Swiftly off the back of the release of his acclaimed new album POWERNERD, DEVIN TOWNSEND is pleased to announce his first North American headline tour since 2020. Taking place in May 2025, and featuring a bill-topping appearance at Milwaukee Metal Fest, the jaunt also features special guests Tesseract.
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DEVIN TOWNSEND released his brand-new studio album POWERNERD last week. His career is one of many distinct eras. He’s been the leader of Strapping Young Lad, the lynchpin of the Devin Townsend Project and the co-architect of country duo Casualties of Cool, all while maintaining his prolific and lauded solo project. Now, the polymath’s newest era starts with POWERNERD.
Order the album POWERNERD here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/PowerNerdNe
To celebrate the launch of the new record, a video for the albums third track, “Knuckledragger”, has been launched, featuring his current live band of Mike Keneally, Darby Todd & James Leach.
Stream the track here.
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DEVIN TOWNSEND recently announced the release of his forthcoming new studio album “PowerNerd” on the 25th October 2024. DEVIN TOWNSEND’s career is one of many distinct eras. Now he presents the uplifting new single GRATITUDE, together with a video that follows Devin exploring the beautiful Canadian woodland.
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Devin Townsend recently announced the release of his forthcoming new studio album PowerNerd – available worldwide on October 25th. Now he presents a different side to PowerNerd , following the release of the anthemic title track last month. ‘Jainism’ is an atmospheric and heavy track, that combines crushing riffs with lush synths, and you can watch the video below.
As Devin explains: “This next song was based on my connection to music in the mid nineties. Also the idea of what it means to rend yourself artistically to an unresponsive world in 2024. I referenced The Wildhearts in the chorus, as Ginger is one of our generations greatest songwriters. In preparation for ‘The Moth’, PowerNerd is meant to look back and celebrate the past before moving forward. Thank you for the support…back to work here :)”
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POWERNERD – noun
1. A person of any gender who has, through tenacity and perseverance, turned what society may deem as a ‘weakness’ into a superpower.
2. A total fucking badass.
3. You.
Devin Townsend is pleased to announce the release of his forthcoming new studio album ‘PowerNerd’ on the 25thOctober 2024. Devin Townsend’s career is one of many distinct eras. He’s been the leader of Strapping Young Lad, the lynchpin of the Devin Townsend Project and the co-architect of country duo Casualties of Cool, all while maintaining his prolific and lauded solo project. Now, the polymath’s newest era starts with ‘PowerNerd’.
“It was a conscious thing,” Devin says of his brand-new album, the music on which he wrote in just 11 days. “I thought, ‘I’ve spent so much time overthinking every aspect of my work – what would happen if I didn’t?’ Maybe I would have the opportunity to be a bit more direct with what it is that I’m trying to do. I really wanted to see if I could cut through some of the meandering.”
A song that embodies that, is the album’s title track (which features a guest spot from Jamey Jasta), and you can watch the video for that high-speed rampage of a song here:
Stream the track and pre-order the album here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/PowerNerd
However, that aggression is far from the only thing to come from PowerNerd’s 11 episodic tracks. ‘Dreams of Light’, by comparison, is an evocative and dynamic four-minute ballad. ‘Younger Lover’ calms down from an explosive opening to lush verses of synths and singing, whereas ‘Falling Apart’ and ‘Jainism’ add texture after texture on top of dulcet, acoustic introductions.
Where PowerNerd’s music was written in less than a fortnight, its lyrics were refined over a far longer period of time into a narrative about strength and healing. On ‘Falling Apart’, Devin commands himself to “keep the tension under control”. “You’ve got to believe that things will only get better,” subsequent song “Gratitude” powerfully declares. These uplifting messages even play into the record’s title.
Devin offers as a definition: “I would say that a powernerd would be somebody that has a tendency that society has deemed weak or not valuable, whether that’s empathy or being an insular person or an introvert, and turns that into a type of personal power. It’s like, ‘OK, yeah, I’m sensitive to this, that and the other thing, but man, I am going to pull through! I am going to do things with that sensitivity that are rooted in strength.’”
‘PowerNerd’ will be available on several different formats, including a Limited 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook (featuring the album, bonus tracks and Devin’s first ever Dolby Atmos mix), Limited 2CD Digipak in O-card, Standard CD, Gatefold 2LP & Digital Album. The full tracklisting for the main album is as follows:
1. PowerNerd
2. Falling Apart
3. Knuckledragger
4. Gratitude
5. Dreams of Light
6. Ubelia
7. Jainism
8. Younger Lover
9. Glacier
10. Goodbye
11. Ruby Quaker
The album’s artwork was created by longtime collaborator Travis Smith.
As well as express strength through adversity, PowerNerd will open the door to Devin’s immediate future. Its positivity and succinctness will soon be contrasted by follow-up The Moth – self-described as “orchestral, over-the-top, dark and uncomfortable” – and the “alien weirdness” of finale Axolotl. Both efforts have already been written, and together the trilogy will express the mind-boggling range of this man’s musical talent.
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Devin Townsend & InsideOutMusic are pleased to announce a vinyl reissue of his 2001 solo album ‘Terria’ – set for release on the 14th June 2024.
Specially mastered for the format, and including the bonus track ‘Universal’ on vinyl for the very first time, this gatefold vinyl edition also features an 8-page LP-booklet including new liner notes & archive photo material.
Pre-order your copy now here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/Terria-VinylReIssue2024
The new edition of ‘Terria’ will be available on black vinyl as well as two different coloured vinyl editions.
LP1:
SIDE A
Olives 00:03:21
Mountain 00:06:32
Earth Day 00:09:35
SIDE B
Deep Peace 00:07:34
Canada 00:06:53
LP2:
SIDE C
Down And Under 00:03:43
The Fluke 00:07:16
Nobody’s Here 00:06:54
SIDE D
Tiny Tears 00:09:12
Stagnant 00:05:25
Humble 00:05:29
Universal 00:05:53
In conjunction with InsideOutMusic, Devin relaunched his podcast series in 2023, with each episode seeing him interview some of his musical peers about their creative process. Recent guests have included Steve Vai, Tosin Abasi & Blindboy Boatclub.
Listen & watch here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/Podcast
Last year Devin Townsend celebrated the 25th anniversary of his landmark solo album ‘Infinity’, with a brand new edition of the record. This newly remastered version of the album comes as a Limited 2CD Digipak, Gatefold 180g 2LP + LP-booklet & as Digital album, and includes all the bonus tracks from this era, as well as newly shot artwork & liner notes from Devin.
Order here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/Infinity-Remastered2023
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