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by Andrew Wilhelm (CHI)
Devin Townsend is best known for his work in industrial metallers Strapping Young Lad, but barring City, his albums with them are not his finest hour. Not even close.
In 1997, Townsend released Biomech under the Ocean Machine moniker, and while it would be the only album released as such, it stands as an underrated classic. Cosmo Lee said that Townsend is one of the few people who can make big, glossy production work, and I am in full support of that statement. Biomech has a huge sound and is full of hooks, but this isn't some '80s pop-metal throwback. Townsend takes the listener to a dream world, though not an ideal one. He's lost in a huge, unforgiving metropolis moving a million miles a minute and unable to stop, before going out to sea to drift away from society. He wants to find beauty in life, but he's struggling amidst mental oppression far and vast. In a way, the outward rage from Strapping Young Lad becomes inward on this album.
I won't bore you with a further dissection of the album - that's for another time, another decade that Biomech is left unappreciated - so here's the video for "Life," the second song off the album. Buy Biomech now; it really is one of the best albums ever.
June 30, 2010
CRUSTY CLIP OF THE WEEK: OCEAN MACHINE - 'LIFE'
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I 100% support this post as clip of the week. This is my favorite album of all time, made by my favorite musician/producer ever Devin Townsend. I live in NJ but I'm seriously considering flying to the west coast in October to go see his first US headlining shows!
Life is a very uplifting feel-good song, one of my favorites for sure! Nice post!
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