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Devin Townsend - To Release New Album 'Empath'


Canadian heavy metal artist Devin Townsend has officially announced the release of his forthcoming new album Empath for the 29th March, 2019. In the lead up to the album's release, Devin will walk fans through how Empath came together with a series of documentary episodes recorded as phone conversations during the course of the albums recording. Watch him explain more in the video below.

Devin comments: "Hello everybody, this is Devin Townsend and I would like to formally announce that after almost a year and a half of working, I have finished Empath. Now this record has taken me down a lot of very interesting psychological and technical avenues and the process was documented from the very get-go by a series of documentary videos that I have done, that outline everything from the gestation of the idea to the actualisation of it, through all the existential ups and downs that went on. As such this record is different to any record that I have released thus far, and trying to get people on board for what it is versus what it isn't, I think needs to be dealt with in a different way. Stay tuned for the making of Empath - the video series."




On this album Devin has decided to see what would happen if all the styles that make up his current interests were finally represented in one place. To finally shake the fear of expectation, and just do what it is he was meant to do creatively, Empath, true to the name, is about allowing the audience a feeling for a variety of musical emotions. The musical dynamics represented on this single album are broad, challenging, and immense. To approach this sort of work with a long history of what makes heavy music 'heavy', allows this to be done with a type of power rarely heard.

Joining Devin on this album is Frank Zappa alumni Mike Keneally as music director, as well as Morgan Ågren (Mats And Morgan, Frank Zappa, Fredrik Thordendal), Anup Sastry (Monuments, Periphery), Samus Paulicelli (Decrepit Birth, Abigail Williams), Nathan Navarro, Elliot Desagnes, Steve Vai, Chad Kroeger, Anneke Van Giersbergen, Ché Aimee Dorval, Ryan Dhale and the Elektra Women's Choir.




Track listing:

01. Castaway
02. Genesis
03. Spirits Will Collide
04. Evermore
05. Sprite
06. Hear Me
07. Why
08. Borderlands
09. Requiem
10. Singularity Part 1 - Adrift
11. Singularity Part 2 - I Am I
12. Singularity Part 3 - There Be Monsters
13. Singularity Part 4 - Curious Gods
14. Singularity Part 5 - Silicon Scientists
15. Singularity Part 6 - Here Comes The Sun


Empath will be released on Limited 2 CD Digipak (including an entire disc of bonus material), Standard CD Jewelcase, Gatefold 180G 2LP Vinyl + CD + LP-booklet and as digital album.

Source: insideoutmusic.com
Band profile: Devin Townsend
Posted: 17.01.2019 by Abattoir


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17.01.2019 - 15:02
SatanicBlood

I'm extremely curious how Devy will have Chad on this album. No Nickleback fan by any stretch, but this is Chad working on Devin's terms, not his radio dribble, I think it'll turn out cool.
Remember when SYL had Bif Naked in a song?
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17.01.2019 - 16:13
Darkside Momo
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Devinitively curious about this one!
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17.01.2019 - 18:47
VirtusMetallorum

I was lik, " good guest line up so far! " then I saw Chad kroeger lol. Still can't wait to listen.
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18.01.2019 - 01:43
DeathSlyzer

Did Devin seem a bit more serious than what he usually is in that video, or is it just me? I am more curious about this one than what I usually am with new albums, so there is that.
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18.01.2019 - 08:20
Necrodamus

Looks like it's gonna be one of those Devin albums that takes you on a wild journey. His last one with the Project was amazing. Can't wait for this one.
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