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Part one of an amazing chronicle of the complexity of work behind the scenes during a modern high end recording project... S.Y.L.'s opus album "Alien"

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@MattWeismiller1994 10 жыл бұрын

"i dont even give a shit if you like it or not. Fuck you if you don't." God I love Gene.

@supremelordoftheuniverse5449 2 жыл бұрын

What’s not to love ❤️ amazing musician and great human

@codytaylor7861 8 жыл бұрын

Dev has always been an awesome guy, but I can see an anger and lack of peace in him in this video. It's cool having seen him evolve into a more complete version of himself.

@Abetterlife88 8 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@ehcmier 5 жыл бұрын

He's since stopped taking/smoking all the drugs he was on during this period of his life. He soon discovered, to his chagrin, that what he was ingesting and smoking to improve his mood, were doing the opposite. He's mentioned it often. "Alien" indeed.

@terria8825 4 жыл бұрын

Hes in the process of creating one of the most heaviest insane albums of all time...

@Sargatha 4 жыл бұрын

While I whole heartly agree with you, Alien is right now my favorite album of all time.

@shanebarker8647 Жыл бұрын

@@terria8825 what album is that?

@basscasey1 7 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding me? Gene plays wearing Doc Martens? Dude's the literal definition of Beast.

@MosoKaiser 3 жыл бұрын

There's also videos of him playing wearing not only boots like those, but with ankle weights on top of that. Dude's indeed not messing around.

@TobyKBTY 13 жыл бұрын

Devin still produces , in my opinion, one of the most crushing guitar tones ever.

@XLBladeSB 10 жыл бұрын

Weird seeing Dev with his skullet when I'm so used to seeing him baldy now xD

@jmetalskinz 10 жыл бұрын

There is no way to deny that this isn't one of the best metal albums ever written. It's literally in my top 5....hell, I don't even know what my top 5 is but I know this album would be on it. It changed my life and "Alien" is a perfect example of the level of potential and enormity that the world of heavy metal possesses.

@WeWantYouToStay 9 жыл бұрын

***** the new black was way neater in other ways, more experimental and progressive

@jmetalskinz 9 жыл бұрын

WeWantYouToStay Completely agree. The New Black is just as good, it's just way more progressive but still heavy as shit!! Far Beyond Metal and The New Black are some of my favorite Strapping tracks of all time!!

@br00t4lbreakdownzfuk 8 жыл бұрын

+J MetalSkinz think you mean this IS :')

@Northernmight 3 жыл бұрын

That drummer is the best hype man. He tells me they're amazing and his conviction is so powerful that i just believe it, even before hearing a note.

@chrisbarr1025 10 жыл бұрын

Gene is the best Drummer in metal. U put him in any band, and u'd notice the drums are extra class, and u'd remember him for it.

@jratherton94 10 жыл бұрын

Ever hear of a guy named Mario Duplainter? He plays for Gojira. Check him out if you don't know him. He's a beast behind the kit

@acidrums4 9 жыл бұрын

Joshua Atherton But he's not as fat as Gene and doesn't play with freakin' boots! (What makes Gene more awesome).

@acidrums4 9 жыл бұрын

Mathews Barbosa You've obviously never played drums to think playing shirtless and while wearing gloves is more badass than playing with boots. "BOOOOM".

@patrickvangelder264 9 жыл бұрын

Mathews Barbosa Mario of Luigi? BOOMM

@stevemaru9561 8 жыл бұрын

+Patrick van Gelder Gene lost loads of weight, and is slaying harder than ever. (BOOOM) :)

@JDouglee 10 жыл бұрын

"The soundtrack of our impending apocalypse" was the sticker on my CD copy of Alien. It's dark, it's dense, it's intense. But it's art. Amazing album.

@ABOLITIONIST269 9 жыл бұрын

I just heard of this band today and I have fallen in love with this album. God it's so powerful. Everything about it it perfect. They should make more music together.

@Hyperlink1337 7 жыл бұрын

he's worked out his inner demons. closest he's gotten kind of recently is his album deconstruction

@CarinaPrimaBallerina Жыл бұрын

There's great metal, there's real awesome metal, and then there's STRAPPING YOUNG LAD ... yeah! 😀

@whatno4861 4 жыл бұрын

its awesome to see dave say "im just here for the album" and know he was in dtp. really heartwarming in a strange way

@yourmomisayeti 13 жыл бұрын

This has to be one of the best albums I've ever heard

@muntificator 6 жыл бұрын

Dave Young: I'm not in the band. A few years later...

@onezero6407 4 жыл бұрын

"Sean and everybody else has backed up the session so there's no risk of losing any of it" Famous last words 🤣

@TheBomber15 11 жыл бұрын

Haha! "Here's the tape room... The obsolete tape room, because no one in their right mind uses that shit anymore." Love that shit, no bullshit!

@BDKR 13 жыл бұрын

The best SYL album of all of them. The first I heard and it blew my mind. I was like, "WTF?"

@HevyDevy101 12 жыл бұрын

This album is an absolute masterpiece - Amazing

@supremelordoftheuniverse5449 2 жыл бұрын

City and Alien are some of the best produced and mixed albums ever.

@frtard 10 жыл бұрын

4:43 dev's epic kitty tattoo

@Statsy10 14 жыл бұрын

This album hit me like a sledgehammer the first time I heard it. It's a few years later now and I have yet to see it's equal. I love Devin's solo work too, but for sheer intensity, SYL and Alien in particular, are the very pinnacle.

@matteoc9827 5 жыл бұрын

"Alien" is a masterpiece

@phishtrey 11 жыл бұрын

6:18 is great advise for life. "crush. all the time." What an amazing drummer, and what an amazing band. Thank you for posting.

@blahblahoww123 11 жыл бұрын

DUDE, LEGIT! i had a backstage pass for one of his shows and he was cooking burgers on a small travel grill for everyone. he's friggen awesome!

@MrUltraworld 11 жыл бұрын

I saw this drummer after a show, he wore combat boots and ankle weights. He has very fast and accurate feet, I don't know how he does it.

@edwardglenn9310 Жыл бұрын

This album is incredible.

@Penfield451 8 жыл бұрын

Damn, Dave is so ..... young in this video.

@nikos8004 8 жыл бұрын

Cult of Violence Band Young Dave Young

@DangerousDrummerDado 7 жыл бұрын

Is that Mike Young's brother? Mike, from Third Ion?

@DravenHazard 7 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@rustyshackleford891 4 жыл бұрын

@Devin Johnson He worked with the Devin Townsend Band as well. In fact, the Synchestra lineup was almost exactly the same as DTP, except Dave Young was on keyboards and Beav was on guitar instead of bass.

@Chev427BB 4 жыл бұрын

he sounded completely blown out too

@lymonguy2441 11 жыл бұрын

gene hoglan is an absolute monster, and a crazy nice guy too. got to meet him recently before a show at a meet and greet, after that he came out and hung out with fans outside the venue before they let us in, super cool guy

@drewjohnson4794 3 жыл бұрын

There is no other album period that compares to Alien. It's in a league of it's own. It'll only recieve it's deserved recognition years after Devin is gone. Today's humans are not smart enough to appreciate it's greatness. For the modern human it's too real and actually scary to many many folks. Sad but True the entire worlds population just about are brainwashed to be less aware than most children. This is why children seem smarter than adults in many ways. They are.

@itookallthenames 6 жыл бұрын

Gene's so normal! I expected him to just grunt and swear

@pvtdickjohnson 2 жыл бұрын

This hits differently after hearing his recent podcasts about this album and the rest of his discography. It looks shiny and clean and fun here on the surface, but hearing his own inner turmoil expressed gives the making-of such a different character.

@telemov 13 жыл бұрын

This album shattered my soul into a thousand little pieces.

@metallifuk1970 13 жыл бұрын

Gene is awesome!!! had an in depth coversation the man!! he was on the level!!

@kyleking3087 10 жыл бұрын

Dave young is 500 stoned.

@SplinteredX 8 жыл бұрын

nice profile pic

@peterdowner4315 6 жыл бұрын

Tomas, Danny, Mario (Meshuggah, Tool, Gojira) are insane. But I don't think Gene gets enough credit. One sold drummer. Hats off. He says I want to be drum machine.... bro... already there

@Nemanjap995 12 жыл бұрын

Damn... Gene Hoglan keep taking my breath again and again... He's HELL of a drummer!

@Dalimagnus 7 жыл бұрын

SYL was and is epic. Makes me a bit sad though that Alien was released so long ago and these awesome musicians will -probably- never get together again... we will always have the music though!

@proletariatbourgeoisie9929 3 жыл бұрын

I consider this and Deconstruction to be two of the best metal albums of all time.

@raphaelbovey5676 7 жыл бұрын

Gene making those jaws drop as usual...

@FanaticDrummer 12 жыл бұрын

Traffic accident, great analogy devin, wouldn't expect anything less lol

@MrDimebuck 12 жыл бұрын

Man, Dev has some of the nicest guitars!

@SinisterSkip 11 жыл бұрын

Party tent above the drums haha, awesome looks ;) Feels cosy!

@NyQuilDonut 9 жыл бұрын

Haha Devin getting stoned at the end.

@br00t4lbreakdownzfuk 8 жыл бұрын

+lasoogneypubes as bad as weed seemed to be for Dev, the stoner in me loves that ending haha

@arekhautaluoma4276 3 жыл бұрын

Watching Gene's boots go....fucking wow.

@yes0genesis 12 жыл бұрын

Devin loading up the bong at the end haha

@pawlpoche8736 2 жыл бұрын

I love devin and gene Best vocalist best drummer in metal “Aftermath” is theeeeee metal anthem

@Nimenoz 13 жыл бұрын

I was going to meet Devin once, he's apparently an awesome dude, but he was busy healing the sick and blind with his music.

@fckth3systm 10 жыл бұрын

I think it's worth noting to all the people that don't understand why DT called that DIGITAL (keyword) TAPE machine obsolete. Almost as soon as studios purchased digital tape consoles, HDD recording replaced it. Digital is digital but there are still plenty of 100% analog studios out there. Convincing a label to pay for the astronomical cost of analog tape would be a toughy. Convincing an audio engineer that a modern metal album would sound better tracked on analog tape would be a near impossibility.

@PpaicC 13 жыл бұрын

Skeksis is the best song in the world. hands down.

@macewindex 8 жыл бұрын

"That is fuckin' WICKED!"

@GODCORRUPTED 14 жыл бұрын

nice bong from dave....gene is the man

@Prof.Pwnalot 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the upload, beyond fuckin awesome. Smoking along :)

@DigressionAssassins 13 жыл бұрын

Top ten best metal albums ever!!!!

@shays860 13 жыл бұрын

They're so humble.

@iamcharliecooper 14 жыл бұрын

Incredible album.

@AttilatheThrilla 13 жыл бұрын

I love how all great artists record their albums baked as fuck!!

@adrianvdb 14 жыл бұрын

i love the dry sound of love in the beginning of the video 0:01 It would be cool with a dry version of the album.

@jsb_music 14 жыл бұрын

Devin is so ahead of his time, ahead of all of us. Makes me sad how brilliant he is. Ha! Fucking genius!

@69stringibanez 15 жыл бұрын

i love it, stoner metal head canadians PERFECT BAND

@24fret7string 13 жыл бұрын

Every time I listen to this ablum, I end up physically and emotionally exhausted

@CinestirFilms 6 жыл бұрын

Directed, photographed, edited and produced by Marcus Rogers and CInestir Films, just to clarify. I am not asking for subscribers for other peoples work (like what seems like the majority of youtube channels).

@MrSlanderer 5 жыл бұрын

Gene Hoglan always struck me as one of the most laid-back metal musicians out there. Genuinely nice guy. First-class drummer, as well.

@npnaia 11 жыл бұрын

God damn! Dave Young's really... young! in this video

@conallmclaughlin4545 Жыл бұрын

Jed always was a cool bastard

@drumswhilegolfing101 13 жыл бұрын

1:45 the most important piece of studio equiptment right there

@CornfieldSurfer 14 жыл бұрын

I miss this band.

@Corrosive1 12 жыл бұрын

I got to meet bacon once, it was the nicest food ive ever eaten, it then offered me some Devin Townsends

@filowfulwaffle 14 жыл бұрын

ok from 3:08 the first one is a shure beta 52, then the next one up is actually just a speaker taped to a stand (used for kick drum, similar to the yamaha "sub kick" just ghetto style) next up to the right is a Sennheiser 421 then just above to the left of that is the shure sm57 then above that to the left is a Shure sm7b to the right of that and pretty much the other 3 behind it are all sennheiser 421's. they are probably each going onto a seperate tom. i didnt see the overhead mics though :\

@leechmaster21 11 жыл бұрын

Wish they made a Making of heavy as a really heavy thing, or City!

@af0n 14 жыл бұрын

@NoVanity1 not really. If its very close, you can use whatever you want. Overheads you can get picky on, but cymbal hits are high-freqs and tend to be mixed waaay down anyway.

@bent718 9 жыл бұрын

love gene, best dude

@temudjin1155 14 жыл бұрын

07:26 ... JUST LOVE IT !

@rayne1897 6 жыл бұрын

Skesis is so fucking good. But holy shit, look at baby Dave!

@seventhCrucifix 13 жыл бұрын

Devy looks blazed as hell xD

@Wabaanimkii 13 жыл бұрын

Gene isn't as cocky as you guys think, they're all pretty down to earth. My favorite song is info dump.....

@djstraathof 13 жыл бұрын

Devin in the studio where Van Halen once recorded and playing Eddies Music Man. Nice.

@ZakkiLowe 3 жыл бұрын

Skullet Dev reminds me of an evil wizard.

@fungifago 13 жыл бұрын

I got to meet devin one, hes one of the nicest guys ive meet, he cooked me some eggs n bacon

@benceccato 12 жыл бұрын

DEV!!! analog tape is still the bomb!

@Jaymzmarmol 14 жыл бұрын

I remember one was Larry and Mike and Phill and I think Jackson... oh and James.

@AndyMoranPhoto 12 жыл бұрын

If they release single instrument tracks from Alien to the public, I will jizz. On everything. That is made of matter.

@mitile2011 15 жыл бұрын

"its my job to make sure... eyes are poppin and jaws are droppin" - gene

@NyQuilDonut 12 жыл бұрын

This album is way too underrated. I can't believe most SYL fans think City is better >:O

@RickGrimesS5 4 жыл бұрын

City is better.

@Destructerator 11 жыл бұрын

And thus the angriest album ever made was born.

@thewildhealer541 5 жыл бұрын

City is angrier imo

@ezpk- 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, this video is literally the only time I've seen Gene Hoglan swear on camera.

@DOPOW9419 13 жыл бұрын

I guess amazing the entire metal community wasn't enough, He had to amaze his band mate to.

@ChristMcConnell 15 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@filowfulwaffle 14 жыл бұрын

wait i correct myself, the very first mic is a AKG d112, not a shure beta 52. Sorry!

@negative1ons 13 жыл бұрын

we ride - so full of win.

@Northernmight 3 жыл бұрын

12 years late, but erh.. Was the channel saved?!

@tylerjacobson8012 5 жыл бұрын

This is hoglans masterpiece in terms of his drumming. As awesome as Devins songwriting and how amazing some of these songs are, this album is a drumming album. Holy shit gene. Holy shit!!

@AlbannachGamer 14 жыл бұрын

playing a 6 string and then moveing to a 7 string like devin is just like wtf its a diffrent instrament in its self but its soo much fun

@clundgeweep 11 жыл бұрын

Gene's Gazebo. My new band's name.

@leechmaster21 11 жыл бұрын

It's Gene Hoglan man! He deserves respect for his confidence. It's not like he's Lars Ulrich...

@Redribbo 7 жыл бұрын

wtf look at that mix table, must be way over 200 buttons to work with lol

@dannyd1224 7 жыл бұрын

is that a FUCKING apple on the kick pedal? lolol guess il have to try that....how about a coconut?

@Gav229 13 жыл бұрын

i got to meet devin once, hes one of the nicest guys ive meet, he let me arm wrestle him

@FellishBeast 10 жыл бұрын

It's sad to see Devin like that.

@tes420 9 жыл бұрын

Fellish Beast what StOnEd??? Get over yourself Douche

@MattCooketheomniscient 9 жыл бұрын

Weed fucked him up, as he admits. It made him paranoid and crazy, he had panic attacks from that and the fact that he was, by this point, forcing out music and a personality that he wanted no part of anymore.

@tes420 9 жыл бұрын

Matt Cooke Yeah I agree with you...Weed isn't for everybody, and I respect him for making the choice to stop when he wanted to...what bothers me are the people who say dumb shit like the OP...How sad is it that Alien is one of the Best metal albums of all time?? No it's not sad, The only thing sad are pretentious assholes who act like Devin was some sort of junkie cause he smoked weed for half his career...Big fuckin deal...Strapping young lad probably wouldn't have been so angry and brutal if it weren't for that weed he was smoking..So what say you about that??? DT is an awesome musician who has proved that he can make great music With or without weed...But even he wouldn't sit here and say YOU shouldn't smoke weed...He is humble and doesn't point his finger at people for doing what they like to do. OP should learn from that ;)

@FellishBeast 9 жыл бұрын

tes420 No - unhappy.

@FellishBeast 9 жыл бұрын

tes420 What I said had nothing to do with whether or not Devin was stoned. I honestly didn't know. I just know that he's a lot happier now than he was then, and you can actually tell from watching him in this video compared to current interviews. I'm getting the feeling that YOU might have been stoned when you wrote this out, though, as you are completely misquoting me and reading things into what I said.