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Strapping Young Lad - City [New Vinyl LP] Bonus Tracks, Colored Vinyl, Ltd Ed, S

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Item specifics

Condition
New: A brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
Custom Bundle
No
Duration
Album
Language
English
Modified Item
No
Record Grading
Mint(M)
Record Size
12"
Sleeve Grading
Mint(M)
Features
Bonus Tracks, Colored Vinyl, Ltd Ed, Silver
Speed
33 RPM
Title
City
Album Name
City
Brand
Listenable Records
UPC
3760053845658
Artist
Strapping Young Lad
Type
LP
Format
Vinyl
Record Label
Listenable Records
Release Year
1997
Release Title
City
Genre
Metal

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Product Identifiers

Record Label
Listenable Records
UPC
3760053845658
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17050161043

Product Key Features

Artist
Strapping Young Lad
Format
Vinyl
Release Year
1997
Release Title
City
Type
LP
Genre
Metal

Additional Product Features

Distribution
Amplified Media Services
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Additional information
Strapping Young Lad includes: Devin Townsend. Additional personnel: Gene Hoglan (drums). Recorded in July 1996. A sense of humor is something that very few artists in underground metal possess -- and that's precisely why Canadian Devin Townsend and his wall-of-noise industrial-thrash outfit Strapping Young Lad stand out amongst the melee. City is a fine example of Townsend's metal-mad scientist approach (dubbed "Devy metal" by affectionate followers): An absolutely manic cyber-grind propelled by the elephant stampede kicked up by drummer extraordinaire Gene Hoglan (ex-Death, Dark Angel), thickened by frenzied, nigh out of control guitar riffs and existing in a cloudy electro-haze of pulverized circuit boards crushed to dust, shot into the atmosphere, and breathed in by all involved parties. So this album's predecessor, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, was appropriately titled, although City is a smidgen more focused, mature, and, yes, heavy, although Townsend's subsequent solo projects, Ocean Machine, Infinity, Physicist, and Terria, are less overtly metallic, more fully realized, prog-influenced, and ambitious. What makes Strapping Young Lad most compelling isn't the band's capacity for schizoid arrangements, but rather Townsend's realization that the over the top clichés of the metal genre -- which he robustly embraces with a maniacal grin -- are innately absurd. So he trots out irony-packed tunes such as "Oh My Fucking God," "All Hail the New Flesh," and "AAA" with such ridiculous bombast and bizarre, borderline non sequitur lyrics (a quick sample: "Devy in the corner of his teen year/Born to run away/Children in the middle with the village idiot/So he never made the potty grade" from "AAA"), all used to skewer the inherent ludicrousness of not just metal, but life in general. On the surface, City is a noisy excuse to put yourself in a neck brace, but closer inspection will reveal Townsend's mentally depraved genius, his mind weighted down with, um, really heavy things. [A Deluxe Reissue from Century Media was released in 2007.]~ John Serba
Number of discs
2

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