DEVIN TOWNSEND To Release DREAMPEACE 'Harmonic Dharma' Album Next Week
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In recognition of World Mental Health Day, Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Devin Townsend has announced that he will release a new album, "Harmonic Dharma", under the DREAMPEACE banner on Friday, October 16.
Having struggled with insomnia for many years, Devin created DREAMPEACE as a way to encourage restful sleep and, hopefully, enrich the lives of others who struggle to unwind.
Townsend decided to initially release "Harmonic Dharma" as a limited-edition CD, available on his just-completed European "Metamorphosis" tour, a 23-date acoustic and storytelling run across 10 countries. Any remaining copies are now being offered to Devin's Patreon community first, ahead of the album's release on all streaming platforms on October 16.
Devin comments: "This is music to create balance within oneself and the world...
"As you guys know, making 'The Moth' album [Devin's ambitious, orchestral metal opus, which was performed in March 2025 and released earlier this year], was so creatively and logistically ambitious, it took me mentally to a challenging place on so many occasions. After it was completed, I went on retreat for a month to re-center myself. This DREAMPEACE album is one of the many nourishing harvests from that much needed spiritual journey.
"My aim with this music is to provide a soundtrack for anxious minds. And I sincerely hope it brings you the peace it has brought me."
Last month, Devin addressed his return to live activity with a lengthy solo tour of Europe throughout September and October. The aforementioned "Metamorphosis" trek took place a year and a half after Devin announced he would take an "indefinite" break from touring following a North American run. Regarding what led up to his decision to play live again so soon after saying he was pausing his touring operations, Devin told the Sixty Scales And The Truth podcast, hosted by Niels Guns: "Financial Armageddon. Yeah, we lost a ton of money off of 'The Moth' show, for a number of reasons, which we're still trying to remedy it, but it's been over a year. But the company I did a lot of the work for it went bankrupt, and so we lost what our projected revenue was for that year. So I just found myself in a situation where the options for me to do other things for money just seemed limited. So I know it's not a particularly romantic notion, but it's the truth. But also, I will say that by coming out here again and having to do it in this shattered frame of mind, which I have been, it's forced me into a perspective on the back catalog and on my work just by having to sort of show up every night. Like, if you see the show tonight, you'll see that there's no place to hide. It's just a shattered human and an acoustic guitar. But it's, like, to go back into the catalog and say, 'Okay, so where are these patterns? Where were these emotional arcs and peaks and troughs that repeat?' So that moving forward into the next phase of my life, I'm not just repeating those same things. And, yeah, as a result of that, it has been an emotionally very difficult run."
Elaborating on some of the issues which have made his latest tour particularly challenging, Devin said: "My dog passed away. I split up with a partner of 36 years. I mean, it's like all these things have been fucking devastating. And you're up on stage. So I think that the one thing that I've recognized through this is it's, like, well, I have to do this, just on a practical level. But on another level, it's funny how these things force you into a, a position where you have to contend with yourself. And the fatigue of this run as well — we're in a van, and I'm constantly at my capacity in terms of my emotional thresholds. And then the dog dying, and hearing about it secondhand and not being able to be there, and all these things. So every time you're fatigued, you're fatigued, you're mental, and then you're just on stage, and it's naked. And I think that there's the benefit of that, in a real practical way. We call this a 'Metamorphosis' tour, and it really seems to be because I think that just as a result of having to do this, I'm different — good or bad, I don't necessarily know if that distinction even matters. It's just different. And I found that by putting myself into this, the fringe benefit of it is it seems to carry over to the audience to a certain degree. There's a certain amount of — I don't know if it's vulnerability or just the raw nature of where I find myself as an entity right now. But you see a tangible reaction from the audience where it seems to be, like, 'Okay, well that's...' I don't know if it's gratitude or if it's just, like, 'Okay, well, at least he's not full of shit,' or whatever it is. And again, it's, like, I need a job, and if I'm gonna have a job, I want it to help rather than hinder. And it seems to do that, so I'm grateful."
The "Metamorphosis" solo tour offers a rare unfiltered opportunity to see Devin back on stage, performing solo at 23 shows across 10 different countries in Europe. The tour gives his fans a chance to watch Devin perform a range of tracks from his 31-strong studio album discography across a range of different artist projects, including PUNKY BRÜSTER, CASUALTIES OF COOL, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and the genre-defining STRAPPING YOUNG LAD.
"The Moth" came out in May via InsideOut Music. This 24-track record began as a vague vision more than a decade ago. It existed in the back of Townsend's mind as his "life's work". Then, about six years ago, after an acoustic show in Amsterdam, Townsend was approached by the head of the Noord Nederlands Orkest (North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra) with an offer: bring orchestral grandeur to Devin's extensive discography.
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
