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Snuggles
''The Puzzle'' and ''Snuggles'' are the nineteenth and the twentieth studio albums by Canadian heavy metal music, metal musician Devin Townsend, released on his own Record label, label HevyDevy Records on December 3, 2021. Production Devin Townsend has explained that ''The Puzzle'' is "an elaborate and much more chilled out" version of his 2004 album ''Devlab (album), Devlab'' and "more a collaborative, multimedia art project that acts as a stopgap between Empath (album), Empath and the next record" that "gave me a chance to purge and be completely creatively free", whereas ''Snuggles'' is "meant to be something you listen to in order to feel better... Puzzle is chaos, Snuggles is calm. The whole project is meant to express that I think there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel we’ve been through." The two albums serve as a prelude to a "more traditional album", ''Lightwork'' to be produced by Garth Richardson (Rage Against the Machine, Mudvayne, Nickelback) and "an ambit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin Townsend
Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. He has also had an extensive solo career and has released a total of 28 albums across all of his projects as of 2022. After performing in a number of heavy metal bands in high school, Townsend was discovered in 1993 by a record label who asked him to perform lead vocals on Steve Vai's album ''Sex & Religion''. After recording and touring with Vai, he was discouraged by what he found in the music industry and vented his anger on his 1995 solo album ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'', which he released under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad. He soon assembled a band of the same name, with whom he released the critically acclaimed album ''City'' in 1997. Since then, he has released three more studio albums with Strapping Young Lad, along with solo mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Ågren
Morgan Ågren (born 1967) is a Swedish drummer who plays with the progressive rock band Kaipa. Biography A native of Umeå, Västerbotten, Ågren was spotted as an outstanding talent at a young age as he began performing publicly at age seven, and eventually joined forces with Mats Öberg in 1981. They later formed "Zappsteetoot" together in 1984, a band internationally known for performing Frank Zappa's music. In 1988, at the age of 20, Morgan Ågren was, along with Mats Öberg, invited by Frank Zappa to do a guest performance at Zappa's Stockholm concert. Impressed by Ågren's skills, Zappa invited Ågren to the States to partake in several projects, including the 1994 Grammy Award-winning CD ''Zappa's Universe'' with Steve Vai, as well as a sold out New York performance of Zappa's classical program at Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series in Avery Fisher Hall. Ågren also shares the drummer's seat with Terry Bozzio on Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa's band AZ/DZ's album ''Shamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin Townsend Albums
Devin may refer to: Places *Devin, Bulgaria, a town *Devin, Minab, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Devin, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran * Devin, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Devin, the Slovene name of Duino in Italy *Devín, a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia **Devín Castle * Děvín, a mountain in the Czech Republic *Devín Gate, a natural gate in the Danube valley at the border of Slovakia and Austria * Camp Devin, Montana, a temporary United States Army camp established in 1878 People * Devin (name), a list of people with the given name or surname *Devin the Dude (born 1970), American hip hop artist Devin Copeland Other uses *Devin Enterprises Devin Enterprises was an American automotive manufacturer that operated from 1955 to 1964. Devin was mainly known for producing high quality fiberglass car bodies that were sold as kits, but they also produced automotive accessories as well as co ..., an American ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Reuter
Markus Reuter (born Lippstadt, Germany, 1972Markus Reuter official biography timeline ) is a German multi-disciplinary , , and instrument designer. Reuter's work as recording artist, solo performer and collaborator spans (and frequently fuses) electrophonic loop music, |
Andy Timmons
Andy Timmons (born July 26, 1963) is an American guitarist who has played in the bands Taylor Bay Band, Danger Danger, Pawn Kings, and Andy Timmons Band (ATB). He has also released several solo albums and has worked as a session guitarist. He has released two CDs on Favored Nations, the first being ''That Was Then, This Is Now'' and ''Resolution'' on May 2, 2006. Biography As guitarist for glam metal band Danger Danger, he toured the world opening for Kiss and Alice Cooper, sold over a million records worldwide, and had two #1 videos on MTV, and amassed a discography that includes seven solo releases that range from guitar instrumentals, to blues, and even a Beatles/Elvis Costello-inspired collection of pop tunes. Timmons's many collaborations include a live CD with Olivia Newton-John (Timmons has been her music director-guitarist for many U.S. tours), two albums by Kip Winger, recording sessions for Paula Abdul and Paul Stanley, and radio and television jingles. He has also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørgen Munkeby
Jørgen Munkeby (born 3 September 1980 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz and heavy metal musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, known as the frontman in the band Shining and former member of Jaga Jazzist. Career Munkeby formed Shining as a jazz quartet in 1999, together with fellow students from the Norwegian Academy of Music, Morten Qvenild, Torstein Lofthus and Aslak Hartberg. He played flute, alto flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and keyboards in jazz band Jaga Jazzist (1994–2002), where he was one of the main composers on the album A Livingroom Hush, which was named the best jazz album of 2002 by the BBC. He also plays in the bands "Damp" and "Chrome Hill", and worked with Motorpsycho, Enslaved, Ihsahn, In Lingua Mortua, Bertine Zetlitz, Big Bang, Superfamily, Grand Island, Jim Stärk, Casualties of Cool, and Emperor among others. Discography (in selection) ;Within Jaga Jazzist *1996: ''Jævla Jazzist Grete Stitz'' (Thug Records) *1998: ''Magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blindboy Boatclub
David Chambers, known by his professional pseudonym Blindboy Boatclub, is an Irish satirist, musician, podcaster, author, and TV presenter. Boatclub is from Limerick and is best known as one half of the Irish comedy hip-hop group The Rubberbandits, who wear plastic shopping bags as masks to conceal their identities. He regularly discusses mental health, masculinity, and other socio-political issues. Since 2017, he has been making ''The Blindboy Podcast'', a podcast featuring interviews and coverage of social issues. He has also published two collections of short stories, and appeared on a number of television and podcast programmes. Between 2018 and 2019, he produced a BBC Three documentary series, ''Blindboy Undestroys the World''. Personal life David Chambers was born in Limerick in 1984, where he attended secondary school in Ardscoil Rís. While at school, he met Bob McGlynn and formed the satirical comedy pairing The Rubberbandits (performing under the pseudonyms "Blindb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneke Van Giersbergen
Anna Maria "Anneke" van Giersbergen (born 8 March 1973) is a Dutch singer, songwriter and guitarist who became known worldwide as the lead singer for the rock band The Gathering between 1994 and 2007. She also has a solo career. The project was originally called Agua de Annique, but now goes by her own name. A frequent collaborator of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, she portrayed main characters in the albums ''Into the Electric Castle'', '' 01011001'' and ''The Theater Equation'' by his project Ayreon. In 2014 they collaborated on a project called The Gentle Storm, which produced an album titled '' The Diary'' that was released in 2015. Since 2016 she has formed a new band VUUR with members of The Gentle Storm live band and her own solo band, to focus on the heavier side of her music. They released their debut album '' In This Moment We Are Free – Cities'' in October 2017. Van Giersbergen has also prominently collaborated with Devin Townsend on many of his albums, Within Temptation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casualties Of Cool
''Casualties of Cool'' is the debut album of Canadian country rock duo Casualties of Cool, consisting of Canadian musicians Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval, released on May 14, 2014. It is a musical departure from any of Townsend's previous works, primarily because it is a concept album that features country-influenced songs with blues rock and ambient influences. A number of guests performed on the album, including Morgan Ågren of Kaipa on drums, Kat Epple of Emerald Web on woodwinds, and Jørgen Munkeby of Shining on saxophone. It was partially funded by the crowdfunding site PledgeMusic. Background The ''Casualties of Cool'' project was published officially and went into production in 2012, after ''Epiclouds release, although Townsend had been working on it since 2010. In September 2012, Townsend stated, "''Casualties of Cool'' is a duo with myself and Ché. It sounds like haunted Johnny Cash songs. Late night music, completely isolated sounding and different than anyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed Simon
Jedson Louis Simon (born February 27, 1964) is a Canadian musician. He was a member of supergroup Scar the Martyr and has been a member of numerous metal bands, including Front Line Assembly, Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, and TENET. He is currently a member of VIMIC. Biography Simon was born on February 27, 1964 in Victoria, British Columbia. He gained attention in the metal community with his third speed metal band Armoros, which was founded in 1985. Armoros disbanded in 1989 after two successful demos and an album. Simon's next band was Caustic Thought, when his career with Byron Stroud began. Simon did three demos with Caustic Thought, and when he left them, he gave the job to Devin Townsend. After Caustic Thought, Simon briefly worked with Townsend on his Noisescapes project, who then left for Los Angeles to play with Steve Vai. In 1995, Townsend asked Simon to join his latest project, Strapping Young Lad (aka SYL), and Jed was a part of SYL until the band's split in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy McKee
Andy McKee (born April 4, 1979, in Topeka, Kansas) is an American fingerstyle guitar player who has released six studio albums, two extended plays, and one live album to date. A number of YouTube videos featuring McKee's highly-technical guitar performances have achieved viral fame, garnering hundreds of million of views collectively. Life and career McKee played his first guitar, an Aria nylon string bought by his father, at age 13. Initially underwhelmed by his guitar lessons, McKee began teaching himself how to play guitar. He began learning shred guitar music, including songs by Metallica, Eric Johnson, and Joe Satriani. McKee's electric guitar-playing cousin inspired him to continue learning, taking him out for his 16th birthday to see a guitarist named Preston Reed perform live at a clinic. McKee later bought an instructional videotape from Reed and began to learn many of his acoustic guitar techniques from it. Later that year, with his mother's permission, he obtained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plini
Plini Roessler-Holgate, also known mononymously as Plini, is an Australian guitarist and songwriter. He began his career by releasing music under the name Halcyon, before switching to the use of his first name. Steve Vai described him as "the future of exceptional guitar playing", and the website MusicRadar named Plini the best prog guitarist of 2017. Plini has released a trilogy of extended plays (''Other Things'' and ''Sweet Nothings'' in 2013, ''The End of Everything'' in 2015). His debut album, ''Handmade Cities'', which Vai described as "one of the finest, forward-thinking, melodic, rhythmically and harmonically deep instrumental guitar records e hasever heard", was released in 2016. ''Sunhead'', an EP, was released in 2018, followed by his second full-length album, ''Impulse Voices'', in 2020. Influences One of Plini's influences has been Joe Satriani. Plini stated in an interview, "What I found different in Joe's playing is his ability to craft simple and catchy melodies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
