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Devin Townsend - Deconstruction



8.2 | 485 votes |
Release date: 20 June 2011
Style: Progressive metal

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01. Praise The Lowered
02. Stand
03. Juular
04. Planet Of The Apes
05. Sumeria
06. The Mighty Masturbator
07. Pandemic
08. Deconstruction
09. Poltergeist
10. Ho Krll [iTunes bonus]

The Best Avantgarde / Experimental Metal Of 2011
Featured In "Getting Into: Devin Townsend: Part III: The 2010s"

Mix the madness of Infinity with the whole stupid craziness of Ziltoïd, and Strapping Young Lad's multi-layered sonic aggression. Add an orchestra, and a bunch of the best extreme vocalists around.

And serve with a cheeseburger!

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25.06.2021 - 15:24
Rating: 10
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
How is an album so eternal and good?
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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12.03.2023 - 18:45
Rating: 10
Metal Rasputin

Devin probably has one or two better albums than this, but Deconstruction was the one that made me a fan of his, so it has a very special place in my collection. The funniest part is finding all the guest vocals, there's a helluva lot of them everywhere.
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You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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09.12.2023 - 00:10
Rating: 9
24emd
Theory Snob
Written by Oracles on 16.10.2019 at 22:59

This is just noise, absolutely no structure or melodic parts.

I disagree. Every song has structure imo, the shorter songs have very simple verse-chorus structures, and the rest have very long-form crescendo structures. And as someone who can't stand music without highly melodic sections, I thought there were plenty all throughout this album, for example 6:00 in "Planet Of The Apes" and most of "Sumeria" and "Juular", and the disco-esque and subsequent merry-go-round parts of "The Mighty Masturbator".

Hell, even the climaxes of "Deconstruction" and "Poltergeist" are extremely melodic.
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"I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2
"Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend

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09.12.2023 - 00:11
Rating: 9
24emd
Theory Snob
An incredible production, a mishmash of everything I love about Devin, making it my second favourite of his albums.
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"I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2
"Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend

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