Addicted

Album · Released 17 November 2009

Addicted

Enthusiasm is a serious musical choice on Addicted. Devin Townsend builds large, bright choruses over heavy guitar rhythms, then lets Anneke van Giersbergen's voice open the sound even further. The record's appeal comes from that combination of physical weight and uncomplicated melodic pleasure, delivered with enough conviction to make its optimism feel substantial. The title track establishes the scale immediately. Its guitar attack is forceful…