Devin Townsend

The charming gentleman on the right (the photo is only *slightly* manipulated), is Mr. Devin Townsend or as his fans call him, Crazy Dev (wonder why?). A (in)famous and profilic progressive metal musician from Canada.

Everyone who's into metal has probably heard about him or his famous industrial metal project, Strapping Young Lad. So had I, though it was half a year ago when I heard his music for the first time. I believe it was his solo album "Ziltoid - the Omniscient". A strange mix of twisted humour and metal space opera.

Even though it took a while to process his peculiar style of writing music, I almost instantly had a feeling that I'm going to go boinkers with his music. And, oh man, did I go boinkers when delved deeper into his back catalogue.. I practically spend a month just listening to his various albums. The man might be mad, but he's an absolute genious when it comes to music. And one has to be at least bit mad to be genius.

Check: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beautiful-minds/200903/schizophrenic-thought-madness-or-potential-genius