DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer's Solo Project To Feature TESTAMENT, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Members

June 27, 2006

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has posted the following message on his official web site:

"The studio dates are set for recording my drum tracks for the still-yet-to-be-named solo/side project I am doing. We will be entering the Armoury Studios on August 20th/22nd to do my drumtracks. I will be recording 12 songs in total and there will be 2 instrumentals. One of the instrumental songs will have Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) and Trevor Dunn (FANTOMAS, MR. BUNGLE) guesting. The other instrumental will have Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) and Michael Manring showing their stuff. There will also be one cover song recorded and nine other originals that I have written, which will have other special guests like Gustaf Hielm (ex-MESHUGGAH),Byron Stroud (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY),Christofer Malmström (DARKANE, NON-HUMAN LEVEL) among others. Jeremy Glen (ex-GOD AWAKENS PETRIFIED) is still on board to do all the vocals which he will be writing. I am not a singer so I have left all the writing for melodies to Jeremy, who is an amazing songwriter in his own right. We both are writing the lyrics for the album, which is working out really well. The vibe of the album is pretty damn heavy with some screaming catchy vocals.

"I have recorded more than half the album in pre-production form and am producing the hell out of it. I will be producing the whole record as well. Dave Young (10 WAYS FROM SUNDAY, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) is kicking ass on guitar. This guy is truly amazing and is pulling off some crazy guitar stuff, you'll all hear soon. I am also recording video footage of this project from start to finish, as we go along. Hopefully I'll be able to release a making-of video when the album is released, to show how it was put together. The time has come to finally get this album under way and I am really excited about it. Expect some heavy-ass music.

"The last bit of news I have is session related: I will be recording a couple songs for engineer Ken Burke (BARENAKED LADIES, SARAH MCLAUGHLIN, MOIST). He has a punk project and decided to get me to guest on a couple of his songs. I will be going in on Tuesday, June 27th at the Pacific Audio Visual Studios here in Vancouver to record these songs with him. When the songs are completely done and recorded, I will try and sneak some RVP punk-style drumming on an MP3 for you all."

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