Vocal Coach Reacts! Devin Townsend Project! Deadhead! Live!

Probably my favourite fry screamer out there! LOVE him!

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Vocal Coach Reacts! Devin Townsend Project! Deadhead! Live!

[TheRealReTox]

Devin's scream has more musicality than the vast majority of singers on the radio today.

[jonhorrocks]

If you've got half an hour to fill one evening, treat yourself to the trio of Funeral - Bastard - Death of Music, live at the Royal Albert Hall. Three of my favourite songs of his. DoM especially is very emotional and he just sings, no guitar for Devy on that song.

[maxmattt]

You should definitely check out Devin Townsend - The Death Of Music (Live in plovdiv) It's an incredible song and and absolutely astounding performance. The emotion he puts into it and the way he slowly builds up the song to it's epic and the conclusion is breathtaking.

[jasonpicker]

If you want to hear him without too much fry doing a musical- type song, have a look at Why? which he did live at home during quarantine. It will give you a good insight into his voice

[jessicakoster]

If you would like to hear him with clean vocals only, I would suggest ih-ah, with Anneke van Giersbergen. It's a completely different style with beautiful harmonies.

[Rosannasfriend]

OK, I just finished watching this reaction video. You definitely need to watch “why?”. He does a lot of belting in his clean voice there. It’s my favorite performance of his because of that.

[MarshallLore]

you should check out Grace or Stormbending next

[ralfmeyer]

My fav Band Nightwish
My fav female Singer Floor Jansen
My fav male Singer Devin Townsend
🥰to all for your Music..

[lorenzorobert]

- I love the way he uses his voice... *click*
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[Rosannasfriend]

He showed what he can do without screaming in the song “Kingdom” as well as the song “why?”. I don’t think he screams that much. In the latter song, there’s only one screen and it’s mostly operatic belting. And then his other songs is usually a good mixture of clean and distorted/scream vocals. You always get a good taste of his regular clean vocals which are very powerful and have a great range.

[johnmorgan]

He almost certainly has pitched screams. That makes him IMHO something different than the random metal guys. You can really hear it in the Plovdiv version of this song. Look for his cover of bring him home from Les Mis.

[Zhgarr]

Awesome reaction, I always love seeing you enjoy what you do so much.

As for Devin songs with less screams, for anyone interested I made a playlist called Devin Townsend Minimum Screams. It's a mix of different genres he covers.

As for Sam, try...
* Why? Quarantine concert - he is his goofy self there, and I know you like that. Order of Magnitude version might also be great, but since it hasn't been released that long ago, might get blocked
* Casualties of Cool - Mountain Top. You'll get to meet Che, a female singer he likes to collab with.
* Bring him home (cover) - my favorite version is the one in Eindhoven. Acoustic, so you can really focus on the singing
* Funeral acoustic version - CBC version, and then check the original version at RAH for comparison.

[ryanhalien]

Devin absolutely has one of the best scream tones out there, very pleasant to the ear I couldn’t agree more

[jaimeduendeozzzkr]

Stop it with the lesser version of WHY! . For once recommend the studio version. Which holds the essence and perfection of the performance and arrangement.

[otakumagnet]

Everyone is suggesting more Devin that is similar to this song, in style. I would suggest another, very different, style. > Mountaintop < It is a duet he wrote with him singing accompaniment, not lead. It is glorious.

[palantir]

Listen to his album Empath where he shows that he has a beautiful singing voice.

[npinjest]

For (mostly) clean vocals, I would suggest Supercrush, Spirits Will Collide, or Why. Supercrush was originally one of many duets with Anneke van Giesrbergen, so glorious to begin with, but there are live versions where he goes solo, like @Tuska in 2010 or the online concert he did a few months back for Empath vol 2. Spirits Will Collide is as anthemic as they come and the version he did for his first quarantine show this year is the best showcase, as he sings parts that were choral in the original. Why? is a Disney movie-like number, all clean and operatic - you can either go with the quarantine show or the live video from his most recent tour, where you also get a hilarious audience participation bit...Enjoy....

[darkproxy]

Met him in glasgow after his gig a few years ago awsome human being.

[RobbieFitzgerald]

I love that you describe him as a conduit for music. Very fitting.

[KyleS.]

Really glad you enjoyed the ride! I believe Devin was a little under the weather for this show, so it's interesting to see him kind of adjust his approach as he goes. I've seen Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge do the same thing. That has to be really hard for a singer, but I guess working around obstacles is part of being a professional.

If you want to hear a Devin song with no screams at all, I'd recommend his song "Kawaii." Short and sweet with stripped back instrumentation. Been a favorite of mine for a long time.