Ziltoid the Omniscient

by Devin Townsend

Ziltoid the Omniscient cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 May 2007
  • Label: HevyDevy
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 53:45
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A comedic metal rock opera about an alien puppet searching for the ultimate cup of coffee. Devin Townsend recorded the entire album alone, programming the drums (the 'Drumkit from Hell'). It is a hilarious, heavy, and surprisingly emotional cult classic.

Genres

Descriptors: science fiction, satirical, sci-fi, wall-of-sound, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. ZTO (01:17)
  2. By Your Command (08:09)
  3. Ziltoidia Attaxx!!! (03:42)
  4. Solar Winds (09:46)
  5. Hyperdrive (03:47)
  6. N9 (05:30)
  7. Planet Smasher (05:44)
  8. Omnisdimensional Creator (00:48)
  9. Color Your World (09:44)
  10. The Greys (04:15)
  11. Tall Latte (01:03)

Credits

  • Dave Young - engineer [additional]
  • Mike Young - engineer [additional]
  • UE Nastasi - mastered by
  • Devin Townsend - producer, recorded by, engineer, programmed by, mixed by, written-by [created by], written-by

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