"I'm glad that he was cool enough to let us in on that, 'cuz he doesn't have to. Plain and simple, he doesn't have to." Says it all about the respect the guys have for Dev.

Love getting these inside looks on the creative process! Thanks for sharing, Dev.

Townsend is the Spielberg of Metal.

This is by far my favorite DTP album, and it may be the group writing that did that for the music. The ending section of Stormbending is the most epic section of music I've ever heard.

Hey the ending is a cool idea with the band watching it! Can't wait for more!

jeeeesus. so Devin achieved singularity in 2009, it appears, and his level of enlightenment hasn't faltered once in seven years of solid tunes. and just think, before that year he was already a monster and metal genius madman. Thank you so much for putting yr all into this Transcendence album, I know I will adore it

That was the quickest seven minutes ever. Really digging the idea of the doc, incredibly insightful! Thanks Zim and DTP

Wow, loved this. Seeing the band work together and then watch what we watched is pretty cool.

Very happy to see all this. Everyone in the video seems quite happy about it too.

Hey Zim ;-) great idea from 6:07 to 6:20 ... the jump from the past into the future and then back to presence .. love it! ;-)

Really looking forward to this album. I'm stoked that Dev is letting the guys have more creative input.

Woooow, Devin. I like it!

Looking forward to the next episode

Devin, you've shaped the way I feel music for more than a decade. I'll be proud to add this new album to my vinyl collection.

Incredible. Learning to trust other people with your vision and giving up control. Happy for you dev. I think the next few years will be your best yet.

OMFG, I'm so excited right now. Just watching this kind of interaction between a bunch of great musicians is... wow. The way I see, Devin is at the highest creative point in his career so far and, with his ongoing evolution, to have this "brainstorm" when recording is amazing. It sounds fresh, it sounds cool and it sounds Dev. Can't wait for the release.

i've resigned myself to accept the fact that being a lonely sociopath is the only way to make things actually happen that need to happen. it's like building a playground while an entire neighborhood of kids kicks you in the face, and when you're done they're like 'oh hey thanks' and spend the rest of their childhood playing on it.

Dave's "THIS PART" face at 5:08 kills me.

personal fav artist, and imo the best of this generation.

Thank you Devin for all of what you contribute to the would of music! See you in September!

It's been cool seeing Dave go from being just Devin's touring keyboard player to his permanent second guitarist.

Devin I listen to a lot of Black Metal when Ive reach my dark place I sometimes need to escape and find the light... what I'm trying to say is your musical talent is like Zoloft to treat Depression

This was a really Cool way of doing a documentary! Letting the band kind of "review" the episode you edited. I need more! :D

This all feels so human, realistic and close to me. Good atmosphere, thanks for showing us.

2:00 and onward proves right there that this album will be great. Already so much feels and you're just jamming, it's amazing to watch.

After watching this, I think I would be covered in a nervous sweat if I ever got the chance to jam with the Dev.

Can't wait for the other episodes and for the album, great idea to film this!!!

Man, this makes me respect Devin even more

More band input sounds like a really cool thing. SYL's The New Black had a ton of ideas from the band and it turned out to be, although by far not the heaviest, one of the coolest sounding SYL records. Let's see if they finally managed to convince Dev to start playing less syncopation, since he's been doing that now since the first Ziltoid, haha.

If the song Failure is any indication of how this new album is, its gonna be fucking amazing. Cant wait for it to come out.

Great first part. :) I like it, I cannot wait to see the rest. Great inspiration.

Love how he represents emotion through sound. Beautiful.

Dev's absolutely right to let other ideas in. His musical output is so high and I thought the songs were starting to sound too similar.

Just drove from Kentucky to Quebec and back the last couple of days. From Ocean Machine to the new track of Transcendence, my kids and I enjoyed great a road trip soundtrack, and now the wife dislikes it less.

Awesome insights! Thanks for these.

You can tell the guys are stoked to be involved in the creative process. That's really great. Can't wait for the album.

Devin, thank you so much for making documentary vids like this. These kinds of things have always been by far my favorite thing to see from bands on special edition CDs, but that trend started dying out with the rise of the internet, because one person uploads it and everyone else can watch it for free. So thank you, for recording these and putting them up for all of us to watch. I love love love inside looks at the recording process. So excited for the new album and I'm seeing you live in October!!

I love how Mike St. Jean is now a full blown band member. It's always comforting, when a band finds a way to need the back-track a little less.

I can't get enough of 'making of album' videos. I eat them up like Joey Chestnut devours hot dogs on the 4th of July. This one is truly special as it gets right to the meat and provides such wonderful insight. A+ work sir.

Excited to hear ryan play his own stuff. dont get me wrong. I love every DTP album, but hearing musicians cut loose and just throw their own ideas and creativity into the mix is an amazing idea.

I'm sitting here in my office smiling at the fact that you guys are watching yourselves in an almost MST3k moment. :D

I cannot wait for Transcendence. Please tell me you're coming to Ireland soon, I've been a fan for over 10 years and never gotten the opportunity to see you :(

Devin, thank you for come in Italy. I'll wait you!!!! Love!

Watching these back again after hearing the record many times is so nice

One of my ALL TIME FAV artists and composers !!!!!!!!!!! DEV RULES !!!

I love this. You get the feeling Devin is hard to work with because of the genius overflowing, but it's rewarding. Can't wait for new music.

The fact that Devin shares his inner struggles in his lyrics makes the music feel so much more real than many other heavy sounding bands out there. Most other bands metal/heavy lyrics are based on some generic dark themes that just feel like some cliche "B" horror movie. They sound manufactured and hollow compared to the topics Devin covers. The fact that he feels like a "lunatic" sometimes is probably the number one reason I listen. Really looking forward to the new album release!

my father has been listening to you since SYL's City album, he introduced me a year ago and I have grown to be a big fan of your work too, it is great watching the behind the scenes of your great music.

My hero! when i grow up i like to be Devin at artist and producer and comedian. haha

Damn Brian showing off, different bass in every take haha

This is so awesome. Not many bands let you get a look at there creative process like this.

Love the releases so far and absolutely love these inside looks... makes me crave having a band again and want to go through that creative process again. See you on September 17th is Mass, Dev!

The drummer is just beyond fun to appreciate. He plays the drums like Clapton plays guitar.

Awesome! I love such in depth views when records are made. Especially when it's Devin Townsend, a musician and personality I truly admire. Hope there will be a lot more episodes from this. I even would like to watch a whole movie like that. Periphery just recently did that, and it was awesome as well!

Love you guys. Love the new album. Keep up the great work.

that's a lot of joy in that man's face at 6:10

loved this!! hopefully we will get plenty of more episodes. always enjoyable to see these guys work on the magic. my favourite band

So happy to see Beav play a Dingwall Nolly!

If only I could see this this set/scene/recording to have just sit here, just to be the fly on the ceiling. daymn,

this is awesome!

love this

Dev using a KSR amp, too rad 🤘🏿

I don't think I ever really realized just how much of the Devin's music is HIS music. I guess this is the first time his band has really "contributed" to an album?

ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.....I want it now! :)

bought my ticket. Can't wait.

Thank you for sharing this. I love see how you get these marvelous ideas.

Devy to me your the best beast of a guitarist, artist, by farthest stay Hevy \m/

This is the most Canadian thing I've seen all day

Wow, I wish this was a 3 hour documentary. I'm going to watch it in a loop.

Amazing band

we love you Devin, from Chile

chile siempre presente! come to chile someday

I need this. I must TRANSCEND.

Looks like Devin is enjoying my KSR Artemis Amp! Looking forward to hearing it on the new album, and playing through it when it gets back to me!

2:48 Devin's accent is deliciously Canuck here for some reason to me. Failure (/watch?v=TPjHUFe4AKk) fondled my balls nicely, gonna buy it on Betamax AND LaserDisc.

I've got Transcendence on pre-order already! Can't wait!

Great video! looking forward to the next one. I hope to see you around Argentina some day! Cheers!!!

I listened to the whole album again in the order written on the board at 1:07 and it's very interesting how you get reintroduced to the same moods in a very different way

Gotta love it \m/

This album helped me through some very dark days after the death of one of my best friends. Thank you.

Love you The Greatest Devin !

Thanks for this Dev. Really.

7 yrs from this omg

Very excited about this one, the demo was amazing and the flavors coming together look quite promising!! PS: Chilean flag power!!!

So Excited!

Awesome stuff!

2:05 sounds so sick. Can't wait to hear the album

Love it love it love it.

I still never really dove too far into Devin's music, but I did really enjoy Epicloud in its entirety. It seems like he's always setting out to do something different with his records and I'm definitely interested in hearing Transcendence when it comes out. Preordered.

Awesome!!

I dig it. Good job

It's like St. Anger but I actually enjoy this :D

Only recently started listening to this band and the Transcendence album. Fuck sake.

DAT CHILEAN FLAG

Devin is operating on a completely different wavelength from the rest of us. He is painfully brilliant. I kinda feel bad for him lol.

Damn. I was supposed to see him in Orlando next week, but life has gotten in the way. Fucking bummed about it, but atleast I get to watch these videos and listen to a new album soon.

you guys friggin rock! this made me really happy to watch haha

I like the meta-documentary footage at the end

Sweet, new album soon ,I hope?

Doesn't break part in "Failure" 2:06 remind of RUSHs break part in "La Villa Strangiato"?!