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A fantastic modern War of the Worlds with a brilliant sense of humour and music that will simultaneously hit you like a planet and lullaby you to sleep.
Devin Townsend is a Wizard. He is one of the Wizards, one of the guides. I'm certain Bill Bailey is one too. Possibly THE Wizard. But Townsend is a sonic Wizard. I heard someone refer to him as a Wizard and just knew I had to appropriate the term for him. Devin Townsend is a 21 Century musical fucking Wizard. Whilst he is an astonishing musician, he is also a wicked comedian, and Ziltoid is full of great laughs that never get stale. For those who don't get Ziltoid, wake the fuck up! As Herman the Planet Smasher says "And I hate musicals," Devin has the best joke of all!
Ziltoid the Omniscient is a Metal Musical. How often do you see one of those eh? And if you do is it awesome? Bet not. Cos Ziltoid is, and Ziltoid will make you swoon at the awesomeness of the vast audio landscapes, as Devin's galaxy sized music towers over all. The most amazing feat is that he so neatly and perfectly puts the comedy,. right up hard smack bang against the hardest of the hard Strapping Young Lad style hammering, and probably some of the most evocative and atmospheric music since Erik Satie performed his strange and emotionally compelling Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes. Well almost. Satie may have the edge in some ways, but Devin Townsend can gently sing to you in a way you'd sing to your 3 year old to put them to sleep. Nevermind that the same song also features a vocal that a million metal singers would fucking sell their soul for, a voice that can tear sheet metal from walls like tissue paper, and sounds like a trapped demonic entity screaming with the rage of a burning supernova. Yep, that's Devin's full on Strapping voice screaming "I"m Ziltoid! I don't give a shit!"
I could go on a lot more, but everyone else has already done that and that's not my job anyway.
"People of Earth, we are your Ziltoidian Overlords, resistance, is futile!"
Get it now
or
"I shall you kill all of you one by one
and I shall take
my
Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!"
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