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I suppose this album fits in the category of a concept album. It takes you on a Journey from the perspective of an alien, Ziltoid The Omniscient, with a strong thirst for coffee and world domination. Quite the hilarious and very entertaining story line. Only Devin Townsend could come up with such an amazing album. It takes you from the fast thrashy "By Your Command" and "Ziltoidia Attaxx!!" to the moody "Solar Winds" and a trip through "Hyperdrive". Then the absolutely crushing, mid tempo song "Planet Smasher". The album peaks at "Color Your World" where Ziltoid has to face the fact that he's a puppet... it's a very dark song, and the humor has been replaced with a dark reality. Then the album closes with "The Greys" It's the best closing song I have ever heard, dark, sad, and makes me think about "Greys" as in type of aliens that we humans refer to. It's like this song brings the listeners back to earth in a way, which in my opinion (earth, our reality) is just as crazy as the idea of an alien named Ziltoid wanting the worlds coffee supply, lol. Amazing album that really made a huge impact on my life. I rate it up there with some of my all time favs, like Metallica's "Master Of Puppets", FNM "Angel Dust" AIC "Dirt".Read full review
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I absolutely love this album! So many great changes that come about from beginning to end, makes this one of my all-time favorite albums of anything I've listened to.
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Devin Townsend is a modern day genius, in this one he makes a self parody, with ultra heavy music created all by himself at home and a touch of humor. Awesome for me .