I am aware that Devin is never gonna read this because this isn't even his official channel, but... i need to let this out. Thank you Devin. You and your music mean so much to me, i've been trying so hard to feel better throughout the past year and nothing seems to help except for your music. I have never heard something that affects me in this way before, nothing at all, and i've browsed through every reddit discussion and read every snob comment telling me that X band is better, Y band is more technical, Z band is more thoughtful... the truth is that you can't quantify/measure feelings, especially when they are this intense and... just irrational. I don't want something cerebral, calculated, deliberately convoluted... i want something sincere, genuine, and simple, and your music, to me, has always been predicated on such traits, at least your early catalogue, in spite of all of the chaos, the madness, the anger, the fear, the ugliness... there is still an overarching emotional truth to all of them.
I agree. Most people seem to consider the Royal Albert version the best, but this version to me sounds much richer vocal wise. Devin's vocal timbre changed considerably after starting the DTP due to age, but in this show it sounds like a blend of those two eras. I mean come on, listen to the "You are" line at 6:41, he doesn't sing it that way anymore, with that kind of grit. Its awesome
Osoch i came to say the exact thing with almost the same words haha. I have always seen the “ you are “ part as an example of the grit he used to have , which adds a lot more to the performance than his actual óperistic vocal style .
@@xobrasxx Exactly. His opera style is very good no doubt, and it does work flawlessly in many songs. However I always felt Deadhead very raw in emotion, a painful song, and IMO singing it in opera style makes it too polished, I feel it doesn't transmit that emotion as well
I don't usually post comments on videos, but i need in this one. I met this God Sir with Soilwork, and, one day, i found this video from Tuska. It was amazing. I spent this whole week listening to his live stuff. And this song, plus Supercrush and Numbered are just art. Fucking art. He is a god. No doubt about it.
+canoestothemoon He is literally the only vocalist I know of, especially within the harsher side of metal, that has gotten BETTER with age. I think it has to do with an excellent technique combined with cleaner living since he gave up the drugs/alcohol/smoking. It's ridiculous how insane he has gotten, even since this show.
I don't want to be a bummer but I feel like his voice has some melodyne on it in this vid, raw cellphone vids of this gig weren't as godly as this is :(
Cell phone mics are horrible at picking up loud music properly. Very few raw cellphone videos of live shows are even decent sounding. The best are all acoustic. Tuska is LOUD, overwhelms cell phones completely.
It's been a week since I discovered Devin Townsend. Now I can't listen to anything else. I was going to see BTBAM and DTP because of BTBAM, but now I'm super hyped about seeing this fine gentleman live. I hope he plays this song at the (Dallas) show. :)
This just might be the greatest performance of any song ever recorded. I'm a huge Devin fan, so I'm pretty biased, but there's something captured in this performance that just screams something like beauty, or peace, or something like that. I dunno, but I've listened to this song for years of my life and it always has the same impact.
I personally don't like DTP... it's a personal preference, this song was really really repetitive in my opinion. However, that doesn't deny the fact that Devin is an amazing singer and that the group has an enormous amount of skill to create such a presence in their performance. If you guys have any suggestions, I'm open to it. I would love to hear what DTP is all about, I only go off of one or two songs that pop up in conversations with friends. :I
Oh my fucking god! This version sounds SO good! Like the version from years ago!! HIS VOICE TRANSCENDS SPACE AND TIME ITSELF! Look at how he summons those emotions! This has ALWAYS been my favorite song of his since the first time I heard it.
Cool. When Devin screams @ 6:43 he suddenly looks like Bruce Willis for a moment. Now you know that you are a badass singer, when you can change into Bruce Willis while you're singing!!! :)
Last time DT played a show here, i went with a buddy who is a huge Strapping fan and otherwise pretty much listens to death metal ONLY. So when i introduced him to the DTP records i expected the worst from him but i called him up and asked him what he thought and he was like "this is amazing, this stuff is brilliant!!!" And i said "But it's not death metal" and he said "It's fucking Devin Townsend, and thats all that matters". :D
ACTUAL ANSWER: Strapping is done with. While Devin was 95% the driving force behind that project, it was a band with 4 members who were equally essential to it's existence. Hardly the same as the "solo" work that Dev has been putting out for years and years, whether it be under his name alone, The Devin Townsend Band or Devin Townsend Project. Seeing a group perform a Strapping song other than the 4 members who made up SYL would be just silly. Although, Dev has played an acoustic ver. of "Love".
Yeah production wise maybe but i dont think the songs there is any competion i mean listen to deep peace or tiny tears and tell me any of the new stuff is as creative or emotional. i mean of course its just my opinion and i love what he does now but if he was to release another album like infinty or to that same quality id go nuts
Just i dont think his newer works are even comparable to ones like terria or Ocean machine, every album Devin has released under that name have been of lower quality in my opinion and virtually every Devin fan I know its just nice to seprate them in my opinion, but what the hell call it what you want!
@blackroseimmortal he played keys for Strapping Young Lad's album Alien as a session musician and then Devin like him so much they've been playing music together ever since :D
Seen Devin twice, both times very different, always so metal, always so funny, always so warm atmosphere when Dev is onstage! If i'd have to pick that one guy who is the no.1 man/woman in the whole music industry, it would be Mr. Townsend, a true genious in music, singing and playing guitar, and a very nice guy overall, those two things usually never come hand to hand!
I am completely aware of this.. I own 13 of his solo albums and that includes devlab.. I also just saw him live in Vancouver with gojira.. There all his solo work so i consider them to be similar..Example Strapping and Devin Townsend are 2 different entity's. Devin Townsend project and Devin Townsend are not.
I've seen him live 3 times in the past 2 years. He's so fantastic. The best live show that I've ever seen (aside from local bands; always great to see your buds rocking out!)
Anyone know where I can find this full set online? There used to be a video of the entire thing on TH-cam and I'd watch it a lot but it seems to have disappeared
Oh yeah, I love Ki, that and Ocean Machine are my most listened Devin albums. His albums do differ quite a lot though, so many fans have different favourites. Terria for example is very popular, some like more straight forward stuff like Addicted and Epicloud most, and then there are the Strapping Young Lad fans of course etc. etc.
Dude,addicted is weird in a good way. Like the third song is lucky animals and then after it comes supercrush. I know you probably won’t respond,but still.
I saw him at Soundwave along with Gojira, Meshuggah, Mastodon and Slipknot. My bucket list was ticked off in that one day!! Except for Tool... must see Tool.
You will do man, seen him four times and all of them were definitely some of the best shows iv'e ever seen, best front man ever in my opinion. I know i will definitely die happy from seeing this fine specimen of a man lol
this performance is like night in day compared to the synchestra dvd. it's ten times the epicness plus devin's voice has improved a lot since those days
Even the crowd clapped IN TIME (almost never happens), that's how awesome the song is.
SinisterSkip /
Wrote my comment then saw this Haha, my bad
"bars a bitch for sure, but any point you'd like though pick a tempo"
I am aware that Devin is never gonna read this because this isn't even his official channel, but... i need to let this out.
Thank you Devin. You and your music mean so much to me, i've been trying so hard to feel better throughout the past year and nothing seems to help except for your music. I have never heard something that affects me in this way before, nothing at all, and i've browsed through every reddit discussion and read every snob comment telling me that X band is better, Y band is more technical, Z band is more thoughtful... the truth is that you can't quantify/measure feelings, especially when they are this intense and... just irrational. I don't want something cerebral, calculated, deliberately convoluted... i want something sincere, genuine, and simple, and your music, to me, has always been predicated on such traits, at least your early catalogue, in spite of all of the chaos, the madness, the anger, the fear, the ugliness... there is still an overarching emotional truth to all of them.
Beautiful words bro. I think most of us who love Dev feel the same way. so thanks for those beautiful words
His best vocal performance of Deadhead, even better than the studio one.
I agree. Most people seem to consider the Royal Albert version the best, but this version to me sounds much richer vocal wise. Devin's vocal timbre changed considerably after starting the DTP due to age, but in this show it sounds like a blend of those two eras.
I mean come on, listen to the "You are" line at 6:41, he doesn't sing it that way anymore, with that kind of grit. Its awesome
Osoch i came to say the exact thing with almost the same words haha. I have always seen the “ you are “ part as an example of the grit he used to have , which adds a lot more to the performance than his actual óperistic vocal style .
@@xobrasxx Exactly. His opera style is very good no doubt, and it does work flawlessly in many songs.
However I always felt Deadhead very raw in emotion, a painful song, and IMO singing it in opera style makes it too polished, I feel it doesn't transmit that emotion as well
Royal Albert Hall
In my home country a seagull shitting on your head is a sign of good luck.. No joke
That tonal scream @ 6:58 is just fucking insane
fukn nailed it!
saber wolfe i cant stop listening to that scream
it was absolutely no effort for him here, nowadays it's like he's on a deathbed with those screams lol
I don't usually post comments on videos, but i need in this one. I met this God Sir with Soilwork, and, one day, i found this video from Tuska. It was amazing. I spent this whole week listening to his live stuff. And this song, plus Supercrush and Numbered are just art. Fucking art. He is a god. No doubt about it.
I love Devin, because he is the least poser-y dude in metal. Mustard shirt, white khakis, track shoes, classic Devy
"Why is there a fly landing on me? He knows why!"
We all know why, Devin!
I don't :(
Cos Devin's hot shit... in the best way possible.
i just cant get over how good this is, i found Devin 2 days ago, AMAZING
3:35 he literally sounds like a force of nature... best he's ever sounded live.
+canoestothemoon He is literally the only vocalist I know of, especially within the harsher side of metal, that has gotten BETTER with age. I think it has to do with an excellent technique combined with cleaner living since he gave up the drugs/alcohol/smoking. It's ridiculous how insane he has gotten, even since this show.
I don't want to be a bummer but I feel like his voice has some melodyne on it in this vid, raw cellphone vids of this gig weren't as godly as this is :(
Cell phone mics are horrible at picking up loud music properly. Very few raw cellphone videos of live shows are even decent sounding. The best are all acoustic. Tuska is LOUD, overwhelms cell phones completely.
This is my favorite show of DT. SICK!
canoestothemoon check out their performance in polodiv. That’s his best on this song
Those drums sound beautiful!
It's been a week since I discovered Devin Townsend. Now I can't listen to anything else. I was going to see BTBAM and DTP because of BTBAM, but now I'm super hyped about seeing this fine gentleman live. I hope he plays this song at the (Dallas) show. :)
This just might be the greatest performance of any song ever recorded. I'm a huge Devin fan, so I'm pretty biased, but there's something captured in this performance that just screams something like beauty, or peace, or something like that. I dunno, but I've listened to this song for years of my life and it always has the same impact.
his best song
Adam Gerber One of his best songs ;)
+Adam D.G I would probably say funeral or deep peace
mine would have to be death of music the build up is insane
I personally tend to prefer his wilder journeys like Deconstruction, Planet of the apes or Borderlands but Deadhead is amazing as well.
I wouldn't say this is the greatest song ever written, but it's up there.
Done it. You wont regret it. Very accessible too. He hung around after a show in Sydney for 2 hours just mingling with fans.
This is a great version of Deadhead, but the Royal Albert Hall version is king!
I personally don't like DTP... it's a personal preference, this song was really really repetitive in my opinion. However, that doesn't deny the fact that Devin is an amazing singer and that the group has an enormous amount of skill to create such a presence in their performance.
If you guys have any suggestions, I'm open to it. I would love to hear what DTP is all about, I only go off of one or two songs that pop up in conversations with friends. :I
Fuck México I'm moving to Europe or Canada.
Who the fuck accidentally hit the dislike? How could anyone purposefully hit the dislike button on Devin Townsend.
Always tears 7.01
devin's vocals are something else......
Oh my fucking god! This version sounds SO good! Like the version from years ago!! HIS VOICE TRANSCENDS SPACE AND TIME ITSELF! Look at how he summons those emotions! This has ALWAYS been my favorite song of his since the first time I heard it.
I reckon I didn't really know the true meaning of epic until I heard Deadhead for the first time.
I was about to cry while i listened to this song. I really respect this guy. He is such a genius i have seen
awesome tune, big thx Zakk for sharing!!!!!Devin rules!!!
Cool. When Devin screams @ 6:43 he suddenly looks like Bruce Willis for a moment. Now you know that you are a badass singer, when you can change into Bruce Willis while you're singing!!! :)
my favorite singer!!!!!
What a prayer. giant prayer
if devin townsend was a superhero his name would be CAPTAIN EPIC!!! the sound he has is simply massive.
I can't help but smile when I listen to Devin Townsend.
The guitar player looks like Rollo from Vikings!
This is the best recording of this song he ever did.
Genio...
If by "choke up a bit" you meant "wail like a fucking baby because this song pulls at very specific and strong heartstrings" then yeah, totally.
Он просто нереально крут! Охуенный чел и музыкант!!!
Last time DT played a show here, i went with a buddy who is a huge Strapping fan and otherwise pretty much listens to death metal ONLY. So when i introduced him to the DTP records i expected the worst from him but i called him up and asked him what he thought and he was like "this is amazing, this stuff is brilliant!!!" And i said "But it's not death metal" and he said "It's fucking Devin Townsend, and thats all that matters". :D
ACTUAL ANSWER: Strapping is done with. While Devin was 95% the driving force behind that project, it was a band with 4 members who were equally essential to it's existence. Hardly the same as the "solo" work that Dev has been putting out for years and years, whether it be under his name alone, The Devin Townsend Band or Devin Townsend Project. Seeing a group perform a Strapping song other than the 4 members who made up SYL would be just silly. Although, Dev has played an acoustic ver. of "Love".
Yeah production wise maybe but i dont think the songs there is any competion i mean listen to deep peace or tiny tears and tell me any of the new stuff is as creative or emotional. i mean of course its just my opinion and i love what he does now but if he was to release another album like infinty or to that same quality id go nuts
Just i dont think his newer works are even comparable to ones like terria or Ocean machine, every album Devin has released under that name have been of lower quality in my opinion and virtually every Devin fan I know its just nice to seprate them in my opinion, but what the hell call it what you want!
heavy devy socks and cargo shorts
That's what he's going to tell you. 5 bong rips and a guitar on his front porch. or in his room; where ever.
@blackroseimmortal he played keys for Strapping Young Lad's album Alien as a session musician and then Devin like him so much they've been playing music together ever since :D
Seen Devin twice, both times very different, always so metal, always so funny, always so warm atmosphere when Dev is onstage! If i'd have to pick that one guy who is the no.1 man/woman in the whole music industry, it would be Mr. Townsend, a true genious in music, singing and playing guitar, and a very nice guy overall, those two things usually never come hand to hand!
someone should make a compilation of all the live versions of the "you save me" C5 scream at the end of this song.. Never fails to give me chills
to be a big strapping fan and not know his solo stuff is pretty bad.. considering strapping young lad played a few DTP tracks before devin ended it.
I was drunk from red wine in the audience
Most entrancing live show I have ever had the privilege to witness!!
Is this song being played in standard tunning? (look at Dev's hand position compared to the Royal Albert Hall perfomance)
i will be seein him and gojira in portland oregon in 2 days im fucking overwhelmed alrdy just thinking about this shoW!
Terrible sound quality, but the performance is a masterpiece
HOW COME ALL THE GOOD KICK ASS METAL FESTIVAL ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FUCKING WORLD BS LOL!
who else than Devid (what a voice man!) could have Jesus Christ as second guitar player
I am completely aware of this.. I own 13 of his solo albums and that includes devlab.. I also just saw him live in Vancouver with gojira.. There all his solo work so i consider them to be similar..Example Strapping and Devin Townsend are 2 different entity's. Devin Townsend project and Devin Townsend are not.
I think I'm most impressed how in time the crowd is with the clapping
lol thank you thank you.......'Why's there a fly landing on me? He knows why!'
I feel the same!!!!! DEVIN IS...THE BEST,,,, AND THE BEAST!!!! FUCK YEAHHH!!!!
I've seen him live 3 times in the past 2 years.
He's so fantastic. The best live show that I've ever seen (aside from local bands; always great to see your buds rocking out!)
I might see this dude at download this year xD What're we thinking, peoples?
He was in Tuska2022, I missed it. He was in Helsinki again last week, I missed that also. I suck.
vancouver jan 19 or 20 hes gonna be there with gojira for canadian fans
Nothing is more metal than tan cargo shorts LOL.
I was there in, man that Ziltoid so fuckin EPIC. This also.
Anyone know where I can find this full set online? There used to be a video of the entire thing on TH-cam and I'd watch it a lot but it seems to have disappeared
send me mp
@@zakk163 I can't see a way to pm you on your channel page
@@shadowuser00 send me a message to my mail ojos.negros.24@hotmail.com
I've widdled my bucket list down to one,... See this man perform live and I'll die very happy!!
Omfg. That perfect moment at 6:55... I just love that guy.
Why wasn't I here? I could of died happy.. =(
Sick lineup, shame about Slipknot though...
This was Devins finest concert.
This, kind gentlemen, is Devin GODsend.
Oh yeah, I love Ki, that and Ocean Machine are my most listened Devin albums. His albums do differ quite a lot though, so many fans have different favourites. Terria for example is very popular, some like more straight forward stuff like Addicted and Epicloud most, and then there are the Strapping Young Lad fans of course etc. etc.
Dude,addicted is weird in a good way. Like the third song is lucky animals and then after it comes supercrush. I know you probably won’t respond,but still.
@@robertfox4114 I do like Addicted. But I think I never ever have to hear Lucky Animals again.
Retinal Circus.. Cant wait !
Who is the other guitarist?
I was. I can die happy.
@zakk163 All of us!
Zajebisty Geniusz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ziltoid isnt DTP
Lucky lucky you=)
tout simplement magistral !
he was high.
Devin is God
devin fucking loves what he does theres no denying that hes fucking incredible! his band is super tight too!
I saw him at Soundwave along with Gojira, Meshuggah, Mastodon and Slipknot.
My bucket list was ticked off in that one day!! Except for Tool... must see Tool.
You will do man, seen him four times and all of them were definitely some of the best shows iv'e ever seen, best front man ever in my opinion. I know i will definitely die happy from seeing this fine specimen of a man lol
Considering DTP didn't start until after the SYL breakup, no, SYL did not play DTP songs.
They played a couple of his solo stuff, I think, though.
Found out too late that Devin was going to perform in Tuska, would definately have gone there just to see him perform.
How did he create this Piece of Art? Deadhead is Amazing!! I have to meet Devin one day and ask him, how did he do it.
You talk like they're the same, but they actually aren't. He has three different sets of records across those three names.
Saw this genious of a god last year in Sweden. Will see him live again this November..... TWICE even! I can die even more happy after that ^^
Every time I listen to this song I just want to sit around doing nothing. The only thing my mind can do is reflect.
I want that exact guitar Devin is using, even with the DTP logo on it....and that sound.....its a perfect wall of colossal guitar sound. beautiful.
Oh, and I have seen him 3 times and suggest to anyone even the slightest bit interested in his music to go see him live. The man is like no other!
I kept trying to think of a part where i absolutely died, but I think i died like 5 times back there.
this performance is like night in day compared to the synchestra dvd. it's ten times the epicness plus devin's voice has improved a lot since those days
Definately worth the watch! I saw him at Bloodstock last year and really wanna see him again. Such an incredible guy! :)
Do keep listening. He's done many very emotionally effective albums: Ocean Machine, Infinity, Terria, Ki...
Christ I can't frek'n wait to see these guys play tomorrow night at the Metro, Sydney!
This Song is Awesome! Pumped & Psych'd!!! XD
Thank you so much for uploading this! That was one of the best days in my life and this video takes me back there and then.
(Ending) "Thank you. Why is there a fly landing on me? He knows why." -Devin Townsend \m/
Wow, was that really necessary? I was just trying to clarify. Damn dude, relax.