On March 25th Devin Townsend shared his plans with fans through a series of tweets. Townsend is a Canadian songwriter, musician and record producer. Townsend founded metal band Strapping Young Lad  in 1994 and was the band’s primary songwriter, vocalist and guitarist until 2004. Townsend created the Devin Townsend Project in 2008. The group has been put on hiatus by Townsend so that he could focus on other projects.

According to Townsend he will start recording his new material on March 27th. Townsend will be adding different sounds and different people such as friend Morgan Argen on the drums. More information on the tweets can be found here.

According to mxdwn in February of 2018 Townsend announced that he will be recording a new album Empath in 5.1 surround sound. In addition to the release of Empath Townsend is releasing Ki, Addicted, Deconstruction and Ghost on vinyl.

I start recording tomorrow.

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) March 26, 2018

Nice to be working with my friend Morgan on a bunch of this material. We sit in a similar place on the beat and we tend to go pretty deep quite quickly. I like his swing. Lots of talented artists involved in this stuff. It’s an odd phase, but really creative and really personal.

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) March 26, 2018

I have about 100 songs in different forms and styles. I’m just going to finish as much of it as budget allows and see what goes where. It’s been a change period, similar to between SYL and KI I’d say. I’m hiring people as needed for whatever the song calls for.

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) March 26, 2018

There will be other drummers too I think. Depends on the track

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) March 26, 2018

I’ll be traveling a fair bit to various cities and working with people as I go. Polygamous creativity ftw

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) March 26, 2018

I’ll certainly keep folks updated as I go, if budget allows, I’ll try to do filming of the process. (Hey hey, @ZimZimY5000 … 🙂

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) March 26, 2018

It seems like much of the material calls for different things. Some orchestral, some metal, some rock, some prog, some bizzare, some funky, some pop, some electronic…I want the best people for what that style needs.

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) March 26, 2018

I know who I’m interested in working with already, it’s all just about scheduling and budget etc. Everyone is busy all the time 🙂 and that’s a good thing…

— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) March 26, 2018

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat