Devin might’ve been a drug abusing menace to society here that was on the verge of dying a few times but I’ll be damned if he wasn’t still one of the best frontmen in the business
Where is this man???? Like I remember this shit when it was big...but they shoulda been bigger then they had got..and it's like a little secret those who lived in the era know about...I love shit like that 2000s metal in any and all forms is being a secret only this generation knows about...cause mainstream Is not longer even remotely playing heavy shit...they dont want you to hear music that makes you feel anything but there plastic bullshit...like just hearing this track stirs my emotions its wonderful
@@MKRocker2012 And he maintained his voice for so long. Apparently he warms up, screams til he tastes blood, then waits a couple days for the 'callouses' to develop on his chords. He's insanely metal.
I was there and I hadn't heard of them before this, I was just mesmerized more than anything and couldn't look away, I was actually walking to something but stopped to watch and stayed for the whole thing. Trust me, most of the audience were the same that day. We went away a life long fan.
Goes without saying though.. He was clearly in a bad place when he wrote ALIEN. The difference between him as a musician and person now is night and day. SYL will always hold a place in my heart but I'm so chuffed he managed to work through whatever he was going through. I mean, would you really want to live in a world without Devin Townsend ❤
That stood out to me too, despite this being a mediocre live recording... It's a shame they didnt get a proper great live recording while they were around
Hevy Devy has been killing it as a vocalist since his days with Steve Vai. Dude should be in a rock/metal vocalist hall of fame. His music is such and acquired taste though that I feel he'll never get his flowers
What a masterpiece, what a performance! 🖤 That one was for the ages and the crowd didn't even realize what they were witnessing. Trully wish i could have been there!
@@AWMJoeyjoejoe yeah its true .. that year was a HUGE heatwave and the girl i was in a tent with had REALLY bad heatstroke she threw up the orange juice she was drinking all over me while i was sleeping ... strangely it felt amazing lol
My dream WAS to see S.Y.L. live... but my dream NOW is to see Devin Townsend live. I don't think it will ever happen because I live in Israel. I'm half Finnish though. But I've The Safe Zone DVD and if you ask me? It's hands down one of his best live DVD EVER! Why? Just listen to the Regulator (Imho THE BEST live version EVER!) nuff said. That's about it. And I will never forget me listening to Devin Townsend's Ocean Machine for the first time! I was in vacation in my second home in Finland (Summer 2016) I had a crush back then to my childhood friend who was a girl...(❤ HURTS!😭),But now I'm laughing about it😂 but seriously Ocean machine was the first time listening to Devin. From that day my life changed. And I will never forget that! He has the most outstanding career EVER! So I want to thank You Mr. Devin Townsend for changing my life!
back when Devy looked like a homeless methhead and Gene was a ham planet,now Devy looks like some kinda fashionable man of the world and Gene is in the best shape of his life...glad the years have been kind to these monsters of metal.
Devin Fucking Townsend, a genious powerful man that truly came into his own freedom. A master of himself. Seen DT live last year but they played Love as the final song which I always hoped to hear live, But fuck, do I wish I could have seen SYL live. Mnemic as well.
I love when people who fall in love with Kingdom find out that he was once a dumpster diving cave troll who created some of the dirtiest metal albums of all time.
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Pickles is my favorite member of Strapping Young Lad
@Jenny D
Google dethklok
Only Dethklok fans would get this reference 🤣🤣🤘
Wait I always wondered is pickles really modeled after devin Townsend?
@@legionact
I kinda always just assumed he was.
This has a double meaning considering Gene Hoglan was the one who recorded Dethklok drums, and then Devin Townsend actually just looks like Pickles.
This guy will go down in history as having one of the best vocals in metal ironic thing is no one will realize it
Plenty of people realize it.
Naw fam, we definitely know.
We do, so fuck 'em.
Don't forget one of the best haircuts in history lol.
I know, fuckin awesome voice. Brilliant guy too. Xxxx
The entire spectrum of human emotion exists in this man at all times. We don't deserve him.
There's something transformative about this 🤔
Gene is goddamn killing it on those drums.
The atomic clock
Looks like he is just chilling on his couch too and the drums are just being beat to shit.
The second the double bass kicked in on the intro yeah that shit got my head banging pretty hard
The mighty holgar doth smash the noisey bang cans!!!!!
Devin might’ve been a drug abusing menace to society here that was on the verge of dying a few times but I’ll be damned if he wasn’t still one of the best frontmen in the business
Amen to that! He has got talent. Glad he did'nt join elvis.....
He still is!
Where is this man???? Like I remember this shit when it was big...but they shoulda been bigger then they had got..and it's like a little secret those who lived in the era know about...I love shit like that 2000s metal in any and all forms is being a secret only this generation knows about...cause mainstream Is not longer even remotely playing heavy shit...they dont want you to hear music that makes you feel anything but there plastic bullshit...like just hearing this track stirs my emotions its wonderful
@@stephanierummel5066 Can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but he's cleaned himself up a lot and has been focusing on his solo work.
Drugs are what heightened his already badassness but he had to quit before it did any damage
My girlfriend at the time introduced me to this band years ago. That's love
See what you did there
Lucky man indeed
That moment you remember Devin Townsends also a Heavy Metal Legend. And that double bass drum by Gene Hoglan my god!
This dude should have gone so much further in the metal community
Implying that Devin Townsend is somehow NOT one of the biggest names in metal?
@George Zelinsky lmao how am I a poser
@@kyleharmon2309 You said he didn't go far in the metal community. lol
Have you seen his musical resume?
too complicated for masses I guess
@@MKRocker2012 And he maintained his voice for so long. Apparently he warms up, screams til he tastes blood, then waits a couple days for the 'callouses' to develop on his chords. He's insanely metal.
This man's vocal range is one of the absolute best in metal!
This audience did not deserve this performance
I came back to it cause I da who’s low the band was on the download poster it’s criminal
I bled in SYL pits in Corpus, TX back in the early 2000s. This was a weak crowd.
I was there and I hadn't heard of them before this, I was just mesmerized more than anything and couldn't look away, I was actually walking to something but stopped to watch and stayed for the whole thing. Trust me, most of the audience were the same that day. We went away a life long fan.
They did not deserve it at all.
@@TheThehaunted101 🙄
Goes without saying though.. He was clearly in a bad place when he wrote ALIEN. The difference between him as a musician and person now is night and day. SYL will always hold a place in my heart but I'm so chuffed he managed to work through whatever he was going through. I mean, would you really want to live in a world without Devin Townsend ❤
Badass vocals just discovered this guy
Saw them with Arch Enemy, Throwdown and Sepultura.. My first proper gig. Absolutely unforgettable. Devin is a god.
I wish this lineup would reunite....I meangod of combat boot double bass, Devin's vocals, just the dynamics, etc...PHENOMENONAL!!
Dude that snare drum tho
That stood out to me too, despite this being a mediocre live recording... It's a shame they didnt get a proper great live recording while they were around
I remember this performance, still gives me chills
Sad to see such a small percentage of the crown getting involved. This band deserves so much more.
yeah you’d expect more of the royal family to be in the pit
Hevy Devy has been killing it as a vocalist since his days with Steve Vai. Dude should be in a rock/metal vocalist hall of fame. His music is such and acquired taste though that I feel he'll never get his flowers
When I see Devin Townsend perform I'm immediately transferred to a happy place 🤘😃🤘
i think it is one of the greatest vocal perfomances in metal music that i have ever seen . a very special one.
I remember DL06. This was the best performance of the weekend. Nothing came close. Also loudest...my trousers flapping is a good memory.
Wish I was there for this and for Down.
Devin Townsend is a remarkably gifted musician. So versatile!!!
What a masterpiece, what a performance! 🖤 That one was for the ages and the crowd didn't even realize what they were witnessing. Trully wish i could have been there!
Dude this has to be the coolest thing i’ve ever seen
You know that if a mf looks like that hes about to make some fire music.
I so miss Strapping...... They were incredible 🤘🤘
Canadian gift to the metal world! 🤘🏻
Canada’s best exports are her beer, musicians, and hockey players
@@richmay3929 Kinda like Finland.. Greetings 🇫🇮
@@einienj3281 inDEED!!! ✌️🤟🤘
@@richmay3929 🤘🏻🤟🏻🖖🏻
Cryptopsy, Blasphemy, Annihilator, and Devin Townsend
These guys shoulda been bigger and for longer
Dude at 5:23 in the green hat was like "Im ready for Five Finger Death Punch"
Lol
😂
First time hearing this at 40. Fucking awesome.
fan fact i was there that day dying of heat stroke on the hill .. but it was FUCKING AWESOME !!!!
Damn that must be cool, hats off to you!
It's funny when I went to download you were more at risk of drowning than heatstroke. Lol!
@@AWMJoeyjoejoe yeah its true .. that year was a HUGE heatwave and the girl i was in a tent with had REALLY bad heatstroke she threw up the orange juice she was drinking all over me while i was sleeping ... strangely it felt amazing lol
@@NorthernLoki Where was this?
@@DruOxyerr Download Festival, in the 🇬🇧
Dude knows how to rock a skullet like a boss
gene hoglan is a bloody underrated monster
This is one hell of a performance.
Remember y’all…this man did Moonpeople
Heavy as a really heavy thing is harder as you think
Holy fuck this is the best thing on the interwebz
Dude can fucking wail man!!! 🤩
Gene Hoglan on drums...
Jesus fucking Christ that is unbelievable. I think that’s the best heavy performance I’ve ever seen!!!!!
A musical genius
Every other metal musician compared to Devin Townsend feels like a poser
This crowed is way to calm for this level of performance, i would have started a huge moshpit lol
they were way too stuned by Strappings beyond heavy performance
Mid-day performance plus an unusually hot June.
Thanks for your work!
Mans vocals, passion, and showmanship is off the fucking charts
That's one legendary lump of spit right there :)
You can hear hints he can do opera
2024 ❤
So happy I got to see these guys at ozzfest!
Heard about this song on the SYL episode of the Heavy with Andrew and Don. Cant believe how many years I wasted not listening to them
Better late than never, my friend. Welcome to the hevy devy cult
This song should get some more love
My dream WAS to see S.Y.L. live... but my dream NOW is to see Devin Townsend live. I don't think it will ever happen because I live in Israel. I'm half Finnish though. But I've The Safe Zone DVD and if you ask me? It's hands down one of his best live DVD EVER! Why? Just listen to the Regulator (Imho THE BEST live version EVER!) nuff said. That's about it. And I will never forget me listening to Devin Townsend's Ocean Machine for the first time! I was in vacation in my second home in Finland (Summer 2016) I had a crush back then to my childhood friend who was a girl...(❤ HURTS!😭),But now I'm laughing about it😂 but seriously Ocean machine was the first time listening to Devin. From that day my life changed. And I will never forget that! He has the most outstanding career EVER! So I want to thank You Mr. Devin Townsend for changing my life!
i LOVE this whole fucking concert so fucking much
So damn awesome!
Amazing performance
Great quality in this video, thanks.
back when Devy looked like a homeless methhead and Gene was a ham planet,now Devy looks like some kinda fashionable man of the world and Gene is in the best shape of his life...glad the years have been kind to these monsters of metal.
I saw SYL in a little club here in Rochester NY, The Penny Arcade. Then I drove Gene Hoglan to the store for a pack of smokes!! Awesome night!!
ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER👹
Devin Fucking Townsend, a genious powerful man that truly came into his own freedom. A master of himself.
Seen DT live last year but they played Love as the final song which I always hoped to hear live, But fuck, do I wish I could have seen SYL live.
Mnemic as well.
this was when he still was tom riddle
amazing
Is that Gene back there on the drums? He's literally everywhere lol
Lowkey miss.his dreads
Highkey for me, brother.
So does he.
Devin Townsend is the fuckin man 🤘
this is the heaviest thing I've heard in a while, just discovered this. Can someone recommend the best songs/albums from them?
I like "heavy as a really heavy thing" but pretty much all albums are good
Start with the 2005 album, Alien, then 2003's Strapping Young Lad and then City from 1997. Too many good tracks to list.
The new black
As you can see... pretty much all of their discography is a good way to start
City is a monolith of an album
Gene has to be on of the most unfuckwithable musicians on the planet. Devin for that matter too.
The audience didn't know...
Rock the skullet!!
Devin is lowkey one of the best metao leadmen amd singers ever. Andnhe doesnt get the coverage he deserves
Fuck it was hot that day
Jack the ripper (last action hero)
So many people won't have a clue what you're talking about lol. Loved that movie.
Listen to this with headphones it fuckin slaps
Legends
Skullet!!!
Talent!
What a voice
Awesome
Can't believe more of the crowd aren't filming this on their ipads
after all this style is very melodic if you ignore those beautiful heavy riffs
No one can rep the skullet like Devin
He does it better than Hulk Hogan brother
Duuuuuude where can i find the whole live performance in this quality holy sh*t 😍😍
Greasyyyy
Вот это голос!
I would love to have a Devin Townsend, SYL-era Funko Pop figure.
Gene and Devin omgggg. Fucking awesome
They are so fuckin gnarly man. love this shit💕💯
I'm amazed this guy can still talk
This is both sweaty AND pendulous
I don't know if a person I am mostly blind so I'm going to start over
The sponge is in the form returning to spot, spots returning anti bar
I love when people who fall in love with Kingdom find out that he was once a dumpster diving cave troll who created some of the dirtiest metal albums of all time.
His skulket/ Strapping days were incredible. Seeing them play in tiny venues with less than 100 people was insaneeee
what a fucking legend
How to scream like Devy, stub your toe and stand on lego at the same time.
Fuuuuuuvkkkk, I forgot that ugliest haircut ever!! God tier and god awful at the same time.. 😆 Devin is god!!
Im a sponge to hand two Artisan. You do know Artisan the finest forethought of the gut is not to make sponges. It's to poison people with them.
Why... is there no moshpit......
I love Matthew Lillard.
These guys are not joking
The most canadian metal song ever