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Devin Townsend - Accelerated Evolution



8.6 | 341 votes |
Release date: 31 March 2003
Style: Industrial progressive metal

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Disc I
01. Depth Charge
02. Storm
03. Random Analysis
04. Deadhead
05. Suicide
06. Traveller
07. Away
08. Sunday Afternoon
09. Slow Me Down

Disc II [Project EKO] [Special Edition bonus]
01. Locate
02. Echo
03. Assignable

Top 20 albums of 2003: 20
Featured In "Getting Into: Devin Townsend: Part II: The 2000s"

Line-up
Devin Townsend - guitars, vocals, keyboards
Dave Young - keyboards
Mike Young - bass
Brian Waddell - guitars
Ryan Van Poederooyen - drums

Studio musicians
Chris Valagao - choir
Carla Levis - choir

Additional info
Written and produced by Devin Townsend.
Engineered by Shaun Thingvold and Devin Townsend.
Mixed by Shaun and Devin at Hipposonic.
Assisted by Misha Rajaratnam, Dan Kearley, Carla Levis, Scorr Cooke, Jay Van Poderooyen, Lori Bridger, and Chris Guy.
Recorded at The Armoury, Merchland, and Hipposonic studios in September-November 2002.
Mastered by Goran Finnberg.
Additional part interpretations and arrangements by Brian, Ryan, Dave and Mike.
Graphics and layout by Travis Smith @ Seempieces.

Dedicated to the memory of 'Yuki' (1989-2002).

Guest review by
Justin
Rating:
9.0
Regardless of whether you view Devin Townsend's work as that of a genius or confusing, there's no denying he is prolific and worshiped by many and built an underground cult-like following.
Following the recent release of Strapping Young Lad's third album SYL in February, the Canada's very own metal chameleon has delivered yet another masterpiece in little under two months! Accelerated Evolution indeed!

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published 16.09.2003 | Comments (3)

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Comments: 7   Visited by: 614 users
24.08.2011 - 01:02
Rating: 9
musicalkaratekid
Awesome album, though not perfect. This really does showcase how melodic devin townsend can get when it comes to songwriting. And for that reason,it works really well:)
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20.03.2013 - 18:18
Rating: 9
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Deadhead is probably one of my favourite songs of all time....yet the remainder of the album...ugh
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30.10.2014 - 18:58
Zap
My God, that bonus disc is great.
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30.10.2014 - 21:28
Lit.
Account deleted
Written by Zap on 30.10.2014 at 18:58

My God, that bonus disc is great.

Agreed. Electronica Devin is just... wow. I'd totally buy a full album of his if he delved in that style.
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30.10.2014 - 23:53
Zap
Written by [user id=101272] on 30.10.2014 at 21:28

Written by Zap on 30.10.2014 at 18:58

My God, that bonus disc is great.

Agreed. Electronica Devin is just... wow. I'd totally buy a full album of his if he delved in that style.

Me too, that would easily beat his last 3 albums in my opinion.
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03.08.2016 - 18:16
Rating: 8
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
One of the best Devin's records with The Devin Townsend Band, in my opinion. Catchy yet progressive, bombastic yet emotional, melodic yet heavy.
My favourites: Storm, Slow Me Down.
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"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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08.11.2023 - 13:23
Rating: 9
24emd
Theory Snob
I overlooked this album for a long time. Hard rock Devin works really well, basically every song here is excellent in one way or another, especially "Depth Charge", "Storm", "Traveler" and "Slow Me Down".
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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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