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[astfgyl]

Yeah I'll give you ziltoid and ki but the rest of it leaves me cold. A few decent things here and there and being fair to him there's probably a decent compilation to be made from z2/sky blue/addicted/empath/casualties of cool/deconstruction/epicloud/epiclouder/ghost/those b sides that came with the box set/and whatever I'm leaving out.

You'd get a great double album out of those. Might throw together a playlist.

[Carnage]

Addicted had a great poppy metal feel to it, Ki a more restrained prospect, and Ziltoid would have been one of his best if not for the character voices, but nothing he's done since has grabbed me. Deconstruction gave me a headache, it was so all over the place.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I actually just decided to try get into Devin Townsend over the weekend, having never really given his stuff a chance beyond Strapping Young Lad back in the day. Someone recommended Addicted to me, and it was okay, but some fairly significant genre-blend obstacles plus the feeling of being sonically transported back to the year 2000. Then, based off that incredible Royal Albert Hall performance of Deadhead, I checked out Accelerated Evolution and dug that a lot more. So I'm exploring fairly randomly, if anyone wants to recommend me the must-hears.

[astfgyl]

Ocean Machine. Terria. Infinity. Accelerated Evolution

Those are the best of his. The rest of it is hit and miss. When he's good he's great though and there's brilliant things littered throughout. Ki is very good and different from the rest as well.

I don't like Addicted at all really. Maybe a song or two. Epicloud same, Sky Blue as well. I almost forgot about Puzzle, listened to it twice and can't remember a note of it. Maybe some other time..

[ochoill]

I actually just decided to try get into Devin Townsend over the weekend, having never really given his stuff a chance beyond Strapping Young Lad back in the day. Someone recommended Addicted to me, and it was okay, but some fairly significant genre-blend obstacles plus the feeling of being sonically transported back to the year 2000. Then, based off that incredible Royal Albert Hall performance of Deadhead, I checked out Accelerated Evolution and dug that a lot more. So I'm exploring fairly randomly, if anyone wants to recommend me the must-hears.

Terria is my favourite album - not just of his, but ever - so I have to recommend that.  Lush, varied, heavy, atmospheric, just all round lethal.  After that it's Ocean Machine.

[Carnage]

Ocean Machine, Infinity (both carry some filler, but just drip with pomp), Terria (much more restrained/mature than the previous ones, but more 'epic' overall), Ziltoid The Omniscient (if not for the voices, it'd be up there with the previous ones mentioned), Addicted! (pop/metal done well, Anneke whatshername sings about half of it, sounds great), Ki (more laid back than previous ones, some nice crescendos though). That'd be my pick.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Terria is my favourite album - not just of his, but ever - so I have to recommend that.

High praise indeed! Right, will start with that one today so, then check out the others recommended. Cheers lads.

[Carnage]

Terria...

About 18 years ago, I was sharing a house with a mate. I'd put him onto Townsend but that's neither here nor there... He was a big stoner, I wasn't but he was having a hot chocolate laced with hash, offered me one (I've never been a smoker so it suited). Without thinking, he made it to his own strength as he had a high tolerance, I downed it and off we went.

He was watching a DVD of the Tenacious D MTV shows, there's one where they go into the desert, take peyote and start hallucinating - at which point so do I, to head-wrecking effect (I didn't know whether the weird shit was onscreen or in my head). 'Fuck this, I'm going to bed' I mumble and shamble off.

Just before I sprawl on the bed, I press play on my CD player. Terria. Not the best album for a head that's spinning anyway, it took me strange places that night...

[Circlepit]

Unto Others- The 2 eps
Sodom- Persecution Mania. This is such a ripper.

[astfgyl]

Terria is my favourite album - not just of his, but ever - so I have to recommend that.  Lush, varied, heavy, atmospheric, just all round lethal.  After that it's Ocean Machine.

I can never decide between Terria and OM but I think OM is more immediate whereas I found Terria a slow burner at first and didn't think much of a lot of it until I'd heard it a good few times. It caught up of course. Infinity isn't too far off either but I don't try it half as often as the best 2 there.
SYL City and Alien are great as well for the really heavy stuff.

Now playing - Devin Townsend - Infinity

[ochoill]

Terria...

About 18 years ago, I was sharing a house with a mate. I'd put him onto Townsend but that's neither here nor there... He was a big stoner, I wasn't but he was having a hot chocolate laced with hash, offered me one (I've never been a smoker so it suited). Without thinking, he made it to his own strength as he had a high tolerance, I downed it and off we went.

He was watching a DVD of the Tenacious D MTV shows, there's one where they go into the desert, take peyote and start hallucinating - at which point so do I, to head-wrecking effect (I didn't know whether the weird shit was onscreen or in my head). 'Fuck this, I'm going to bed' I mumble and shamble off.

Just before I sprawl on the bed, I press play on my CD player. Terria. Not the best album for a head that's spinning anyway, it took me strange places that night...

  Ahh I love that.  Have had some great run ins with Terria and the smoke over the years, always thought it was great for it (but I also love Disco Volante for that too so maybe not the best judge of a relaxed listen).

A time that sticks out for me being maybe 8-9 years back, living in Vancouver at the time, walking home a long ways after a session alone.  I was blackout earlier in the night but a kip on a lad's couch and an hour's drunk walk before the sun came up took most of the edge off it.  It was eerily quiet, no businesses open yet and it was a Sunday AM.  I had tunes on most of the way, got back near my flat and there was a steel chair, like something from a café, left out for the bins beside a house.  It was a summers morning and the sun was just coming up but at the back of the mountains from where I was looking.  I grabbed the chair, hauled it to a quiet corner on a little hill just near my gaff, made a pinner, put on Terria on the headphones, and just watched the sunrise up over them in the gaps between the houses and trees.  Magnificent view.  Whole thing is etched into my mind.

Deconstruction gave me a headache, it was so all over the place.

Decon blew me away first, but wore of shockingly quickly.  I revisit it often but the best song on it by absolutely leagues is the title track.

[ochoill]

SYL City and Alien are great as well for the really heavy stuff.

City will never get old.  Ridiculously good album.  Sure it's City's fault (and yours I suppose) I'm this scalded for the Townsend anyway.

Terria is my favourite album - not just of his, but ever - so I have to recommend that.

High praise indeed! Right, will start with that one today so, then check out the others recommended. Cheers lads.

No bother, let us know how you get on!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I should have started a thread!

[Cailleach]

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                          Sous l'œil fermé des paradis

[Eoin McLove]

Agatus- The Eternalist. Such an epic album.