Devin Townsend - Deconstruction

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8.2 | 463 votes |
Band
Devin Townsend
Style
Progressive metal
Release date
20 June 2011
Owners
481 have it
66 want it
Tracklist
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]
Line-up
Devin Garret Townsend - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, programming
Ryan Van Poederooyen - drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 10)
Dirk Verbeuren - drums (tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

Guest musicians
Paul Kuhr - vocals (track 1)
Mikael Åkerfeldt - vocals (track 2)
Vegard Sverre Tveitan - vocals (track 3)
Tommy Rogers - vocals (track 4)
Joseph "Joe" Duplantier - vocals (track 5)
Paul Masvidal - vocals (track 5)
Gregory John Puciato - vocals (track 6)
Floor Jansen - vocals (track 7)
Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) - vocals (track 8)
Fredrik Thordendal - lead guitar (track 8)
Staff pick by
Darkside Momo

Devin "Over-The-Top" Townsend
Jul 08, 2011
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
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How is an album so eternal and good?
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12.03.2023 - 18:45
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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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09.12.2023 - 00:10
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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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09.12.2023 - 00:11
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An incredible production, a mishmash of everything I love about Devin, making it my second favourite of his albums.
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