Tourettes is a heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band from Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

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 founded in January 2000. Their style has been described as "a mixture of hardcore, nu-metal and other elements to create an apoplectic and eclectic noise."

Live, the band combines performance with visual elements, which has earned them a loyal fanbase (dubbed as "SikFuks"). They have played at festivals such as Big Day Out

Big Day Out

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 and Wacken Open Air

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, as well as shows in the United States

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 and Canada

Canada

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. The band provided backing vocals on the Strapping Young Lad

Strapping Young Lad

Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...

 album Alien

Alien (album)

Alien is the fourth album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on March 22, 2005. The album was written by Devin Townsend and Gene Hoglan over a 6 month time period....

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Discography

• Tourettes (2001)
• Detestimony EP (2003)
• Rod Fuckin' Stewart (Single) (2005)
• Retrospective DVD (2005)
• Sicksense (2006)
• Treason Songs (2007)