In late 2008, he began recording a four-album series called the Devin Townsend Project, using a different musical style and band of supporting musicians for each album. Townsend put his music on hiatus for a year, doing production work for other artists. That year, a solo comedic concept album, Ziltoid the Omniscient, was released. In 2007, Townsend disbanded both Strapping Young Lad and The Devin Townsend Band to spend more time with his family and less time touring.
He also released a third electronica piece, an ambient album called The Hummer. In 2006, both bands released their final albums, The Devin Townsend Band's Synchestra charting in three European countries and Strapping Young Lad's The New Black climbing to last place on the Billboard 200. Strapping Young Lad released Alien in 2005, which charted in four countries, reaching 32 on Top Heatseekers. The EP was Townsend's first foray into electronica, a genre which he explored further with Devlab in 2004. Townsend also released a special edition of Accelerated Evolution which included an EP called Project EKO. The former was Townsend's first album to chart in the US, appearing at number 97 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. The two bands recorded new albums simultaneously, and released Strapping Young Lad and Accelerated Evolution, respectively, in 2003. In 2002, Townsend reunited Strapping Young Lad and formed a new group, The Devin Townsend Band, as a permanent fixture for recording and touring for his solo material. His 2000 release Physicist reached number 80 in Japan, and was followed by the 2001 release Terria which charted in France and Japan. Strapping Young Lad went on hiatus at this time so that Townsend could focus on his solo music, which had a varying lineup of supporting musicians. This was followed by his first charting album, the 1998 album Infinity, which appeared at number 29 in Japan. It was ultimately released under his own name as 1997's Ocean Machine: Biomech. Townsend started a project initially called Biomech, under the Ocean Machine moniker, to release his less metal-influenced music. Townsend formed a band under the Strapping Young Lad name to perform his next album, the industrial metal album City, in 1997. His debut solo release was 1996's Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics. Devin Townsend is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and record producer.Īfter launching his musical career in 1993 with singing effort on Vai's Sex & Religion and subsequent tour, Townsend released the album Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad, in 1995. Two of the Lucky Ones - The Droge & Summers Blend
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