Devin Townsend - fully 30 records into an astonishing career - has now just raised the stakes in the form of a new double album combining Ziltoid The Omniscient's triumphant return and the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Epicloud.
Feasting upon Z-2 is akin to immersing oneself in the arcane creases of the Devin Townsend Project catalog, bludgeoning heaviness and angelic melodies living under the cathedral of Devin's more contemplative solo vision. The effect is lush, full-range, cinematic, and expressive-sounding.