Devin Townsend

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Prog Tracks Of The Week 13/3 image
Great new prog you must hear from Devin Townsend, Green Carnation, Midge Ure, Teramaze and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing Published

Cool new prog you must hear from Hanry, Advent Horizon, Coal & Crayon and more in all new racks Of The Week

Music Videos
Devin Townsend in 2026
Devin Townsend has finally announced his life’s work, The Moth

By Matt Mills Published

Devin Townsend has reached peak Devin Townsend, unveiling a 24-track behemoth with choirs, orchestras and a song called We Don’t Deserve Dogs. Listen to maximalist preview Enter The City.

Albums
While She Sleeps onstage in 2023
As one of the UK’s leading bands stop touring, we need to talk about the toxic effect a ruined music industry is having on heavy metal

By Matt Mills Published

Metalcore stars While She Sleeps are taking a hiatus from the road – if things don’t change, more artists will follow

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Bands & Artists
Steve Vai and Devin Townsend in 2018
Steve Vai gave Devin Townsend his big break in the early 1990s. Decades later they got back together

By Tom O' Boyle Published

Metal Hammer brought the guitar master and his former apprentice back together in 2018

Bands & Artists
Strapping Young Lad posing for a photograph in the 2000s
How metal’s ‘mad scientist’ swapped craziness for commerciality – and confused the hell out of a prog legend

By Stephen Hill Published

Devin Townsend dialled back the aggro with Strapping Young Lad’s 2005 classic Love?

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Bands & Artists
MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 17: Canadian singer and guitarist Devin Townsend performs on stage at La Riviera on March 17, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mariano Regidor/Redferns)
Devin Townsend discusses his prog world (while he’s hiding from his dogs)

By Dom Lawson Published

Stick-collecting Canadian who preferred Motorhead to Marillion says Captain Beefheart didn’t know he was nuts, the Interstellar soundtrack floored him, and the Wildhearts are prog

Interviews
Devin Townsend studio portrait
"Life has simply caught up with me": Devin Townsend is taking an indefinite break from touring

By Fraser Lewry Published

Devin Townsend won't be going on the road for "the foreseeable future" after his upcoming run of PowerNerd live shows

Bands & Artists
Devin Townsend posing for a photograph in 2011
The strange story of Devin Townsend’s Ocean Machine: Biomech, the album which launched his solo career

By Eleanor Goodman Published

How Devin Townsend made his 1997 solo debut album Ocean Machine

Albums
Devin Townsend studio portrait
The Devin Townsend albums you should listen to... and one to avoid

By Dom Lawson Last updated

Canadian enigma Devin Townsend’s catalogue spans extreme metal, sublime prog-scapes, colossal riffs and extra-terrestrials. Where to begin?

Albums
Devin Townsend - studio portrait
"I first heard it when I started taking acid": Devin Townsend picks the soundtrack of his life

By Polly Glass Published

Canadian maverick Devin Townsend names his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the music he listens to while mowing the lawn

Tracks & Singles
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