Made all the more powerful by knowledge that this was basically the final performance of SYL before Devin dismantled the band, shaved his head, and moved on to the next phase in his life. Almost brings a tear to the eye. He knew when it was time to say goodbye to this persona, and quit on a high point - never letting SYL get stale. An inspiration for all of us, musician or otherwise, to always move forward. Never get trapped by the past.

@neighbourhoodmusician

Жыл бұрын

It's kind of mad to know that I witnessed this at the festival without even knowing who the fuck they were. I thought it was the maddest shit I'd ever seen at the time, didn't get it. Now I still think it's the maddest shit I've ever seen but damn I love it.

@KIDRAVEN666

9 ай бұрын

This was a beautiful comment. Blessed I got to see them live at this time.

@tedmatthews4277

9 ай бұрын

Best fucking band ever.

@messiahmozgus

4 ай бұрын

I dont pretend to love all his music since, but I admire the balls. Pendulous.

@spike7038

3 ай бұрын

@@messiahmozguspendulous……bravo Sir

mid-2000s era Devy was probably the scariest musician ever.

@satalac

3 жыл бұрын

Gene Hoglans drums would probably disagree.

@kenny187ful

3 жыл бұрын

It's the hair.....or lack thereof

@christeenasaunders4018

3 жыл бұрын

Scariest? I think you meant kick assest. You're welcome.

@chrishandsome6542

3 жыл бұрын

Glen Benton from Deicide is scariest check him out.

@fairweathertrains3029

3 жыл бұрын

Metal Al Yankovic

All those people in that audience who had not heard of Strapping before that day had no idea what they were in for! Guarantee no one forgot that performance either.... They absolutely slayed every band that year at Download!

@LukeMay

4 жыл бұрын

I was there, my friends said "that's an emo band sounding name" I pleased them to trust me on this one. They played either before or after Soulfly so they reluctantly agreed as it was convenient to be at this stage. They were blown away, each and every one of them. Proud moment! Download '06 what a fucking festival. SYL was the reason I went. :D

@Bonkikavo

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukeMay Cool story bro :)

@violatorut2003

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukeMay I got introduced to Devin/SYL when Terria came out. (Love Earth Day, Canada and Down and Under, on that album) After listening to that album, In that moment I learned the definitions of epiphany and transcendent. I know this might be construed as hyperbolic but I think my reaction to his music is the same as people reacting to Beethoven’s 9th symphony when it was played before it’s first audience. But your friends better have thanked you for showing them what good music actually is. I’m assuming they went out and bought all of his music because that’s exactly what I did when I was heard him lol. 😅 the dude is an absolute genius. That’s an objective fact.

@Lantrix

3 жыл бұрын

@@violatorut2003 amen! 🤘🏻🎸

@tntmmm

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukeMay 999 99

What I love most about this song is it that the main riff is so simple and yet soooooo powerul. I honnestly put it on my top 10 of heaviest riffs.

@Jartny

7 жыл бұрын

Samuel Martin Just like the middle riff of Underneath The Waves

@violatorut2003

3 жыл бұрын

The middle riff of “Critic” is better, imo. The part after he says “Calling in a Soulstrike”. At least I think that’s what he is saying lol. But underneath the waves is a great song. City is my favorite SYL album.

Miss this band. Obscenely underrated.

Gene Hoglan is a drummer god

@531ff

4 жыл бұрын

S Adsit truth

@hjuikkll

Жыл бұрын

The Atomic Clock

@specialkonacid6574

4 ай бұрын

absolute beast the sort of man to go to war with

@jdcsteelers498

Ай бұрын

SYL is some of his best work too, he’s the first one who will say that to you too

just here reminiscing on what an actual concert used to look like.

This has got to be how God intended metal to sound. This is music too awesome for me to just be finding now. Feel like I missed out. I need in that pit. Thank you for sharing this. So sick.

@RuiTavaresmyworld

5 жыл бұрын

I feel you but 2 years latter. I first listen to Devi a couple of weeks and have been finding a new world that i just wish i had found out 20 years ago!

@Gawdzillest

4 жыл бұрын

Saw em at ozzfest as a 16 year old not knowing what I’m getting into and wow

@xulphyte

2 жыл бұрын

...god....

@Biggjw01

7 ай бұрын

Same

There's not doubt that Devin is the most charismatic vocalist in metal.

@thegreatpresto

6 ай бұрын

Imagine him and 90s Philip Anselmo on the same stage

I honestly like the live version better than the studio version

@damage.0776

7 жыл бұрын

I honestly could like you live better than the picture version :P

@catherine7473

7 жыл бұрын

lol

@damage.0776

7 жыл бұрын

+Catherine ahahah

@slowdadox4762

7 жыл бұрын

shaou!

@ryanhalien8468

5 жыл бұрын

Catherine everything Devin does is better live, it’s the mark of a truly great musician, and he is that, I mean even calling him great sells it short I think

This song is the gateway drug for mainstream metalheads.

@Bollthorn

5 жыл бұрын

It was 'Detox' for me personally, back in the late 90's. But still, SYL definitely introduced me to the heavier side of music. Them and Cannibal Corpse.

@ericvalverderosado2046

5 жыл бұрын

All his music is weed to me 🤘🏽😜

@Amargo1355

2 ай бұрын

Eu não conhecia essa banda, mas também não sou um metaleiro mainstream. 😂😂

One of the few artists who can pull off vocals onstage consistently. Sounds like a studio version or even better

How I wish that I had been able to see this band live when they still existed. Let us hope they reunite one day.

@EricJh21690

9 жыл бұрын

I was lucky to see them when I was 15 in 2005 at the Sounds of the Underground tour..was an all day concert with a bunch of different bands and SYL def kicked ass haha. I like Devins solo work but I wish he still did SYL as well.

@shueyk2320

4 жыл бұрын

Go see DTP, he is such a performer. Easily one of the most memorable shows I've ever been to

@DustyDigits

4 жыл бұрын

I was there. It was epic! I'd love to see them again, but that's never gonna happen. Might get to see some SYL material with a different band though, and that's good enough for me.

@richharris9489

2 жыл бұрын

Probably won't get back together. I wish this band was bad ass. According to devin .

@Redribbo

7 ай бұрын

they won't reunite again but devin does play some songs every now and then, there's a show where he invited jed! :)

That brief moment when Strapping dipped one toe in the mainstream (audience, not musically) before calling it a day! Miss this band so much!

Gene is amazing I am so glad he was in Strapping Young Lad and Dethklok

@thattypicalslimy8548

6 жыл бұрын

Yadoking And death

@kultenhughes3585

5 жыл бұрын

@@thattypicalslimy8548 and literally 15 more bands

@TheRealLucifer_Morningstar

5 жыл бұрын

Just saw him with Testament last summer. The Atomic Clock! \m/

@OlMoldy

4 жыл бұрын

@@thattypicalslimy8548 yeah wtf don't forget death

@thattypicalslimy8548

4 жыл бұрын

@@OlMoldy lol this comment made me want to listen to them right now.

Crazy to think that Dev had so recently quit doing drugs when this was filmed, shows that his insanity isn't dependent on externals.

Long hair or bald? Why not both?

@dedpoptart

2 жыл бұрын

The brutality blew it off.

@AndreBigBoi

Жыл бұрын

Hail the Skullet

nobody rocks the skullet better than devin

@cosmicyiana

8 жыл бұрын

hear hear!!!

@Pantoolermore

8 жыл бұрын

thats because nobody else rocks the skullet lol

@DeepSouthPal84

7 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Teehan to bad the crowd sucks ass. looks like a bunch of emo pansies

@DeepSouthPal84

7 жыл бұрын

+Linus Ilskens true story. ha

@FaithsFallen

6 жыл бұрын

Devy rocks most things better than everyone!

I have the fortune of being able to go to about 75-80 live shows per year all over the world watching all types of bands perform and one of the few people who never dissapoint is Devin, amazing performer.

@Krimson5pride

6 жыл бұрын

Woooooow...is it like part of your profession or you are goddamn rich?

Every one raves about Devin, don't get me wrong Devy's fucking awesome, But Gene Hoglan deserve some respect as well, that man can fucking thrash.

@michaelnugent9758

2 жыл бұрын

He is inhuman, I swear

@Justin_Anvil

2 жыл бұрын

Well everyone respects Gene Hoglan, so I Don’t see the issue. (Gene is a fucking bad ass)

@ThatMeansHesMad

2 жыл бұрын

The Atomic Clock. Perfect nickname for Gene.

@pieterdevries7828

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone respects Gene, c'mon now. Jed on the other hand, no one seems to talk about him much and he's a fantastic guitarist. Check out his work in Zimmers Hole

@f4u5tus

2 жыл бұрын

@@pieterdevries7828 in the ten years since I made that comment I have. Zimmer's Hole is a lot of fun

thank you devy finished this band so we have heads still glued in our necks today

3:46 haters gonna say its not ed sheeran

@anunctioninbraille7752

4 жыл бұрын

Oh shitttttt LMFAO

@anunctioninbraille7752

4 жыл бұрын

Dude, it so is..

@Whitepowerful10

4 жыл бұрын

And it stayed in his hair. METAL AF

Awesome. One of my favorite performaces from the band's show at The Download. Master Devin Townsend is the true master of ceremony. The man is GODLEY. Hail Strapping Young Lad.

One of the many things that make me love Devin is the fact that I never heard him talk about his bipolar (disease) as something that makes him the (great) artist he is. I'm sure that what makes him a great musician, and also a great person, is the fact that he faced his fears and his mental illness. That's why he's one of the best in this genre (and not).

@windriderrr

8 жыл бұрын

He very indirectly admitted that his condition makes him great when he stopped taking treatment on purpose to write Alien. Anyway I think he's going to be talking about it in his upcoming book.

@ShaneS101

6 жыл бұрын

I actually saw him with the Devin Townshend Project this last weekend and had made mention of how bizarre it is to suffer from a fear of people (who are fundamentally terrifying), then saying fuck it, getting on stage, and pretending to be a metal-singer. His commentary between songs was awesome to a first-time listener.

@Rondo2ooo

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a feature to you, but typically leads people to suicide. He has evolutionalized greatly by controlling it with medication, for musical evolution, his family balance and of course for his own sanity. Great musician!

@DustyDigits

5 жыл бұрын

If you watch his episode of Fact or Fiction, he talks about how he was misdiagnosed with Bi Polar disorder. He stopped taking his medication before recording Alien but continued to use drink and drugs and that tipped him over the edge. He says since he got sober, "everything has been weirdly fine".

@Jellybeantiger

4 жыл бұрын

Being smart also helps,if you are born dumb,you are stuffed.

Isn't this song about his favourite subject in high school, social studies, for that was the one which was after math?

This band was the most extreme, most metal band ever played in the history of mankind.

The faces Devin makes from 5:00 onwards. He's just having so much fun with what he's doing it's great :D

The thought of trusting other people to be on stage with you and nail every part must be awesome. This is so ducking bad ass I love it.

God Devin looked so completely unhinged during this show. It’s like they dragged him out of some hole for this performance. Absolutely amazing

Best live performance ive have seen! Devin vocals are epic, metal faces are epic, speeches are epic and hair is totally epic.

Words can not explain simply how much I fucking love this video. I hope it stays on KZread forever so I can go fucking crazy on a daily basis.

Can't believe it's been 10 years since they broke up!!!! Man time flies hope for a reunion someday. But till then The Devin Townsend Project can stick around they're cool too

One of the greatest pieces of music ever written. Just fucking epic

Glad to say I was there, what a set that was!

The atomic fucking clock, Gene Hoglan!

god damn i love this band. always will.

Such a fucking awesome song. This whole album rips. I got the pleasure of seeing S.Y.L. play their self titled in it's entirety at Milwaukee Metalfest in the early 2000's.

This is absolute melodic brutal perfection

There never was a more effective frontman for a metal band.

Saw old mate Devy perform this at Tivoli in Brisbane, Australia, only a few months ago. Totally otherworldly.

Heaviest band I've ever heard. Mind blown, ass blasted.

this is what i call a good live show.

He rocked the skullet unlike anyone in history. Love these guys and DTProject.

1:46 You can hear where dethklok got their influence from.

@broke4728

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure gene played in dethklok

@DefZombie

3 жыл бұрын

pickles the drummer is based off devin i think

Gene's fucking face at 4:42 ... he's fucking feeling the metal so hard his pupils fill his whole iris

Its so sad to think that right after this show Devin was done with SYL.... Amazing band and always will be!! \m/\m/

This performance is Phenomenal.

Turn this all the way up with headphones in a completely dark room. You feel like your right there at the front of the crowd

Amazing, happy to see this again after all these years!

Time for a reunion tour!

what a voice...

I've been listening to underground metal for like the longest time (since the early 90s) how I am just hearing about these guys is beyond me... wish I could have seen (experienced) this. Thanks for sharing! 🍻

Jesus Christ, look at how damn focused Gene is at 4:40

Best. Live. Vocals. *Ever*.

Got to meet in Albuquerque NM years back all 5 of tbem..great night in metal

Gene fucking beasts this track

Pickles in real life

@MarcelvanderGraaff

4 жыл бұрын

The look of Pickles was actually inspired by Devy

I Love this band

I find this one better than the album version.

03:17 - my man behind the girl has peaked.

@jimmycarlson4871

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@violatorut2003

3 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure but I think he might have fallen asleep and hasn’t fallen over because people are packed like sardines. I think the guy headbanging (more like nodding, if you ask me) on the right looks very funny, though. Whichever way you slice it, it’s all hilarious. 😄

This and Stone Sour are my favorite performances of this festival.

The crowd didn’t deserve this performance. I wish I was one of them

Gotta be my favorite SYL song🤘🤘🤘

i highly suggest changing the settings to make the video play twice as fast. its so funny lol

I aspire to have the same sort of stage banter as Devin 😂🤘🏻

still love your work!!

What a time huh😍 wonderful

AMAZING

His hair though

This is the best form of the townsend

Never heard of Nickolas Barker? Since I've been playin deathmetal drums for the last 10 years I can say that the faster you play the smaller muscles you use, and after a while those muscles become so used to that same motion that you learn how to move fast with minimal effort, just like a twitch in you limbs. scientists have compared high speed drumming to competing in proffesional athletics, but if calorie intake is larger than the output, one is going to pile on some pounds.

great quality vids from this concert, AT LAST

Monster guitar riff ❤❤❤ and Genes drumming!!!

God, I love this video.

after the fallout, you wake up with a snot in your face buried in rabble. in the distant there are sounds of hevy machinery pounding and crushing the souls of angels. as you continue your way through the desolate city ruins you hear those who seek redemption and those who seek revenge... then you wake up and it's time to inhale another one for the storm. peace.

INSANE! LOVE IT!

0:58, Dev looks like he's thinking, "Yeah, I got a big loogie in my hair. What of it?!"

amazing voice!

2:36 - Atomic Booger!

@windriderrr

8 жыл бұрын

It's spit - he spat at 0:56

@philkasafir.

8 жыл бұрын

either way, we both have far too much free time....

@DeepSouthPal84

7 жыл бұрын

+Phil Kasafir sure the fuck do. ill join the club

Jed's right hand, holy cow!!!!

Biggest fan at 3:41

@SMKollapse

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. That guy makes me happy every time I watch this.

@violatorut2003

3 жыл бұрын

Never noticed that guy lol. Thanks for that. I would probably do the same thing if I was there.

Theeee Skullet! Metal af!

0:55 He expels the booger, that gets stuck to his hair. 2:35 Hairy booger gets stuck to his nose

Best 7 minutes and 17 seconds of my life!

I want strapping back!!!!!!!!!!

5:59 evidence that having a cold cannot stop this man

@zenmarqzenway

5 жыл бұрын

That's not from having a cold, that's from having cocaine!

Underrated front man..Love Devin live 😎✊💪

1:20 man, the 15 year old in me is creaming in his fucking jeans 😂😂

just great!!

I can't believe how big Gene Hoglan was at this time. He looked like he weighed 500 pounds. Remember, he's between 6'5" and 6'7".

Am i the only one who is bugged the entire time by the spit in his hair, the entire fucking video haha :p

@EricJh21690

9 жыл бұрын

It's actually snot haha I think he had a bad cold or something..pretty metal if you ask me hahaha jus kiddin..kinda lol. He still kicked ass even though he was sick that's for sure.

@windriderrr

8 жыл бұрын

It's spit - he spat at 0:56

@mineguitarerer

7 жыл бұрын

Thomas Raes or what was left of his hair xd

Heard about this song on the SYL episode of the Heavy with Andrew and Don. Can’t believe How many years I wasted not listening to them

Wow, this is HEAVY

2:24 is amazing cut to Jed headbanging lovely work Mr cameraman 😀

MAJESTUOSO!!!

So freaking glad I was there!

this is the band that fear factory, wanted to be. Lad is superior on all levels

@elsciocco4360

2 жыл бұрын

Fear factory is older and has nothing to envy strapping young lads they achieved Crazy shits too

@elsciocco4360

2 жыл бұрын

I think even devin wouldnt agree with you on this one

@1980extremeG

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Much prefer SYL to Fear Factory all day long.

4:27 “We know some people from Canada! They’re sexy, like Jed!”

@thewildhealer541

5 жыл бұрын

Jed*

@prodatomic

5 жыл бұрын

TheWildHealer It autocorrected

greaaat quality!

This is insane!!