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[[File:devintownsendprojectdevintownsend2009_5572.jpg|frame|Yeah, kinda like that.]]

 

 

He's also completely bonkers in a [[Mad Artist]] sort of way and has a real affinity for the [[Rule of Funny]], qualities that have earned him comparisons to [[Frank Zappa]].

 

* ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'' (1995)

* ''City'' (1997)

* ''Alien'' (2005)

* ''The New Black'' (2006)

 

* ''Punky Brüster: Cooked on Phonics'' (1996)

* ''Ocean Machine: Biomech'' (1998)

* ''Ziltoid the Omniscient'' (2007)

* ''Ki'' (2009)

* ''Deconstruction'' (2011)

* ''Ghost'' (2011)

 

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* [[All Just a Dream]]: {{spoiler|Ziltoid}} is actually a Starbucks employee.

** On "Praise The Lowered", where Devin belts out "SMOKE THAT FUCKING... WEED!!!" right before one of the heaviest drops on ''Deconstruction''

** Happens a lot with the song "Shitstorm" from Alien.

* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Multiple

* [[Epic Rocking]]: Mostly in his solo projects. In particular, ''Deconstruction'', which has a song that's over 16 minutes- and that's not all.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: The mad professor.

* [[Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness|Moh's Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness]]: Devin Townsend has made music that covers every possible degree. Most of ''Ki'' is 1-3 (reaching about 8 in a song or two) while some of SYL's songs could easily qualify as 10 or 11 ("Rape Song", "Oh My Fucking God", "Shitstorm").

** Rule of thumb: Devin Townsend Band is 7-8, Strapping Young Lad is 10 to 11. Ziltoid, which is best described as a fusion of the two styles, falls at about a 9 depending on the song. The Devin Townsend Project is all over the scale - ''Ki'' is 1-3, ''Addicted'' is 6-7, ''Deconstruction'' is 9-10, and ''Ghost'' is a 1.

** On ''The New Black'' you can hear [[Bif Naked]] on the first verse of "Fucker" and [[GWAR|Oderus Urungus]] on the final verse of "Far Beyond Metal".

* [[I Am the Band]]: It's not the Ryan Van Poederooyen Project, is it?

* [[Large Ham]]: Most of his spoken lines are overly dramatic and theatrical, specially on his solo albums. He's even known for [[Chewing the Scenery]] frequently during live concerts.

* [[Must Have Caffeine]]: In the track "ZTO", Ziltoid orders the humans to make to him the ultimate cup of black coffee in five minutes, or he will destroy the Earth.

** ''Ziltoid the Omniscient'': ''I'M ZILTOID!!!! I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!!!'' The only other curse word on the album is a barely audible use of the word "shitstorm" by the commander of earth's troops.

** ''Ki'': BE A ''GODDAMN'' MAN, ''BOY''! One of his calmer examples.

* [[Rule of Funny]]: His Punky Brüster: Cooked On Phonics album and Ziltoid the Omniscient are fueled by these. The songs on Strapping Young Lad's The New Black that aren't completely serious tend to fall towards this.

* [[Scare Chord]]: Two songs from Strapping Young Lad's ''self-titled'', "Dire Consequences" and "Bring On The Young"

* [[The Something Song]]: "Babysong" and Strapping Young Lad's "Rape Song".

* [[Talking to Himself]]: Devin did just about everything for ''Ziltoid the Omniscient''. All singing parts, most of the spoken vocals, guitars, drums, bass, keyboards, production...

* [[The Omniscient]]: Subverted by Ziltoid. He may be powerful, but if he was truly omniscient, he would not have run into the troubles he did.

** Played straight by the Omnidimensional Creator. He sees everything. He also understands what Ziltoid must do when Ziltoid does not.

** Ziltoid loves this trope:

Tell me the true nature of my reality! }}

 

Still rising to cherish all the things I have left. }}

 

What's to be? }}

 

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