devin townsend: ocean machine

YES! gonna have a think on this since about 6 of these tracks have been my favorite at some point (life, night, hide nowhere, funeral, bastard, death of music)

it's "funeral"? maybe? "regulator" also

no it's "bastard"

literally as soon as "regulator" starts this album goes through the wormhole

Funeral -> Bastard -> Death of Music

is truly special run of music. Posted this in the DT thread but belongs in here as well since I watch it at least once every couple months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oJEBGHCdBQ

I think this is one of my top 20 all time albums

same

terria is on its level but i love the pacing of this one

should do terria next

no idea what i'd vote for in that poll either

i didn't know if i should include "thing beyond things" bc it's technically a bonus track but it's just as lovely as anything else on the record

its so pretty, great butt rock ballad

funeral

think I like accelerated evolution a bit more than this but they're both so good

also feel strongly that this is a dream pop album not a metal album

probably agree with that but i dont feel strongly about it

terria, ocean machine, accelerated evolution are for sure my three favorite dt records

addicted is my 3rd fav it's too fun. terria drags a little bit

also feel strongly that this is a dream pop album not a metal album

― ciderpress, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 11:35 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this seems right but it is also still a proggy ass prog metal record imo

this is a more outrageous comparison but i nearly called it "the metal hounds of love" in the op

Probably the presence of an 'nth wave' on both provoking that tbf

lol true

Tough poll to vote in obv. Probably leaning towards Funeral but my younger self will beat me up for not voting Death Of Music

And then I mean Hide Nowhere

i sorta want to recommend this record to tim even though i don't know if he'll like it or not

cant hurt!

Hide Nowhere for me

Why isnt Greetings the first song?

really feeling Regulator today. might be the only one I havent had as my favorite yet. that ending is immense.

This is between Hide Nowhere and Funeral, but then it gets impossible.

Seventh Wave is being overlooked a bit too

Brad ended up recommending this album to me and I love it.

YES!

haha! awesome

hate when brad starts a thread about an album I haven’t heard because it means I have homework

do you generally like metal?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

went for "bastard"

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

lol nice. huge devin townsend fanbase on ilx

I listened to half of this one night and it was good!

lmao FIVE VOTES.

the live stream of this was really dope yesterday. bummer that it wasn't a band performance, everything but the lead vocals and his guitar are click-tracked, but he sounds as phenomenal singing it as he did back then.

damn howd i miss this.

this is the greatest album of all time

god it always brings back great memories. I didn't get it until late as I didn't do the mail order thing but I found it at a Virgin Megastore and played it every day on my 45 minute commute to and from work for a month, shit just put me in a zen mood to where I could kill the day.

"Bastard" is my jam

tfw the choir comes in at the end of "voices in the fan" ... and then "greetings" starts ....

the last 1:15 of hide nowhere
the intro of 7th wave
the kick and bass on funeral
the riffage to open regulator
devs vox on death of music

So good, even after all these years, the way he uses these near infinite waves of delayed voices, radio static, guitar, and lord knows what else constantly humming in the background in some songs is just incredible.

I would be completely unsurprised if Paramore cited this album as an influence

Seeing Devy tonight.

They have played "Bastard" the last two nights. If I get that tonight...

;_;

he did. and it was the best show I've seen in years. go if he's coming to your town

Not least because he announced an indefinite break from touring after this trek.

i saw that :( sadly hes not really coming anywhere close or i'd be there for sure.