Editing Accelerated Evolution (section)

==Music==
''Accelerated Evolution'' was written as "the polar opposite" of ''SYL''.<ref name="hawkins-20030506">Hawkins, Chris (May 6, 2003). "[http://www.knaclive.com/article.asp?ArticleID=2019 Reviews – Devin Townsend ''Accelerated Evolution''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713161919/http://www.knaclive.com/article.asp?ArticleID=2019 |date=July 13, 2011 }}." ''[[KNAC.com]]''.</ref> The album blended aspects of different genres, including [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/devin-townsend-a-guide-to-his-best-albums|title=Devin Townsend: A guide to his best albums|date=5 March 2020}}</ref> [[hard rock]], and [[progressive metal]],<ref name="allmusic-review" /> with elements of "[[heavy metal music|heaviness]], [[ambient music|ambience]], [[humor]], and [[experimental music|experimentalism]]".<ref name="hawkins-20030506" /> The album has been described as more melodic and more rock-based than ''SYL'' or ''Physicist'', yet "more song-oriented" than ''Terria'',<ref name="hoose-20030521">Hoose, Xander (May 21, 2003). "[http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-3028_devin_townsend_band_accelerated_evolution.aspx Devin Townsend Band – ''Accelerated Evolution'']." ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]''.</ref> with influences by [[John Lennon]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], and [[Rush (band)|Rush]].<ref name="maniacs-200309" /> Songs such as "Storm", "Suicide", and "Sunday Afternoon" were compared to Townsend's ''[[Infinity (Devin Townsend album)|Infinity]]'', but were noted as "less frantic and more mature";<ref name="hoose-20030521" /> Despite this, "Deadhead" derived its name from an extreme [[industrial metal]] track with the same title from [[Godflesh]]'s 1989 album ''[[Streetcleaner]]''.<ref name="terror5">{{cite web |last=Yardley |first=Miranda |title=Devin Townsend: "I Found Out About Playing Damnation Festival on Twitter" |url=http://www.terrorizer.com/news/news-news/devin-townsend-i-found-out-about-playing-damnation-festival-on-twitter/ |work=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]] |date=19 October 2011 |access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> Townsend wrote the album to be "commercially viable", making his existing style more concise and accessible but without going so far as to write "[[pop music|pop]] songs".<ref name="popoff-2003" /> Townsend utilized clean vocals much more than in his previous albums,<ref name="hawkins-20030506" /> and produced and mixed the album in his trademark "[[wall of sound]]" style, blending "layers upon layers of guitars, keyboards, and vocals".<ref name="hawkins-20030506" />