Devin Townsend spent years building walls of sound so thick they needed their own postcodes. Empath is where he knocked them all down at once, just to see what happened.Released in 2019, this is arguably the most unhinged thing he's ever committed to tape, which is saying something for the man who gave us Terria and Ziltoid. Orchestral swells crash into death metal, then dissolve into prog pop, jazz, ambient, and something that defies any genre tag you'd try to stick on it. It's the sound of someone with nothing left to prove doing exactly whatever they want. Fans of progressive metal and dark experimental music will find this endlessly rewarding and occasionally baffling, which is the correct reaction.Double LP gatefold with CD included, pressed on 180g vinyl. Two records, one of the most ambitious albums in modern prog metal, zero compromises.Fans of: Strapping Young Lad, Steven Wilson, Haken, The Ocean, Frank Zappa
