Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence

While I liked all his recent stuff, Z2 felt like he was starting to run out ideas. But this one is Devin back up to full speed, having relinquished a little control to his band members and the results are great! A recording of Truth is not unwelcome either. Album feels like a calmer Infinity or a more energetic Accelerated Evolution. Good shit.

Vinyl comes with an etched side D:

Awesome.  Just waiting for my pre-order CD to arrive in the snail mail.  Hopefully today.

can't wait for Devin to be over with this string of EPIC orchestral albums tbh, gimme more SYL and more Deconstruction. Or more Casualties of Cool. But this stuff's just boring to me

  On 9/12/2016 at 12:17 AM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

can't wait for Devin to be over with this string of EPIC orchestral albums tbh, gimme more SYL and more Deconstruction. Or more Casualties of Cool. But this stuff's just boring to me

"But if Transcendence really is to be the last Devin Townsend Project album why does he feel the need to move on now? ‘I think there's parameters with DTP that didn't exist with Strapping’ he says. ‘I saw a really interesting analysis of the differences between DTP and Strapping the other day. It said DTP is like a really nice slick sports car and Strapping is the same car jumping off a cliff and getting hit by lightning! There’s less danger in the parameters set by DTP, consciously so, because that's what I needed to do after Strapping. I needed to somehow reel it in but there’s a part of me that feels like I now need to lash out again. Not in the same way that I did when I was 23, but I feel the mentality that I’ve supressed now for a decade needs to come out again.’"

You might be getting your wish! I doubt it will be full SYL but something intense at least. That said, I think he said his next thing is a symphony, so whether that includes metal guitars remains to be heard.

he's a great musician with balls but damn i can't handle his last albums right now

  On 9/12/2016 at 12:17 AM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

Or more Casualties of Cool.

That will happen, and I'm very much looking forward to it. His next thing, however, is going to be an actual symphony called The Moth, then more Casualties.

Also,

RIP dev (@ 8:50)

Man, I've really been enjoying this album.  The few songs that are more 'obvious' Devin I gravitated to straight away (Truth, Failure, Higher) but after half a dozen album listens the tail end of the album is starting to open up more as well, and songs that I had thought were 'just OK' are actually proving to be really rewarding.

The song 'Transcendence' is beautiful and haunting and I woke up with it stuck in my head this morning.

Sagan - I do not have the bonus disc, but the two last songs on the vinyl are bonus tracks and they're solid enough. I often find the bonus discs for Devin's stuff not all that good. Not shit, but not worth buying the deluxe for.

  On 9/12/2016 at 2:44 AM, Bechuga said:

 

  On 9/12/2016 at 12:17 AM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

can't wait for Devin to be over with this string of EPIC orchestral albums tbh, gimme more SYL and more Deconstruction. Or more Casualties of Cool. But this stuff's just boring to me

 

"But if Transcendence really is to be the last Devin Townsend Project album why does he feel the need to move on now? ‘I think there's parameters with DTP that didn't exist with Strapping’ he says. ‘I saw a really interesting analysis of the differences between DTP and Strapping the other day. It said DTP is like a really nice slick sports car and Strapping is the same car jumping off a cliff and getting hit by lightning! There’s less danger in the parameters set by DTP, consciously so, because that's what I needed to do after Strapping. I needed to somehow reel it in but there’s a part of me that feels like I now need to lash out again. Not in the same way that I did when I was 23, but I feel the mentality that I’ve supressed now for a decade needs to come out again.’"

 

You might be getting your wish! I doubt it will be full SYL but something intense at least. That said, I think he said his next thing is a symphony, so whether that includes metal guitars remains to be heard.

 

Thanks for the info, really interesting bit. He's spot on about his own music, which is good; he's always been really self-aware afaik, maybe too much for his own good. Again, I don't think his recent stuff is bad; I just don't like it personally