- Alien (album)
Infobox Album | Name = Alien
Type =Album
Artist =Strapping Young Lad
Released =March 22 ,2005
Recorded = 2004
The Armoury,Vancouver
Genre =Extreme metal Progressive metal
Length = 57:12
Label =Hevy Devy Records Century Media
Producer =Devin Townsend
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5c6jtr3ykl7x link]
Last album = "Strapping Young Lad"
(2003)
This album = "Alien"
(2005)
Next album = "The New Black " (2006)
"Alien" is the fourth album by Canadian
extreme metal bandStrapping Young Lad . It was released onMarch 22 ,2005 ."Alien" was originally intended to be released as an EP, with 4 cover songs and 4 new songs. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13453 Blabbermouth.Net - Strapping Young Lad To Release New Ep ] ] The band also recorded a cover of Tom Jones' "What's New Pussycat?" that was scheduled to appear on "Alien", but it was not recorded entirely because "it did not fit the flow" of the album. The song is not expected to be released anytime, even though
blabbermouth.net has reported so. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=30357 Blabbermouth.Net - Strapping Young Lad Confirmed For New England Metal And Hardcore Festival ] ] The album reached number 32 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and number 35 on the Top Independent Albums chart. "Love?" became the album's single and had amusic video which aired on "Headbanger's Ball ". The video (a tribute to the movie Evil Dead) depicts the band performing in a haunting cabin in the woods.Track listing
*All tracks by Strapping Young Lad and
Devin Townsend .
# "Imperial" – 2:17
# "Skeksis" – 6:42
# "Shitstorm" – 4:22 [http://mp4.centurymedia.com/audio/syl_shitstorm.mp3]
# "Love?" – 4:53
# "Shine" – 5:13
# "We Ride" – 2:37
# "Possessions" – 4:12
# "Two Weeks" – 3:28
# "Thalamus" – 3:58
# "Zen" – 5:02
# "Info Dump" – 11:56*The Japanese edition of "Alien" includes "Zodiac" (The Melvins cover), "Love? (Extended Version)", and "In the Rainy Season (Live)"
*The Australian edition of the album includes "Aftermath (Live)"
*The Korean edition of the album includes "Force Fed (Live)"
*All live bonus tracks are taken from the "For Those Aboot to Rock" DVDCredits
"Band":
*
Devin Townsend - Keyboards, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Sampling, Engineer
*Gene Hoglan - Drums
*Byron Stroud - Associate Producer,Bass Guitar
*Jed Simon - Guitar"Extra personel":
*Dave Young - Keyboards, Vocal recordings
*Will Campagna - Live Keyboards*Shaun Thingvold - Engineer, Mixing
*Kristina Ardron - 2nd Engineer, Editing
*Rob Stefanson - Assistant
*Bryan Seely - Editing, Assistant
*Alan Wong Moon - Assistant
*Alex Aligizakis - Editing
*Scott Cooke - Editing
*Byron Stroud - Associate Producer
*Greg Reely - Mastering at Green Jacket Studios
*Travis Smith - Art Consultant
*Per Johansson - Artwork, Layout Design
*Omer "Impson" R. Cordell - PhotographyMale Vocal Choir
Chris "The Heathen" Valagao, Rossy Living, Cam Krotche, Will Campagna,Shane Clark, Ross Gale, Christ Stanley, Will Cochrane, Ash Manning*, Ross Empson*, Mike Quigley*, Billy Marquardt and Jeff Cook
Female Vocal Choir
Laurielynn Bridger, Marnie Mains, Ani Kyd, Tammy "Tamz" Theis, Magdalena Bulak, Shay Ward, Steph Reid, Deborah Rodrigo-Tyzio, Michelle Madden*, Joanna Ussner
Child Vocals
Dorian Glaude-Living, Damian Moore, Ethan Belcourt-Lowe and Jayden Gignac
External links
* [http://www.hevydevy.com/hdr_info_alien.html "Alien" lyrics]
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