It seems I still can't order the uber package? On the US CM site it says us Europenas can't order 'till May 21st, but I still can't see a pre-order option on the EU site.
Is there any way I can order this?

[swervedriver]

Computer says no.

Oh, I didn't see that thread

But... this whole pre-order thing is ridiculous. I tried to order the package, but no. They should remove that message which states the availability to order from May 21st.
Is this because they don't have enough cd's and/or t-shirts pressed?
I'll continue my rant in the appropriate thread now

Absolutly killer record.

My only gripe is at the end of The Mighty Masturbator. That track just goes so hard, especially towards the end. The bit ("I wannnnnt you to folllllow me!") is just amazing, one of my favourite moments of his whole catalogue (and that's saying something!). It all gets so grand until it drops until that goofy, carnival section. Maybe it'll make since with repeated listens, but I just feel like this track should have ended on a higher note. Still though, the track, as well as the album, totally rapes.

Been REALLY stuck on Poltergeist. It stands out the more and more I listen to the album. Maybe because it's the most "song-y"? Or like SYL? I dunno. The riffs just kick ass.

That, Juular, Sumeria and Pandemic are my go-to's. All the rest of the songs have parts that stick out more than others...like the "Meshuggah" part in Apes, not so much for the content as for the melody that is going on there. Perfect Dev-metal moment. I totally appreciate how everything is pertinent to the storyline though, despite how random it sounds. Chaos that has order. It is all so random, yet cohesive.

Florian did the arrangements for choir and orchestra, I wrote the parts.

He basically got a demo of the way I wanted it to sound with midi notation, lyrics, and me singing the choir parts, then he wrote the notes out in a way the musicians can understand.

Flo was a huge help in getting the orchestral elements lined up. It's his specialty and I would have been meekly conducting a high school band if it weren't for him.

Hail Flo!

Thanks for the response. Who is this Florian fellow?

that would be me!

Welcome Flo!

Absolutly killer record.

My only gripe is at the end of The Mighty Masturbator. That track just goes so hard, especially towards the end. The bit ("I wannnnnt you to folllllow me!") is just amazing, one of my favourite moments of his whole catalogue (and that's saying something!). It all gets so grand until it drops until that goofy, carnival section. Maybe it'll make since with repeated listens, but I just feel like this track should have ended on a higher note. Still though, the track, as well as the album, totally rapes.

Isn't this the same gripe a lot of people had with Ziltoid? How it turns into a massive, grandoise epic, and then gets cut down by some goofy joke (Ziltoid is in TMM too - conspiracy?) I think it's a great way to end the track, and it lives up to its title.

Been REALLY stuck on Poltergeist. It stands out the more and more I listen to the album. Maybe because it's the most "song-y"? Or like SYL? I dunno. The riffs just kick ass.

That, Juular, Sumeria and Pandemic are my go-to's. All the rest of the songs have parts that stick out more than others...like the "Meshuggah" part in Apes, not so much for the content as for the melody that is going on there. Perfect Dev-metal moment. I totally appreciate how everything is pertinent to the storyline though, despite how random it sounds. Chaos that has order. It is all so random, yet cohesive.

Definately agree on Poltergeist, I was on thetrain to college this morning listening to Decon, had about 10 minutes left of the journey once it finished, so I just put Poltergeist on repeat because it really struck me. Decon is a pretty exhausting listen at first, so when Poltergeist kicked in for the first few times, I couldn't keep focus on it after the sonic thunderfuck of the rest of the album. For the most part, it does sound like a cut from Alien or the better parts of TNB.

And best POTA moment: The part at 2:48. I had to restrain myself from singing along with it this morning, it's so great.

that would be me!

Hallow Flo! You did a spiffy job on the album :B Also my sister has a dog called Flo. It's a girl. Just sayin'.

Hello lettuce, thanks for the flowers! I'm pretty sure your sister's dog and I aren't related.

I think it's safe to say you're definitely not a dog, cause you can play guitar and dogs simply arn't dexterous enough for the task. And I think she'd have done a less than substantial job on Deconstruction.

Never underestimate the potential of dog diarrhea on music paper...

Never underestimate the potential of dog diarrhea on music paper...

mmm yes, I see you are familiar with Katy Perry's songwriting process?

My 2 cents on the carnival parts and the fart jokes and all that stuff in Deconstruction is that it's what we love and come to expect from Devin. I'd be shattered if there wasn't something inappropriate and appalling in there! Metal as a genre is WAY too serious and as a listener and player of this genre for years and years you begin to see and appreciate the absurdity of it all.

Deconstruction is a heavy record in several different interpretations of the word and without those moments of levity it would be practically soul crushing. Maybe there was a point in time when Dev wanted to crush our souls but it sounds like those days are gone. Perhaps now he wants to sit on the sidelines and join us in pointing and snickering at the ridiculousness than is metal music, all while managing to do it better than just about anyone out there.

Perhaps not intentionally, but it's sort of a grandiose way of saying "Fuck you" to everyone who can't get over SYL not coming back, all the labels and industry people that cannot grasp artistic development and to the population in general who are so self-absorbed in misery that irony is a lost concept.

So when I heard a loud, wet shit thundering through my speakers I celebrate that Devin not only has the balls to do this, but also has the fan base who understands and the support around him to get away with it.

I get the place of the fart humour on the album more and more as I listen.

Btw. a more or less casual devin listener friend of mine just heard this and his reaction over MSN:

"That... what? I just... huh?!
What the hell?!

...That was cool"

[The Dev]

Perhaps not intentionally, but it's sort of a grandiose way of saying "Fuck you" to everyone who can't get over SYL not coming back, all the labels and industry people that cannot grasp artistic development and to the population in general who are so self-absorbed in misery that irony is a lost concept.

Hallelujah.

[Octillus]

I thought it was about a violent exorcism about trying to fight the flawed part of yourself and let it go.

[The Dev]

Depends on your point of view, but it may be one and the same.

[Octillus]

Depends on your point of view, but it may be one and the same.

Well in the case of certain people who might have to straddle both of those. But I mean, I don't know ANYBODY like that

I had a violent exorcism once. It was the morning after a night of eating exceptionally spicy food. I tried to let go of the flawed parts but those damn floaters refuse to flush.

It's those times, when it's 5 am in the morning and you are sitting in the bathroom, wishing you were asleep but wallowing in your own stank as you wait for the water tank to refill, that you realize what it means to be alive.