I psyched and preordered the deluxe edition with the cat t-shirt

Heaviest track he's done since Deconstruction any maybe even heavier than that and SYL at times. All thanks to having the Decrepit Birth drummer behind the kit.

Dude, that song is pretty intense on different levels, man.

I like it but I think it suffers a bit for the chaos. Maybe on repeated listens it'll grow on me more. Still a great effort though.

Tried to listen to this at work, it was too much to handle while trying to concentrate on work haha. I'll have to spin this bad boy when I have time to actually listen to it :3

Obviously this will take a few listens, but after my first listen...

Meh.

It may put me in the minority of DT fans, but "Transcendence" was the first DT album that really "clicked" with me. Killer atmosphere, killer melodies. "Empath," on the other hand, sounds like a collection of "Transcendence" B-sides with random sound clips inserted into them. Sorry, but a song being long, weird, and random is not enough to make me go "wow." In fact, all it really does is annoy me, because then I feel like I have to skip through 80% of the song just to get to the parts that I enjoy (which there are a number of).

I'll give it a few more spins, but so far it's looking like a 7.

Written by Crème fraiche on 29.03.2019 at 19:12

Tried to listen to this at work, it was too much to handle while trying to concentrate on work haha. I'll have to spin this bad boy when I have time to actually listen to it :3

Yeah I tried to listen to it at work and honestly found it a bit of a chore to deal with so much stuff going on at once. Maybe I'll prefer it when I've got more time to listen to it, but wasn't enamored by the first listen

Not as out there as Deconstruction or as catchy as Addicted, the two albums it closely evokes styles from.

Best tracks are Genesis, Hear Me - the most metal and blast beat heavy track here and Borderlands - the most catchy and memorable one here.

Sprite is also pretty fun.

The choral and orchestral arrangement are his best ever. This one really has big flashes of Ocean Machine (Live) which is a swirl of emotions.

Wow. Just when you think Devin has done it all in his own flavor and style, he goes and makes this insanity. I'll need a few more listens to come up with a rating, but it's safe to say this is one of his most interesting and varied albums to date. Hard to imagine he will make anything this crazy again. But then he probably will.

Batshit fucking crazy and I love it.

I guess my cat doesn't like this one. Put it on and she walks out of the room after a minute. Usually she'll spend most of the day on the floor here.

I can't stop listening to this, a great mix of light and heavy Devin!

What a peculiar album.

I wonder what a collaboration between Townsend and Mike Patton would sound like...

An YouTube comment couldn't be more right:

"Friend: So this Devin Townsend...He's what? Metal? Jazz? Funk? Ambient? Random Cat Noises? Speed Metal?
Me: Yes."

Best Devin Townsend album ever!!!
If you like his music, don't hesitate to hear it.
8.6/10

Another progressive album that tries to be so progressive that it loses cohesion. Sounds too pretentious for my simple mind.

It'd be great if he just made a classical music album. Instead he offers this stuff.

I really struggled listening to this. Even still, I listened to it a few times to see if it would grow on me. I will now forget that this album exists so I can quit enduring the pain of attempting to enjoy it.

Reminds me a lot of Deconstruction. Same sort of song structure and stylings. Deconstruction through Sky blue's filter, perhaps?
Oh, and on my earlier comment, it seems my cat prefers the 2nd disc over the main one.

As much as I love me some Devin Townsend I'm not really feeling this one. Shame.

Written by Nick Carter on 05.04.2019 at 23:51

Another progressive album that tries to be so progressive that it loses cohesion. Sounds too pretentious for my simple mind.

I feel ya brother.

The first four tracks are fantastic, but from there... just bits and pieces. I can't help but lose interest from that point on.

It keeps getting better each time I listen to it, it started as a solid 7 and now it's close to 10, I can't remember the last time I felt so happy while listening to an album.

Being progressive (and weird) for the sake of being progressive ... also it doesn't help that the album has no cohesion and seems go on all directions all the time.

We NEED weird prog like this and ONLY Devin can deliver it. It's not pretentious because it works. People call this pretentious yet they probably listen to corny black metal, pretentious thrash and other cheesy power metal bands but those aren't pretentious... because only those snobby prog fans can be pretentious!
Unparalleled execution and love for the music. Devin is one of the most creative forces in metal and rock music.

I like corny black metal, but I don't think this is pretentious. I think it's garbage.

It's there even such a thing as pretentious thrash? It's like the most meat and potatoes subgenre,

Written by Mercurial on 03.06.2019 at 23:27

It's there even such a thing as pretentious thrash? It's like the most meat and potatoes subgenre,

Vektor could fit into that description, no?

Written by Unhealer on 09.06.2019 at 07:55

Written by Mercurial on 03.06.2019 at 23:27

It's there even such a thing as pretentious thrash? It's like the most meat and potatoes subgenre,

Vektor could fit into that description, no?

Not really since they are more or less ripping off Voi Vod.