bear in his backyard (I live in Victoria, across the water from Vancouver) as a boy!
🤯💀☠👻🤖👽
It was great to be 13 and have this 🤘
He went back in time to give himself the "DEV" shirt. No one would have recognized him without it.
If anyone was wondering,.. yes this is what Canada sounds like
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing and City are their best albums ever. What a hate and violence was it back then.
Doom Guy When Doom Guy speaks, you listen. The man who singlehandedly brought hell to its knees will not be denied.
DC 33879 amen
Nah. Heavy is practically a collection of demos realized to completion. No coherent thought or theme. Worst in the catalog, not that it's bad.
@@KaneRobot You observed the liner notes I see.
Probably the best quality version of the video on here, and it's awesome.
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this is fucking DEVIN TOWNSEND BEST CLIP EVER!!!From it I began to listen Death-Industrial-Heavy Metall till this time !!!I I am 44 right now!!!Greetings from Russia to all H&M fans!!!
I love the chorus!!
Classic tune. The amount of hate in this stuff is incredible.
God how I miss the old shows!
As heavy things go,it is most definitely a really heavy thing! Back in 1995, I almost got a hernia trying to pick it up for the 1st time.I didn't try to do that again! Since then,I've just had to leave it where it was sitting and enjoy it where it sat!
geezus they were far ahead their time. insanely raw and pure
I once spent 3 and a half hours listening to all 5 SYL albums.
I couldn't feel my neck the next day XD
What a sweet lullaby..
I figured so. He is quite the musical genius.
Thanks for the info.
Holy shit! Devin Townsend had hair on the top of his head once?
This is a great video. You have no idea what's going on, it fits the song perfectly. And I love Devin, he made it cool to go bald in Metal.
lovin it !!!! keep goin with this style...thrash..N..groove.... S.Y.L. rules...
It's weird thinking about this young, snarling, bowl cut lunatic growing up to be a goofy, bald alien father who makes beautiful melodic music but then again this song ends with "Can I take your stinkin' order" so I guess he always had a silly side. Also he still makes heavy stuff with some harsh vocals. Just... never this unbelievably heavy anymore. This band was... something else.
Quickly became one of my more favorite bands recently. And yea, his other stuff like Devin Townsend Project is still great but SYL was a whole different beast. Nice to see some recent comments.
This album is also very underrated imo, but I can understand some of the dislike towards it. City is still my favorite album though :).
This album has alot of silliness going on but also unfiltered rage.
This does something good to my brain
This was the first I saw of S.Y.L., amazing!
Devin Townsend is a very special boy isn't he!
Only 400+ viewers!? This is a classic!
Awesome. The video is actually for the song SYL from the album Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing. One for the music videos that was not included on the For Those Aboot To Rock DVD from some reason. Either Devin forgot about it or just didn't want it to ever see the light of day. Anyway, awesome video. Hail Strapping Young Lad.
I love the first 2 albums to death. This is the song that got me loving SYL & Dev.
I can't handle Devin with that hair.
i love it!!!!!!! SYL Forever!!!!
No one does it quite like Hevy Devy
This is the kinda shit that kept metal relevant during this time period...Pantera solidified the state of metal and bands like SYL, Fear Factory and Messhugga kept the rawness obvious and wasn't prone to the overproduction and industrialization that gave way to nu metal in the years to come.
God bless the 90's!!! :D :D
@PcCAvioN Also, Music is not ruined by this kind of music. Emotion makes music, and if you can't feel this song, then you have never been angry.
OMG! I forgot how fun this song is :)
this is soo much heavier than all that deathcore crap we have nowadays. and i love how dev looks like one of the backstreet boys :D
Just fucking love this, the first album from them I ever got familiar with.
@Idey1994 That's what makes them awesome is their ability to be heavy but melodic at the same time like Fear Factory.
I kinda envy you guys.I mean it had to be awesome to grow up on this...I only got to know this now, inmy 20s
It is never too late,bro
i grew up listening to them and i am 19 now xD devin is my idol and yes i am canadian and so is he :P
jellyness intensifies:D
You should try some kmfdm maybe "superpower" or "virus" some underground shit from the early 90s
Same.
the beginning of a fucking GENIUS.
Luckily he's changed course a bit, but there aren't many songs better for venting your anger...lmao.