''Transcendence'' is the seventeenth studio album by Canadian musician

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. It is the seventh and final album in the Devin Townsend Project series. It was released on September 9, 2016, via HevyDevy Records.

Background

Transcendence is the first Devin Townsend album not to be produced solely by Townsend, by featuring ex-

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member Adam "Nolly" Getgood as additional producer, engineer and mixer. By Townsend's request, the other musicians' input to songs, arrangements and production is also greater than on previous Devin Townsend albums. The first song on the album, "Truth", is a re-recorded version of a song that appeared for the first time on Devin Townsend's solo album ''

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'', while the bonus disc includes a re-recording of the song "Victim", from

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. The song "Stars" was publicly demoed during a live stream sponsored by Toontrack. The album also includes a cover of

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's song "Transdermal Celebration" from the album ''

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''. The album entered the UK official charts at number 26 on September 16, 2016, after entering the mid-week update chart at 16.

Track listing

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Personnel

Devin Townsend Project *

– guitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, programming * Dave Young – guitars, keyboards * Brian Waddell – bass *

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– drums * Mike St-Jean – keyboards Additional personnel *

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– vocals * Ché Aimee Dorval - vocals Other staff * Devin Townsend – production * Adam "Nolly" Getgood – additional production, engineering * Ermin Hamidovic - mastering * Anthony Clarkson – cover art

Charts

References

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