As a Canadian it really bums me out that Devy isn’t a household name everywhere. The man has like 30 studio albums and has done everything from blues and country to singing for Steve Vai to Strapping Young Lad which is some of the most extreme shit you’ll ever hear.
If this will make you feel better, I love Devin's work and I've been listening to him for about 3 years now. Cheers from Poland m8 :D Gotta go make some coffee for Ziltoid the Omniscient. He's visiting today :D All hail Ziltoid! Yeeeeeees my lord!
One more reason to move to Canada. I'm from Spain and I'm 42. I've been listening and making music all my life. Devin is the best thing has happened to music in the last 30 years, and he is by far the best singer I've ever heard in my whole life. I've seen him live 3 times and cannot wait for the next one
Devin Townsend started his career at the age of his early twenties, when he was asked to do lead vocals on Steve Vai's album "Sex & Religion". After that, He founded Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. He has also had an extensive solo career and has released a total of 28 albums across all of his projects as of 2022. Devin is a hyper active, but so so nice dude. An entertainer, musician, composer, producer.... And his material vary from the aggression of Strapping..... to almost like "world music" of Casualties Of Cool project. And all of this by him is yet another rabbit hole
Devin is one of the guys that can do everything. And does everything. He is a songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, record producer. I love his work for a long time now. And he always delivers great songs, often combining different genres. Amazing musician. Respect!
I'm glad you've really opened up to this kind of stuff! I'm 28, and as a kid I had the elitist mentality where I thought I had the authority to say what metal can and can't be, and as I've gotten older I realized I was just ruining music for myself. Music should never be in stranglehold to be what the public wants it to be. Music should just be music, and Devin really embodies that. He's such a beautiful example of what music can really be.
Devin is an insane musical genius, I saw him earlier this year and he was stunning, he can make you laugh with his silliness on stage but also his music is hard to better. He can terrify you with a lullaby and have you with tears of joy at the meanest nastiest song ever written. I have been a fanof his since the Early 90s when he worked with Steve Vai
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody he has made 29 albums in various guises, Solo, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend Project and Devin Townsend Band plus the Steve Vai album Vai
I knew if I waited long enough you’d arrive here. Devin is my favorite musician. Not only is he some kind of musical genius but he’s also a true entertainer and a genuinely awesome human being. Please check out “The Death Of Music” or better yet “Funeral”, “Bastard” and “The Death…” from his live at the royal Albert hall show. His vocals from that concert are incredible.
Yes to all of this! Some other great songs to check out include "Juular" "Grace" "Why" "Spirits Will Collide" and "Genesis". But honestly, anything by Devin is worth a listen.
Devin "saved" me from being black-metal-only. Been a fan of his since 2005 - learned about him by word-of-mouth and his solo music operation used to be so small that he and his wife would ship their CDs to you thenselves with hand-written thank you notes!
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody may I suggest the band Alcest? They're French "blackgaze" (black metal/shoegaze, basically dreamy melodic black metal). Check out their songs "Oiseaux de Proie" or "Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs Nouvelles" if you'd like to. :) They're my second favorite band next to Katatonia.
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody Satyricon's live with Oslo Opera Choir (songs like Mother North and Now, Diabolical, easy Black Metal, many non-black metalers like), Beherit's Gate Of Nanna (old and rough sound), something from the first album of Diabolical Masquerade (gothic Black Metal), something from the Norwegian band Ancient (avantgarde, gothic Black Metal).
Dude, Cosmic I was head banging along with you, man. That live performance is WAY better than the studio version, in my opinion. To see the animation of his facial expressions and the body language. He was out to force feed metal to the masses that day. And he achieved.
i hate that thisi s the default video people recommend. there are WAY better live versions and ofc WITH Anneke. the whole "by a thread" show is amazing,from around 2011. instead of doing what everyone does, choose a different song. "Pixelate" live by a thread. enjoy.
Devin is an artist that is totally worth doing a deep dive on. Partly because a lot of his albums are stylistically very different from each other. I highly recommend Deadhead live at Royal Albert Hall, Bastard live at Royal Albert Hall, Failure live at Plovdiv, and Stormbending. He actually has done two songs with Floor Jansen as well- Pandemic off of his album Deconstruction and Neurasthenia which was done by Floor's old band ReVamp. Side note: I saw Devin in concert a couple of weeks ago and seeing him live was an absolute joy.
DEVIN IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWMAN IN METAL. Animated, funny, charismatic, theatrical.... you name it. He has an album called Ziltoid The Omniscient, about an alien from the planet Ziltoidia-9 in the 4th Dimension who comes to Earth in search of our universe's greatest cup of coffee. However, he is appalled by the taste of the particular coffee he is served, declaring it "fetid", and summons the Ziltoidian warlords to attack Earth, facing the full might of Earth's army. Declaring war on us because he was served shitty coffee.... IT'S SUCH A DEVY IDEA.
I had the same reaction when I heard his stuff back in 2011. First I'd heard "Triumph" off his album Synchestra, which is a great track, but then I heard this and I was blown away. You think you've heard it all until you hear that voice soar, and suddenly it feels like your understanding of the genre is flipped on its head.
Dude. I've seen so many reactions to this video. This is my new favorite! I'm a Dev fan for more than just the music. His message is important to me too. I can tell by your reaction that you are one of us! 🕉☮️🤘💀
Im so fortunate to be someone who dad introduced them to Devin Townsend as a child, been listening to him for 15 years, my dad introduced me to him when I was about 8 with the release of the addicted album, and here I am now writing my own music, in the same view as Devy, albeit heavier more Symphonic Progressive Death metal, but Dev is the sole reason I play in open C :P
Devin does everything from death metal to ambient country music. Pretty wild range this guy does. For a good wall of sound style song check out Grace, live at the retinal circus.. There you will see him with Anneke van Giersbergen. For a more chill track check out Mountaintop, Casualties of Cool live Dunlop Sessions.
I look weekly for reactions to just this song. His voice, his music, NEVER ceases to leave people slack jawed and trying to figure out what they just heard. Devin isn't a musician. He's a force to be reckoned with.
Also, next on the Nightwish journey, The Greatest Show on Earth Live at Wembley (featuring an appearance by Richard Dawkins) OR Live at Tampere. A home gig. Either way, watch RIGHT to the end!
So awesome your patreon hinted you towards Devy, my first concert after the lockdowns. I was quite uncomfortable during the three pre-bands and had to go outside a few times. Once Devy went on stage, my anxiousness was forgotten. Maybe because of his kitchen concerts during lockdown, maybe because he is so open about his mental health and does a lot for the community, or because he seems to be such an authentic dude. The Video to SPIRITS WILL COLLIDE and reading the comments to it usually lets me tear up in an uplifting way. Cheers from Germany 🤘
It's been a long day. Thanks for my Daily Dose of Devi. You should take a side trip into some of the how-to demos he did for the 2xecho+reverb pedal he helped design (with Mooer) ... there's one with those two guys from Andertons (online UK music store), and he just blows them away with his understanding of how to loop and layer all the echoes in that device... definitely NOT "reaction material". Musician-nerd candy. btw, the shirt arrived today.... niiiiiice. Thanks again!
I am a fan of Dev since "Sex and Religion" by Steve Vai 1993 and the tour thereafter with Dev. An amazing composer, singer, producer and multiinstrumetalist. 30 year live anniversary last March in Frankfurt. One of my all time favorite musicians.
Not commonly recommended, but the entire Deconstruction album is a friggin' brilliant journey. As is one of the greatest records/operas/musical theatre albums ever, Ziltoid the Omniscient (the first one).
I got to see him perform this live a month or so ago. It was magical and sounded exactly like this! He’s every bit as charismatic and awesome and trolling on stage as he is in this video 🫶🏻
Oh I LOVE watching people discover Devin! This was basically my reaction as well when my husband first played him for me (and it was probably this same song lol). "Stormbending" and "Deadhead" are other huge favorites of mine, I highly recommend listening to them. And then, once you're ready, check out the 16-minute long pure stupid genius that is his song "The Mighty M*sturb*tor" hahaha
I just became a Devin fan a few years ago and is stays on my rotation. Check out his bloodstock performance, honestly check out any of his live videos. They're all worth watching. I was super fortunate to see him perform live a couple weeks ago and holy shit was it mind blowing.
Thank you for not blowing out the Audio on the reaction. Also just think the backing track was drums, some synths a tiny bit of rhythm and bass guitar. So that crazy lead riff and those amazing vocals are literally just him and his effects board. INSANE!!!
I suggest you check out Devins work while he still fronted the band Strapping Young Lad. They created some great Speed and Thrash Metal back in the early 2000's
Also (I feel like I make at least 2 comments on most of your videos). Recently Devin toured with Dream Theater and Animals as Leaders. Great show, they came through here to AZ which I was very excited about. Anyways, what was neat is that Devin actually sings with DT on "The Spirit Carries on" (also with Tosin from AaL on guitar). There are a few videos floating around on RUclips of such a grand event.
He may also be more familiar to you than you'd think. His old band Strapping Young Lad where he was also guitarist and vocalist was a pretty common household name and pumped out some bangers in their time, and he's continued on making bangers since he started The Devid Townsend Project.
you are doing Reaction videos the right way xD not pausing every 10 Seconds, because you have something to say, but because you understand, that a Song is a Piece of art, that is to be enjoyed as a Whole :D
That looks like a pretty generic Response :P well How about a Video of the New Tesseract Album :P still you are awesome, you don't have to listen to me :D @@TheWolffAndTheMelody
While I'm binging your channel lol - the placement of this song on the album is superb, Epicloud is still one of my very favourite Devin albums, and I've heard them all
Devin is a genius musician, listen to the live version , is a must, retinal circus version, you will not be dissapointed, the female voice is Anneke van gierbergen
I was working in a laboratory 4 years ago with a discovery mix on stream based on my preferences, and this came on. My head whipped around, I stopped doing everything because I had to find out who and what this was. Been in love ever since!
I saw the title of the video and I thought you didn't know him at all, relieved to hear you knew about SYL. Devin is such an awesome musician and terribly funny. I saw him many times live and he never, ever disappoints. He is all over the place with his music, from very ethereal to very hard and raw. He did an amazing album with Anneke van Giersbergen called Addicted. I highly recommend. He calls her the Metal Tinkerbell and I'm sure you'll agree. There are some pretty good live performances of them together, they're hilarious and they make it look easy to be that good. Great reaction!
This is a good example of one of their performances together. Not as brutal as Kingdom but I love their chemistry. ruclips.net/video/NEVOEWRGdCM/видео.html
To say Devin in amazing is an understatement. I mean, he's superb, yet so down to earth it's a one in a million combo to one person! ❤ BTW, I think you should listen to him and his band playing "Deadhead" and / or "Higher". It takes me to another dimension every time I listen to them. Hope you enjoy them as well!!
Hey Cosmic, I was watching your live stream and you I can tell somebody mentioned Devin because I heard you say "I know him from Strapping Young Lad, I think he is from Canada" or something like that. It was at that moment, I thought.. oh he needs to hear modern Devy. My kids love his stuff, if that says anything. A good combination of heavy and harmonic. Btw.. did you know that Devy and Floor collab on an album of his? Very heavy. I think its called "Deconstruction", and.. I know with ReVamp Devy joined Floor on vocals for "The Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown': Neurasthenia"
I wrote off Devin for decades, and he became my favorite songwriter ever, there is just this positive vibe, even in the darker and heavier music, there is always a hopefulness to his music.. and always a sense of humor and quirkiness that is unique to him alone
I love Devin Townsend's wall of sound and the fact that he's a goofball. Fun fact: The female voice you hear in the background is the same singer that was on the Amorphis song Amongst Stars, Anneke van Giersbergen. She also has done a ton of work with Ayreon, so you'll probably be hearing her again!
Anneke's best work by far was as the lead vocalist of The Gathering. 6 awesome albums, atmospheric doom metal (early) - trip-rock (later). Her solo stuff and her prog metal project VUUR (obviously inspired by Devin Townsend) are not quite at the same level. Devin was featured as a guest vocalist on a ReVamp song called "The Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown: Neurasthenia".
It's wild that the original version of this song was written by Devy not long after the release of the Strapping Young Lad album, City. His musical expression has always been wild, even if his non-SYL works were missed by a lot of people. You probably want to hear him live with an orchestra. One of his more recent tracks, Higher, was performed with a live orchestra in Plovdiv some years ago. It's on RUclips. The album the song is from has a lot of this sound, except even more rich. Maybe not his best work, but some cool arrangement worth checking out.
LOL Welcome to Devin! You really want to check out Stormbending and/or Funeral/Bastard/The Death of Music. Worth it! Also, check out the Empath album, best of the best!
I swear seeing people watch this performance for the first time is just one of the best things ever.
appreciate you for taking time to watch friend!
Absolutely agree. His voice is incredible and I love watching people being blown away from it!
yup it's one of the essential youtube experiences lol
Hahaha. It's always the same reaction. How could you react otherwise... hahah.
It's become my hobby over several months
As a Canadian it really bums me out that Devy isn’t a household name everywhere. The man has like 30 studio albums and has done everything from blues and country to singing for Steve Vai to Strapping Young Lad which is some of the most extreme shit you’ll ever hear.
If this will make you feel better, I love Devin's work and I've been listening to him for about 3 years now.
Cheers from Poland m8 :D
Gotta go make some coffee for Ziltoid the Omniscient. He's visiting today :D
All hail Ziltoid! Yeeeeeees my lord!
Canada also boasts one of the most underrated guitarist/vocalists of all time - Mr. Frank Marino.
One more reason to move to Canada. I'm from Spain and I'm 42. I've been listening and making music all my life. Devin is the best thing has happened to music in the last 30 years, and he is by far the best singer I've ever heard in my whole life. I've seen him live 3 times and cannot wait for the next one
I'm just a country boy from missouri and I found him by total accident. Now I take every chance I get to recommend him to anyone who'll listen. lol
He is huge in the states too! Been digging him since strapping young lad!
Devin Townsend is amazing! I totally recommend you check out the performance of "Deadhead" live at Royal Albert Hall for your next Devin reaction!!
sublime performance - and he was suffering from a flu and sore throat.
Dude, yes! I recently watched that performance. Amazing!
Perhaps recommend videos that EVERYONE else hasn’t recommended before…
@@user-hk7hz9cn7vyup. Reactors have killed Deadhead for me. So many other, better songs to choose from...
Or for an overall display of his guitar madness “Willy Wanka” from the EMG set is pretty fun for a medley of assorted leads and solos.
Devin can fucking shred too. Hilarious that he says epic solo and just does a mellow part. He can literal tear faces off soloing but he doesn't much.
Devin Townsend started his career at the age of his early twenties, when he was asked to do lead vocals on Steve Vai's album "Sex & Religion". After that, He founded Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. He has also had an extensive solo career and has released a total of 28 albums across all of his projects as of 2022.
Devin is a hyper active, but so so nice dude. An entertainer, musician, composer, producer....
And his material vary from the aggression of Strapping..... to almost like "world music" of Casualties Of Cool project. And all of this by him is yet another rabbit hole
Welcome to the Devy rabbit hole. He has anything for any type of mood or emotion you need to get through. Seriously. This guy is the best!
Im here for it
Heavy Devy is probably one of the most talented vocalist/musicians on the planet. His vocal range is absolutely insane…
Devin is one of the guys that can do everything. And does everything. He is a songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, record producer. I love his work for a long time now. And he always delivers great songs, often combining different genres. Amazing musician. Respect!
I'm glad you've really opened up to this kind of stuff! I'm 28, and as a kid I had the elitist mentality where I thought I had the authority to say what metal can and can't be, and as I've gotten older I realized I was just ruining music for myself. Music should never be in stranglehold to be what the public wants it to be. Music should just be music, and Devin really embodies that. He's such a beautiful example of what music can really be.
Dude, opening myself up has been such a wonderful thing
Devin is a monster of a musician, and a hilarious character. He has some serious frontman swagger, too.
Enjoyed watching you discover his music.
Appreciate that friend! Much love dude!
This is my first video I've seen of yours and I loved your reaction. Listen to more Devin Townsend!
Much love friend!
Devin is an insane musical genius, I saw him earlier this year and he was stunning, he can make you laugh with his silliness on stage but also his music is hard to better. He can terrify you with a lullaby and have you with tears of joy at the meanest nastiest song ever written. I have been a fanof his since the Early 90s when he worked with Steve Vai
jeesh I had no idea his history was that rich and deep
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody he has made 29 albums in various guises, Solo, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend Project and Devin Townsend Band plus the Steve Vai album Vai
Just finally saw him for the first time and I got to hear this song..
I knew if I waited long enough you’d arrive here. Devin is my favorite musician. Not only is he some kind of musical genius but he’s also a true entertainer and a genuinely awesome human being.
Please check out “The Death Of Music” or better yet “Funeral”, “Bastard” and “The Death…” from his live at the royal Albert hall show. His vocals from that concert are incredible.
Yes to all of this! Some other great songs to check out include "Juular" "Grace" "Why" "Spirits Will Collide" and "Genesis". But honestly, anything by Devin is worth a listen.
Devin "saved" me from being black-metal-only. Been a fan of his since 2005 - learned about him by word-of-mouth and his solo music operation used to be so small that he and his wife would ship their CDs to you thenselves with hand-written thank you notes!
Speaking of Black Metal. What is a few songs that would help someone who may not really be into it. I wanna bring some black metal to the channel
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody may I suggest the band Alcest? They're French "blackgaze" (black metal/shoegaze, basically dreamy melodic black metal). Check out their songs "Oiseaux de Proie" or "Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs Nouvelles" if you'd like to. :) They're my second favorite band next to Katatonia.
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody Satyricon's live with Oslo Opera Choir (songs like Mother North and Now, Diabolical, easy Black Metal, many non-black metalers like), Beherit's Gate Of Nanna (old and rough sound), something from the first album of Diabolical Masquerade (gothic Black Metal), something from the Norwegian band Ancient (avantgarde, gothic Black Metal).
You’re in for a treat brother. 35 years of music
I'm here for it!
You have to love Devin. The fact that he has collaborated with both Anneke van Giersbergen and Floor Jansen just makes him even more legendary for me.
Strapping Young Lad is perfect, that was his Mad Scientist era, it was untouchable.
Enjoy the deep dive. So many gems await you!
Dude, Cosmic I was head banging along with you, man. That live performance is WAY better than the studio version, in my opinion.
To see the animation of his facial expressions and the body language. He was out to force feed metal to the masses that day. And he achieved.
dude this was soooo fun
i hate that thisi s the default video people recommend. there are WAY better live versions and ofc WITH Anneke. the whole "by a thread" show is amazing,from around 2011. instead of doing what everyone does, choose a different song. "Pixelate" live by a thread. enjoy.
Devin is an artist that is totally worth doing a deep dive on. Partly because a lot of his albums are stylistically very different from each other. I highly recommend Deadhead live at Royal Albert Hall, Bastard live at Royal Albert Hall, Failure live at Plovdiv, and Stormbending. He actually has done two songs with Floor Jansen as well- Pandemic off of his album Deconstruction and Neurasthenia which was done by Floor's old band ReVamp. Side note: I saw Devin in concert a couple of weeks ago and seeing him live was an absolute joy.
I saw him and Gojira about 10 years ago. By far one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
DEVIN IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWMAN IN METAL. Animated, funny, charismatic, theatrical.... you name it. He has an album called Ziltoid The Omniscient, about an alien from the planet Ziltoidia-9 in the 4th Dimension who comes to Earth in search of our universe's greatest cup of coffee. However, he is appalled by the taste of the particular coffee he is served, declaring it "fetid", and summons the Ziltoidian warlords to attack Earth, facing the full might of Earth's army.
Declaring war on us because he was served shitty coffee.... IT'S SUCH A DEVY IDEA.
Saw Devin Townsend in San Jose last month and he did Kingdom live and it was amazing. The whole set is on RUclips but damn he's amazing live.
I bet that was amazing!
You’re welcome. Thank you for helping to promote a true musical icon
Deadhead, Bastard, The Death of Music... Best to react to. Thanks for the fun reaction!!!
And yes do all of those live from Albert Hall.
The female vocal in the background is Anneke Van Giersbergen ... check them out together live in Grace or Numbered
Ah Ih with Anneke is another one worth watching.
I had the same reaction when I heard his stuff back in 2011. First I'd heard "Triumph" off his album Synchestra, which is a great track, but then I heard this and I was blown away. You think you've heard it all until you hear that voice soar, and suddenly it feels like your understanding of the genre is flipped on its head.
Devy was a huge laugh during lockdown, his kitchen concerts was alot of fun. WHY is another one to try.
I love people's first exposure to Devin.
This was brilliant
Dude. I've seen so many reactions to this video. This is my new favorite!
I'm a Dev fan for more than just the music. His message is important to me too. I can tell by your reaction that you are one of us!
🕉☮️🤘💀
Dude, that means a ton to me! Thanks so much for reaching out and saying whats up! I fking loved this dude!
Im so fortunate to be someone who dad introduced them to Devin Townsend as a child, been listening to him for 15 years, my dad introduced me to him when I was about 8 with the release of the addicted album, and here I am now writing my own music, in the same view as Devy, albeit heavier more Symphonic Progressive Death metal, but Dev is the sole reason I play in open C :P
Let the rabbithole that is devin begin! 😊
We are all grateful for you Cosmic
😊❤
Devin does everything from death metal to ambient country music. Pretty wild range this guy does. For a good wall of sound style song check out Grace, live at the retinal circus.. There you will see him with Anneke van Giersbergen.
For a more chill track check out Mountaintop, Casualties of Cool live Dunlop Sessions.
I look weekly for reactions to just this song. His voice, his music, NEVER ceases to leave people slack jawed and trying to figure out what they just heard.
Devin isn't a musician. He's a force to be reckoned with.
He makes the major key sound heavy
That epic guitar solo never gets old ahahahahaha
Deadhead, deep peace, death of music - highly recommend!!!!!!
I can't wait to react to more
Also, next on the Nightwish journey, The Greatest Show on Earth
Live at Wembley (featuring an appearance by Richard Dawkins) OR Live at Tampere. A home gig. Either way, watch RIGHT to the end!
If you want an experience as well as a sampler of and celebration of his long and varied career I highly suggest watching The Retinal Circus live show
Devy is metal elite though he started his career with Steve Vai then founded the most brutal metal band of the 90's SYL.
So awesome your patreon hinted you towards Devy, my first concert after the lockdowns. I was quite uncomfortable during the three pre-bands and had to go outside a few times. Once Devy went on stage, my anxiousness was forgotten. Maybe because of his kitchen concerts during lockdown, maybe because he is so open about his mental health and does a lot for the community, or because he seems to be such an authentic dude. The Video to SPIRITS WILL COLLIDE and reading the comments to it usually lets me tear up in an uplifting way.
Cheers from Germany 🤘
Much love Sandra!
It's been a long day.
Thanks for my Daily Dose of Devi.
You should take a side trip into some of the how-to demos he did for the 2xecho+reverb pedal he helped design (with Mooer)
... there's one with those two guys from Andertons (online UK music store), and he just blows them away with his understanding of how to loop and layer all the echoes in that device... definitely NOT "reaction material". Musician-nerd candy.
btw, the shirt arrived today.... niiiiiice. Thanks again!
YESSSSS, i hope you enjoy! I will forsure dude
Stormbending is my favorite Dev song Its massive!
I am a fan of Dev since "Sex and Religion" by Steve Vai 1993 and the tour thereafter with Dev. An amazing composer, singer, producer and multiinstrumetalist. 30 year live anniversary last March in Frankfurt. One of my all time favorite musicians.
DEVIN TOWNSEND - Aftermath (Devolution Series #2 - Galactic Quarantine)
Not commonly recommended, but the entire Deconstruction album is a friggin' brilliant journey. As is one of the greatest records/operas/musical theatre albums ever, Ziltoid the Omniscient (the first one).
I got to see him perform this live a month or so ago. It was magical and sounded exactly like this! He’s every bit as charismatic and awesome and trolling on stage as he is in this video 🫶🏻
Oh I LOVE watching people discover Devin! This was basically my reaction as well when my husband first played him for me (and it was probably this same song lol). "Stormbending" and "Deadhead" are other huge favorites of mine, I highly recommend listening to them. And then, once you're ready, check out the 16-minute long pure stupid genius that is his song "The Mighty M*sturb*tor" hahaha
I got some more coming, this was insane
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody woohoo!!
I just became a Devin fan a few years ago and is stays on my rotation. Check out his bloodstock performance, honestly check out any of his live videos. They're all worth watching. I was super fortunate to see him perform live a couple weeks ago and holy shit was it mind blowing.
his old band strapping young lad has a super heavy song called 'love?' you should probably hear that if you liked this
thats the one song I know, Its soooo heavy
Thank you for not blowing out the Audio on the reaction. Also just think the backing track was drums, some synths a tiny bit of rhythm and bass guitar. So that crazy lead riff and those amazing vocals are literally just him and his effects board. INSANE!!!
He makes it look so easy.
He really does
And the Devin wormhole commences.
I suggest you check out Devins work while he still fronted the band Strapping Young Lad. They created some great Speed and Thrash Metal back in the early 2000's
Also (I feel like I make at least 2 comments on most of your videos). Recently Devin toured with Dream Theater and Animals as Leaders. Great show, they came through here to AZ which I was very excited about. Anyways, what was neat is that Devin actually sings with DT on "The Spirit Carries on" (also with Tosin from AaL on guitar). There are a few videos floating around on RUclips of such a grand event.
I 100% assure you that he sounds this good live... Saw him at the Fox Theater in Atlanta... There's a video of that full set.
welcome to the Devin Townsend rabbit hole
He may also be more familiar to you than you'd think. His old band Strapping Young Lad where he was also guitarist and vocalist was a pretty common household name and pumped out some bangers in their time, and he's continued on making bangers since he started The Devid Townsend Project.
you are doing Reaction videos the right way xD
not pausing every 10 Seconds, because you have something to say, but because you understand, that a Song is a Piece of art, that is to be enjoyed as a Whole :D
much love
That looks like a pretty generic Response :P
well How about a Video of the New Tesseract Album :P
still you are awesome, you don't have to listen to me :D
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody
While I'm binging your channel lol - the placement of this song on the album is superb, Epicloud is still one of my very favourite Devin albums, and I've heard them all
lol I'm glad you are here!
Okay, now you need to experience his live performance at The Royal Albert Hall. Deadhead, Funeral and Bastard. You'll be absolutely blown away.
Devin is a genius musician, listen to the live version , is a must, retinal circus version, you will not be dissapointed, the female voice is Anneke van gierbergen
FYI Devin sings some songs with Anneke van Giersbergen. Anneke you saw in the video Amongst the Stars by Amorphus
I was working in a laboratory 4 years ago with a discovery mix on stream based on my preferences, and this came on. My head whipped around, I stopped doing everything because I had to find out who and what this was.
Been in love ever since!
I love when that happens
That is always fun when you have to do that.
Deadhead at Royal Albert is killer. And Genisis from the Order of Magnitude show is so much fun too. Highly recommend those
Devvy, the voice-monster!
I saw the title of the video and I thought you didn't know him at all, relieved to hear you knew about SYL. Devin is such an awesome musician and terribly funny. I saw him many times live and he never, ever disappoints. He is all over the place with his music, from very ethereal to very hard and raw. He did an amazing album with Anneke van Giersbergen called Addicted. I highly recommend. He calls her the Metal Tinkerbell and I'm sure you'll agree. There are some pretty good live performances of them together, they're hilarious and they make it look easy to be that good.
Great reaction!
This is a good example of one of their performances together. Not as brutal as Kingdom but I love their chemistry.
ruclips.net/video/NEVOEWRGdCM/видео.html
I loveeeeed this soooo much.
The very first video of his that I saw was “Spirits Will Collide”……I’ve been hooked ever since!
To say Devin in amazing is an understatement. I mean, he's superb, yet so down to earth it's a one in a million combo to one person! ❤ BTW, I think you should listen to him and his band playing "Deadhead" and / or "Higher". It takes me to another dimension every time I listen to them. Hope you enjoy them as well!!
devin did a song with gojira of blood and salt .. its amazeballs. devvy is a treasure.
Gosh, everything I've heard I love!
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody your more than welcome.
Good review as always🏍️💨🤯
you are way too kind!
It's absolutely epic stuff the song and his voice and delivery. And so positive while being heavy af. Love Devin! You're reaction is cool too.
much love dude
Hey Cosmic, I was watching your live stream and you I can tell somebody mentioned Devin because I heard you say "I know him from Strapping Young Lad, I think he is from Canada" or something like that. It was at that moment, I thought.. oh he needs to hear modern Devy. My kids love his stuff, if that says anything. A good combination of heavy and harmonic.
Btw.. did you know that Devy and Floor collab on an album of his? Very heavy. I think its called "Deconstruction", and.. I know with ReVamp Devy joined Floor on vocals for "The Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown': Neurasthenia"
dude im gonna have to check out his work with Floor
Bridges in the Sky, Dream Theatre. Definitely worth a react.
I wrote off Devin for decades, and he became my favorite songwriter ever, there is just this positive vibe, even in the darker and heavier music, there is always a hopefulness to his music.. and always a sense of humor and quirkiness that is unique to him alone
Agreed. He is truly affecting peoples lives thru his music.
I love watching people react to Devin….is me guilty pleasure :D
the way your jaw dropped when he started singing was priceless lmao I feel you bro its really like that
I just found this song today... holy shit
RIGHT!!!! Glad you enjoyed
His voice is out of this world especially on Kingdom.
Time to check out Dir En Grey. Probably the song "Vinushka" to start with. Their singer's vocal range actually tops Patton and Devin.
I need to listen to more Devon, too.
Check out his performance of “Higher” from the Plovdiv concert. It’s ridiculous
Nothing better than watching a Devy newbie's jaw hit the floor when they hear the magic for the first time. Welcome to the club. :)
My first listen to Devin Townsend was a true religious experience! I love this guy!
What stands out to me about his vocals is the control he has over his placement and distortion.
deadhead royal albert hall is a must
I love Devin Townsend's wall of sound and the fact that he's a goofball. Fun fact: The female voice you hear in the background is the same singer that was on the Amorphis song Amongst Stars, Anneke van Giersbergen. She also has done a ton of work with Ayreon, so you'll probably be hearing her again!
WHAT!? Thats wild!!!!
Anneke's best work by far was as the lead vocalist of The Gathering. 6 awesome albums, atmospheric doom metal (early) - trip-rock (later). Her solo stuff and her prog metal project VUUR (obviously inspired by Devin Townsend) are not quite at the same level.
Devin was featured as a guest vocalist on a ReVamp song called "The Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown: Neurasthenia".
@@TheWolffAndTheMelodyYou should check out the song Pixilate live with her and Devin, it’s freaking amazing.
@@hog24 My personal favorite with her and Devin is their performance of Ih-Ah! (Prognosis 2019)
It's wild that the original version of this song was written by Devy not long after the release of the Strapping Young Lad album, City. His musical expression has always been wild, even if his non-SYL works were missed by a lot of people.
You probably want to hear him live with an orchestra. One of his more recent tracks, Higher, was performed with a live orchestra in Plovdiv some years ago. It's on RUclips. The album the song is from has a lot of this sound, except even more rich. Maybe not his best work, but some cool arrangement worth checking out.
Oh Devin, I adore his talent ❤ I've seen him live a couple of times, magical!
Omg I'm late to the party in this one. XD
You gotta listen to Deadhead live at Royal Albert Hall. You have to o_o
Deadhead live in Plovdiv, coupled with the orchestra. just wow
5000 just around the corner!!!!
Dude...its wild!
How have you not heard of Devin Townsend? One of metal's leading guys. He's been around for so long.
I said I listened to Strapping Young Lad, I didn't follow him after that.
The plovdiv live version of Deadhead rivals the albert hall version in many ways.
If you haven't heard this already, this is a great song to give your ears a try on, Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road". Oldie but a damned goodie.
dude, you gotta listen to Dev playing the song "why" live, it is as funny as is epic xD
such a strapping young lad
LOL Welcome to Devin! You really want to check out Stormbending and/or Funeral/Bastard/The Death of Music. Worth it! Also, check out the Empath album, best of the best!
Ive done a good bit of those reactions
Check out his lockdown concerts.