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Brand new, sealed double record.
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD - City 2LP - Limited Edition Double Gatefold Transparent Yellow/ Black splatters
Strapping Young Lad's music was characterized by the use of polyrhythmic guitar riffing and drumming, blast beats and wall of sound production. Band leader Devin Townsend was also noted for his eccentric appearance and on-stage behaviour, which greatly contributed to the band's intense live performances. Ultimate Madness !!
Strapping Young Lad’s 1997 landmark, City, stands as the absolute blueprint for industrial metal aggression and urban-induced psychotic breaks. Conceived during a period of immense personal and professional frustration following Devin Townsend’s stint with Steve Vai, the record transformed from a solo curiosity into a full-band assault that defined the late-1990s Vancouver metal scene. The album's production, helmed by Townsend alongside Daniel Bergstrand, famously utilized a massive "wall of sound" technique that layered hundreds of guitar and vocal tracks into a dense, suffocating sonic atmosphere meant to mimic the claustrophobia of a decaying metropolis. From the opening cinematic terror of "Velvet Kevorkian" to the final ambient fade of "Spirituality," City remains a visceral exploration of misanthropy, technological overload, and the sheer noise of the modern world, effectively bridging the gap between thrash metal, death metal, and high-concept industrial cacophony.
The technical prowess on display throughout City is anchored by the legendary "Atomic Clock" himself, Gene Hoglan, whose inclusion in the permanent lineup elevated the band's complexity to a god-tier level of precision. Tracks like "All Hail the New Flesh" and "Oh My Fucking God" showcase a terrifying synergy between Hoglan’s hyper-accurate blast beats and Townsend’s manic, multi-octave vocal range, which shifts seamlessly from guttural roars to operatic soaring. The inclusion of the "Cruxfrog Choir" and the iconic cover of Cop Shoot Cop’s "Room 429" added a layer of avant-garde weirdness that set Strapping Young Lad apart from the more straightforward metal acts of the era. This sonic density—often referred to by fans as a "jet engine to the face"—wasn't just about speed; it was about a revolutionary use of sampling and industrial textures that made songs like "Detox" into anthems for the socially disenfranchised and the mentally overworked, cementing the album’s status as a mandatory listen for anyone interested in the limits of musical extremity.
As of late January 2026, City is enjoying a major cultural resurgence, marked by the release of the January 30, 2026, limited-edition transparent yellow vinyl reissue from Listenable Records. This new pressing, arriving just yesterday, follows a string of boutique high-fidelity remasters that have kept the album’s cult status burning brightly in the current era of extreme metal revivalism. In recent 2026 interviews, including a high-profile retrospective in Metal Hammer published only a few days ago on January 25, Devin Townsend has reflected on the "mad scientist" persona he inhabited during this period, acknowledging City as the moment where his artistic vision first fully coalesced into something undeniable. While Townsend famously disbanded SYL in 2007 to pursue the more eclectic Devin Townsend Project and his solo "HevyDevy" endeavors, the impact of City continues to ripple through modern genres like mathcore and dark synthwave, proving that its mechanical rage and chaotic honesty are as relevant to the digital anxieties of 2026 as they were to the urban rot of 1997.
50 Similar Things (Industrial Chaos, Sonic Walls, & Progressive Extremity)
If the urban nihilism and machine-gun precision of City have left you craving more high-decibel catharsis, these 50 entries explore the heaviest corners of the industrial and extreme metal landscape.
Category Items 1–25 Items 26–50 Industrial Metal Pillars 1. Fear Factory – Demanufacture 26. Ministry – Psalm 69 2. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral 27. Godflesh – Streetcleaner 3. KMFDM – Nihil 28. Prong – Cleansing 4. Lard – The Last Temptation of Reid 29. Static-X – Wisconsin Death Trip 5. Pitchshifter – Industrial 30. Meathook Seed – Embedded The "Devin" Multiverse 6. Strapping Young Lad – Alien 31. Devin Townsend – Physicist 7. Devin Townsend – Ocean Machine: Biomech 32. Devin Townsend – Infinity 8. Strapping Young Lad – The New Black 33. Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics 9. Devin Townsend – Ziltoid the Omniscient 34. Casualties of Cool – S/T 10. Devin Townsend Project – Deconstruction 35. SYL – Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing High-Precision Chaos 11. Meshuggah – Destroy Erase Improve 36. Gojira – The Link 12. The Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity 37. Carbomb – Meta 13. Anaal Nathrakh – The Whole of the Law 38. Cattle Decapitation – Death Atlas 14. Converge – Jane Doe 39. Botch – We Are the Romans 15. Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard 40. Full of Hell – Trumpeting Ecstasy Urban Decay & Atmosphere 16. Neurosis – Through Silver in Blood 41. Killing Joke – Pandemonium 17. Author & Punisher – Beastland 42. Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion 18. Health – Rat Wars 43. Code Orange – Underneath 19. Perturbator – Lustful Sacraments 44. Front Line Assembly – Tactical Neural Implant 20. Swans – Filth 45. Scorn – Vae Solis The Gene Hoglan Legacy 21. Dark Angel – Darkness Descends 46. Death – Symbolic 22. Testament – The Gathering 47. Old Man's Child – Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion 23. Dethklok – The Dethalbum 48. Forbidden – Green 24. Meldrum – Blowin' Up the Machine 49. Tenet – Sovereign 25. Zimmers Hole – When You Were Shouting... 50. Death To All – 2026 Tribute Tourprice rating
