Billy Talent
Billy Talent began in the Toronto-area city of Mississauga, first playing under the name Pezz before becoming one of Canada's most recognizable punk-rooted rock bands. Their self-titled 2003 album sharpened a sound built from Ian D'Sa's angular guitar voicings, Ben Kowalewicz's high-tension vocals, Jon Gallant's driving bass, and Aaron Solowoniuk's hard, precise drumming. Billy Talent II and Billy Talent III pushed that formula into bigger choruses without losing the nervous, serrated guitar language that made the band stand apart from smoother pop punk peers. Songs such as "Try Honesty," "Red Flag," "Fallen Leaves," and "Rusted from the Rain" balance melodic accessibility with a frantic edge, and the band's later records kept tying personal distress to political anger and social unease. Their music is not metal, but it belongs in a heavy-adjacent directory through its post-hardcore bite, aggressive rhythm guitar, and punk velocity. Billy Talent's history is also one of consistency: the band's voice is instantly identifiable because the guitars, vocals, and rhythm section all sound like they are arguing in sync.
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Billy Talent Discography
12 tracks
- 1 This Is How It Goes 3:27
- 2 Living in the Shadows 3:15
- 3 Try Honesty 4:15
- 4 Line and Sinker 3:36
- 5 Lies 2:59
- 6 The Ex 2:40
- 7 River Below 3:00
- 8 Standing in the Rain 3:20
- 9 Cut the Curtains 3:50
- 10 Prisoners of Today 3:53
- 11 Nothing to Lose 3:38
- 12 Voices of Violence 3:10
1 track
- 1 Try Honesty - Radio Edit 3:56
1 track
- 1 The Ex 2:40
14 tracks
- 1 Devil in a Midnight Mass 2:51
- 2 Red Flag 3:18
- 3 This Suffering 3:56
- 4 Worker Bees 3:44
- 5 Pins and Needles 3:11
- 6 Fallen Leaves 3:19
- 7 Where Is the Line? 3:49
- 8 Covered in Cowardice 4:12
- 9 Surrender 4:06
- 10 The Navy Song 4:31
- 11 Perfect World 3:06
- 12 Sympathy 3:18
- 13 Burn the Evidence 3:40
- 14 Devil in a Midnight Mass - Demo Version 3:19
4 tracks
- 1 Red Flag 3:18
- 2 Red Flag - Live at MTV Campus Invasion Germany 3:39
- 3 Red Flag - Live at the Horseshoe Tavern 3:44
- 4 Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?) 2:45
1 track
- 1 Devil in a Midnight Mass 2:51
17 tracks
- 1 This Is How It Goes - Live 4:16
- 2 Devil in a Midnight Mass - Live 2:55
- 3 This Suffering - Live 3:51
- 4 Line and Sinker - Live 3:54
- 5 Standing in the Rain - Live 3:57
- 6 The Navy Song - Live 4:38
- 7 Worker Bees - Live 4:01
- 8 The Ex - Live 2:40
- 9 Surrender - Live 3:59
- 10 Prisoners of Today - Live 5:04
- 11 Fallen Leaves - Live 3:28
- 12 Perfect World - Live 3:11
- 13 Sympathy - Live 3:13
- 14 Try Honesty - Live 6:32
- 15 Nothing to Lose - Live 3:50
- 16 River Below - Live 3:03
- 17 Red Flag - Live 4:49
3 tracks
- 1 Fallen Leaves 3:19
- 2 Fallen Leaves - Live at MTV Campus Invasion Germany 3:16
- 3 Prisoners of Today 3:53
11 tracks
- 1 Devil on My Shoulder 3:49
- 2 Rusted From the Rain 4:14
- 3 Saint Veronika 4:09
- 4 Tears Into Wine 4:12
- 5 White Sparrows 3:14
- 6 Pocketful of Dreams 3:21
- 7 The Dead Can't Testify 4:27
- 8 Diamond on a Landmine 4:30
- 9 Turn Your Back 3:22
- 10 Sudden Movements 3:39
- 11 Definition of Destiny 4:02
14 tracks
- 1 Devil on My Shoulder 3:49
- 2 Rusted From the Rain 4:14
- 3 Saint Veronika 4:09
- 4 Tears Into Wine 4:12
- 5 White Sparrows 3:14
- 6 Pocketful of Dreams 3:21
- 7 The Dead Can't Testify 4:27
- 8 Diamond on a Landmine 4:30
- 9 Turn Your Back 3:22
- 10 Sudden Movements 3:39
- 11 Definition of Destiny 4:02
- 12 Bloody Nails + Broken Hearts 3:37
- 13 Don't Need to Pretend 3:45
- 14 Devil on My Shoulder - Demo Version 4:06
2 tracks
- 1 Devil on My Shoulder 3:49
- 2 Don't Need to Pretend 3:45
2 tracks
- 1 Rusted From the Rain 4:14
- 2 Cold Turkey 3:10
14 tracks
- 1 Lonely Road to Absolution 1:15
- 2 Viking Death March 4:04
- 3 Surprise Surprise 3:08
- 4 Runnin' Across the Tracks 4:19
- 5 Love Was Still Around 3:46
- 6 Stand up and Run 3:20
- 7 Crooked Minds 5:04
- 8 Man Alive! 3:36
- 9 Hanging by a Thread 3:53
- 10 Cure for the Enemy 4:26
- 11 Don't Count on the Wicked 4:08
- 12 Show Me the Way 3:06
- 13 Swallowed up by the Ocean 5:02
- 14 Dead Silence 4:48
24 tracks
- 1 This Is How It Goes 3:27
- 2 Living in the Shadows 3:15
- 3 Try Honesty 4:15
- 4 Line and Sinker 3:36
- 5 Lies 2:59
- 6 The Ex 2:40
- 7 River Below 3:00
- 8 Standing in the Rain 3:20
- 9 Cut the Curtains 3:50
- 10 Prisoners of Today 3:53
- 11 Nothing to Lose 3:38
- 12 Voices of Violence 3:10
- 13 This Is How It Goes - Demo Version 3:08
- 14 Living in the Shadows - Demo Version 3:15
- 15 Try Honesty - Demo Version 4:05
- 16 Line and Sinker - Live at Nova Rock Festival - Burgenland, Austria 2007 4:51
- 17 Lies - Live Acoustic at SBN Studios - USA 2004 3:05
- 18 The Ex - Demo Version 2:36
- 19 River Below - Live at the Orange Lounge - Toronto, Canada 2007 3:00
- 20 Standing in the Rain - Live Session at Metalworks - Mississauga, Canada 2010 3:34
- 21 Cut the Curtains - Demo Version 3:38
- 22 Prisoners of Today - Demo Version 3:43
- 23 Nothing to Lose - Live at Phillipshalle - Dusseldorf, Germany 2007 3:59
- 24 Voices of Violence - Live at Norwegian Wood Festival - Oslo, Norway 2008 3:20
12 tracks
- 1 This Is How It Goes - Demo Version 3:08
- 2 Living in the Shadows - Demo Version 3:15
- 3 Try Honesty - Demo Version 4:05
- 4 Line and Sinker - Live at Nova Rock Festival - Burgenland, Austria 2007 4:51
- 5 Lies - Live Acoustic at SBN Studios - USA 2004 3:05
- 6 The Ex - Demo Version 2:36
- 7 River Below - Live at the Orange Lounge - Toronto, Canada 2007 3:00
- 8 Standing in the Rain - Live Session at Metalworks - Mississauga, Canada 2010 3:34
- 9 Cut the Curtains - Demo Version 3:38
- 10 Prisoners of Today - Demo Version 3:43
- 11 Nothing to Lose - Live at Phillipshalle - Dusseldorf, Germany 2007 3:59
- 12 Voices of Violence - Live at Norwegian Wood Festival - Oslo, Norway 2008 3:20
14 tracks
- 1 Try Honesty 4:14
- 2 River Below 3:00
- 3 Nothing to Lose 3:38
- 4 Devil in a Midnight Mass 2:53
- 5 Red Flag 3:16
- 6 Fallen Leaves 3:19
- 7 Surrender 4:06
- 8 Devil on My Shoulder 3:51
- 9 Rusted From the Rain 4:13
- 10 Viking Death March 4:02
- 11 Surprise Surprise 3:08
- 12 Stand up and Run 3:20
- 13 Kingdom of Zod 3:32
- 14 Chasing the Sun 2:42
20 tracks
- 1 Big Red Gun 3:17
- 2 Afraid of Heights 3:45
- 3 Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats 3:39
- 4 Louder Than the DJ 3:21
- 5 The Crutch 4:15
- 6 Rabbit Down the Hole 6:03
- 7 Time-Bomb Ticking Away 3:22
- 8 Leave Them All Behind 4:53
- 9 Horses & Chariots 3:35
- 10 This Is Our War 4:02
- 11 February Winds 4:19
- 12 Afraid of Heights (Reprise) 4:24
- 13 Big Red Gun - Demo Version 3:17
- 14 Afraid of Heights - Demo Version 3:45
- 15 Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats - Demo Version 3:41
- 16 Louder Than the DJ - Demo Version 3:26
- 17 The Crutch - Demo Version 4:15
- 18 Time-Bomb Ticking Away - Demo Version 3:24
- 19 Leave Them All Behind - Demo Version 4:52
- 20 Afraid of Heights (Reprise) - Demo Version 4:23
1 track
- 1 A Passage To Bangkok 3:30
12 tracks
- 1 Big Red Gun 3:17
- 2 Afraid of Heights 3:45
- 3 Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats 3:39
- 4 Louder Than the DJ 3:21
- 5 The Crutch 4:15
- 6 Rabbit Down the Hole 6:03
- 7 Time-Bomb Ticking Away 3:22
- 8 Leave Them All Behind 4:53
- 9 Horses & Chariots 3:35
- 10 This Is Our War 4:02
- 11 February Winds 4:19
- 12 Afraid of Heights (Reprise) 4:24
1 track
- 1 Forgiveness I + II 6:41
1 track
- 1 I Beg To Differ (This Will Get Better) 3:36
1 track
- 1 Reckless Paradise 3:24
4 tracks
- 1 End Of Me 3:45
- 2 I Beg To Differ (This Will Get Better) 3:36
- 3 Reckless Paradise 3:24
- 4 Forgiveness I + II 6:41
10 tracks
- 1 Forgiveness I + II 6:41
- 2 Reckless Paradise 3:24
- 3 I Beg To Differ (This Will Get Better) 3:36
- 4 The Wolf 3:47
- 5 Reactor 3:49
- 6 Judged 1:39
- 7 Hanging Out With All The Wrong People 3:46
- 8 End Of Me 3:45
- 9 One Less Problem 3:03
- 10 For You 3:12
21 tracks
- 1 Devil In a Midnight Mass - Live 3:21
- 2 This Suffering - Live 4:06
- 3 I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better) - Live 3:48
- 4 Afraid of Heights - Live 4:55
- 5 Perfect World - Live 3:45
- 6 Hanging Out With All the Wrong People - Live 4:08
- 7 Try Honesty - Live 7:18
- 8 Pins and Needles - Live 3:15
- 9 Rusted From the Rain - Live 4:19
- 10 Saint Veronika - Live 5:19
- 11 The Wolf - Live 3:58
- 12 Diamond on a Landmine - Live 5:18
- 13 End of Me - Live 4:21
- 14 Surrender - Live 4:14
- 15 Forgiveness I - Live 4:14
- 16 Reckless Paradise - Live 3:35
- 17 Surprise Surprise - Live 3:38
- 18 Fallen Leaves - Live 4:17
- 19 Devil On My Shoulder - Live 7:31
- 20 Viking Death March - Live 4:31
- 21 Red Flag - Live 5:07
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