Author Topic: Devin Townsend v. Offer Your Posts (Read 229080 times)

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #735 on:** March 02, 2016, 04:49:26 PM »

loldevlab

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #736 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:50:13 PM »

Dev wiki is currently being built! Stay tuned (if you give a shit about such a thing).

Nihil-Morari · « **Reply #737 on:** March 03, 2016, 01:48:27 AM »

Quote from: Onno on March 02, 2016, 03:32:54 PM

Just curious, how many times have you listened to Terria?

About 5 or 6 I guess.

Quote from: Scorpion on March 02, 2016, 03:33:58 PM

I thought I had seen anything.

Then I saw Devlab above Terria.

The first stuff that clicked was the ambient stuff, and I get the fact that the first couple of minutes of Devlab is difficult to get through, but especially the second half is just wonderful.

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #738 on:** March 06, 2016, 05:11:21 AM »

Are the demos and bonus tracks on Contain Us worth getting?

KevShmev · « **Reply #739 on:** March 06, 2016, 08:35:40 AM »

Quote from: twosuitsluke on March 06, 2016, 05:11:21 AM

Are the demos and bonus tracks on Contain Us worth getting?

The bonus tracks, absolutely. Juno, Ho Krll, Radial Highway, Watch You and Traestorz are all major keepers.

The demos, meh.

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #740 on:** March 06, 2016, 08:50:01 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on March 06, 2016, 08:35:40 AM

Quote from: twosuitsluke on March 06, 2016, 05:11:21 AM
Are the demos and bonus tracks on Contain Us worth getting?

The bonus tracks, absolutely. Juno, Ho Krll, Radial Highway, Watch You and Traestorz are all major keepers.

The demos, meh.

Agreed, but even further – I love that whole disc. The only one that is "meh" for me is the "Fucker" rework.

I love the Decon "demos" (they were recorded in the album sessions with Dirk Verbeuren, just left off) like "Madd at My Dadd" and "Brownman" but mostly because they're hilarious.

Also check out "Dinosaurs" from the 7" that came with it. Interesting Addicted outtake with Anneke and sax.

KevShmev · « **Reply #741 on:** March 06, 2016, 08:58:56 AM »

Dinosaurs is so great, but other than that decent-sounding rip on YouTube, good luck finding it. Still annoys me that I cannot find a high-quality rip of it.

Metro · « **Reply #742 on:** March 06, 2016, 06:53:58 PM »

From Dev's Twitter:

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ok, I got the go ahead to do a second 'bonus disk' of material for Transcendence! Sweet..plus anothr 6 tracks for itunes etc. Great to purge

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...The main disk was whittled down to 11 really really good songs.

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theres a total of 33 songs this time around I think, then I can get on to touring and doing the symphony...

TioJorge · « **Reply #743 on:** March 07, 2016, 01:21:23 AM »

Fuuuuuuck yus.

Metro · « **Reply #744 on:** March 09, 2016, 09:19:08 PM »

NEW SONG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQG6ycUhyns

Sacul · « **Reply #745 on:** March 09, 2016, 09:25:20 PM »

Devlab II confirmed.

TioJorge · « **Reply #746 on:** March 09, 2016, 10:41:45 PM »

Immediately thought of Adam02.

P.S. You bastard. I was ready to rock.

Enigmachine · « **Reply #747 on:** March 10, 2016, 10:38:55 AM »

We got a release date for September.

https://twitter.com/dvntownsend/status/706661611243606016

Pragmaticcircus · « **Reply #748 on:** March 16, 2016, 09:52:50 PM »

Transcendence is to start recording within a week!!! (insert appropriate meme)

Adami · « **Reply #749 on:** March 16, 2016, 10:14:31 PM »

I'm a little worried it'll be another Epicloud/Skyblue album.

It's a fine sound, but Devy seems a little too comfortable with it, and it's lacking that.....I don't know...internal conflict that made his work so great. Devy needs to be challenged, and as demonstrated by his live stream song writing (really cool by the way) he just isn't terribly challenged by this new sound and it comes super natural to him. I dunno, just doesn't seem as exciting.

cramx3 · « **Reply #750 on:** March 17, 2016, 06:40:36 AM »

Maybe because I am a new fan so I listened to Sky Blue and Epicloud before listening to some of the back catalogue, but I prefer the sound of those two albums versus some of the older stuff.

jakepriest · « **Reply #751 on:** March 17, 2016, 07:07:25 AM »

Quote from: Adami on March 16, 2016, 10:14:31 PM

It's a fine sound, but Devy seems a little too comfortable with it, and it's lacking that.....I don't know...internal conflict that made his work so great. Devy needs to be challenged, and as demonstrated by his live stream song writing (really cool by the way) he just isn't terribly challenged by this new sound and it comes super natural to him. I dunno, just doesn't seem as exciting.

I love both Epicloud and Sky Blue, but I agree that it's getting a little bit too safe. The "Stars" or whatever song he wrote during the livestream was incredibly bad imo. He seems to be going for that commercial sound right now and that's okay, but I would love another album in the veins of Ghost or Deconstruction.

Mosh · « **Reply #752 on:** March 17, 2016, 09:50:15 AM »

Part of what makes me a DT fan is that everything he does is different, but lately he has been sort of going in one direction. I really hope he doesn't get stuck in a rut with one sound.

Metro · « **Reply #753 on:** March 17, 2016, 10:30:26 AM »

I think the DTP has become his main outlet for his typical Pop/Metal kind of stuff, and any other experimental projects like Casualties will be done under a different project/name. For Dave, RVP, Mike, and Beav, the DTP is their main job so it has to be Dev's main focus as well. That's why he didn't take that hiatus he was talking about last year, because he's got 4 other guys in the band plus a live crew to pay.

I'm sure Transcendence will be my AOTY, but I do wish he'd do something different soon, like another Casualties record or maybe resurrect Ghost 2.

He's mentioned several other projects over the years like Obviouser, an Electronic album and of course the Symphony(Moth) which he says will be his main focus after Transcendence.

KevShmev · « **Reply #754 on:** March 20, 2016, 08:00:45 PM »

Devin is so good at random, funny tweets...

Devin Townsend ‏@dvntownsend 2h2 hours ago
Shovelled a yard of manure today. Currently smell like a yaks balls.
6 retweets 50 likes
Reply Retweet 6
Like 50

Metro · « **Reply #755 on:** March 25, 2016, 07:42:18 AM »

Recording for Transcendence starts tomorrow. Considering how long they've been practicing this material ahead of time, I don't expect them to take very long.
And according to his Twitter, Nolly from Periphery is helping them out in the studio.

jakepriest · « **Reply #756 on:** March 25, 2016, 08:57:40 AM »

Quote from: Metropolaris on March 25, 2016, 07:42:18 AM

Recording for Transcendence starts tomorrow. Considering how long they've been practicing this material ahead of time, I don't expect them to take very long.
And according to his Twitter, Nolly from Periphery is helping them out in the studio.

Oh man if they get Periphery-level production on the album it's gonna sound awesome.

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #757 on:** March 25, 2016, 01:55:40 PM »

Quote from: jakepriest on March 25, 2016, 08:57:40 AM

Quote from: Metropolaris on March 25, 2016, 07:42:18 AM
Recording for Transcendence starts tomorrow. Considering how long they've been practicing this material ahead of time, I don't expect them to take very long.
And according to his Twitter, Nolly from Periphery is helping them out in the studio.

Oh man if they get Periphery-level production on the album it's gonna sound awesome.

Agreed, but the only way it'll make a difference in the end is if Dev spends way longer mixing and probably with someone else (or letting someone else mix it... like, say, Jens Bogren!). I doubt that will happen.

Then again, he mixed the lion's share of Infinity, which is great minus the weird bass end (all kick, no bass guitar). He learned the bass lesson when doing Z2 so perhaps he would indeed be capable with engineering assistance.

The winning team on Infinity was Dev with Matteo Caratozzolo and Pete Wonsiak, who he hasn't worked much with since.

(And I've seen lots of people complain about the Infinity mix, so I hardly mean to call it definitive. It's definitely one of his clearest mixing jobs, though.)

Enigmachine · « **Reply #758 on:** March 25, 2016, 02:24:25 PM »

I thought the recent Devin Townsend albums were really well produced though. I don't see a noticable difference in the production quality between P1 / Juggernaut and Addicted / Z2

jakepriest · « **Reply #759 on:** March 25, 2016, 06:54:09 PM »

Addicted sounds awesome (it's also not a recent album by any means btw), but Epicloud suffes from a lack of cymbals and Sky Blue/Z2 just sound weird to my ears.

Scorpion · « **Reply #760 on:** March 26, 2016, 03:16:30 AM »

I don't think I've ever had a problem with the production of a Devin album, but then I've been known to have ridiculously low standards in that area (something that I'm actually grateful for, to be honest). I mean, I do notice differences, but the albums - not just Devin, speaking about all the albums that I know - that have been negatively impacted for me because of production, I can count on two hands.

me7 · « **Reply #761 on:** March 26, 2016, 04:42:41 AM »

Devin's production got too bubblegum-y over the years.

Metro · « **Reply #762 on:** March 26, 2016, 06:40:36 AM »

They're recording at the same studio where Synchestra and Alien were recorded. Both of those album had pretty great sounding production, especially the drums.
So that along with Nolly being there assures me that this album will be pretty great production-wise.

Onno · « **Reply #763 on:** March 26, 2016, 09:34:06 AM »

Quote from: jakepriest on March 25, 2016, 06:54:09 PM

Addicted sounds awesome (it's also not a recent album by any means btw), but Epicloud suffes from a lack of cymbals and Sky Blue/Z2 just sound weird to my ears.

I think Addicted sounds good apart from the cymbals, which get a bit lost in the mix. Agreed on the rest, although Dark Matters sounds a bit better than the rest.

Metro · « **Reply #764 on:** April 04, 2016, 02:06:16 PM »

https://www.metalsucks.net/2016/04/04/haunted-shores-featuring-devin-townsend/

Devin did guest vocals on a song from the recent Haunted Shores EP

jakepriest · « **Reply #765 on:** April 04, 2016, 02:13:26 PM »

Norway Jose is my least favourite song off the EP and the vocals didn't add much for me to enjoy I feel. Devy should have done Harrison Fjord (though I guess that song already has too much going on, the chorus could have been amazing though).

Enigmachine · « **Reply #766 on:** April 04, 2016, 04:08:20 PM »

Never heard of Haunted Shores before that, but that was a cool song. Great performance from Dev as always.

jakepriest · « **Reply #767 on:** April 04, 2016, 04:25:00 PM »

Quote from: Enigmachine on April 04, 2016, 04:08:20 PM

Never heard of Haunted Shores before that, but that was a cool song. Great performance from Dev as always.

Definitely check out the Viscera EP. It's pretty damn good.

Enigmachine · « **Reply #768 on:** April 04, 2016, 04:30:12 PM »

I'll check it sometime. The instrumental part of Feed the Wolf (so basically Norway Jose) seemed quite interesting and creative.

Metro · « **Reply #769 on:** April 05, 2016, 11:37:55 AM »

RVP recording drums for Transcendence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x-vI1de-qc

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Author Topic: Devin Townsend v. Offer Your Posts (Read 229080 times)