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Tue, 07 May 2024 20:15:35 GMT en-US hourly 1 https://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2011/09/WGRD_LOGO-v2.png Devin Townsend - 97.9 WGRD https://wgrd.com Carbon History of Prog Metal in 21 Albums https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/history-evolution-prog-metal-albums/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:05:26 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Island Records/Atlantic Records / ATCO Records / Victory Records / Candlelight Records / memphisslim, iStock / Getty Images Plus https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000578339 wgrd.com grand-rapids Best Prog Album of Each Year Since 1983 https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/best-progressive-rock-metal-album-each-year/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:21:03 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Mascot Label Group/Music Theories Recordings / EMI/Manhattan Records / Nuclear Blast Records / Gold Standard Laboratories/Universal/Strummer / Reprise/Sire/Relapse / Metal Blade Records / Elektra Records / Lava/Kscope/Snapper https://wgrd.com/?p=3660000000575710 wgrd.com grand-rapids Most 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Atlantic / Reprise / Epic / Marshall / https://wgrd.com/?p=573657 wgrd.com grand-rapids The Best Rock + Metal Songs of September – Staff Favorites + More https://wgrd.com/best-rock-metal-songs-september-2022/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 20:15:01 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Jeremy Saffer/Metal Hammer Magazine/Future via Getty Images / YouTube: Paramore / Steve Thrasher https://wgrd.com/?p=569824 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Debuts Dreamy ‘Call of the Void’ Off New Album ‘Lightwork’ https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-call-of-the-void-lightwork-album/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:47:17 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Paul Harries https://wgrd.com/?p=569209 wgrd.com grand-rapids Jason Newsted Reveals First Time He Upset Metallica With Side Project Involving Devin Townsend https://wgrd.com/jason-newsted-upset-metallica-side-project-devin-townsend/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:32:07 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Nigel Wright, Getty Images / Will Ireland/Guitarist 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to Be Depressed’ Over Covid Pandemic https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-okay-be-depressed-covid-pandemic/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:17:12 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Johnny Perilla, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=501056 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Kicks Off His ‘Quarantine Project’ With a Dreamy New Song https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-quarantine-project/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:03:16 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Andrea Friedrich, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=483042 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Recruits Megadeth, Bad Wolves, Dethklok Members for ‘Empath’ Touring https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-megadeth-bad-wolves-dethklok-members-empath-tour/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:00:54 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Future via Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=472400 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend’s ‘The Moth’ Penis + Vagina Symphony Is Probably Coming https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-next-album-2021/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:03:51 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Will Ireland/Guitarist Magazine via Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=472335 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Announces 2020 North American Tour With Haken + The Contortionist https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-2020-tour-haken-the-contortionist/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:49:13 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Inside Out Music https://wgrd.com/?p=471829 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend: If ‘Empath’ Loses a Ton of Money, I Won’t Be Able to Continue https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-empath-loses-money-wont-continue/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:04:56 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Johnny Perilla, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=457580 wgrd.com grand-rapids Mike Portnoy, Devin Townsend + Mikael Akerfeldt Nearly Started a Band Together https://wgrd.com/mike-portnoy-devin-townsend-mikael-akerfeldt-band/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:22:44 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Will Ireland, Getty Images / Johnny Perilla, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=456319 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Explains Why He Broke Up the Devin Townsend Project https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-explains-broke-up-devin-townsend-project/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:16:54 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Johnny Perilla, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=453123 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Announces March Release for ‘Empath’ Album https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-announces-march-release-empath-album/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 13:32:56 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Will Ireland/Guitarist Magazine via Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=452026 wgrd.com grand-rapids Nickelback Singer Among Guests on New Devin Townsend Album https://wgrd.com/nickelback-singer-guests-new-devin-townsend-album/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:14:50 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> InsideOut Music / Mike Davis, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=449609 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Rescinds Nickelback Criticism, Calls Chad Kroeger ‘Brilliant’ https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-rescinds-nickelback-criticism-chad-kroeger-brilliant/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:05:06 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> InsideOut Music / Mike Davis, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=442697 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Project Reveals ‘Ocean Machine – Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv’ Details https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-project-ocean-machine-live-at-the-ancient-roman-theatre-plovdiv/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:10:59 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Johnny Perilla, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=433326 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Has ‘100 Songs in Different Forms and Styles’ Involving ‘Lots of Talented Artists’ https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-100-songs-different-forms-styles-talented-artists/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:15:22 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Liz Ramanand, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=430350 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend: ‘My Desire to Fill My World With Sound Very Rarely Involves Metal’ https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-fill-world-sound-rarely-metal/ Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:54:24 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Johnny Perilla, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=427148 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Downplays Machine Head Riff Similarities, Robb Flynn Responds https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-downplays-machine-head-riff-similarities-robb-flynn-responds/ Sun, 19 Nov 2017 13:09:24 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Liz Ramanand, Loudwire / Frazer Harrison, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=421937 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Wants $10 Million to Make a Musical About Penises, Vaginas + Death https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-10-million-musical-about-penises-vaginas-death/ Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:16:57 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Liz Ramanand, Loudwire https://wgrd.com/?p=397567 wgrd.com grand-rapids Devin Townsend Plays ‘Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?’ https://wgrd.com/devin-townsend-plays-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/ Wed, 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