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Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:32 pm**

I decided to check them out and today the album "Epicloud" arrived from amazon... and I am really digging it. I am having a hard time describing it, so here are some samples.

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Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:30 pm**

REALLY digging this guy. Currently have his last 4 albums, and I have trouble deciding which is my fave. Here's a couple earlier works:

Album & song: Addicted! (Live) then Universe in a Ball! then it might actually be the entire album.

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Album: Ki song: Coast

This album is way more mellow, but still has an awesome dark undercurrent... I've never heard anything like it.

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Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:55 pm**

From wikipedia:

Townsend draws influence from a wide range of music genres, most prominently heavy metal. Townsend has cited, among others, Judas Priest, W.A.S.P., Frank Zappa, Broadway musicals, ABBA, new age music, Zoviet France, King's X, Morbid Angel, Barkmarket, Grotus, Jane's Addiction, Metallica, Cop Shoot Cop and Fear Factory as his influences,[63] and has also expressed his admiration for Meshuggah on several occasions, calling them "the best metal band on the planet"

An ABBA discussion came up the other night. See? One can enjoy ABBA AND Metallica.

Posted: **Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:43 pm**

Hey TPR, he'll be playing in Dallas on January 31.

http://www.hevydevy.com/

Closest he is getting to me is 5 hours away in Chicago, boo.

Posted: **Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:56 pm**

One can enjoy ABBA AND Metallica.

The former is false, fuck those Scandinavians. The latter is also false, depending upon the album.

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:17 am**

GORDON wrote:Closest he is getting to me is 5 hours away in Chicago, boo.

Dallas isn't much closer at just over 4 hours from here.

Edited By TPRJones on 1359040685

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:23 am**

Malcolm wrote:
One can enjoy ABBA AND Metallica.
The former is false, fuck those Scandinavians. The latter is also false, depending upon the album.

Hey, ABBA is way more authentic than Metallica could ever dream to be.

The Swedish version of Dancing Queen is pure genius.

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:51 am**

TPRJones wrote:
Malcolm wrote:
One can enjoy ABBA AND Metallica.
The former is false, fuck those Scandinavians. The latter is also false, depending upon the album.
Hey, ABBA is way more authentic than Metallica could ever dream to be.

The Swedish version of Dancing Queen is pure genius.

ABBA more authentically sucks. I'd take Metallica's debut album over ABBA's entire discography of shame.

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:09 pm**

TPRJones wrote:
GORDON wrote:Closest he is getting to me is 5 hours away in Chicago, boo.
Dallas isn't much closer at just over 4 hours from here.

Oh yeah Houston, not Dallas. Brainfart.

I think there might be a Detroit show in February. Thinking about hitting it.

Posted: **Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:56 am**

I keep getting one of his albums and think, "OK, this has to be the most brilliant thing he has," then I get the next album and am again blown away.

Here is a song from "Synchestra" called, "A Simple Lullaby" which contains the screamed phrase, "Ready, steady, aim, fire!"

Sweet dreams.

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Another awesome one from the album: "Notes From Africa."

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Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:17 am**

I don't see the appeal.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:39 am**

TPRJones wrote:I don't see the appeal.

Go eat some roast cow and pretend it is barbecue.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:51 am**

I plan to have just that for lunch. It's the second best BBQ joint in Houston, and not a pig in sight.

Posted: **Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:59 pm**

Hey, remember this?

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Well then check this!

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Posted: **Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:05 pm**

I play this video a lot when I need some background noise around the house.

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Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2014 10:47 pm**

Here's a full recent concert. He is like a total metal nerd.

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European metal festival.
30:10 - "Fuck all that evil bullshit, baby... it's time for fucking science!"

Plus the drummer looks like Thib.

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Posted: **Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:21 am**

There was an album of his released a decade ago that I never bought because the premise seemed silly... Ziltoid the Omniscient. A sock puppet is going to destroy the Earth.

Well the sequel, Z2, just came out, and I kept hearing good things... so I took one of my amazon gift card xmas presents and bought both albums.

Holy fuck, both are great albums.

Ziltoid 1.

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Posted: **Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:20 pm**

This is one of the songs from Ziltoid 2. I could put this one on repeat for awhile. About 15 listens in and I am still catching new chants under the music.

DOMINATE

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Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:15 pm**

Hey here's a recent 2 hour concert from the Royal Albert Hall.

The first half is a narrated Ziltoid story.

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:16 pm**

Coming to my berg.

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Transcending The Coma Tour
with Fallujah
Wed, Sep 7, 2016 - 8:00PM

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