{"id":751,"date":"2003-02-13T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2003-02-13T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2024-03-28T05:14:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T05:14:38","slug":"strapping-young-lad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=751","title":{"rendered":"Strapping Young Lad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SYL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/14258-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Strapping Young Lad\u2019s Devin Townsend not only can write an ultra-heavy album\u2019s worth of over-the-top metal, but he also produces.\u00a0<em>SYL<\/em>\u00a0lets Townsend show off his musical aptitude along with his recording prowess. Aided by the monstrous rhythm section of bassist Byron Stroud and everybody\u2019s favorite drummer, Gene Hoglan, guitarist Jed Simon adds to the already mammoth-sized sound. Even though songs like \u201cDire\u201d and \u201cRelentless\u201d deal with 9\/11, Townsend\u2019s passion and vocal strength remain intact and sincere. Although Townsend had been absent from the scene\u2014producing and recording takes up the bulk of his time\u2014one listen to the emotionally charged \u201cRape Song\u201d or \u201cDirt Pride\u201d will lay waste to any predictions that he has lost his edge. As luck would have it, this new release is timed perfectly with the band\u2019s first massive national tour with Egyptian metal god Nile and England\u2019s Napalm Death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYL Strapping Young Lad\u2019s Devin Townsend not only can write an ultra-heavy album\u2019s worth of over-the-top metal, but he also produces.\u00a0SYL\u00a0lets Townsend show off his musical aptitude along with his recording prowess. Aided by the monstrous rhythm section of bassist Byron Stroud and everybody\u2019s favorite drummer, Gene Hoglan, guitarist Jed Simon adds to the already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}