Teacher:In this task, you will be given a passage to read. A fill in the blank question will be given to you.  Your answer should fit the blank appropriately.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance:  Townsend 's solo run lasted until 2002 . After a five @-@ year break from recording , Strapping Young Lad reunited to record a new album . Townsend credits the album , Strapping Young Lad , as an emotional response to the attacks of September 11 , 2001 , in the United States .  If the world 's about to blow up ,  said Townsend , let 's write the soundtrack for it . The album 's lyrics were based more around fear and insecurity than the  hostile  lyrics of City . Musically , Strapping Young Lad was less industrial than City , and more reminiscent of death metal , with a  larger @-@ than @-@ life  rock production style . Townsend cited Front Line Assembly , Grotus , and Samael 's Passage as influences . The self @-@ titled album was released in February 2003 . It received lukewarm reviews , with critics finding it inferior to City , but it was the band 's first charting album , entering at 97th place on Billboard 's Top Heatseekers chart . While Strapping Young Lad was being reunited ,Townsend formed a new , permanent band  on par with Strapping to record and tour for his solo releases . The Devin Townsend Band consisted of Brian Beav Waddell on guitar , Mike Young on bass , Ryan Van Poederooyen on drums , and Dave Young on keyboards . Townsend performed guitar , vocals , and production , as he did in Strapping Young Lad . Townsend worked on the band 's first album , Accelerated Evolution , at the same time he was working on Strapping Young Lad , spending half the week on one and half on the other . Accelerated Evolution , named for the pace of putting a new band together in under a year , was released a month after Strapping Young Lad . Mike G. of Metal Maniacs called it  the album of the year  fill in the blank  :   Townsend 's solo run lasted until __________________ . 
Student:
 2002 