DEVIN TOWNSEND

releases ‘Empath’ today

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“Empath is a modern masterpiece of pure musical genius.” – 4.5/5, themusic.com.au

“Devin’s need for deeper creative expression has resulted in one of the year’s most memorable works.” – 10/10, Wall Of Sound

“Once you put this record on, whatever you felt going in is completely washed away by awe and tranquillity.” – 9/10, Hysteria

“…expect the unexpected and consider all you have known and love about Devin Townsend and prepare yourself for a perfectly constructed journey that will have you questioning all you thought you knew about both himself, his music and how he has grown, as we have followed for the last twenty-seven years.” – Heavy Magazine

“A totally f#$king brilliant album.” – Sentinel Daily

“EMPATH is heavy, complex, progressive, creative, and no doubt a strong contender for the album of the year.” – Metal Obsession

“Devin Townsend is an innovator and a composer who will be remembered centuries after his passing. He is this generation’s Mozart or Tchaikovsky, and in time his work will played like the classics of old are today.” – Stack Magazine

“Devin Townsend has been one of the most interesting and influential figures in the realm of progressive music for the past 25 years, rightfully deserving of his place beside names like Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt.” – Loud Online

“Not dissimilar to a Mozart piece, Townsend offers enough drama to match the vibrancy and power of his voice and the accompanying choir.” – 9/10, Beat Magazine

“Empath is bathed in visual imagery, and musical brilliance.” – Overdrive Magazine

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Canadian heavy music artist Devin Townsend has released his new album, EMPATH, out today via Inside Out Music / Sony Music Australia.

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BUY EMPATH HERE

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Over the past few years, the success that Devin has slowly worked for has fortunately come with the power to control his own creative destiny. The recent successes with the DVD from a sold-out Royal Albert hall, or his 2012 ‘Retinal Circus’, or last year’s ‘Ocean Machine’ live DVD with the Orchestra and Choir of State Opera Plovdiv has put him in a position where with the new album EMPATH’, he will once and for all define himself as a musical force outside of any particular genre classification.

On this album Devin has decided to see what would happen if all the styles that make up his current interests were finally represented in one place. To finally shake the fear of expectation, and just do what it is he was meant to do creatively, EMPATH, true to the name, is about allowing the audience a feeling for a variety of musical emotions. The musical dynamics represented on this single album are broad, challenging, and immense. To approach this sort of work with a long history of what makes heavy music ‘heavy’, allows this to be done with a type of power rarely heard.

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Joining Devin on this album is Frank Zappa alumni Mike Keneally as music director, as well as Morgan Ågren (Mats And Morgan, Frank Zappa, Fredrik Thordendal), Anup Sastry (Monuments, Periphery), Samus Paulicelli (Decrepit Birth, Abigail Williams), Nathan Navarro, Elliot Desagnes, Steve Vai, Chad Kroeger, Anneke Van Giersbergen, Ché Aimee Dorval, Ryan Dhale and the Elektra Women’s Choir.

A bold statement with massive production values and dynamic, uncompromised musicality. This is a statement about not only pursuing creative freedom in a conservative scene, but also trying to show that heavy music is truly a valid musical tool.

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EMPATH

TRACK LISTING:

01. Castaway
02. Genesis
03. Spirits Will Collide
04. Evermore
05. Sprite
06. Hear Me
07. Why
08. Borderlands
09. Requiem
10. Singularity Part 1 – Adrift
11. Singularity Part 2 – I Am I
12. Singularity Part 3 – There Be Monsters
13. Singularity Part 4 – Curious Gods
14. Singularity Part 5 – Silicon Scientists
15. Singularity Part 6 – Here Comes The Sun

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AMNPLIFY – DB