The Devin Townsend Project

Devin Townsend left Steve Vai’s band in 1994 scarred and dejected by his experiences in the music industry. He had always been popular as a session and touring musician, but his own projects had never kicked off - constantly being rejected by label after label. He had collaborated with others and played music that they told him to play, but he had never been allowed to express himself musically till then. Then Century Media Records offered him a contract “to make some extreme albums.” And the rest, as they say (they being the 5 dimensional future beings who help Cooper save humanity), is history.

In over 20 years since the release of Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, the first album by Townsend fronted Strapping Young Lad, he has gone on to release over 23 albums. While he started out as a singer for Steve Vai and provided vocals on Sex and Religion, Devin Townsend has gone on to carve out a name for himself in metal with his various projects. A multi-instrumentalist, he was the guitarist and vocalist for Strapping Young Lad, an extreme/death metal band. He has released 2 albums through his project The Devin Townsend Band and a further 6 more through Devin Townsend Project. He has also released 9 albums under his own name. Other musicians have their main project, and one or two side projects. Devin Townsend, on the other hand, has 4 projects ongoing at the same time and a score of side projects and collaborations simultaneously.

And he released the self-titled debut of Casualties of Cool, a country rock collaboration between him and Ché Aimee Dorval. That’s 3 full-length albums, all completely different from each other, released in a year. And he has collaborated with some of the biggest bands in metal over the years including Gwar, Gojira, Rammstein, Soilwork, Lamb of God