DEVIN TOWNSEND Interviewed By U.K.'s SONIC SHOCKS (Video)

STEREO JUGGERNAUT'sBen Mainconducted an interview with Canadian musician/producerDevin Townsend(STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF […]

By Steinmetal

• April 17, 2011

STEREO JUGGERNAUT'sBen Mainconducted an interview with Canadian musician/producerDevin Townsend(STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD,DARKEST HOUR,GWAR) forSonic Shocksearlier this month in London, England. You can now watch the chat in two parts below.

Devin Townsendwill release"Deconstruction"and"Ghost"- the third and fourth in a series of albums to be made available underDEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECTmoniker - on June 21 (one day earlier internationally) viaInsideOut Music.

"Deconstruction"and"Ghost"will complete his tetralogy album concept - a great journey throughDevin's different states of musical moods - which he started in 2009 with the albums"Addicted"(2009) and"Ki"(2009).

TownsendtappedJens Bogren(OPETH,KATATONIA,PARADISE LOST,BLOODBATH) to mix"Deconstruction". The sessions took place late last month atFascination Streetstudio in Örebro, Sweden. The CD features guest appearances by a number of well-known metal musicians as well as two drummers -Ryan Van Poederooyen(TERROR SYNDROME,THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) for the "crushing stuff," andDirk Verbeuren(SOILWORK,SCARVE,ABORTED) for the "inhuman stuff."

"Deconstruction"track listing:

01.Praise The Lowered(6:02)
02.Stand(9:36)
03.Juula(3:46)
04.Planet Of The Apes(10:59)
05.Summera(6:37)
06.The Mighty Masturbator(16:28)
07.Pandemic(3:29)
08.Deconstruction(9:27)
09.Poltergeist(4:25)

"Deconstruction"guest musicians:

*Mikael Åkerfeldt(OPETH, BLOODBATH)
*Ihsahn(EMPEROR)
*Tommy Rogers(BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME)
*Joe Duplantier(GOJIRA)
*Greg Puciato(THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN)
*Floor Jansen(AFTER FOREVER, REVAMP)
*Oderus Urungus(GWAR)
*Paul Masvidal(CYNIC)
*Fredrik Thordendal(MESHUGGAH)

"Ghost"track listing:

01.Fly(4:15)
02.Heart Baby(5:55)
03.Feather(11:30)
04.Kawaii(2:52)
05.Ghost(6:24)
06.Blackberry(4:53)
07.Monsoon(4:37)
08.Dark Matters(1:57)
09.Texada(9:30)
10.Seams(4:04)
11.Infinite Ocean(8:01)
12.As You Were(8:47)

A detailed track-by-track review of"Deconstruction"can be found atRadioMetal.com.

A detailed track-by-track review of"Ghost"is available atthis location.

Devinpreviously described"Deconstruction"as "brutal in a lot of parts, but pretty glorious in others. It rides the fence of negativity but ultimately ends supremely positive."

Even though"Ghost"is the fourth album to be made available underDEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECTmoniker,Devinrecorded it third, because"Deconstruction"(the third album) was "a nightmare technically and I wanted to make something lovely before diving into that,"Devinpreviously said.

According toDevin, "'Ghost'is the mellowest (by far) and prettiest record I've done so far" with a "very wonderful vibe."

Townsendhas announced the first two special shows in U.K. for November 2011 for a unique DVD recording.

On his recent mostly sold-out European tour,Devinalready performed some of the new material and if you have followedDevinthrough his career, you will know that he is always up for pushing the limits to higher levels. After releasing"Deconstruction"and"Ghost"in June,Devin Townsendwill return to London U.K. in November 2011 to play a set of very special shows dedicated to his four-album concept and which will be captured live on DVD.