Guest Appearances Confirmed For Devin Townsend’s “Deconstruction”

We already knew that Devin Townsend was collaborating with The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato and ex-Emperor guitarist Ihsahn for his new solo album Deconstruction (one of two new albums under the Devin Townsend Project moniker). Townsend also teased in the past months about other big named collaborations. But now we can confirm who indeed will be making special guest appearances on the album.

Along with Puciato and Ihsahn, Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth, Bloodbath), Tommy Rogers (Between The Buried And Me), Oderus Urungus (GWAR), Paul Masvidal (Cynic), Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah), and Floor Jansen (After Forever, Revamp) will be making guest appearances on Deconstruction. These names may not be too huge of a shocker in that Townsend has worked or toured with a majority of them in some fashion. Nonetheless, this is awesome news and makes us even more excited for Townsend’s new music. Townsend had already promised that Deconstruction was going to be a heavy album (while Ghost, the second album, is reportedly his “prettiest, most mellow” record to date). Now, after seeing these names attached, it’s safe to say that we won’t be disappointed.

In case you need more to get you pumped up about this, RadioMetal.com has posted a detailed track-by-track review of Deconstruction. The review also gives you a sneak peak as to which songs each guest musician will be featured on. A North American release date for both albums (Deconstruction and Ghosts) is still unconfirmed, though both are set to be released on June 20 via InsideOut Music in Europe.

 

Devin Townsend Taps Ihsahn To Contribute Vocals To New Record

Earlier this morning, Ihsahn (ex-Emperor/solo artist) confirmed via his Facebook fan page that he will be contributing vocals to Devin Townsend’s new solo album Deconstruction (one of two new albums under the Devin Townsend Project moniker). Ihsahn had the following to say:

“I have been a long time fan of Devin and his work, and when he asked me to do some vocals for his upcoming Deconstruction album, I said yes right away. Devin is one of those few uncompromising artists who goes anywhere with their music, wherever that takes them. Nothing but respect!”

Our buds at MetalSucks.net aren’t the only ones excited about this news. It would be hard to imagine anyone NOT thrilled to see these progressive metal legends working together, even if it is for one song. Plus, the two differ enough from each other (Ihsahn coming from more of a black metal background than Townsend) to make this truly a unique and interesting collaboration. And it will be the ying to the yang of former Gathering frontwoman Anneke van Giersbergen’s contribution to his last album, Addicted. Hopefully we won’t have to wait too much longer to hear the results, seeing that both Deconstruction and Ghost are expected to come out sometime this year.