Devin Townsend Lightwork
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Toondude10
September 18th 2024


15371 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Pretty standard Devy, but I usually really like standard Devy in the first place so I dig it.

wildinferno2010
September 25th 2024


1947 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Been enjoying this a lot lately.

PFKlax
October 15th 2024


40 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

New single 'Gratitude' is a banger. One of his best in a while.

Storm In A Teacup
October 15th 2024


47079 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah i was so excited hearing it this yesterday morning.

DarkNoctus
October 15th 2024


12758 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

the song is fine but the production is so muddy, it's begging for some punch in that chorus that never happens.

Gmork89
October 15th 2024


8891 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Really wild that he basically produced such lush sounding albums like Terria himself but somehow his newer stuff is so flat. Particularly the heavy stuff.

Storm In A Teacup
October 16th 2024


47079 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The heavier his music is, the less interested I am.

DarkNoctus
October 16th 2024


12758 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

it isn't a case of necessarily wanting his music to be heavier but the song was begging for a really bombastic chorus that never happened



like if this album were heavier it'd make no sense but that song really would have benefitted from it

Spec
October 16th 2024


41416 Comments


noctus in here like “where are the breakdowns??”

Dizchu
October 16th 2024


762 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Really wild that he basically produced such lush sounding albums like Terria himself but somehow his newer stuff is so flat. Particularly the heavy stuff."



It's odd because albums like Infinity, Terria and especially Synchestra sound very amateurish but I'm drawn to them more than the "professional" sound of Transcendence or Empath.



After hearing the singles from Powernerd I'm really not sold. Sounds like an album full of Lightworkers, which is the most bog standard track on here for me.

Dizchu
October 16th 2024


762 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

A series of life events recently changed my perspective on music, including Devin's. I still think Lightwork is one of his stronger recent releases but the abundance of samey-sounding material from Ziltoid onwards has buried it in his catalogue. In isolation I don't think any album or song is an outright stinker but having a million songs that could have been on Accelerated Evolution or Addicted means only the curveballs like Casualties or Puzzle stand out now.

Gmork89
October 16th 2024


8891 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"It's odd because albums like Infinity, Terria and especially Synchestra sound very amateurish but I'm drawn to them more than the "professional" sound of Transcendence or Empath."



I think for me, its because he used synths and real sounds like birds and nature and really creative off-kilter sound effects for his wall of sound, once he switched all of that for orchestras and choirs it just didnt have the same effect at all, now it just sounds kind of generic. Some of the ideas he used to have for his wall of sound, like chopping up U2 songs and pasting them all weird to create dissonance, really made unique sounds. Now its just a choir and orchestra, really robs it of some of the fun and identity his music to have.



All of those sounds in Deep Peace for example, imagine that all just being a choir instead, blegh.

Gmork89
October 25th 2024


8891 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Where my Devin homies at? Powernerd is pretty damn good.

Toondude10
October 25th 2024


15371 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

it's on par for Devin, which is both its strength and biggest weakness

zaruyache
October 26th 2024


28603 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

powernerd also plays it a bit too safe and clean, but i think i liked the content more than on this one. ending it on a song about coffee was just *chef's kiss*

Dizchu
October 26th 2024


762 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I gotta be honest, I'm not vibing with Powernerd. There's some good songs but as a whole it feels like one of his bonus albums, just given the same polish as his main releases.

Pikazilla
October 26th 2024


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

powernerd craps all over empath and transcendence agreed

Flugmorph
October 26th 2024


35409 Comments


not the latter one, nope.

Pikazilla
October 26th 2024


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

transcendence is the worst dtp agreed

Dreamflight
October 26th 2024


2443 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Sorry man that award goes to Z2.



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