PowerNerd however is all Townsend, and it’s no less than his fourth album in five years (fifth if you count 2021’s simultaneously released The Puzzle and Snuggles as two). Given that the ...

By contrast, PowerNerd, his twenty-second solo album, is driven by pure instinct, deliberately written in a nine-day burst of creativity and sounding all the better for it. The grating, wacka-wacka ...

From front to back, Two Shell quivers and glistens, calling to mind a patch of AI-generated liquid metal. “be gentle with me” presents a chintzy parody of EDM, opening with taut keyboard stabs ...

Such was the case with 2022's Lightwork – which had the misfortune of following his all-encompassing artistic masterpiece, 2019's Empath – and now the same is true for 2024's PowerNerd.

A screenshot of the ABC News-hosted presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in September 2024. Picture: Youtube screenshot of Wall Street Journal debate stream Half of the world ...

Eleven songs in 11 days is how long it took Devin Townsend to complete Powernerd. The 28th album from the creative B.C.-based rocker is another serving of his distinct approach to hard and heavy ...

The single comes from Townsend's upcoming new record PowerNerd due out on October 25, which as far as I can tell has been loaded with shorter bangers all the way through. "'Gratitude' is a simple ...

Townsend has previously released videos for PowerNerd and Jainism. PowerNerd will be available on several different formats, including a limited edition 2CD+Blu-ray artbook (featuring the album, bonus ...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was quick to congratulate Donald Trump on Wednesday, even before the final vote in the US presidential election was tallied. Støre stressed ...