Transcendence

by Devin Townsend Project

Transcendence cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 September 2016
  • Label: HevyDevy
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 1:47:12
  • Community rating: 3.48/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Brian Waddell, Marina Bennett, Julie Nadalini, Mike St鈥怞ean, Devin Townsend, Eric Severinson, Eric Wettstein, Dave Young, Niels Bye Nielsen, Juhli Conlinn

Album Notes & Community Reviews

In an unusual departure from his highly controlling production style, the prolific Canadian musician allowed his touring band significant input during the writing and recording process. The resulting album leans heavily into massive, symphonic orchestrations, lush choral arrangements, and soaring, highly melodic progressive rock structures. It serves as an incredibly uplifting, spiritually positive conclusion to the DTP era before he temporarily disbanded the project.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, atmospheric, progressive, wall-of-sound, bombastic

Tracklist

  1. Truth (4:47)
  2. Stormbending (5:22)
  3. Failure (6:02)
  4. Secret Sciences (7:28)
  5. Higher (9:40)
  6. Stars (4:17)
  7. Transcendence (5:54)
  8. Offer Your Light (3:57)
  9. From the Heart (8:23)
  10. Transdermal Celebration - cover version (8:26)
  11. Gump (5:24)
  12. Celestial Signals - demo (5:02)
  13. Support the Cause - demo (4:31)
  14. Into the Sun - demo (3:11)
  15. Time Overload - demo (4:00)
  16. Lexus - demo (5:14)
  17. Farther On - demo (2:51)
  18. Victim - demo (3:09)
  19. MonkeyMind - demo (3:51)
  20. Canucklehead - demo (2:09)
  21. Loud (3:23)

Credits

  • Devin Townsend Project - primary artist
  • Mike St鈥怞ean - synthesizer, keyboard, synthesizer programming, keyboard programming
  • Ryan Van Poederooyen - drums (drum set)
  • Brian Waddell - bass
  • Dave Young - guitar
  • Ch茅 Aimee Dorval - additional guest vocal
  • Anneke van Giersbergen - additional guest vocal
  • Katrina Natale - additional guest vocal

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