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I am just looking to buy the three cd version digitally. I already bought the two cd version but would gladly buy it twice. I just don't want two physical sets.
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# ? Oct 27, 2014 14:29 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 18:21 |
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I really can't wait to hear these tracks live
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# ? Oct 27, 2014 18:48 |
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Also if I ever get a chance to see DTP ever again I really hope they open with From Sleep Awake. Holy poo poo that'd be an experience.
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# ? Oct 27, 2014 19:26 |
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Has it already been mentioned that Captain Spectacular is apparently voiced by Chris Jericho? Nevermind, fount it mentioned 5 or 6 pages back.
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# ? Oct 27, 2014 21:11 |
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drat the no dialogue version of Dark Matters is pretty much amazing.
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# ? Oct 27, 2014 22:01 |
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Zalgo posted:drat the no dialogue version of Dark Matters is pretty much amazing. So I guess there is nowhere that I can (legally) download this? ITunes and Amazon both don't have it.
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# ? Oct 27, 2014 22:10 |
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Rusty Kettle posted:So I guess there is nowhere that I can (legally) download this? ITunes and Amazon both don't have it. As far as I know, no. It was only part of the digipack version.
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# ? Oct 27, 2014 22:13 |
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Rusty Kettle posted:So I guess there is nowhere that I can (legally) download this? ITunes and Amazon both don't have it. I wouldn't be surprised if it showed up on Spotify at some point soon. They always seem to get deluxe and other alternate versions after a week or so.
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# ? Oct 27, 2014 22:25 |
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Coming to earth Coming to earth Coming to earth ah-ah! Overproduced and muddy but still...it's Ziltoid man! So happy even if its underwhelming me compared to the original!
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 00:41 |
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Zalgo posted:drat the no dialogue version of Dark Matters is pretty much amazing. Wandering Eye all loving day. Definitely my favorite track on the album.
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 02:20 |
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Joining in on the love for the no dialogue version of Dark Matters. Have a feeling this is going to be my default way to listen to the album, so good.
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 02:42 |
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Chocobo posted:I'd be curious to hear a mashup of the two. Your wish is my command (I didn't make this) edit: I way prefer the Devin version of Fallout, and I am the biggest Anneke fanboy ever. tote up a bags fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Oct 28, 2014 |
# ? Oct 28, 2014 03:29 |
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Stoat posted:Your wish is my command (I didn't make this) When I started watching that retinal circus thing on youtube, I thought she was madonna.
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 03:52 |
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So the rep from Northern Music listed on the pledge page as the person to contact has stopped responding after I asked about never receiving my reward. He initially responded within a day stating "I know for a fact we sent it twice" but when I asked why they would have Devin draw my reward twice and send it twice when I had only reported it as missing last week, all of a sudden he went silent. Anyone else here still waiting on their stuff? edit: 4 minutes after I tweet Devin asking if there's someone else I can work with from Northern, he tweets Devin Townsend @dvntownsend · 3m 3 minutes ago Hi guys, I will personally be taking over the pledge thing in a week or so. I'll sort it out. Thanks again for your patience. Bald Stalin fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Oct 28, 2014 |
# ? Oct 28, 2014 04:48 |
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21 Hoot Salute posted:Joining in on the love for the no dialogue version of Dark Matters. Have a feeling this is going to be my default way to listen to the album, so good. Yeah, I really love it with the dialogue, but it would definitely get old to listen to it like that again and again, especially the narration. No dialogue is the way to go for repeat listens.
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 05:51 |
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I've enjoyed Z2 a lot more with the Raw CD. I think without hearing the dialogue version, though, a lot wouldn't make sense. It's not as easy to follow the story. Still, there are moments when I just want to hear the music (mainly guitars) but the drone of voices and choir are constant and predominate, which also makes it hard for me to follow the lyrics. War Princess is a lot of fun and I love the riff after the "I'M YOUR QUEEEEEN!" part. I haven't gone through Sky Blue again, but I'm wanting to once I get my fix over with on Z2. I don't know that I'll be able to see his upcoming show as it's on a weeknight requiring me to miss work. I'm curious what he'll be playing and since it'll be one of the first shows in this tour maybe I'll just have to go see.
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 07:18 |
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AzureSkys posted:I've listened to pretty much everything from Ocean Machine to ZTO basically on repeat since first discovering DTP stuff. I listened to Ki, Addicted, Decon, and CoC a ton when first released, then not really since. I only listened to Ghost a few times. I kind of agree with you. I think his earlier works have an acute sense of urgency and earnestness. IMO everything up until AE sounds like it was brought in from another universe, with that album being the first to feel like it was derivative of his earlier stuff (namely OM).
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 10:13 |
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They announced you can buy the album now in best buys, cheaper and earlier than pre orders.
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 19:22 |
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d3rt posted:They announced you can buy the album now in best buys, cheaper and earlier than pre orders. No kidding, the one right by my work has it in stock for $8.99. Might have to drop by on the way home.
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 20:01 |
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yeah, but you won't get a badass Z2 t-shirt. Got an email that my preorder shipped today
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# ? Oct 28, 2014 20:08 |
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The more I listen to Sky Blue the more I fall in love with it. Ranks up there as top level Devin Prior to releasing Synchestra, Dev referred to it as an album full of 'blisteringly heavy lullabies' and I totally get that feeling on this album too with many of the songs.
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# ? Oct 29, 2014 02:54 |
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21 Hoot Salute posted:The more I listen to Sky Blue the more I fall in love with it. Ranks up there as top level Devin Definitely. It's weird, I've had the opposite reaction to these albums than I thought. I expected Sky Blue to be a thing I'd listen to once or twice but mostly ignore in favor of ZILTOID 2 OMG. Turns out Sky Blue is my favorite thing of his I've heard in years and Ziltoid is massively disappointing.
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# ? Oct 29, 2014 14:58 |
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21 Hoot Salute posted:The more I listen to Sky Blue the more I fall in love with it. Ranks up there as top level Devin Agreed. Feels I don't need my cup of coffee in the morning when I listen to Universal Flame on my way to work in the morning.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 03:53 |
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Dark Matters has some good riffs but Sky Blue is the standout of the two. Fallout, Midnight Sun, Universal Flame, Sky Blue, and Before We Die are my favorites of the lot. Midnight Sun feels like it could've dropped out of Synchestra to me. Silent Militia is decent, really there are only a few which haven't really clicked, or have some undesirable elements mixed in with an otherwise enjoyable song, like I don't like the chorus of Rejoice but enjoy the verses. Dark Matters generally feels like a bunch of (really sweet) riffs mixed together for a musical. Only a few songs like From Sleep Awake, Deathray, or March of the Poozers feel like individual songs that can stand alone outside of the whole raw. I've only listened to the raw cut once though. I did take a chance to go back and listen to Epiclouder and I'm amazed how many good songs are on here. I must've only listened to it once when it came out, but now I want to throw three quarters of it onto my playlist. FWIW I didn't know there was a song on Ghost named Dark Matters either.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 07:20 |
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Both albums are really growing on me and I realize I was a bit hasty in judging them. They're quite busy, so it takes a few listens to pick things apart. Feel the same, Fina, about Sky Blue as there's just a few moments that I don't care for but like it as a whole. Now I hear a lot of throwbacks to Ocean Machine, Infinity and Synchestra, too. Also, I get a kind of 80s/early 90s vibe from it, but in a totally awesome way. I'm really loving Z2 and realize it's an entirely separate beast from ZTO, not a sequel or continuation. Went through the raw version a few times, then back to the full disk and am enjoying it a lot more now that I know the songs better. It actually flows pretty well as a show production, not so much as a music album that I'm more accustomed to and expected from Devin. He's grown to be hugely talented in composing pretty elaborate stuff which is kind of jarring at first when coming from his previous works (as Decon showed). I've done the same with my other favorite group, Katatonia's last few albums. At first I wasn't sure I cared for them. Then a few more listens let me break the songs apart and hear what's going on better and now they're huge loves of mine. I'll need to revisit Epicloud/er and do the same. I know there were parts I liked. I kind of feel that Sky Blue is what I was wanting to get when Epicloud was announced but it felt empty. I'm bad at using music as a sort of emotional crutch, too, so if it doesn't fit for where I am at the time I write it off too quickly. I know I like an album when I get excited for parts that are coming up, then those parts make excited for the next part and I find myself turning the volume up more and more. I'm getting that now from both albums.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 07:50 |
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AzureSkys posted:I'm really loving Z2 and realize it's an entirely separate beast from ZTO, not a sequel or continuation. But that's... exactly what it is...
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 11:47 |
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I mean in the same level as production, sound and style. I was wanting more ZTO and disappointed at first that Z2 wasn't quite that and it's taken a few listens to appreciate what it is instead.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 11:57 |
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I've been enjoying listening to both albums this week, but if I had to choose one I'd probably go with Dark Matters. One little gripe: Is it just me or does it sound like the vocals could have been turned up just a notch on both albums? I'm having a real hard time hearing the lyrics through all of the stuff that's going on in the tracks.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 14:24 |
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I'm stuck at work all day, and the local wifi blocks ITunes- are there any legit sites that are streaming the double album anywhere?
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 17:36 |
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Immanentized posted:I'm stuck at work all day, and the local wifi blocks ITunes- are there any legit sites that are streaming the double album anywhere? It's on Spotify. edit: Actually I think you can only shuffle if you don't pay so that's probably a terrible option, at least for Dark Matters. JGTheSpy fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Oct 30, 2014 |
# ? Oct 30, 2014 20:42 |
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I sent this to a friend. My thoughts on a fourth or fifth listen of Z2.quote:Okay, listening to it again now.
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# ? Oct 30, 2014 21:49 |
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Jericho did a goddamn fine job as Captain Spectacular and it was starting to drive me nuts trying to figure out who that was. Of course, I should have been able to read the liner notes and figure it out myself (theoretically) if they bothered shipping my pre-order instead of me having to just grabbing a digital copy off of Amazon.
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:03 |
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JGTheSpy posted:It's on Spotify. For anyone else like me who didn't find it right away: It's listed under Devin Townsend Project unlike the original which is under Devin Townsend Link that may or may not work: https://play.spotify.com/album/2iYw6R8T4DycaeS3LUz575
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# ? Oct 31, 2014 07:11 |
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quote:Right where she screams, “for I’m your Queen”, it just becomes mud.
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 06:38 |
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Just want to say how impressed I am with RVP's drumming over the course of all these albums. I really love both these albums now and was wrong with my first impressions. And with that, Ki came out 5 years ago, right? So there's been basically 10 quality albums, some with huge production logistics, and 2 DVD concert releases that were also huge productions all supported by World tours in that span. Really hope he gets some good rest after this tour. Decided to make sure I go to the upcoming show. I'd like to tell him thanks in person again.
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 10:17 |
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I kind of agree actually - it's a great moment but that riff at least needs to be more distinct. I've always been fine with Devin's production before but Z2 is seriously muddy and it loses some of its impact because of it.
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 10:21 |
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 14:33 |
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So I was taking a friend of mine home one night and played Z2 for him. A little of Blue Sky, a little of Dark Matters. He was really into it, and I was wondering of I could get some recommendations for some more Devin Townsend stuff for him. The thing he really liked was the production, and how vocals and instruments mix together if that helps. I think of the two he liked Blue Sky more, but he also likes the funnier parts of Dark Matters.
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 19:23 |
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AzureSkys posted:Just want to say how impressed I am with RVP's drumming over the course of all these albums. I really love both these albums now and was wrong with my first impressions. This is not a bitch or gripe at your comment specifically, but I fail to see how working hard on an album, world tours etc are any harder than anyone elses job. This goes for actors, musicians etc. Henry Rollins once said that being on the road with Black Flag was as tough as any entertainment gig out there, but still wasn't as hard as the summer he spent helping build a house. I'm also not saying it isn't a hard job, and he is busy, but really, the only difference between him, a stock broker, a gold miner, or a Janitor is he has a creative outlet.
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# ? Nov 1, 2014 20:13 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 18:21 |
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I haven't really dug anything Devy's done in years but I don't think being prolific, creative and on the road constantly with all the pressure of merchandising, being 'on' and having other people depend on you for their jobs is as easy as you think it is.
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