I thought I didn't listen to metal anymore
 

this is just too fucking good. easily the best Devy's done in the past ten years for sure. for the first time in years i'm really excited about his upcoming record. he really lost me completely the last half decade or so, kinda going full self indulgent giant ego metal factory artist. but with this new record, he just broke up what was his successful reverb-rock band, and set out to do something weird and sprawling just because he was tingling to get out so bad.

this track is a shining example of where devin really gets so uniquely good. it's like, he's inviting you have to slowly focus in on it. the music begs that you approach it, gradually zoom into it. every bar of it. he weaves so many delicious little details at every turn. there are entire songs in those spaces.

at first it's this weird POMPOUS PROG METAL SONG, but then upon repeated listens you suddenly find the beautiful & strange asymmetry of it, the deep jungle rhythms, the most wicked and outrageously exciting bass playing, angular sample patterns, strange little lovely musical detours and extra bars that suddenly make perfect sense. certain riffs suddenly get colored more "oriental" or "hawaiian" when you notice a little line of part going on.

the whole body of the song seeks to communicate with you, and actively engage you in something stimulating. if you don't really want to, that's cool. but it's there for you to find. that's the type of stuff that make music age like wine. nobody has perfected that style of production, ever, quite like devin.

it's so viciously infectious and poppy! i'm playing the F outta this right now. so fun to jam this on guitar too. what will my neighbors think jesus i'm so embarrassed i thought i didn't listen to metal anymore

Abbath's got a new album coming!

What about the song with Chad Kroeger?

HUH SMART GUY?

devin townsend is fuzzyroes's neighbour!

the song does get better as it goes on. (only listened once so far, though.)

lol metal

lol music

lol krautrock

lol fuzzyroes

he's got a thing with pop, and i think he respects nickelback as kinda working class corporate rock guys, and the degree of professionalism that goes into that. i have a hard time justifying having chad kroeger vocals on any new record i'm excited about, but at his best devin could pull off something like this and make it kill somehow. record should come out soon, so we'll see i guess.


i knooow

tru tru

This is pretty cool, but if you like this, he does this kind of thing better on some earlier releases. Cheers on getting into Townsend

sick burn

album finally dropped!

i'm smoking a bunch of trees tonight and listening to this front to back.

are you ready to rock

making my way through

i am currently rocking

holy FUCKING SHIT

i am seriously getting the vibes that devin has released something as fine and truly top shelf as he's ever released here

you can hear he really put his whole heart into this one

thank you devin

i love you man

quite the spirited reaction!

I don't really listen to metal anymore but that first album by Ghost was great!

this one?

omg yes <3

hey toase did you know batoh has a new solo album out? it's pretty good. check it out if you haven't yet:





such a great songwriter!


also one night when i was drunk i found this gem. it's got a young kurihara. fucking amazing.

wow thank you
those videos are pretty good, I like how they look

but that concert wow

I plan to get drunk next weekend and watch the whole thing. I've only see Forthcoming From the Inside, but it blew me away.