Devin Townsend Physicist
Review Summary: Devin's quality takes a slight dip, but this release still stands above a majority of other metal bands out there. Devin Townsend is one of metal’s musical geniuses, constantly putting out new material under different titles and almost always of a high quality. Arguably, he is most well known for his band which is crushing, angry, and sarcastic as hell, but he has another side to him. Aqw Cracked Accounts 2014 here. That side is usually more melodic, experimental, and progressive than Strapping Young Lad and has found its home mostly under the and monikers.
Schleicher Ask 13 Flight Manual more. Physicist is the fourth solo album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. The album was released on June 26, 2000, on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records.
This particular album falls under the 'Devin Townsend' moniker, but sounds more like Strapping Young Lad-lite. Overall this album comes off as a restrained version of Strapping Young Lad with hints of his other projects thrown in. The first way that this album comes off as restrained is due to the production, which is more similar to his other projects and less the “wall-of-sound” associated with Strapping Young Lad. What that means is that the production is excellent, of course, but just a little too reigned in to compliment the music as much as it could. Also, the guitars seem just a little too muddy - a little sharper tone could have given the album the edge it seems to lack.
Overall, the production doesn’t take away from the album but it could have enhanced it more with just a few minor changes. The music itself seems to follow the restrained Strapping Young Lad formula as well. The songs almost all come off as aggressive and they are mostly played at a pretty fast tempo, but they just never seem to find that edge and cross over it. Instead they start at a certain aggression level and are content to stay there without pushing the barriers as they progress.