Devin Townsend Project - Z² (2014) (Limited Edition, 3CD)
Devin Townsend Project - Z² (2014, 3CD)
Year & Label: 2014, InsideOut Music | CD#: 0686-8
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Limited Edition with bonus CD
Year & Label: 2014, InsideOut Music | CD#: 0686-8
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Limited Edition with bonus CD
It’s easy to forget that at the time of it’s release, Ziltoid The Omniscient was something of a reboot for Devin Townsend‘s career. Having disbanded both his solo group and the long-running Strapping Young Lad in 2007, Townsend decided to return home, get healthy, and focus on family life. Ziltoid was his first release after that self-imposed exile. The record was charmingly low-budget, recorded solely by Townsend and a drum machine, and there was no tour to promote it.Musicians:
Seven years later, Townsend is destroying stages worldwide with his eponymous Project and his increasingly ambitious endeavors. He’s made about 9 billion albums since Ziltoid The Omniscient, but that record still has a warm spot in the hearts of many younger Devin fans. Townsend has been threatening various follow-up projects for years, including a puppet show, internet radio series, and a sequel. And at least for the sequel, the wait is now over in the form of the larger-than-life double album Z2. Unlike the original, Z2 is mostly plot-driven. Narration takes a lead role, while the music itself is often little more than background. Many tracks are much longer than necessary in order to accommodate the fairly convoluted storyline (“War Princess” is particularly guilty of this). Sometimes, as in “Wandering Eye,” perfectly good musical ideas appear briefly, then get discarded to leave room for the characters’ dialogue. I imagine that this music will eventually be used in the Ziltoid TV show or whatever, and that’s great, but few of these tracks can stand on their own merit. The storyline itself is full of Flash Gordon-style sci-fi clichés and plot twists, which is fun if you’re into that sort of thing. Oh, and closing track “Dimension Z” features guest vocals submitted by literally hundreds of Devin Townsend fans, in what was an extremely cool move on his part.
Z2‘s 2nd disc, Sky Blue, feels almost like a collection of bonus tracks. This disc is separate from the Ziltoid storyline, and more song-based — think Epicloud, or the short-lived Devin Townsend Band. There’s a few heavier songs, some electronica-tinged ballads, and a surprisingly high number of Autotuned, club-ready dance tracks. Longtime collaborator Anneke Van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) is featured heavily on this disc, and is basically co-lead vocalist with Townsend at this point. As much as these songs seem like throwaways, they do have a bit more staying power than the first disc’s material, by virtue of being, y’know, actual songs.
Devin Townsend Z2 02
The original Ziltoid ruled for two reasons. First, the more meandering tracks were anchored by some excellent stand-alone songs (see “Hyperdrive,” “Color Your World,” “The Greys”). Secondly, the whole “alien searching the universe for coffee” plot doubled as an extended metaphor for the music business, family, and the fragile male ego. Z2 doesn’t operate on either of those levels. It’s fun, and there’s some compelling (if half-baked) musical ideas. But for the most part, this is nothing more than a victory lap for Townsend and co. Z2 could’ve easily been a bigger, more badass version of the original, like Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Instead, it’s the metal equivalent of Die Hard 2: Die Harder — way too long, occasionally boring, and entirely unnecessary for anyone who’s experienced the original. I’m sure the Dev fans will eat this stuff up, regardless what some asshole blog reviewer thinks, and that’s fine. I’m still holding out for the puppet show though.
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Vocals : Anneke van Giersbergen, Devin Townsend
Guitar : Dave Young, Devin Townsend
Bass : Brian Waddell
Keyboards : Dave Young, Devin Townsend, Mike St-Jean
Drums: Morgan Ågren, Ryan Van Poederooyen
Flute : Kat Epple
Percussion : Morgan Ågren
Written and produced by Devin Townsend
Mixed by Sheldon Zahorko and Devln Townsend at Z Productions, Vancouver
Sky Blue mixed by Jason 'JVP' Van Poederooyen and Devien Townsend at VonHowes Studio, Studio City, California
Mastered by Andy VonDette
CD1: Sky Blue:
01. Rejoice [4:16]
02. Fallout [4:31]
03. Midnight Sun [4:58]
04. A New Reign [4:52]
05. Universal Flame [4:40]
06. Warrior [3:31]
07. Sky Blue [3:53]
08. Silent Militia [4:29]
09. Rain City [7:46]
10. Forever [3:45]
11. Before We Die [8:25]
12. The Ones Who Love [1:32]
CD2: Z² - Dark Matters
01. Z² [3:59]
02. From Sleep Awake [3:00]
03. Ziltoidian Empire [6:26]
04. War Princess [8:18]
05. Deathray [4:43]
06. March of the Poozers [6:25]
07. Wandering Eye [3:41]
08. Earth [7:39]
09. Ziltoid Goes Home [6:20]
10. Through the Wormhole [3:43]
11. Dimension Z [6:13]
CD3: Z² - Dark Matters - Raw (Dialogue free)
01. Z² 3:55
02. From Sleep Awake [3:01]
03. Ziltoidian Empire [6:22]
04. War Princess [7:48]
05. Deathray [4:06]
06. March of the Poozers [5:18]
07. Wandering Eye [3:26]
08. Earth [7:48]
09. Ziltoid Goes Home [6:35]
10. Dimension Z [5:10]
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Devin Townsend Project / Z²
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EAC extraction logfile from 29. October 2014, 20:58
Devin Townsend Project / Z²
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Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
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Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" %hascover%–picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%
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Devin Townsend Project / Z²
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Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" %hascover%–picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%
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Devin Townsend Project / Z²
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
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