Why am I doing a Top 20? This has become a popular post around my social media circles, and after a few nominations from friends (you post an album and nominate someone to do the same, which I won't be doing here) I might as well get it out of the way.

Music is a HUGE part of me, and I've always been meaning to write something along these lines. I might as well start now!

I've compiled my list, and I'm starting off with #20!

Alan Gurling's Top 20 Albums - #20 "City" by Strapping Young Lad
Highlight track - "All Hail The New Flesh"
Why this album? Several reasons. I think mainly, this album is the most effective in pacifying me.

The main track off of the album (in the aforementioned link) is also my personal favourite and pretty much encompasses what I mean by being "pacified".

The meaning of the song is "transcendence" (a theme Devin Townsend, the vocalist, uses quite often in his music) - transcending from the mediocre, to …