Devin Townsend

Munich is now sold out! Tickets for the remaining shows can be found here: https://bnds.us/hotp9q

It's almost that time of year again... Get your festive Ziltoid the Omniscient knitted jumper now via Omerch → http://bit.ly/2FEVoxy 🎅 If you already have the jumper, share your pictures in the comments!

Cologne, Bristol & Leeds - now sold out! Don't wait around too long if you want to get tickets for the remaining dates! Get yours here: https://bnds.us/hotp9q

Happy Thanksgiving! :)

There's a bunch of Devin related items in Omerch's "Seasonal Sale"! Click here to view: http://bit.ly/DTPSale

We are overwhelmed by the reaction to these dates and pleased to announce more sellout shows in Helsinki, Stockholm, Prague and Birmingham! There are limited tickets left for the following dates: Cologne via Eventim: http://bit.ly/2qNGsCO Bristol via Omerch: http://bit.ly/2FCY2Uz Leeds via the venue: http://bit.ly/2FnHUpt All dates & links can be found here: https://bnds.us/hotp9q

OSLO, now sold out! All dates and links can be found here: https://bnds.us/hotp9q Note: LEEDS will go on sale tomorrow (16th November) at 10am via SEE Tickets: http://bit.ly/2FvkXB8

Due to huge demand, an extra date has been added in Helsinki on 29th March! Get tickets: http://bit.ly/2Flo12p Haarlem, both London dates and Edinburgh are now sold out also. Don't wait around if you want to see this show! All dates and links can be found here: https://bnds.us/hotp9q Note: LEEDS will go on sale Friday (16th November) at 10am via SEE Tickets: http://bit.ly/2FvkXB8

'An Evening With...' shows on sale now! Haarlem is already SOLD OUT and Helsinki is also very close! Get tickets here: https://bnds.us/hotp9q 7th March – Piano Man Jazz Club, Delhi, India 8th March – Levi’s Lounge, Mumbai, India 30th March – Savoy-teatteri, Helsinki, Finland 31st March – Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden 1st April – Edderkoppen, Oslo, Norway 2nd April – Bremen Theater, Copenhagen, Denmark 4th April – PassionsKirche, Berlin, Germany 5th April – Stodola, Warsaw, Poland 6th April – La Fabrica, Prague, Czech Republic 7th April – Freiheiz, Munich, Germany 9th April – Kulturkirche, Cologne, Germany 10th April – Grunspan, Hamburg, Germany 11th April – St-Bavokerk, Haarlem, The Netherlands *SOLD OUT* 13th April – Reading 3, Tel Aviv, Israel 24th April – Bush Hall, London, UK 25th April – Bush Hall, London, UK 26th April – St George’s, Bristol, UK 27th April – City Varieties, Leeds, UK 29th April – Jam House, Edinburgh, UK 30th April – Glee Club, Birmingham, UK These intimate evenings will feature Devin performing tracks from across his catalogue, as well as taking part in a Q&A where fans will get to know more about what Devin is up to at this stage in his career and the forthcoming new album ‘Empath’. This will prove to be a unique & special experience for all in attendance.

Daniel Steinhardt from TheGigRig made Devin a really nice pedalboard which and his friend Mike dropped off while visiting Devin last month at Monnow Valley Studio. They also happen to run the YouTube channel That Pedal Show so they filmed a pretty interesting piece while at the scene... Enjoy!

#ICYMI earlier... https://youtu.be/XNC4BaGr_JE Devin Townsend is pleased to announce a very special European ‘An Evening With’ solo acoustic tour, beginning at the end of March 2019 and running through April. The intimate evenings will feature Devin performing tracks from across his catalogue, as well as taking part in a Q&A where fans will get to know more about what Devin is up to at this stage in his career and the forthcoming new album ‘Empath’. This will prove to be a unique & special experience for all in attendance.

DEVIN TOWNSEND announces ‘An Evening With’ acoustic solo tour

Nice tutorial video and interview by Dev on 'how to mix' on www.waves.com!

Yesterday marked the 4th anniversary of the release of the 'Z²' double album, featuring the Ziltoid sequel (prequel? reboot?) 'Dark Matters,' and the DTP album 'Sky Blue.' Opinions vary quite a bit on these two albums. What are your thoughts?

DEVIN TOWNSEND & INSIDE OUT MUSIC celebrate 20 years of collaboration with new deal

20 years ago Dev unleashed 'Infinity' on the world! "I remember once I had finished Ocean Machine and City, the idea of duality became a big thing for me. I began to find myself fascinated by the concepts of ‘this and that’ and ‘yin and yang’ (or whatever metaphors supported that idea). I realized that the things that were motivating me were (in hindsight) a relatively common ‘coming-of-age’ type of artistic view. I found myself engaging in drugs and relationships that were unhealthy, yet playing into the whole metaphoric nature of that period to the point where my whole world resonated with a very deluded sense of self importance that ultimately had much invested in the music itself. I felt a very arrogantly gratifying sense of martyrdom in ‘sleeping on the studio floor’, feeling ‘persecuted’, and ultimately winding myself up to believe that what I was doing was of some sort of great significance. At the time it was very romantic, but in hindsight, it was very obviously engagement in chemicals and drugs that I was unfamiliar with. These experiences threw me into a psychological tailspin that resulted in a chaotic, dense, (at times glorious), but mostly very confused statement. It was done on ADAT in my friends basement, and the recording was unfortunately a self-imposed hellish mess. Again, hindsight is 20/20 and currently it’s much easier to recognize what is legitimate drama from artistic gratification. At the time, I believed it was the last record I would ever make. Strangely, I feel that about most records I’ve done. Ultimately, Infinity is one of the most important records I feel I’ve been involved with, and it was a rewarding time for my process."

Thanks for this 66Samus and Monnow Valley Studio!

Wait, what is this? ;)

“Eras – Vinyl Collection Part III” is here! Visit HevyDevy.com for a comprehensive list of pre-order links! :) https://www.hevydevy.com/devin-townsend/eras-vinyl-collection-part-iii/

Ah, the classics...

Happy Birthday, Epicloud! :) "Epicloud is what I believe the result of all of these albums are to this point. Truly, more pedestrian and less art than the others in many ways, it nonetheless flies in the face of expectation and I believe, (hopefully) that will end up defining it. I believe that yes, there will be some people that cry foul and think that this album is too simple, but in my mind, it’s past due to sacrifice some of that ‘expectation’ into the furnace of rock. I wrote this record for others, while writing for myself. In the face of negativity. In terms of my connection to all the previous records, Epicloud is an example of a sober mind on autopilot and being willing to accept what came from that. If it’s a little more simple that what came before, then honestly…so be it. Epicloud is a naked album. It has much less covering than some of the prior records, yet ironically is almost entirely hidden in other ways. It’s a ‘spiritual’ record in the sense that it has a gospel choir on it, (singing about love and beauty), but it is also absolutely unaffiliated with religion. It was not intended to even be a record in the beginning, (let alone part of the DTP), but while writing for the next Ziltoid record I realized that I needed a break from all the ‘thinking’. (It took me by surprise when it started appearing more than anyone). I have always wanted to make an accessible record, and perhaps the fear of doing so and being seen as ‘simple’ has been a bigger hang-up than I recognized. Epicloud is a pure statement for me in that sense. I love it and I didn’t second guess it. However…the story doesn’t end here: Underlining Epicloud is a sense that things may have been moving too quickly, that the quest for gains that propel the project to bigger and more elaborate things may be counterproductive (or at the very least, frightening). But at this point, time will tell, (and I honestly have a good feeling). In some ways, Epicloud mirrors ‘The New Black’. The ‘Empty Suit’ in the record I think is meant to imply that as immense and emotional as Epicloud is… me, as an artist , is actually hard to find on it. It’s a kind of distillation of all the elements of what I’ve done before in one place. The ‘Wall of sound’, the ‘Big echo-ing Lydian chords’ the ‘multitrack vocal harmonies’…all that stuff that if I continue to do, will be completely played-out. It was important to me to put it all in one place before that happens though, and wrap it around structures and songs that lend themselves to a sort of ‘size’. I studied pop songs, I tried ‘time tested’ chord formulas… all that. I tried to get big, current rock sounds. -Consciously trying to make a statement about excess that on one level may be a bit ironic, yet on another…was the only way to truly make honest, important personal statements about LOVE. It seems that in a ‘quest for silence’ I believe I’ve found a level of output, excess and entitlement that is absurdly loud. Epicloud is almost a deliberate reflection of it all in what I perceive is an ‘acceptable’ and totally excessive way. I am still figuring out the record, to be honest, but really… I love it and it really breaks my heart if I listen to it in the right frame of mind. Totally tears me up with a kind of punishing beauty. I have found it almost as intense in its aftermath as Alien was, yet in a completely opposite way."

Casualties of Cool Alvarez Guitar Used by Devin and Che Auction – Casualties of Cool Store

Would you a fancy a 60 minute Skype Lesson with Devin? An autographed guitar? Check out the awesome Dev (and non-Dev) items up for auction!

If you are ever in the Vancouver, BC area, you must stop by Sushi K Kamizato! Not your typical sushi restaurant! 🦐🦀🦑🐟🍣

In case you haven't seen it yet, this amazing guitar is up for auction! Check it out! "2007 Alvarez Yairi Masterworks guitar used by both Devin Townsend and Che Aimee Dorval. Che used it on tour for the Casualties of Cool Tour of Europe, including the Union Chapel Theatre Show which was released on DVD, and on her first solo tour of the UK, opening for Kim Churchill. Devin used this guitar on his EMG acoustic special" https://www.casualtiesofcool.com/cocstore/product/casualties-of-cool-alvarez-guitar-used-by-devin-and-che-auction/