The Devin Townsend Band

The Devin Townsend Band is a progressive metal band from Vancouver, Canada. While they are a full featured band, The Devin Townsend Band (or DTB) are generally considered to be the solo project of

The Devin Townsend Band is a progressive metal band from Vancouver, Canada. While they are a full featured band, The Devin Townsend Band (or DTB) are generally considered to be the solo project of Strapping Young Lad vocalist and guitarist, Devin Townsend.

In 1998 (just after the release of Strapping Young Lad's City), Devin Townsend released a new album entitled Biomech. Biomech was originally released under the band name Ocean Machine and Townsend himself explained that Ocean Machine was the opposite of Strapping Young Lad in the way that the songs were in a more mellow and progressive style, rather than the metallic industrial thrashings of SYL. Devin saw his music in colours and explained that Ocean Machine was blue whereas Strapping Young Lad was red. Bass duties on Biomech were handled by JR Harder while the drums were performed by Marty Chapman. Townsend completed all other instrumentation on the album, which includes vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, synthesizer, all production on the album and of course all song writing duties. A video was made for the track Life, easily Biomech's most mainstream song.