Devin Townsend has announced The Moth, his ambitious new orchestral Heavy Metal project more than a decade in the making. The 24-track album will be released on 29 May 2026 via InsideOutMusic, with first single Enter The City out now.
Townsend describes The Moth as a story about someone confronting old patterns of behaviour and moving towards self-acceptance. He says the record is “about the journey, but it is also about arrival”, with Enter The City appearing near the beginning of that arc.
Originally conceived as Townsend’s “life’s work”, The Moth took shape after an offer from the head of the North Netherlands Orchestra and Choir, prompting him to use those forces for an original work rather than revisiting earlier material.
The finished release spans three connected parts: the main album, The Moth – The Afterlife, and The Moth – The War, a live recording captured in the Netherlands in March 2025.
Devin Townsend has announced The Moth, his ambitious new orchestral Heavy Metal project. Out 29 May 2026 via InsideOutMusic.
The Moth will be available as a limited deluxe 3CD+Blu-ray artbook, limited 2CD edition, standard CD jewelcase, gatefold triple-gatefold 180g 2LP with fold-out LP booklet, and digital formats.
Guests and contributors named in the press release include Steve Vai, Anneke van Giersbergen, Lynn Wu, Joseph Stevenson, Niels Bye Nielsen, Darby Todd, Mike Keneally, James Leach, Travis Smith and Eliran Kantor. Pre-orders are available from dvn.lnk.to/TheMoth
Devin Townsend – The Moth – Photo Tom Hawkins
Devin Townsend – The Moth
1. Semi-prologue
2. War Beyond Words
3. The Moth
4. Ode To My Eye
5. Enter The City
6. Covered By Causes
7. Lexin
8. Runaways
9. A Proxy For God
10. The Mothers
11. Orion
12. Stay There
13. Home At Night
14. Intermission
15. Lexin Returns
16. The Clergy
17. Prepare For War
18. The Big Snit
19. Silver Princess
20. A Life In Review
21. Metamorphosis
22. Stained Hearts
23. Let Go
24. We Don’t Deserve Dogs
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