Tag Archives: Devin Townsend

Album review: DEVIN TOWNSEND – PowerNerd

Posted on October 29, 2024 by david.wilson

InsideOut Music [Release date 25.10.24] PowerNerd is the latest musical instalment from the over-active mind of Devin Townsend. With Devin you are never 100% sure what you are going to get, however, you know it won’t be boring! Over the … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged 25th Oct 2024, album, Canada, CD, coffee, country, Devin Townsend, Insideout Music, metal, PowerNerd, Rammstein, rock, Ruby Quaker, Strapping Young Lad, Vinyl | Leave a comment

Album review: JASON BIELER & THE BARON VON BIELSKI ORCHESTRA – Songs For The Apocalypse

Posted on February 6, 2021 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 29.01.21] Jason Bieler scored a winner with hard rockers Saigon Kick (who had a US hit with ‘Love Is On The Way’ in 1991), and since then Jason Bieler has been mixing up styles. Indeed, when asked … Continue reading →

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News: QUEEN, MARILLION, HELLOWEEN, DEVIN TOWNSEND (April 2020)

Posted on April 1, 2020 by jason

Quireboys - Giants of Rock, Butlins, Minehead, 26 January 2020

Hawklords release a new live album ‘Hawklords Alive’ on May 29. Marillion have started work on a new album during the current lockdown and are posting regular updates on their social media. Pattern-Seeking Animals (who feature current and former members … Continue reading →

Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Band Entrees & Exits, Festivals & Large Events, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, PledgeMusic/Kickstarter Campaigns, Re-issues/special editions | Tagged AOR, classic rock, Devin Townsend, folk, Marillion, metal, new albums, news, prog, Queen, rock, tours | Leave a comment

Album review: DEVIN TOWNSEND – Empath

Posted on March 21, 2019 by jason

Hevy Devy/Inside Out [Release date 29.03.19] Devin Townsend has rested his Project and with ‘Empath’ we have his first solo album since ‘Ziltoid’. Guests include regular contributor Anneke van Giersbergen, Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, Frank Zappa alumni Mike Keneally as music … Continue reading →

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Album review: GINGER WILDHEART – G.A.S.S Mark 2

Posted on November 19, 2018 by david.wilson

Round Records [ Release Date 20.09.18] The approach with every Ginger Wildheart album is ‘expect the unexpected’. Ginger is not one for sticking to a particular genre or style on his albums and this release is no different, only Devin Townsend can touch Ginger in the … Continue reading →

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Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Mote Park, Maidstone, 24 July 2016 (Day 2)

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Davoski

Thunder - RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR - Mote Park, Maidstone, 24 July 2016

If the Day 2 line up was less immediately eye-catching and mouth-watering than Saturday, there was still so much to anticipate. I made straight for the Blues tent where a good crowd received Pat McManus enthusiastically. I’d been a fan … Continue reading →

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Album review: CASUALTIES OF COOL

Posted on February 8, 2016 by jason

Inside Out www.insideout.de [Release date 16.01.16] Casualties of Cool is the latest release by, well, Casualties of Cool! The ambient country rock album is the first album from Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend Project etc…) and Che Aimee … Continue reading →

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EP review: OZAI – Ozai

Posted on November 4, 2015 by jason

https://www.facebook.com/OzaiBand/ I don’t customarily review albums older than a couple of months. By that point it’s been out long enough that people have likely already gotten it and made their own decision on what they’re hearing. In fact, it’s really … Continue reading →

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News: DEVIN TOWNSEND, BLACK SABBATH, MOTORHEAD – Monday 7th September 2015

Posted on September 7, 2015 by jason

Devin Townsend - Rock City, Nottingham, 3 July 2014

Jeff Lynne’s ELO have signed a worldwide deal with Colombia Records who will release the first new album from ELO in over fifteen years. Suede release their new album, ‘Night Thoughts’, in January. Primal Fear release their new album, ‘Rulebreaker’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Band Entrees & Exits, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, Re-issues/special editions | Tagged acoustic, albums, Black Sabbath, Devin Townsend, farewell tour, Lemmy, metal, Motorhead, news, rock, Suede, tours | Leave a comment

News: ROB HALFORD, MIKE TRAMP, DEEP PURPLE – Thursday 26 March 2015

Posted on March 26, 2015 by jason

RIP – John Renbourn, founder of folk rock band Pentangle Devin Townsend has revealed his next musical project will see him writing and composing a symphony. Rob Halford releases a 2CD, 30 track best of from his Fight, Two and … Continue reading →

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Gig review: DEVIN TOWNSEND – Rock City, Nottingham, 3 July 2014

Posted on July 5, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Rock City tonight hosts the first of two warm up gigs for the Devin Townsend Project before his appearance at Sonisphere this Sunday on the main stage, as he stated on stage ‘to go from months of mixing in the … Continue reading →

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Interview: 10Q’s with LEPROUS

Posted on July 30, 2013 by jason

Guitarist/lyricist/co-founder of Leprous, Tor Oddmund Suhrke answers our questions as the band have just released their new album ‘Coal’ on Inside Out… 1. What are you currently up to? This summer we’re playing a lot of festival shows worldwide both … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEPROUS – Coal

Posted on May 9, 2013 by jason

Inside Out www.insideoutmusic.com [Released 20.05.13] The band’s fifth album and they have flown somewhat under my musical radar, although after hearing this new album they are fast becoming a mainstay on my iPod. There are some really … Continue reading →

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Gig review: DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – The Garage, Glasgow, 30 April 2013

Posted on May 2, 2013 by david.wilson

There is a fine line between genius and madness and it is one that Devin Townsend has been balancing on precariously for many years. I recall seeing him for the first time fronting Vai when they supported Aerosmith on their … Continue reading →