I've also decided that I can't listen to anymore snippets from the album until I have it in my hands. It's too stressful.

Wise choice. I haven't listened to these latest tracks for exactly this reason.

[swervedriver]

I love the, uh, psuedo-dubstep wubblies in the chorus. I know Dev mentioned that at one point he got into stuff like Deadmau5 and Skrillex and other variety of electronica, so I guess it'd end up on the Zed Squared. Whatever, it's got a nice groove and I dig the lyric video.

Although...is it just me or is the mix flat? Didn't Dev say that Deathray was one of the (no pun intended) casualties of the problematic masters that were sent out for promo purposes?

I think that may be more related to Youtube compression than anything else. I doubt the label would officially release anything of sub-par quality (eg. tracks from the wrong masters).

http://www.mediafire.com/download/oyw1h ... athray.gp4

I tabbed out Deathray. Not sure how accurate it is but if it's good enough I might upload it to Ultimate Guitar.
Despite the lukewarm reception the song's had I think it's a fun little jam.

EDIT: altered the tempo and made a few tweaks, still not sure about the awkward riff at measure 92

http://www.mediafire.com/download/oyw1huru5orff7q/Devin_Townsend_Project_Deathray.gp4

I tabbed out Deathray. Not sure how accurate it is but if it's good enough I might upload it to Ultimate Guitar.
Despite the lukewarm reception the song's had I think it's a fun little jam.

Thank you. Great work. I would change tempo to 166.

Thanks, 166 sounds more correct.

Thanks, 166 sounds more correct.

165 sounds even better

Thank you for the tab !

Haha, that bass line is pretty fun but with I think that it will sound better if it was a finger style.

Z

Maybe it's just that it's not exactly what I'm up for nowadays, but as of now, I'm not really feeling it. It just didn't do anything for me.
Just like 'Universal Flame', the only thing I'm getting is catchy beat. Maybe it'll grow on me later.

Again, maybe context is everything, and it'll be better with the whole album. So long as I've got Casualties to listen to, I'm not really complaining.

Glad I'm not the only one. Neither track really caught my attention. I'm thinking this record is going to be better as a whole piece. I heard the riffage in the guitar tracking videos, so I know that there's something good in there.

And I also agree that Deathray reminds me a whole lot of More! from Epicloud.

Deathray reminds me most of Bad Devil. Devin's got a bunch of fun hard rock songs like Vampira, Lucky Animals, Far Beyond Metal... it's like a subconscious part of his creative process that forces him to make a silly pentatonic-riff song every couple of records.

I am pretty sure Deathray will be the "Vampira" of the album. A fun little mid-paced song in between the more thematically and compositionally heavy songs (War Princess and March of the Poozers are much more... operatic?).

Maybe it's just that it's not exactly what I'm up for nowadays, but as of now, I'm not really feeling it. It just didn't do anything for me.
Just like 'Universal Flame', the only thing I'm getting is catchy beat. Maybe it'll grow on me later.

Again, maybe context is everything, and it'll be better with the whole album. So long as I've got Casualties to listen to, I'm not really complaining.

This pretty much sums up my thoughts. So far I'm not quite feeling it. Hopefully the full album will make more sense.

[Octillus]

I wasn't onboard until Deathray. As the "vampira/supercrush/lucky animals" etc. of the album, I finally found something catchy and dumb that I could enjoy. Universal Flame did really nothing for me, but something about the drive of this and *ahem* an attempt of contempt at humanity in the lyrics, I found it interesting.

The man loves his puppet based thinly-veiled metaphors.

...*ahem* an attempt of contempt at humanity in the lyrics, I found it interesting.

The man loves his puppet based thinly-veiled metaphors.

This.

I like it.. Dev is my hero!!

Normally I am always positive about stuff the Dev brings out, but Deathray disappointed me a bit. It sounds like a cheap remake of 'Ziltoidia Attaxx!!!' served in a 'More!' sauce.

Like others mentioned here, maybe I will appreciate it better when the pieces fall together on the full album.