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〕 |rev3 = Blabbermouth |rev3score = |rev4 = DPRP |rev4score = }} ''Ziltoid the Omniscient'' is the tenth studio album by Canadian metal musician Devin Townsend, released on his own label HevyDevy Records in May 2007, and distributed in America and Europe by InsideOut Music. The album is a concept album about an extraterrestrial being named Ziltoid from the planet Ziltoidia 9. Ziltoid travels to Earth in search of "your universe's ultimate cup of coffee".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ziltoid the Omniscient )〕 A cup of coffee is delivered to him and he is promptly appalled by its taste, declaring it "fetid", and summons the Ziltoidian warlords to attack Earth, facing the full might of Earth's army. Townsend describes the album as a mix between Strapping Young Lad and The Devin Townsend Band, with a storyline like that of Punky Brüster's ''Cooked on Phonics''. The album is a solo album, with all music written, mixed, produced and performed by Townsend. All drum tracks were produced with EZdrummer, a software drum machine, using the ''Drumkit from Hell'' expansion. Townsend played a world exclusive ZtO concert in Tuska Open Air Metal Festival in Helsinki on July 2, 2010, where the whole Ziltoid album was played, with a regular Devin Townsend Project set the next day.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Tuska Open Air Metal Festival - Program )〕 Townsend plans to begin a series of online videos, a series titled ZTV, in which a Ziltoid hand puppet conducts interviews with various bands. Townsend had stated that he was planning to release a sequel album called ''Z²'', but plans for the album were later supposedly scrapped when he stated, "I'm very rapidly realizing that humor and metal... it doesn't really work." However, he later posted on his Twitter account, stating that the "record is vying for pole-position currently."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Devin Townsend's Twitter account )〕 In 2014, Townsend announced the recording of ''Z²'', making the album official. The recording of ''Z²'' started in May 2014,〔http://www.rockadia.com/news/devin-townsend-unveils-track-listing-for-ziltoid-2/2583〕 and the album was released on October 27, 2014. ==Background== Townsend's wife, Tracy Turner, gave birth to their first son, Reyner Liam Johnstan Townsend, on October 4, 2006. Around this time, Townsend withdrew from touring with his extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and his progressive metal group The Devin Townsend Band, explaining that he was burnt out on touring and interviewing. Townsend released an ambient album, ''The Hummer'', around this time. Townsend then began work on his next solo album, ''Ziltoid the Omniscient''. "And I really mean solo, in the true sense of the word", explained Townsend. "Nobody was around. For four months I worked completely on my own. I recorded each instrumental track and I also programmed all the drums. ... I was sound engineer and producer and I mixed every note in my cellar with a minimum of gear. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it all on my own."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Devin Townsend presents: Ziltoid the Omniscient )〕 Townsend programmed the drums using ''Drumkit from Hell'', a software drum machine provided to him by Fredrik Thordendal of Meshuggah.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ziltoid the Omniscient」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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