Vocal Coach Reaction to Devin Townsend performing 'Deadhead' LIVE at Royal Albert Hall

Devin Townsend never ceases to surprise me with his vocals. Today I'm finally watching him perform "Deadhead" at Royal Albert Hall, and yet again, he left me speechless.

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[stevenmackintosh]

The crazy thing about Devin is his vocal ability is like 25% of his talent.

[ronparsons]

This man has more talent and charisma in his pinky toe then 99% of what's on the Spotify charts right now

[Robertsmith-dysh]

I am constantly amazed that Devin isn't a household name! So much talent and completely unique!

[VTF]

The Death of Music live in Royal Albert Hall is a must to hear and see!

[Naamturd]

I first saw Devin a time ago, must have been '94 or '95 - when he was in a band called Strapping Young Lad. It's so weird, and awesome, to see the kid who came out on stage wearing a full diving suit, screaming until he passed out on stage, getting recognition all these years later.

[boredgeek]

I never get tired of seeing people react to Devin Townsend :)

[Roddrummer]

Devin is someone whose entire back-catalogue needs to be discovered and explored. He's turned his songwriting, and thus his vocals, to just about every style of modern popular music you can thing of: extreme metal, rock, pop, jazz, ambient, orchestral, folk/alt country, electronic, music theatre, acoustic, and more. For something completely different, check out something from the 'Ghost' and the 'Casualties of Cool' albums.

[dkorody]

Hes a masterclass in everything. Song writing, guitar, production, vocals and stage presence. True ultimate performer.

[gandalf]

He was a day or so in recovery after a week of having a cold, by the way. He wasn't even at full power, and this song was about an hour into the performance. Fortunately, he had Anneke von Giersbergen coming along on the tour whom took good care for his vocal cords, because Devin really didn't.

[randalljones]

Devin's pitched screams are magical.
And his sense of 'build' and structural alliteration (not a real term, I admit) set the listener up for moments of surprise or discovery in the seemingly small changes that are done in the instrumentation. So soothing and adventurous, at the same time.

[Skybolt]

I know what you mean... with a lot of metal singers, it's like it's 2 distinct parts of their voices and it's either on or off, divided in sections of the song... It feels like Devin has the whole toolbox available at any moment and can apply gradual, minimum to maximum or a mix of effects at any point. For example, the couple of phrases from 12:54 on, go gradually from clean singing into a total scream. Great reaction, Bethany, thanks!

[Heitor]

A little trivia about this performance: Devin got a flu a couple days before the performing, he was not at his peak haha

[martymcpeak]

That F5 though, very clear even through the scream and distortion he uses. with that F5 Devy is a force of nature.

[jaredmulconry]

Devin's performance of this song has gone through an evolution. It has a similar vibe on the album it came from, but with quite different delivery in parts.
This structure is what he has more or less settled with when performing live.
This performance in particular was off the back of an illness, which brought a unique expression to the entire performance.
So much of what he performed at this show sounds extraordinary, but his performance at Plovdiv later had some better clarity in his clean singing.

[juyifan]

Devin is the biggest expert in pitched screaming. Most metal screamers do stuff with their false folds only, which is surely safer and easier, but doesnt generate a clear pitch. Devin does something completely different, I'm yet to see any other metal singer who can do pitched screams anywhere near Devin.

[alexc.c.]

Devin's love songs are really something

[Milney]

I’ve never heard of this musician. Real dirty! I love it. I’d love to have been there!!

[Freedomab]

Love Devin. What a dude. Also, you should check out Devin and Anneke Van Giersbergen singing Ih Ah! from the Retinal Circus concert!

[forsakenquery]

He's been doing this for 30 years now.

[KyleS.]

So glad you checked this out! While a large chunk of the song is instrumental, there's also some really unique vocal textures from Devin!