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“It’s capable of being terrifyingly loud. When we launched the LFR-412 at NAMM 2024 we couldn’t turn it up beyond 2”: How Laney brought volume and best-in-class tone for digital rigs with the world’s loudest active guitar cabinet

Developed with a little help from Devin Townsend and Guthrie Govan, the LFR-412 is the first active 4x12 for digital rigs, giving players old-school power and volume to make their amp modeler sing

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“Higher quality delay and reverb algorithms, and augmented looping engineered to withstand the rigors of touring”: Mooer has seriously upgraded Devin Townsend’s wild signature Ocean Machine pedal – with an expanded looper and superior ambient tones

The delay, reverb, and looper pedal returns with updated and improved effects and greater connectivity for “endless creative possibilities”

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“Each delay and reverb effect can also be ‘frozen,’ creating static ambient drones”: Mooer Audio adds upgraded 144-second looper to version two of Devin Townsend’s Ocean Machine

The deluxe delay and reverb has a new look, improved DSP algorithms, and once more presents a cornucopia of delay and reverb sounds with inventive ways to combine them

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“Devin Townsend was sick but he jumped right in. He treated the music like it was his own, which meant the world to me”: It’s all going well for Anthony Vanacore since he left America for China, formed OU, hooked a star producer and never looked back

The first Chinese prog act to sign to a major Western label, they’re speeding past this year’s II: Frailty and already working on album number three – with an associated animated series

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Devin Townsend shares first music from new album PowerNerd

Devin Townsend will release his latest album PowerNerd, the first of a new trilogy of releases, in October

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“I thought, ‘I’ve spent so much time overthinking every aspect of my work – what would happen if I didn’t?’”: Devin Townsend wrote new album PowerNerd in just 11 days – and you can watch the video for its heroic title track now

The prog-metal maverick returns with a signature work of heavyweight operatics, featuring a guest spot from Jamey Jasta, and announces that it will be the first in a trilogy

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Cool new proggy sounds from Lizzard, Ebony Buckle, Exist Immortal and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog you must hear from Sometime In February, Forever In Transit, Echoverse, Death By Gong and more...

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“It’s not a travelogue, but there’s an expansive feel to the songs that’s redolent of broadening horizons”: Devin Townsend’s vinyl Terria reissue

2001 release, inspired by his home nation, put the Canadian back on track after his previous misstep

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The story of Marillion's Marbles is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Yes, Steven Wilson, Richard Thompson, ELO, AIrbag, Moody Blues, Nordic Giants, Marjana Semkina and loads more...

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“I’ve come to the conclusion that madness is sometimes a decision”: how Devin Townsend quit weed, unscrambled his brain and made the classic Ki album

The story behind The Devin Townsend Project’s 2009 debut album, Ki

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“I ended up thinking I knew it all, and it was my responsibility to tell everybody what they were doing wrong”: How close did Devin Townsend come to forming a cult in 1998?

Anger and paranoia sent him into freefall as he worked towards solo album Infinity, leading him to believe he was a martyr

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“Alice In Chains showed me how you can do more with less”: How Klone successfully go unplugged with their prog

As the five-piece French head out on an acoustic tour, we dig into the secrets behind their success at moving between worlds with guitarist Guillaume Bernard

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“I think it’s time to play some rock ’n’ roll”: Myles Kennedy announces 2024 headline tour, supported by Devin Townsend on an acoustic guitar

The Alter Bridge main man and Slash collaborator will return to the road in November – and he’ll be joined by a prog metal superstar

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Chinese proggers OU share video for 'vulnerable' new single 輪迴 Reborn

Chinese prog metallers OU recently released their second album 蘇醒 II: Frailty

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"OU frequently sound like they’ve beamed in from the 25th century." Devin Townsend-approved Chinese metallers OU take prog metal into strange new worlds on II: Frailty

Hailing from Beijing and sounding like they come from outer space, China's OU are pushing boundaries with new album II: Frailty

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Devin Townsend Terria vinyl reissue announced

Devin Townsend's 2001 album Terria will be reissued on vinyl in June

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How Jethro Tull broke America is the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Van der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, Devin Townsend, Rick Wakeman, Big Big Train

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Devin Townsend joins OU for video of new single 淨化 Purge

Chinese prog metal quartet OU will release second abum 蘇醒 II: Frailty in April

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Fu Manchu and Full Of Hell are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"Prog music, or heavy music in general, is a very conservative scene. When you are willing to expose yourself emotionally, it’s a vulnerable place to be." Devin Townsend tackles The Prog Interview

From his early days with Steve Vai to battling through mental health problems and explaining to Prog just why he prefers Beefheart over Zappa, there’s much to cover in this therapeutic discussion…

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“I’m happy to say it’s exceptionally heavy.” Devin Townsend is recording a “crushing, emotional” new album called Powernerd

Fans of Hevy Devy’s days in Strapping Young Lad could well be satiated by the sound of his upcoming album

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Chinese prog metallers OU return with second abum 蘇醒 II: Frailty

Chinese prog quartet OU will release second abum 蘇醒 II: Frailty in April

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NAMM 2024: Laney antes up with the launch of the world’s most-powerful FRFR guitar cabinet – a 4x12 monster packing 2600W that was developed with Devin Townsend

You will hear the Laney LFR-412 in action on Guthrie Govan's forthcoming tour with The Aristocrats... With max volume a jet plane rivalling 139dB, you will hear it from anywhere!

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NAMM 2024: “I truly believe it’s a game changer”: Laney go big with the world’s most powerful FRFR cabinet, a 2,600W 4x12 that’s almost as loud as a jetplane taking off

The British amp builders have teamed up with prog metal mastermind Devin Townsend for the LFR-412, the world’s first 4x12 dedicated FRFR guitar cabinet – and your neighbors will hate it…

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"It’s just a marginally horny karaoke booth." Lord Of The Lost cover everyone from Judas Priest to Lady Gaga on Weapons Of Mass Seduction - but if you're tackling such legends, you just have to do better

Lord Of The Lost's bloated new covers album is harmless fun, but absolutely nothing more than that

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