{"id":12808,"date":"2012-10-19T13:05:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T02:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=12808"},"modified":"2012-10-19T13:06:56","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T02:06:56","slug":"devin-townsend-project-epicloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2012\/10\/devin-townsend-project-epicloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Townsend Project – Epicloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 25 words or less:\u00a0I\u2019ve listened to\u00a0Epicloud\u00a0now well over 10 times and I\u2019m still completely overwhelmed with each listen, but I keep coming back for more, finding more and enjoying it more.<\/em><\/p>\n

Devin Townsend, when I first heard him on the Steve Vai album Sex & Religion, <\/em>to me it was a godlike musical pairing and I\u2019ve played that album to death over the past 20 odd years.\u00a0 Since those beginnings, Devin has hit us with around 15 album releases either as Strapping Young Lad, solo albums, The Devin Townsend Band or the Devin Townsend Project.\u00a0 Interviewing Devin last year in the lead up to Soundwave, his mention of a new release he was working on named Epicloud <\/em>certainly got me excited. \u00a0“Epic hard rock with a real summer vibe” was how he described it and my goodness, he wasn\u2019t wrong.\u00a0 From the opening 40 second joyous vocal track Effervescent, Epicloud <\/em>is dominated by a mission in creating an overall mood and aural experience, than simply delivering a collection of songs.\u00a0 Dutch singer Anneke van Giersbergen once again features as a key element of the \u201cProject\u201d and throughout Epicloud,\u00a0<\/em>is entrenched in each and every song.\u00a0 Reading the press release accompanying the album, I can\u2019t help but pick up on Devin\u2019s comment that going back to his musical origins, that \u201che loved Def Leppard, he loved the Eurythmics, he loved Enya and he loved movie soundtracks\u201d.\u00a0 As crazy as that combination sounds, wrap that up in a metallic, bombastic, hard rock sheen and that\u2019s certainly what he\u2019s been able to accomplish on Epicloud<\/em>. \u00a0But when it comes to Devin Townsend, you pretty much have come to expect anything, right?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m purposefully not going to single out any of the 13 tracks, as this is an album that warrants every single second of it\u2019s 49.8 minutes to be completely and utterly consumed.\u00a0 I\u2019ve listened to Epicloud <\/em>now well over 10 times and I\u2019m still completely overwhelmed with each listen, but I keep coming back for more, finding more and enjoying it more.\u00a0 This is the album that I personally have been longing for from Devin Townsend since Sex & Religion<\/em> and knowing Hevy Devy and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be waiting another 20 years for something similar, but that\u2019s just part and parcel of following Devin Townsend, a true musical genius, right?.<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

For fans of: <\/strong>Devin Townsend and those who seek that something more from their music…<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> September 24th<\/sup>, 2012<\/p>\n

Label:<\/strong> Inside Out Music<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> www.hevydevy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Track listing:
\n<\/strong>1 Effervescent!
\n2 True North
\n3 Lucky Animals
\n4 Liberation
\n5 Where We Belong
\n6 Save Our Now
\n7 Kingdom
\n8 Divine
\n9 Grace
\n10 More!
\n11 Lessons
\n12 Hold On
\n13 Angel<\/p>\n\n

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