Devin's finest "mellow" album, the ambience feels thought through, with flutes and acoustic guitar that feels like you're soaring through the air. Just brilliant.

How can an album, that's basically a parody of the progressive metal genre, be one of the best in the whole genre?

Pop metal perfected, it's catchy, it's heavy, the production shines and the riffs crush.

My favorite album of all time.

There's something special about this album, and sometimes I feel it's only just me.
Calm, quiet and suddenly a burst of rage, that calms back to the shadows.
Pure emotion, perfection.

An album that feels like the sequel to Devin's album 'Terria', it's down to earth, monolithical feel now polished into a beautiful gem. Only ruined by the addition of Vampolka & Vampira, by feeling like a forced single.

The beginning to what I think is Devin's "pop-metal" sound. Slightly raw, with that edge from Strapping, but with sincerity that comes off the melodies and solos.

No other ambient album sounds like this. A collaboration of ideas from over 50 people, some small details and others massive. An album that personifies the chaos of the pandemic, and our own thoughts. There's always a new piece of detail to find with each listen.

A spiritual sequel to 'The Hummer', another album of pure white soft tones, that works really well as background noise or meditation music.

Devin's calm mellow pop-metal stylings shows signs of unfinished polish with each new release. Starts incredibly solid, but unfortunately ends pretty weak. Vacation is a banger tho, and easily the best song on the album.

A rainbow of sound, that shows all sides of Devin's musical catalogue. A beautiful grand, and in-cohesive mess, that highlights the flaws of prog, yet celebrates itself without shame.

Stunning, haunting, beautiful, and simple. Ambience meets Americana, somehow Devin perfected this combo.

My first introduction to Devin Townsend's music, Ziltoid is such a fun ride of ridiculous theatrical progressive metal. Moments that are quotable 15 years later, and riffs that crush with a tinge of that indie vibe with the 64th note blast beats, pure chaos, pure fun.

The 'better' sister album to Devlab, The Hummer is just a white wall of ambience with deep bass heavy moments. Pure background noise, with small hints of beauty.

As a fan of ambient music, some of the soundscapes are pretty cool. However, having a mix of insanity in between the calmer moments really takes you out of the moment. Lots of experimentation with a feel of being a project that shouldn't have seen the light of day.

'Deep Peace' alone makes this album brilliant. There's a certain magic to the sound, with a grounded earthy feel. Even with a few duds in the back half, this album is still a monolith of 2000s progressive rock.

Lost potential, there's a brilliant diamond of a metal record hidden between the grey mud that is the production. While it is a great representation of what depression feels like, compared to the rest of Devin's material, it's hard to return to this one

Over the top, and a bit extra most of the time, this mix of pop, metal, musical theater, psychedelia is absolute mania.

A mid parody album that you can barely listen to as a whole. Has fun pop-punk moments, but often ruined by "story" overstaying its welcome.

Ocean Machine is something special. Heavy, atmospheric, emotional, vulnerable and a powerful cohesive whole. While the first half's songs by themselves are just generally good to great, the later half makes everything just click.

An absolutely brilliant piece of work.