Metal Anarchy

Devin Townsend will be releasing a new album, titled “PowerNerd,” on October 25. The effort will be available as a limited 2CD+Blu-ray artbook (featuring the album, bonus tracks and a Dolby Atmos mix), a limited 2CD digipak in O-card, a standard CD, a gatefold 2LP, and digitally. A music video for the effort’s title track, which features Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta, can be found below:

“PowerNerd” Track Listing:

01. “PowerNerd”
02. “Falling Apart”
03. “Knuckledragger”
04. “Gratitude”
05. “Dreams Of Light”
06. “Ubelia”
07. “Jainism”
08. “Younger Lover”
09. “Glacier”
10. “Goodbye”
11. “Ruby Quaker”

Townsend commented:

“It was a conscious thing. I thought, ‘I’ve spent so much time overthinking every aspect of my work — what would happen if I didn’t?’ Maybe I would have the opportunity to be a bit more direct with what it is that I’m trying to do. I really wanted to see if I could cut through some of the meandering.”

He also added:

“I would say that a powernerd would be somebody that has a tendency that society has deemed weak or not valuable, whether that’s empathy or being an insular person or an introvert, and turns that into a type of personal power. It’s like, ‘Okay, yeah, I’m sensitive to this, that and the other thing, but man, I am going to pull through! I am going to do things with that sensitivity that are rooted in strength.’”

The record will be followed by “The Moth,” which is said to be”orchestral, over-the-top, dark and uncomfortable,” and “Axolotl,” which is said to be full of “alien weirdness.”