I've seen a few references to a Deconstruction "Special Edition." CM Distro lists the bundle as "Deconstruction" Special Edition w/ "Ghost." Maybe the phrasing is just off, but Amazon.com lists a special edition as well http://www.amazon.com/Deconstruction-De ... 253&sr=8-3

Hmmm....

Sweet. So if you like music, go cmdistro. If you like looking good, go omerch. If you shit money and don't care about shipping, go both.

There ya go people, I just solved all your problems.

Except all the merch I want is coming from the UK. I want to find a reasonable way to give Dev money, but paying absurdly for shipping certainly doesn't help.

Also, in the US, so far there's no way to buy any of the albums individually, and I'm pretty sure my grandfather has no business listening to Deconstruction.

cmdistro is based in the US, right? I'm sure they'll be selling the individual albums at some point, maybe after hubbub for the preorders has died down. And there's always the hevydevy store which you'd assume would be selling them too...bit odd that they're not up already, but hey, it's the US, I'm sure there'll be a way at some point. For me, it doesn't really matter where I order from because I pay about the same to ship from the US and the UK and they're both ridiculously expensive...

I just went ahead and ordered the stuff I wanted from Omerch. Not too bothered about what's in it, cause in the end it's just about supporting Devin's music.

I don't suppose it's an idiotic idea to wait to see if they put the ultimate bundle up on O Merch?

Really had my heart set on that lol

I don't think that'll happen to be honest. I do think it's gonna be a case of biting the bullet and getting sets from both omerch AND cmd and worrying about what to tell the landlords about unpaid rent later on

I've seen a few references to a Deconstruction "Special Edition." CM Distro lists the bundle as "Deconstruction" Special Edition w/ "Ghost." Maybe the phrasing is just off, but Amazon.com lists a special edition as well http://www.amazon.com/Deconstruction-De ... 253&sr=8-3

Hmmm....

The only conclusion I can come to on this is a pretty stupid one, and that's that CM markets it as a 'Special Edition' because the case itself houses Decon and Ghost is like an "extra" on the little fold out arm but they're both in the same case. Which would tread a fine line between false advertising, and still doesn't explain the Amazon listing. Yep, forget I said anything.

All this madness ploughing round and round sites has left me somewhat stressed out but, luckily, I'm in the pool doing a 2500m swim in a hours time.

That'll Zen me out again

I don't suppose it's an idiotic idea to wait to see if they put the ultimate bundle up on O Merch?

Really had my heart set on that lol

Highly doubt it, as it was said before Dev has said on Twitter that the Omerch shirts are exclusive to that store whilst the vinyl, shirt in CM Distro's ultimate bundle are exclusive to them.

The only thing that's bothering me is the Ghost 2 situation. I want to order from Omerch but want the Ghost 2 download thingy as well, bummer.

I've seen a few references to a Deconstruction "Special Edition." CM Distro lists the bundle as "Deconstruction" Special Edition w/ "Ghost." Maybe the phrasing is just off, but Amazon.com lists a special edition as well http://www.amazon.com/Deconstruction-De ... 253&sr=8-3

Hmmm....

The only conclusion I can come to on this is a pretty stupid one, and that's that CM markets it as a 'Special Edition' because the case itself houses Decon and Ghost is like an "extra" on the little fold out arm but they're both in the same case. Which would tread a fine line between false advertising, and still doesn't explain the Amazon listing. Yep, forget I said anything.

It's not like that. It looks like this:
http://www.insideoutshop.de/product_inf ... ts_id=2292

Also, word from Dev on Twitter (responding to my question!) is that Calm & Storm is the singles; Juular and Feather.

The only thing that's bothering me is the Ghost 2 situation. I want to Order from Omerch but want the Ghost 2 download thingy as well, bummer.

Surely Ghost 2 will be easy to track down. It's only a free download, after all; it's not like you could pay for it if you wanted to.

The only thing that's bothering me is the Ghost 2 situation. I want to order from Omerch but want the Ghost 2 download thingy as well, bummer.

I find it strange, and kinda disappointing that Ghost 2 went from 'might be a separate release' to 'probably a bonus disc in a Ghost special edition type thing' to 'direct download' to 'exclusive'.

It's not like that. It looks like this:
http://www.insideoutshop.de/product_inf ... ts_id=2292

That's the InsideOut one. People aren't 100% on what the omerch or cmdistro ones will look like. Although since that picture was released it seems a bit more likely that the rest will be the same.

Any ideas what the "Calm and the Storm" 7" Vinyl is?

Dev just said on Twitter: "The two singles, Feather and Juular."

What a clusterfuck.

I think I'm just gonna wait until it's confirmed that this:



is definitely the double-pack being offered by whichever sites. Otherwise I'll just wait and buy it directly from InsideOut on release. None of the Omerch shirts really appeal to me, besides one or two of the Ki ones, and I have no use for vinyl and Ghost 2 will probably be on Mediafire or something within hours of the CM emails going out anyway. Maybe I can commit some money to buying some of the ebay shit instead or something.

It's not like that. It looks like this:
http://www.insideoutshop.de/product_inf ... ts_id=2292

After his epic, haunting KI (2009) album and the explosive, hook-stuffed ADDICTED! (2009) release, Devin Townsend - one of the most admired and lauded figures in the rock and metal worlds - finally unveils the third and fourth chapters (Deconstruction and Ghost) of his extravagant conceptual quadrilogy which both look certain to be among the most celebrated creations of his career.

Quadrilogy? Really?

That's what they call the next thing up from a trilogy, so I guess it makes sense.