I BET THAT DEVIN TOWNSEND’S HAND REALLY HURTS

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 1:00pm by

We’re a mere week away from the release of Addicted, the awesome new album by The Devin Townsend Project, and I imagine that all those pre-orders are gonna start shipping any second now.

So here’s video of Devin signing 2,000 of those pre-orders, plus adding his own special little touches to the booklets. I’m sure that this was a) boring as fuck for Devin and b) put a real strain on his hand, so I think it’s pretty awesome to see how much work he put into making these physical copies something really special for his fans.

You can still pre-order Addicted here, although I think (I could be wrong) that the super-deluxe awesome editions with Devin’s personally hand-drawn O cards are all gone. But even still, this record kicks major ass, and you should buy a copy.

Also, don’t forget that Devin will be part of the Incredibly Unbelievably Orgasm Inducing Tour 2010 with Between the Buried and Me, Cynic, and Scale the Summit. You can get tour dates here.

Addicted comes out November 17 on InsideOut. And if you’re really, really well-behaved for the rest of the week, we’ll have a special surprise that day to coincide with the release.

-AR

  • Me

    I always thought of him as the Jackson Pollock of metal. This reaffirms this.

    • Jason

      Agreed

  • Sammy

    Hand-signing is one thing. But numbering each one is mind-numbing. I’ve had to hand-number things and it makes your hair hurt after a while. (Oh, and if Builtforsin reads this, I know hair can’t really hurt, so don’t bother with the correction.)

  • Deaner

    Nice I got one of these, and yes, the “Super-awesomewow” deluxe editions are sold out. You can still get a signed copy I think, just not beautifully hand drawn like these.

  • Matt

    This doesn’t touch The Chariot
    They hand stamped all 25000 first pressings.
    5000 each member, hand stamping 4 different sides and signing and numbering each one.

    • metalguy

      i beleive they also assembled some sort of packaging or booklet as well?

    • 36thoughtless

      Well, except that the Chariot are terribly boring/incoherent, and Addicted is definitely shaping to be one of the best metal releases this year.

  • Gaia

    Yep one of those bad boys are mine!

  • Elpants

    Nice, he is numbering them.

    I did a pre-order for them pretty much the second they were up on the CM distro website, wonder if that means I’ll be getting a low number or if they even keep track of it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Livingston/25310975 Robert Livingston

    My CD, t-shirt, and poster need to arrive in the mail… like… yesterday.

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/62449cbe5ea8d22bcc2e76890fceaa37.png Lord Bling

    And this is why we love Devy.