1994–2006 Chaos Years

2008 compilation album by Strapping Young Lad

1994-2006 Chaos Years

Compilation album by

Strapping Young Lad

Released

March 31, 2008 (2008-03-31)

Recorded

1994–2006

Genre

Extreme metal, industrial metal, heavy metal

Length

66:29

Label

Century Media

Producer

Devin Townsend

Strapping Young Lad chronology

The New Black
(2006)

1994-2006 Chaos Years
(2008)

Devin Townsend chronology

Ziltoid the Omniscient
(2007)

1994–2006 Chaos Years
(2008)

Ki
(2009)

1994–2006 Chaos Years is a retrospective compilation album from the heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. The album contains tracks from all of the band's studio albums, as well as a DVD with live footage and music videos. The album had a European release on March 31, 2008.^[1]

All of the songs were hand-picked by the band members and remastered by Devin Townsend.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Devin Townsend; all music is composed by Strapping Young Lad (Devin Townsend, Jed Simon, Byron Stroud, and Gene Hoglan), except where noted

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"S.Y.L."	Townsend, Adrian White	4:47
2.	"In the Rainy Season"	Townsend, White	4:37
3.	"Velvet Kevorkian"	Townsend	1:17
4.	"All Hail the New Flesh"	Townsend	5:24
5.	"Oh My Fucking God"	Townsend	3:34
6.	"Detox"	Townsend	5:37
7.	"Relentless"		3:03
8.	"Rape Song"		3:09
9.	"Aftermath"		6:46
10.	"Imperial"		2:17
11.	"Skeksis"		6:42
12.	"Shitstorm"		4:21
13.	"Love?"		5:43
14.	"You Suck"		2:40
15.	"Wrong Side"		3:35
16.	"Almost Again"		3:43
17.	"Satan's Ice Cream Truck"	Townsend	2:34
Total length:			66:29

Tracks 1, 2, and 17 are from Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995)
Tracks 3 to 6 are from City (1997)
Tracks 7 to 9 are from Strapping Young Lad (2003)
Tracks 10 to 13 are from Alien (2005)
Tracks 14 to 16 are from The New Black (2006)

DVD

Live at the Download Festival - UK - 2006
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Imperial"
2.	"Velvet Kevorkian"
3.	"All Hail the New Flesh"
4.	"Wrong Side"
5.	"Aftermath"
6.	"Love?"
7.	"Polyphony"/"The New Black"
8.	"In the Rainy Season"

More Live Stuff
No.	Title	Length
1.	"S.Y.L." (Live at the Roxy in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 2001)
2.	"Detox" (Live at the Roxy in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 2001)
3.	"Home Nucleonics" (Live at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, Canada, 2004)
4.	"Love?" (Live at the Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, New Jersey, 2005)
5.	"All Hail The New Flesh" (Live at Zeche Carl in Essen, Germany, 2005)
6.	"Skeksis" (Live at the Flame Fest in Bologna, Italy, 2006)

Promo Videos
No.	Title	Length
1.	"S.Y.L."
2.	"Detox"
3.	"Relentless"
4.	"Love?"
5.	"Zen"
6.	"Wrong Side"
7.	"Almost Again"

Personnel

Gene Hoglan – percussion, drums
Will Knapp – production
Dr. Kevin McBride – production
Jamie Meyer – keyboards
Jim Parsons – production
Marcus Rogers – direction, production
Jed Simon – guitar
Doug Spangenberg – direction
Byron Stroud – bass
Devin Townsend – guitar, vocals, production, mastering, video production, track compilation
Adrian White – drums
Dave Young Orchestra – keyboards

Charts

Weekly chart performance for *1994–2006 Chaos Years*
Chart (2008)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[2]	32

References

^ "Strapping Young Lad 1994-2006 Chaos Years due in March". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
^ "Strapping Young Lad: Chaos Years 1994-2006" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2022-09-12.