NEWS: Contrive tour with Opeth, ready Devy-mixed album
The following press release pretty much says it all – Contrive are supporting Opeth in Australia this week – but let me just take a moment to say things seem to be freaking awesome for Contrive at the...
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NEWS: Devin Townsend unstoppable live juggernaut means death for us all
Have you heard Devin Townsend’s killer new CD Addicted yet? I’ve given it more than a few spins – in fact I think I listened to it at least once a day for almost a month. Anyway, Devin is about to...
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NAMM 2010: Peavey PXD Vicious Devin Townsend signature 7-string
I certainly make no secret about my Devin Townsend geekiness, and as you may remember I’ve been excited about the forthcoming Peavey Devin Townsend signature model for some time. The extreme...
View ArticleNAMM 2010: Devin Townsend answers my question
While performing for Alvarez at NAMM, Devin Townsend opened the floor up to questions, so I jumped in with a ‘Where are you at with the next 2 CDs?’ (referring to his 4-CD Devin Townsend Project). Well...
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INTERVIEW: Devin Townsend
Devin Townsend first came to the world’s attention via guitar hero Steve Vai in 1993. Vai, usually known as an instrumental artist, wanted a vocalist for his Sex & Religion album. All the demos...
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Devin Townsend’s latest Framus Custom
Check out this beast! Devin Townsend EMG Signature pickups with MEC Passive electronics, Tigerstripe Ebony fretboard, flamed maple neck, 3A Flamed Maple body with 1″ Birdeye Poplar top, purple Framus...
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COOL VIDEO ALERT: Devin Townsend’s New Framus
So you saw the pics of this unique custom instrument the other day? Well check THIS out: video of it actually being built. Methinks Framus better get ready for a big influx of orders from players who...
View ArticleDevin Townsend’s unofficial Lucky Animals video
From his forthcoming album Epicloud! Love it! The song sounds like basking in sunshine after chugging a quart of red cordial.
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Devin Townsend Project Oz Tour
Woo! Devin Townsend is heading back to Australia in October to once again spread his particular and peculiar blend of intensity, good vibes, crushing metal, haunting melodicism and fart jokes across...
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INTERVIEW: Steve Vai
Steve Vai has been a frequent visitor to Australia over the past decade. He’s been out here for a few G3 tours (first with Joe Satriani and John Petrucci, and then with Satriani and Steve Lukather),...
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INTERVIEW: Devin Townsend
Devin Townsend is many things: composer, lyricist, vocalist, guitarist, producer – hell, you could even stretch that to ‘humourist,’ and in the process draw some pretty solid parallels to Frank Zappa....
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MY TOP FIVE GUITARISTS – by Kate Hunter
For the latest in an occasional series on I Heart Guitar I’ve asked super-talented San Francisco luthier Kate Hunter to list her five favourite guitarists. If you happen to follow Kate on Twitter...
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NAMM: Devin Townsend’s New Framus
Here’s Devin Townsend’s new Framus Mayfield Custom. It’s a 6-string set-neck instrument with maple neck, tigerstripe ebony fretboard with special light-up Ziltoid inlays, flamed maple top on a mahogany...
View ArticleDevin Townsend Performs “Kingdom”
“Kingdom” is one of my all-time favourite Devin Townsend songs, and I’m so super-mega glad that it seems to have found its place among the upper echelon of classic Devy tracks: the re-recording on...
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Devin Townsend Launches Pledge Campaign, Kicks Ass
Whoa. Overnight Devin Townsend launched a Pledge Music campaign to fund his new project Casualties of Cool, with any excess fundage going to future projects like the upcoming mega Ziltoid sequel. And...
View ArticleCasualties Of Cool –‘Flight’
Devin says: “Casualties Of Cool is one of my favourite things, if not my favourite thing I’ve done to date. It’s pretty left of centre, and now that my big Z2 project and all its chaos is nearing...
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Devin Townsend Australian Clinic Tour!
Prepare yourselves for the subjugation! Devin Townsend is heading to Australia for a series of exclusive guitar masterclasses in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, right ahead of the...
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INTERVIEW: Devin Townsend
There’s like a secret knowing wink between Devin Townsend fans, a shared understanding that within the multiple layers, in amongst the links between songs, albums and projects, nesting in the balance...
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