Physicist

Among the many depictions of depression, one can clearly notice a recurring difficulty shaped by the vice of structuralist/symbolic analysis so prevalent in vast artistic interpretations: an inability to capture experience itself, to truly correspond to the forces that arise from the causal effect of the narrated phenomena. Barthes once wrote something that, broadly speaking, suggested that every photograph is a testimony to death. Even though the record—now the mapping of a past ... read more

Physicist is Devin Townsend’s third solo studio album. This album is just as proggy as the last one but here he cranks up the heaviness a few notches. There are moments on this album that are full on extreme metal with blast beats that sound like they could be from Strapping Young Lad, these are some of the best moments on the album. The less heavy sections are also great and FULL of emotion, Devin’s vocal performance is as always incredible and really accentuates the emotion ... read more