Devin Townsend Project began where Ziltoid the Omniscient left off, with De… Read Full Bio ↴Devin Townsend Project began where Ziltoid the Omniscient left off, with Devin Townsend at the helm. The project was a planned four-album series, where instead of assembling one static band, like in The Devin Townsend Band, or performing the entirety of the music himself, as in Ziltoid the Omniscient, the Devin Townsend Project would feature a completely different line-up of musicians for each release. After the success of the first four albums, Devin Townsend decided to continue working under the Devin Townsend Project moniker, releasing his fifth album for the DTP, Epicloud in September of 2012.

The latest release, Z² (short for Ziltoid 2; pronounced "Zed squared") is a double album released on October 27, 2014. It consists of two albums released together: a Devin Townsend Project album, Sky Blue, and a "Ziltoid" concept album, Dark Matters, a sequel to Townsend's 2007 solo album Ziltoid the Omniscient. The main theme of the double album is, according to Townsend, "Ziltoid against the world".

The first album, Ki, was released in May 2009. For Ki, Townsend recruited veteran jazz drummer Duris Maxwell, local bassist Jean Savoie, and the former keyboardist for The Devin Townsend Band, Dave Young. Devin has also recruited Ché Dorval as an additional vocalist.

The second release was titled Addicted. Intended to be a heavy, simplistic, and straightforward rock album, it serves as the bridge from the quieter Ki to the expected zany metal tones of the album following it. The line-up for this album was Ryan Van Poederooyen (also a veteran of The Devin Townsend Band) on the drums, another member of the DTB Brian Waddell on the bass, and Anneke van Giersbergen (notable from The Gathering, Agua De Annique and Ayreon) on guest vocals.

There was an EP released in early 2011. It was only available online (free to download) and named European Tour EP. It featured five live songs, mostly consisting of material from Devin Townsend's solo albums. See more here: http://www.discogs.com/Devin-Townsend-Project-European-Tour-EP/release/2718333

The third and fourth albums were called Deconstruction (which features an array of notable metal musicians and vocalists) and Ghost. Deconstruction and Ghost were released on June 20th, 2011 for both.

Deconstruction features a number of prominent metal musicians as guest vocalists, including Mikael Åkerfeldt, Tommy Giles Rogers, Fredrik Thordendal, Paul Masvidal, Joe Duplantier, Greg Puciato, Ihsahn and other members, including the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Conversely, Ghost has a static lineup and "is the mellowest (by far) and prettiest record I've done so far" according to Townsend. The album features Katrina Natale, Mike St-Jean, Dave Young, and Kat Epple along with Townsend himself.

The fifth album, Epicloud, features the widest array of sound for the Devin Townsend Project. A full-length pop-metal album, akin to Addicted, Epicloud boasts 13 positive, in your face, pop-metal songs that distinguish Devin from the large majority of contemporary metal bands. Epicloud's line-up features no new musicians for Devin Townsend, and sees the return of Anneke Van Giersbergen on vocals, Ryan Van Poederooyan on drums, Brian Waddell on bass, and Dave Young on guitar and additional keyboards.

On January 31st 2018, Devin stated on his Facebook profile that the Devin Townsend Project was going on a 'break', while he focuses on a number of other projects he's working on.

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Devin Townsend Project Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Devin Townsend Project:

02. True North I love you, I love you, I need you, I've always…
A New Reign Reign, far from the river Reign, far from the garden, oh …
A Ziltoidian Rapture And so, triumphantly, without even a hint of irony The hero…
Addicted ""Hey! You're awake! And it keeps you where you're born…
Addicted! Hey! You're awake! And it keeps you where you're born to…
Ain't Never Gonna Win Damn... Ain't never gonna win... ...damn.…
Angel My Angel! Cry from under, cry in time Say on and on…
As You Were Tell me why? We won’t fight. Are we wrong? You worked har…
Awake! Mommy, mommy, is he really here? Is Ziltoid really here? Yes…

Balls ""Universe in a ball Universe in a ball You'll find…
Before We Die Dream city - I don't wanna Dream city - I never…
Believe ""Hold on to you now Want you to believe Hold…
Bend It Like Bender Hey boy! Where are you going with that little toy? You know…
Bend It Like Bender! Hey boy! Where are you going with that little toy? You kno…
Blackberry The leaves are falling down The trees are calming down So …
Brown Man Brown Man Brown Man Brown Man Brown Man Yes! I know th…
Canucklehead I wanna tell you that the whole damn thing is…
Celestial Signals Hey! You know where to find me In the river of life As…
Coast The way it goes, is the way it goes I'm all…
Color Your World See how the waves of the world Recline to me See how…
Cry Forever So try out the ways to make amend You hide away…
Dark Matters ‘There's a certain amount of circumstantial evidence in supp…
Deadhead You are a sun Goddess Will you save me? Hooray for you. H…
Deathray People of earth! We are your poozonian overlords! You cannot…
Deconstruction 'Where are you with the brain, y'know i've been studying…
Demon League Hide away from it all Say tomorrow it comes, and then... I…
Detox Play that stupid piece of shit! Oah! Aah! Hey! You mo'! I'…
Dimension Z How many times must we live through this dimension Only to…
Dinosaurs Elephant And you know you're the only Element And you're …
Disruptr I'm tired of waiting I'm tired of fading I'm sick of being…
Divine Loving you is the best thing in the worst thing…
Earth I know! Raised before the sky bleeds For we are, we are…
Effervescent Everyone into forever Everything a part of me Dancing all in…
Epicloud Go and know the waterfall of time Take a minute of…
Failure Do we know? Forgiven all the way now Follow me Until you see…
Fallout As we're born to ride alone Never to return Cry unfair if…
Feather ""Hey little one think about our time When all the…
Flies ""I fly over the mountain to save my solar wake…
Forever Dreams of pain, never wanna know Everybody talks and you're …
From Sleep Awake Mommy, mommy, is he really here? Is Ziltoid really here? Ye…
From The Heart As I go through life in search of everything I have…
Gato So you and I, we've come to this place And never…
Ghost How, everybody? How about a body at moonlight How about a …
Grace We know that it's only human We know that it's only…
Gump Lay waste to a feeling Lifetimes old Lay awake at night Afra…
Happy Birthday ""Haven't I the right I? The right I to move…
Heart Baby My heart… why? So it goes around. I know you’re wiles, My…
Heatwave ""Woah... Well heatwave can't wait on the getaway they…
Heaven Send Space is the word Sign of God... It's over all that you…
Higher And you, broken Theres your legacy, lock you in Doesen't mat…
Ho Krll ""Let me know you Mr. Morrow Let me go through…
Hold On Stay calm afraid Stay warm away Say god again? Stay calm, my…
Hyperdrive So cold, in the night, Where the river flows, Where the rive…
Hyperdrive! ""So cold in the night where the river flows where…
Ih-Ah As everything in life, comes together now I need your mind A…
Ih-Ah! ""As everything in life comes together now I need your…
Infinite Ocean You must be god embodied, stand tall. Stand tall.…
Intro - Effervescent - True North Everyone into forever Everything a part of me Dancing all in…
Juno Hey now haven't seen you for a while Just think of all…
Juular ""Ih-Ah! Home home... I go home when we meet…
Kawaii ""Freedom you and me We lost our world... she lost…
Ki Days alone, never felt like this The lights of home, a…
Kingdom I I wonder why I wonder why I've come undone I've come undon…
Lady Helen I awoke Iapetus Sing for a while All the roads reach out…
Lessons Perhaps what we want in life is not what we…
Liberation One minute away from you, One minute away from being like…
Life My life is all that I've known And it's all that…
Little Pig Come on ride again, I need a friend, Come on run…
Love As beings of light we are rhythms of the world Though…
Love And Marriage ""Hey I want to be found I want to be…
Love? As beings of light we are rhythms of the world Though…
Lucky Animals Animal, animal, and we're lucky! Animal, animal, and we're l…
Madd At My Dadd Hey Mad at my fuckin' dad! Mad at my dad, I'm mad…
March of the Poozers We are the ones who have come for your rapture All…
Midnight Sun Midnight sun is rising You had always known That my life is…
More Gimme more! Tell me are you ready, soul of mine? Going to…
Night Here I am, driving through Japan at night Here I am,…
Numbered ""Ah we are numbered We are numb we are not…
Numbered! Ah, we are numbered, We are numb, we are not alone. Ah,…
Offer Your Light The way that you've found in your worry your fury The…
Pandemic WANDERING SOUL OF MINE! WANDERING IN TIME! WANDERING SOUL …
Pixilate So you and I, we've come to this place And never…
Planet Of The Apes ""I know who I am today But who knows? To…
Poltergeist Let's finish this!!! NOW, we FALL APART at the SEAMS, the…
Praise the Lowered Close your eyes, get ready… One won't stop the flow. Conso…
Quiet Riot I wait for the pain It always comes again And I don't…
Quietus ""Honey I know that you can hear me Your love…
Radial Highway Driving all night my hands wet on the wheel There's a…
Rain Oh, do you know who we are inside? And oh, can…
Rain City Oh, do you know who we are inside? And oh, can…
Rejoice Fight! Now we've arrived in a new time and world and…
Resolve! ""Turn your world around Turn your world around and focus…
Save Our Now I fall apart, I call her out I follow her I'm calling…
Seams I love you, confuse you -Maybe push you too far Don’t worr…
Secret Sciences Some will go, and some will stay Make amends and wait…
Silent Militia Silent militia! Soon we will fly All these fears collide S…
Sky Blue I thought you might have wanted my heart You taste it,…
Soul Driven Now that the love is gone What's still holding on? If all…
Stand So what ya gonna do about me? I been hangin' 'round…
Stars I can see you in the stars tonight Lost in love…
Stormbending Time is a human construct, and you were below the…
Sumeria I HAVE NEVER KNOW HER LOVE AND I WILL NEVER…
Supercrush So the time is right so tell me if you…
Supercrush! So the time is right So tell me if you wanna You…
Support the Cause All that has been lost is buried in the cause... Do…
Synchronicity Freaks It's on again It's on again Yeah... Save your [?] It's alr…
Take My Ego Sunday morning... So, you arrive Slowly this morning Time…
Terminal Hey, Flow the waterways of letting go Another day Permanentl…
Terrorizer Hey, hey. MAD AT MY FUCKIN' DAD! I am the beast…
Texada Wild, embroiled, young hearts depend on me. While in style …
The Greys Stay away from the unknown Stay away from me for awhile,…
The Mighty Masturbator Ohh...all you know, go slow. Twenty-five years at the facto…
The Mind Wasp ""I cry. Soon the minds are dry. When I. fall…
The Ones Who Love As beings of light we are rhythms of the world Though…
The Way Home! The way home Lined with all the things that you have…
Through the Wormhole Blattaria! war princess! I am here with my new best…
Trainfire ""How in the world we gonna make everything alright? How…
Transcendence I draw the line and Hard times are mine and All the…
Transdermal Celebration Transdermal celebration Caused a slight mutation in the rift…
True North I love you, I love you, I need you, I've always…
Truth I warned you Hallelujah Hello It's back…
Universal Flame Flame! Universal flame! Can't stand the shame! Universal f…
Universe In A Ball! Universe in a ball Universe in a ball I found those foreig…
Victim How many times is it happening? Everything is happening It…
Wandering Eye If the seeds that come for me are protecting your…
War In the morning 'bout three or so Can't stop thinking about…
War Princess My child, where have you been? I've been worried sick…
Warrior Night falls overhead I'd venture time is here for the words…
Watch You I watch you when you're sleeping I watch you when you're…
Where We Belong Come away, soon we will Come away, hearts grow fonder I know…
Wild Colonial Boy [Words and music by Devin Townsend] If you ever need a…
Winter How in the world can the winter fall apart?…
Z Good evening, come in, come in Sit close, we have a…
Ziltoid Goes Home Into the void we go to fuel our own volition Between…
Ziltoidian Empire Calling on the earth's core (part of the mind) We are…

Z² Good evening, come in, come in Sit close, we have a…

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