Chris "The Heathen" Valagao is a heavy metal musician, best known as the front man for Canadian

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Zimmers Hole Zimmers Hole is a Canadian heavy metal band from Vancouver. The band formed in 1991, and features former Strapping Young Lad members Byron Stroud, Jed Simon and Gene Hoglan, along with vocalist Chris Valagao. History ''Bound by Fire'' Zi ...

. Chris is accomplished SPFX artist and pyrotechnician for film and television, director and producer of many music videos and a builder of custom motorcycles. He is of Portuguese and Norwegian heritage.

Background

Valagao is the founding front man (along with

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 ...

and

Byron Stroud Byron Stroud (born February 12, 1969) is a Canadian bassist. He is the former bassist for metal bands Fear Factory, Imonolith and Strapping Young Lad, current bassist for metal bands City of Fire and Zimmers Hole, and studio bassist for 3 Inc ...

from

Strapping Young Lad Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing' ...

and drummer Steve Wheeler) for Canadian speed/thrash metal band

. He has recorded 3 albums with the band. During his career, Valagao has performed backing vocals on several of

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 ...

's and Strapping Young Lad's albums. During that time he has built a strong friendship with Townsend. In 2012, Valagao joined traditional heavy metal group West of Hell and released the debut album ''Spiral Empire''. West of Hell followed up with a headlining tour across Canada and New Zealand in support for the album.

Nicknames

During his career, Valagao has adopted several "nicknames", most notably "The Heathen". Other nicknames include: *"Dr. Heathen Hooch" *"E.Val" *"Lorde of Ass-Fire"

Discography

Valagao has performed on the following albums.

With Zimmers Hole

*'' Bound by Fire'' (1997) *''

Legion of Flames ''Legion of Flames'' is the second album by Zimmers Hole. This album is noticeably more successful than their first effort, '' Bound by Fire'', and has received many better reviews. Track listing #"The Hole Is the Law" #"Death To The Dodgers of ...

'' (2001) *'' When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan'' (2008)

With Strapping Young Lad

*''

Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'' is the debut studio album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on April 4, 1995. Century Media Europe released a remastered version of the album on June 12, 2006, which includes the ...

'' (1994) *''

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'' (1997) *''

'' (2003) *''

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'' (2005) *''

The New Black ''The New Black'' is the fifth and final studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on July 11, 2006, debuting at No. 200 on the ''Billboard'' charts. A music video was shot for the album's sole single, ...

'' (2006)

With Devin Townsend

*'' Ocean Machine: Biomech'' (1997) *''

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'' (1998) *''

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'' (2000) *''

Synchestra ''Synchestra'' ( ) is the eighth solo album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend, and the second and final album he recorded with The Devin Townsend Band. The album was released in January 2006 on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records. Background Aft ...

'' (2006)

With Mechanism

*'' Inspired Horrific'' (2009)

With West of Hell

*''Spiral Empire'' (2012) With Memorain * Evolution (2012)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valagao, Chris Canadian heavy metal singers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian people of Norwegian descent Canadian people of Portuguese descent