Devin Townsend Offers Updates on Ziltoid Video Game, $10 Million Symphony About Dicks and Vaginas, Upcoming Tour Plans and More

August 26th, 2019 at 2:15pm
Vince Neilstein
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Oh, to be a neuron inside the mind of Devin Townsend — it must just be pure creative chaos in there, with one idea floating by after the next in unrestrained abandon, riffs, symphonies, penises, vaginas, and witty jabs all swirling around in glorious harmony.

One such idea, you may recall, was a video game based on Townsend’s infamous Ziltoid character. Townsend revealed the app/game was in the works in early 2018 and then Empath happened and we never heard of it again.

Until now! As part of one of his patented Twitter dumps, Townsend gave an update on the game (among other topics, which we’ll get to in a bit) that basically amounts to “yeah, sorry guys, I lost the passion for it, maybe I’ll finish it soon.”

I was supposed to have finished the Ziltoid video game months ago, but I simply have no inspiration for That style at this stage, so it unfortunately had to take a back seat until the spark comes… I can’t really summon that sort of thing in a way that doesn’t seem disingenuous— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) August 25, 2019

Makes total sense, and we certainly wouldn’t want a half-assed Devin project of any kind anyway.

You may also remember that Townsend at one point rather extensively teased a symphony about dicks and vaginas which he said would cost $10 million to bring to life in the way he envisioned. That has also been on the backburner during the Empath cycle, but he seems more motivated to return to it than he does the Ziltoid game. Says His Strappingness on that project, titled The Moth:

I am planning several different tours, different vibes and experiences, that eventually culminate into Empath in full. Then… The Moth.— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) August 23, 2019

First, though, a 5.1 surround mix of Empath, then a bunch of touring:

Another few days finishing the 5.1 Empath mix, then off to New Zealand, Australia and Singapore for the final acoustic shows prior to volume 1 of the touring bands in November. Headed to the UK following that for the UK guitar show, then Sweden and Berlin for rehearsals…— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) August 25, 2019

The “touring bands” Devin alludes to are the several different lineups he plans to tour with through 2020, each to achieve a different vibe and play different material from his catalogue. Some of those tours, he has said, will even include the dusting off of Strapping Young Lad material. And then the full Empath tour comes in 2021.

And as if all that wasn’t enough, Devin continues to write new material completely separate from all of that!

Had a great vacation. Ready for the next stage… lots of touring up next, though ive been writing a lot as well… (no fixed style)— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) August 25, 2019

That sure is a lot, but we are most certainly here for it. I just pity Devin’s poor manager whose job it is to wrangle in all the moving parts for everything; hats off to you, whoever you are! And his family. Lord, can you imagine growing up in a house with that man?

Devin promises a more official and complete update this week.

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