(Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat)

When Devin Townsend isn’t being nominated for the Juno Award or planning massive musicals about death, he seems to be on the road. The beloved Devin Townsend Project have announced that they will be returning to the road in the US this year with a two week stretch of dates; some of which will see the band playing support for Opeth. The band continues to tour on the back of their last record, Transcendence. Speaking about their upcoming shows in North America, Devin comments:

“Continuing on our run to support Transcendence, we are coming back to America for a quick run with Opeth and Gojira as well as some additional dates to get us to and from those shows. We are many places this year and are trying to make sure we take advantage of our geographic locations as we roll. The band keeps getting stronger and we look forward to seeing you there!”

Recorded at The Armoury Studios in Vancouver, Canada with Townsend and Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood (Periphery, Animals as Leaders), Transcendence sounds absolutely massive. From the moment ‘Truth’—a re-work from the Infinity album—monstrously blends into the soul-stirring ‘Stormbending’ to the undulating cool of mid-point jam ‘Secret Sciences’ and Ween cover ‘Transdermal Celebration’, Townsend and crew have engineered a modern-day classic. The sheer scale of tracks like ‘Failure’, ‘Higher’, and the majestic title track is at once daunting and inviting. Transcendence pulls the listener in like a movie score. It has the emotional heft of Rosenman’s Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and the mega-riff power of Black-era Metallica.

If you can’t make it to this tour, maybe you could head over to Europe and head to Bulgaria this September for a live set of Devin Townsend’s beloved sophomore LP Ocean Machine: Biomech. The event has been getting hype from fans since when it was first announced last October, a full year ahead of the actual event.

Check out a tour poster and the full list of gigs for the upcoming tour.

Devin Townsend Project Summer Tour
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04/28: Pomona, CA – The Glass House*
04/29: Flagstaff, AZ – The Orpheum*
04/30: Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater*
05/02: St Louis, MO – The Ready Room*
05/04: Cleveland, OH – House of Blues*
05/05: Pittsburgh, PA – Mr Smalls*
05/06: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory^^
05/07: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom^
05/09: Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre^
05/11: Denver, CO – Red Rock Amphitheatre^
05/12: Kansas City, KS – Arvest Bank Theatre^
05/13: Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room^
05/14: Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s**

* – Headlining with Thank You Scientist & ONI
** – Headlining with Thank You Scientist
^ – Supporting Opeth & Gojira
^^ – Supporting Mastodon, Opeth & Gojira