Ocean Machine: Biomech

Album · Released 21 July 1997

Ocean Machine: Biomech

The size of Ocean Machine: Biomech comes from layers rather than speed. Devin Townsend stacks guitars, keyboards and voices until the individual parts form a broad, shifting background. What keeps the album human is his singing. A clear melody can emerge from the density, become a strained cry, then settle back into the surrounding sound. Seventh Wave introduces that relationship with an expansive guitar figure and a vocal that sounds both…