Since when do programmed drums have to be actually playable by a drummer to sound good?
This album has a vibe unlike any other.

Since when do programmed drums have to be actually playable by a drummer to sound good?
This album has a vibe unlike any other.

Yeah definately, colour your world is a masterpiece in my opinion. so are alot of songs on the album but a song that starts out so manic and then becomes so mellow and relaxing and then returns to a climatic ending of the song is just epic!

It doesn't exactly "grab" at me when I go to my collection to get something out for a listen, but I definantly prefer it over Synchestra (not that Synchestra is bad, I do quite like it).
I love Hyperdrive. That way over-the-top guitar intro is amazing. The humor on the album is also quite good.

Since when do programmed drums have to be actually playable by a drummer to sound good?
This album has a vibe unlike any other.

I agree with that completely. I'm listening to it (again) now, and I think the album is actually better for using a sythesized drum kit. It gives it a frenetic energy which I don't think a human drummer would have achieved as well, but also - hey- it's an album about aliens, so why not have 'otherworldly' drums? I'm actually quite impressed by the drumkit from hell, if it wasn't for the inhuman speed at which it whacks out rhythms I'd think it was a real drummer. Technology has certainly come a long way from the old pre-programmed Casio keyboard rhythms. And don't tell me I'm the only one who remembers those.....

And on the subject of cheesiness - everything Dev has done in his own name is musically cheesy. It's great, but cheesy as hell, ziltoid is just even cheesier cos it has puppets.

You're calling OM, Infinity, Terria, and Accelerated Evolution cheesy?
What?

And on the subject of cheesiness - everything Dev has done in his own name is musically cheesy. It's great, but cheesy as hell, ziltoid is just even cheesier cos it has puppets.

You're calling OM, Infinity, Terria, and Accelerated Evolution cheesy?
What?

And punky bruster

And on the subject of cheesiness - everything Dev has done in his own name is musically cheesy. It's great, but cheesy as hell, ziltoid is just even cheesier cos it has puppets.

You're calling OM, Infinity, Terria, and Accelerated Evolution cheesy?
What?

And punky bruster

Well now punky bruster is just plain old awesome.

And on the subject of cheesiness - everything Dev has done in his own name is musically cheesy. It's great, but cheesy as hell, ziltoid is just even cheesier cos it has puppets.

You're calling OM, Infinity, Terria, and Accelerated Evolution cheesy?
What?

And punky bruster

Well now punky bruster is just plain old awesome.

True, but it wasn't released under Dev's name. It was released as Punky Brüster - Cooked on Phonics, so it doesn't count. Also, I think SYL is cheesier than Dev's solo stuff, Ziltoid being an exception.

That doesn't make it any less awesome, it seems.

Wow it`s been 1.5 years now. This album has a impressive "lifetime". Never get tired of it. There are days when I want to hear music and none of the bamds/alnums I have seem to work on days like this. Most people have those kind of days.. but Ziltoid is always there

He's sitting on my table, staring at my coffee cup and drooling. HAR HAR HAR.

Man, thinking of the Ziltoid concept as representing Dev's life / career is a trip... If that is really what it's meant to be, I feel it's genius, and a wonderfully epic summary of where he's been. I'm not convinced Dev meant it that way, though. Either way I'm listening to this album and loving it more and more every time. Albums rarely grow on me this much... I actually rank it among previous albums now, I think.

Ziltoid is cheesy but i was always under the impression it was supposed to be. its pretty light hearted.

I really love the album. I know a lot of people have hang ups about the digital drums and i can see why at times but i think they actually help give it a futuristic and almost inhuman quality at times.

Besides admist all the comedy there are some great songs like hyperdrive, solar winds and PLANET SMASHER!!!!!

I just would have definately wanted to see more of the puppet side. Like maybe a music video or something. or fuck it...a whole space metal opera!

SHOW US YOUR MIND

I rarely listen the whole album anymore and it was never one of my favourites. It has 4 really, really strong songs that I still like a lot and that's fine with me. 4 tracks of awesomeness is always better than 12 mediocre songs.

[The Dev]

Ziltoid is not as light hearted, nor as funny as it appears.

I found it quite profound. My main (and probably only) criticism would be that the drums sounded very rubbery, but that didn't put me off one bit