Devin Townsend is extremely pleased to announce the long-awaited new double-album Z² on October 28 in the U.S. and October 27 in Europe. Devin had this to say:
"Hey all!
So it's been years I've been trying to get the energies in line to do another Ziltoid record, and it's finally happened! Z2 is my new record, and it's a multimedia event that has taken a ton of people a ton of effort to bring to you! It's a double album, (one side DTP, and one side Ziltoid) and the concept expands on Ziltoid the alien, and his sci-fi adventures in a way that kind of throws back to 50's radio plays... but obviously with complicated, heavy music as its soundtrack. It has taken a great deal of energy to put this all together, and the music is just one of the aspects of it. It's a dream come true in a lot of ways, and I'm excited and honoured to be able to finalize the project with a live version of the entire record at the famous Royal Albert Hall in London on April 13th of next year! (!!) Basically what we did with The Retinal Circus a few years back will be taken to the next level with Z2 live.
At the end of this process, we reached for the stars, and hopefully got to the moon, and after this album cycle, I will be taking some time to recharge my batteries and see what the next chapter holds. I hope you enjoy this record and all its offshoots, as one of my goals is to hopefully inspire folks to reach for unconventional ways to express themselves as well. We couldn't have done it without you! See you at the show?"
-Devin
More songs! > http://www.cjlo.com/?q=shows/burnt-offerings/episode-28091418
Can somebody please cut out all those songs from the radio mix?
Actually, the stream cuts off right before he plays all those new Devy songs…. :/ Does anyone have part two of the podcast??
I think they’ll leave only the part 1 due to “Rejoice”, since Dev will release as a single.
Word of warning, Dev himself stated on Twitter that the version that is currently out there being leaked by radio stations is not the proper mix/mastering of the album. He redid the mastering after the “sneak peek” was sent to radio stations and the media.
From Dev’s Twitter on Sept.2:
“Z2 got remixed and remastered in the last 2 days. Hopefully the versions you hear for ‘promo’ are the correct ones, but you never know… =/”
Just something to watch out for.
You know that awesome feeling when you order something and two weeks later you receive it and totally forgot about it? Yeah well this isn’t anything like that. Anticipation is killing me.
yep fml
wow, Deathray really kicks ass, however, when I heard the riff of the video that Townsend had recorded, i imagined that the song would have around their 8 minutes, moreover, the guitar was very muffled, i wish it had more solos and it was heavier.
Anyway, the song was amazing!
Really fun song. Can’t wait for the rest of it.
Where can I get these songs everyone is talking about?? can’t find em anywhere.
it was leaked on a radio show, but it has already closed. Too bad that no one recorded, also, the quality was horrible.. :/
Ah yes, looks like the first tow tracks have also leaked, Z2 and From Sleep Awake… Just go to Devin Townsend sub reddit page.
thanks dude, totally forgot about Reddit.
[Edit: URL Removed since it’s not official]
Rejoice in decent quality!!
The album leaks in roughly 4 days.
woops, wrong link. Here’s what I meant: http://www.reddit.com/r/DevinTownsend/comments/2jb6mo/two_weeks_until_z%C2%B2/
1min versions of all songs on iTunes FR
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/z2/id922916587
Both Sky Blue and Dark Matters have leaked onto Soulseek. Dark Matters can be hard to find though, since searching for anything close to z2 or ziltoid 2 just gives the first album, and searching for dark matters just gives you the 8th track of ghost. Enjoy!
Hint: search for “Devin Townsend” and then filter for “Dark Matters”, then look for a folder uploaded by a user called thebruce
What the hell is soulseek?
for the record, i am confirming this as well. i didn’t even know what Soulseek was five minutes ago. found two of the Ziltoid discs so far. looking for the third if it’s up.
Is it a site or a program?
it’s a program. it’s a bit clunky imo but once you get it going, you can find the Ziltoid leak.
I can’t get any results to appear
It’s a peer-to-peer file sharing program. Pretty easy to use. Downloading can take a little while, as there is a queue, but this shit’s legit, yo. Still looking for the Dark Matters disc w/o dialogue
Edit: The Dark Matters Disc w/o dialogue doesn’t seem to be up. Or if it is, thebruce hasn’t gotten his hands on it, since he has literally everything else from devin’s catalogue.
Found the files, but they are queued. How do I start the download?
Queued means you wait. People don’t upload to everybody at once. So, has anyone listened to it yet? Just about anybody can leak fakes, and I imagine if its real this might’ve been an accidental leak.
It’s totally real :)
I tried to download Soulseek but it won’t open for me. Can someone send me the files?
message me your skype. I just finished downloading everything
Just did as a reply in your profile
(I’m only gonna send it to this guy personally. If anyone else can’t figure out how to use soulseek then you’ll just have to wait for someone to put it on pirate bay or something)
one more person? i downloaded soulseek and found the files but it’s all queued. i’d love to jam this at work tomorrow
I can’t get any results from soulseek. Can someone please explain how to, or upload to some other site?
Hey guys. A bunch of you are asking whether I have Disc 3 (the one w/ no voiceovers). I do not. I got super lucky yesterday, and found another dude on Soulseek who had Sky Blue and normal Dark Matters. That’s all I got. If you’re new to soulseek, and your download is queued, thats because i’m not letting infinite people download from me. I want my internet to function. You’ll get your turn eventually :)
I just ask that people share this as well, so I don’t get the brunt of the download assault.
This is taking forever, can somebody please upload them already? Soulseek does not work on my computer…
Confirming the SoulSeek leak is 100% authentic.
Such an amazing record. Dev has outdone himself.
If you cant use SoulSeek, just keep an eye on TPB, it will show up soon.
please hurry lmao
Still queued on soulseek after 3 hours, nothing to find anywhere else…. starting to think it’s a joke….
Only took me an hour of waiting. It should download for you.
nothing is happening, and nobody is talking about the leak or posting anything so this is just weird….
It’s 100% real.
Dark Matters finished for me, it is 100% real. Sky Blue is still Queued.
I downloaded SoulSeek and it’s asking for a username/password. If I skip that, it does let me click on browse but I can’t browse for anything. How does this work?
just write whatever username you want and password. There’s no registration page or anything
¿Can someone confirm if this is the final mix? The version of “Fallout” i heard in the amazon preorder page has anneke singing the verse but the version of the leak only has Devin.
It has Devin singing Fallout so, THE LEAK IS THE OLD MIX
MP3’s at 192kbps….I feel like its 1999 and I’m 16 again.
From the man himself: “Apparently z2 has leaked, which is fine..but just fyi if ‘Fallout’ has me singing the verse, it’s the OLD mix and master. Real one is better”
couldn’t find it anywhere yet :( soulseek not returning any results, i hate it when people download and do not share back….
It’s on there! You just need to create an account.
available on Getmetal
If you can’t download from Soulseek, You can download the album from Getleaks :)
indeed!
Someone get it to TPB already. no one in soulseek is seeding :D