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Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian musician and record producer from New Westminster, British Columbia. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist, in which his work usually leans more towards a progressive metal style. After performing in a number of metal bands in high school, Townsend was discovered by a record label in 1993 and was asked to perform lead vocals on Steve Vai's album Sex & Religion.
album · 26
heatmap 2.21–3.82★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Biomech | ||||
| 1998 | Infinity | ▶ Play | |||
| 2000 | Physicist | ▶ Play | |||
| 2001 | Terria | ▶ Play | |||
| 2003 | Accelerated Evolution | ||||
| 2004 | Devlab | ▶ Play | |||
| 2006 | Synchestra | ||||
| 2006 | The Hummer | ▶ Play | |||
| 2007 | Ziltoid the Omniscient | 36 | ▶ Play | ||
| 2009 | Addicted | ||||
| 2009 | Ki | ||||
| 2011 | Deconstruction | ||||
| 2011 | Ghost | ||||
| 2012 | Epicloud | ||||
| 2014 | Z² | ||||
| 2016 | Transcendence | ||||
| 2019 | Empath | 54 | ▶ Play | ||
| 2020 | Guitar Improvisation #1 | ||||
| 2020 | Guitar Improvisation #2 | ||||
| 2020 | Guitar Improvisation #3 | ||||
| 2021 | Snuggles | ▶ Play | |||
| 2021 | The Puzzle | ▶ Play | |||
| 2022 | Dreampiece | ||||
| 2022 | Lightwork | ▶ Play | |||
| 2026 | Ban Khao Tao | ||||
| 2026 | The Moth | 27 | ▶ Play |
live album · 3
heatmap 3.26–4.04★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Official Bootleg 2000 | ||||
| 2011 | Unplugged | ||||
| 2018 | Ocean Machine – Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv |
ep · 2
heatmap 3.54–3.66★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Christeen (Plus Four Demos) | ||||
| 2011 | Devin Townsend Project Free Live EP |
single · 15
heatmap 2.66–3.98★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Christeen | ||||
| 2012 | Kingdom / Heatwave | ||||
| 2013 | We Are | ||||
| 2016 | Failure | ||||
| 2016 | Secret Sciences | ||||
| 2016 | Stormbending | ||||
| 2019 | Genesis | ||||
| 2020 | Silent Night | ||||
| 2022 | Call of the Void | ||||
| 2022 | Lightworker | ||||
| 2022 | Moonpeople | ||||
| 2024 | Jainism | ||||
| 2024 | PowerNerd | ▶ Play | |||
| 2026 | Enter the City (The Afterlife) | ||||
| 2026 | Prepare for War / The Big Snit |
compilation · 3
heatmap 3.92–4.15★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Calm & the Storm: Deconstruction & Ghost | ||||
| 2011 | Contain Us | ||||
| 2016 | Original Album Collection: Discovering Devin Townsend |
video · 3
heatmap 3.89–3.93★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | By a Thread | ||||
| 2013 | The Retinal Circus | ||||
| 2015 | Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall |
additional release · 3
heatmap 3.02–3.44★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ass-Sordid Demos 1990-1996 | ||||
| 2004 | Ass-Sordid Demos II | ||||
| 2023 | Epiclouder |
appears on · 9
heatmap 2.64–3.69★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal | ||||
| 2000 | A Tribute to Judas Priest: Delivering the Goods Vol. II | ||||
| 2015 | Viscera | ||||
| 2017 | Outsider | ||||
| 2021 | New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol. 2 | ||||
| 2021 | Sepulquarta | ||||
| 2022 | So Much. Too Much. | ||||
| 2024 | Tranquil Motion | ||||
| 2024 | 蘇醒 II: Frailty |
music video · 5
heatmap 3.23–4.32★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Vampira | ||||
| 2019 | Evermore | ||||
| 2019 | Why? | ||||
| 2026 | Enter the City | ||||
| 2026 | Home at Night |
Releases · 1
| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le sampler Rock Hard 257 |
v/a compilation · 3
heatmap 2.52–3.23★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | A Tribute to the Beast Vol. 2 | ||||
| 2006 | Outsiders | ||||
| 2007 | Wired |
Also in Your Library · not in canon
| Year | Album | Plays | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Ocean Machine: Biomech | ▶ Play | |
| 1998 | Infinity ∞ ~ Christeen + 4 Demos ~ | ▶ Play | |
| 2021 | Devolution Series #2 - Galactic Quarantine | ▶ Play |
Top-rated songs · per RYM
| Rating | Title | Album | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seventh Wave | 730 | |||
| Bastard | 690 | |||
| Earth Day | 357 | |||
| Life | 732 | |||
| Funeral | 674 | |||
| Hyperdrive | 414 | |||
| Night | 686 | |||
| Regulator | 660 | |||
| The Death of Music | 650 | |||
| Hide Nowhere | 658 | |||
| Voices in the Fan | 646 | |||
| Thing Beyond Things | 565 | |||
| Greetings | 628 | |||
| Sister | 631 | |||
| 3 A.M. | 574 |