Devin Townsend Unleashed

[@null11amorph]

i keep coming back to this for almost ten years now.

[@ZeFenrir]

Me too man... Me too.

[@DC33879]

You and I both!

[@Opethian86]

Mee too

[@maxthebassplayer]

@@Opethian86 we should start a club. I've watched this video at least 30 times.

[@jFrenetic]

Damn KZbin recommendations! Stop suggesting me this video, I almost know every note by now, lol

[@greyblenaut]

I'm sure Dev is low key mortified by this clip (and probably many clips of him being forced to be in the public eye as he frequently implies), but I always love his raw states of mind and how he always translates it into music. Absolute crazy hero artist

[@Raro404]

This video pretty much encapsulates everything I love about Devin Townsend. Unparalleled musicianship, off-the-wall sense of humour and an actual deep philosophy on music.

[@Ghostblock]

"Oh boy when is he gonna start tapping? Ooh he's tapping! Maybe a slide?" wweeOOWww 😂

[@SpiritRadio2112]

He's a perfect example of übersarcasm. He has multiple personalities, and combined with his talent, nearly infinite vocal range, and amazing band members regardless of if we're talking aboot SYL, the (incredible) DTP, or just his own crazy ass, he can cover such an insanely mindblowing range of music that its tough to not like him.

[@bjorngoud5259]

Best thing about this clip is ‘wow a slide’. 😂

[@deathgrinddojo]

this is one of the best extemporaneous musical streams of consciousness in history

[@ketanj23]

Best Comment ever !! Really Devin Townsend ...true legend !!

[@Boomer.Roberts]

Best part about this is how it shows that Dev really is a truly fantastic guitar player, can "wank" with the best of them, but he chooses not to because he'd rather write more meaningful music. Especially impressive is his epic sweep picking while talking about a bunch of random shit at the same time :D

[@StrongHeartLives]

He's got some keen insight when he's talking about those sweeping arpeggios. "What compositional void am i filling doing this"?? I love it...

[@VikramShankarMusic]

A better video has never been made.

[@mariohahn8286]

Vikram Shankar - Official (obelix5150) couldn't say it any better...

[@timothyfunk1883]

I submit that Vampira might be a contender. However, this is truly mind blowing.

[@Tyrant175]

That riff from ''Stand'' sent shivers down my spine...

[@TheAcidDrip]

Ok so he starts off with a super reverb-y paul horn inside the taj mahal riffs. Then Devin jumps to weird solo from his song "Away" @1:33 then @1:59 he starts riffing on what would become "Stand" from Deconstruction. Remember this is from 2009 so here's a clear example of him writing something killer and waiting for it to fully ferment into it's final form. 2 years before some of the riffs finally became songs. He clearly works on his stuff for a long time and pulls it together as it comes to him. Patience is a trait of Genius.

[@KipOnDaFlip]

His hat blends into the wall and it looks like he has no head.

[@gisibah]

DTP Excerpts: 0:38 - Heart baby (Ghost) 2:02 - Stand (Deconstruction) 4:54 - Ki (Ki) 5:40 - Deconstruction (Deconstruction)

[@graysonhunt123]

+Acceleratus maybe 2:59 by your command

[@gisibah]

Sounds more like the solo in Away from accelerated evolution (skip to 5:30 in that song)

[@oremia]

6:56 Heatwave

[@sorrystateout]

Yeh... From that great Synchestra Double CD.

[@Ravelle17]

oremia I think you mean “Trainfire” from Ki

[@calebmcgrady9336]

This is my all time favorite video on the internet. It makes me laugh and makes me feel seen. "I'm gonna shit myself to death" 😂 Devin is a beautiful soul and we are lucky to share this lifetime with him.

[@z0mgzt0m]

2:25 is possibly the sickest riff ive heard in a long time, his tone is just so sick man

[@ryanroiz8903]

My friend, please tell me you discovered Stand and the album Deconstruction after this

[@bryanduhart7218]

@@ryanroiz8903 hope he did lol

[@ANCESTRAL-RECALL-LIBRARY]

Devin Townsend is incredible!! 5:20 - 5:38 I mean, come on... Shreds better, cleaner and with more taste and melody than most shredders and sings better or as good as any singer in any genre. Also composes everything, edits, tracks, arranges, mixes and masters... And yet he doesn't get recognition, while other "artists" appear and they are instant "geniuses", even though most don't compose anything, don't have a clue about producing and don't sing/play propely... It doesn't matter, Devin is the man!!

[@sorrystateout]

And the Arabic sound for Stan is amazing. I like when he uses it for Planter Smasher and N9 as well. It's exciting.

[@blazev88]

Becaise unfortuantly simplicity is key to popularity

[@RandyLott]

He is solely responsible for letting the censorship guy keep his job.

[@offroaders123]

Wait a minute, I think I remember seeing your name on the videos for Marco Minnemann's 'KZbin Topic' channel before the comments got turned off. Fellow proggians reunite once again!

[@dbshredful]

The foundation of so many creative adventures to be had. He’s never been the most technical guy but god damn does his music have soul to it.

[@Longmanriffs]

7 years later and I can still appreciate and enjoy this video

[@all_invite_0hm]

Same here at 8 years... :D

[@sorrystateout]

I find that the snippets played here are more potent than the finished versions of said songs.

[@xxwantedxx]

this guy is swearing and playing at the same time?!! he is my hero.

[@Raceswap]

Possibly the most aggressive philosophy and guitar lesson I've ever seen.

[@timrizzo3941]

This rant... I always go straight from this to cranking Deconstruction. Genius

[@sm0kenmirrhurz92]

He can sing while ripping through string skipped arpeggios too. Guy is a ninja.

[@paddypenguin8895]

its deceptively easy. if you play guitar id reccomend trying it because its really fun to play. as long as youre on open c its a breeze

[@TODELLISUUSMEDIAOfficial]

This should be visible in You Tube homepage forever! Best educational video for any musician to try to top this on any instrument. Guitar is part of Devin Townsend. His attitude shows through in his music more than any guitarist i like to listen (except Ritchie Blackmore).

[@snakepliskin7519]

It's so great to see all the stuff from the records here in this setting. All these riffs that are just seemingly coming off of Devy's head, now mean something to all of us.

[@ScottJones12stringscott]

Damn Devin you are the man. I wonder how many people look at the beginning of this video thinking that you are a shredder. You are the antithesis of shredder. You touch the guitars soul which is lost on only playing meaningless tapping and sweeping exercises. Keep on rocking!

[@ChapelCollins]

It's interesting seeing him play so many riffs from Deconstruction and Ghost before they were released 2 years later

[@bryanduhart7218]

I watch this once in a while, it brings me joy in some way

[@AJV8BALLER]

He has, in my personal opinion, one of the cleanest, smoothest and most amazing tones I've ever heard any artist using. But I guess that's why he's touring and I'm not

[@OmerAssraf]

This guy is... I dunno what to say i'm speechless.

[@dbshredful]

Devin roasting his own music is also *chefs kiss

[@Geddylee2000]

3:23 it's been almost 12 years and I still keep coming back for this rant that withstands the test of time. Also 7:21

[@peterottes6900]

I only just found out about Devin. I am pissed that I have spent much time listening to mediocre when I could have been listening to this genius. Arggghhh! Why did I not know about him sooner?!!? He is awesome...

[@GregorySkidmore]

Stream of consciousness chaotic good fortelling the future past. I love this guy.

[@gearhead2017]

hes super talented,he starts ranting and dont even look at what hes playin

[@randainone]

I like that this entire video makes sense to us musically now.

[@123unknownsoldier126]

He's fucking insane lol

[@NeutralDepth]

Striving to be as brilliant as this man It'll never happen but it's worth a try

[@FaintestOfBreath]

As I've gotten older, I'm starting to relate to what Devin Townsend is saying. I love to hear me some Vai and Satch every now and then, but I've realized it's because they can make the "wanking" work within the context of the song. All this shredding I'm hearing nowadays from these bands just sounds like noise. You hear it a dime a dozen at Guitar Center. It truly is like, "Ok. You can sweep pick 220 BPM's. Now can you write a song?" I'm not even talking about one that will get on the radio, cause we all know the vast majority of radio songs are crap. I mean just a good rock/metal song. I doubt many of these guys can. Just from a guy that can neither shred nor make great songs. I do like writing songs though. And I realized the vast majority of my songs are like Devin's: they don't really work with all that shredding stuff.

[@AnfalasHerdsman]

i gree completly

[@CloroxJelloShot]

I've grown up from my teens with all the metalcore shredders and always wanted to be that guitar player. I'm getting close to 30 and I'm just finding my voice and strengths as a guitar player. I've unconsciously started to realize what Devin has been right. Write a song. Plain and simple. I love to write a riff, add some melody, make the rhythm interesting. and maybe through a quick lead in if the song allows it. I just love to make music and that's all that matters. Dev helped me accept my weaknesses as a guitar player and turn those into strengths. It took a while to accept it though and there is always room to improve.

[@adahbombdon1512]

You are 110% right. I'm one of those people yet I've been really open about it....hell yeah I can shred but honestly it's boring as fuck and just nonsense..."Wanking" now I see it has a term lol. I've always admired song writers and he idea of writing ANY song that could be catchy to someone. Whenever I've tried I'm just so critical of myself and wind up jamming something I've known for a decade haha It really is a whole different breed of musician. Devin said it, I spent probably 5 years strictly learning to shred nonsense and yeah maybe it looked cool to my friends but other than that, neh.

[@derpferguson5400]

Absolutely agree. I've seen Satch and Vai and Yngwie live, and I honestly couldn't name a single song. Nobody was at that show that wasn't just sitting around waiting for the wankfest.

[@midnight-2021]

Loved the wank stuff in my teens and early 20s back in the 1980s but later got bored of this stuff and appreciated more of the singer songwriter aspect of music in the 1990s. I would much rather hear Devin Townsend's music then the music from Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert etc. Hell I would rather even hear the singer songwriter blues based music with rock, Americana, country soul and pop mixed with the blues based music from Samantha Fish then with those mega guitarists from the 1980s.

[@paulwall1981]

What a amazing man and guitar player Townsend is. He might be quiet an oddball in a goodway, but there is a huge amout of talent and skill inside his head. Keep up the good work DT.

[@OXCerberusX0]

i love his unique style and sound, he is so awesome.

[@DavemechL1011]

Funny, brilliant, epic, one of my favorite vocalists as well!!!

[@Chromaticsketches]

It's amazing that his voice is LOUDER than his guitar...with NO mic.

[@nothing907]

I wish I could shred that well. And if I could do it while talking like he does I would always walk around with a guitar in my hands and a portable amp on my belt so I could supply an awesome soundtrack to my conversations.

[@metldrummer2112]

Oh my god, he's so amazing at guitar, but so hilarious. The fact that he can just sit there and spout off random bullshit while laying down some of the best guitar I've ever heard is amazing. Devin is one of my idols

[@kyatzz]

This guy is a fucken legend

[@celcius119]

Saw this guy live yesterday, you'd never know he could play like this by seeing him live

[@KongoXIIV]

Damn that HUGE tone! Captain scrunchy at his best (referring to angled picking) I LOVE IT!!!

[@MetalHead420100]

i love that he plays Stand at around 2:00. and then deconstruction! and then some Trainfire!

[@jackieparmz]

The most incredible musician to ever grace heavy music.

[@JordonBeal]

A decade later, and this is more relevant than ever.

[@mf2304]

Found out it's the title track from the album "Ki" about 4:40 into the song- weird transformation, but then again the writing style is what keeps me coming back- thanks man

[@TheGodlessGuitarist]

@HelloDailor Cool. I have to say I am mightily impressed by his vocal guitar play separation. He hand certainly diddle a bit too.

[@MissAndDie96]

I love how this video accurately sums up Devin in 7 minutes.

[@bthboJsyhl]

talking and shredding at the same time...I mean, talking and real good shredding at the same time...this dude rocks!

[@RequiemVortex]

Just got my copy of Ziltoid. Love it.

[@Shreddah]

3:10 and forward, rofl.

[@Slayerville1969]

amazing he totally ripping on guitar and rambling about anything and makes it look so easy...im a huge fan a true music genius...SYL!

[@stillllllife]

My favorite KZbin video.

[@teddyvanhalen]

Man, this guy is awesome!!

[@TheGodlessGuitarist]

Is this Vai's old singer?

[@mirkosassu7862]

yes!

[@wolfgangstratocaster]

and nowadays is a singre that can sing in moore than five octaves, he play guitar like a demon, and he mix and produces his owns records, and most of all, its a great great composer, like Vai said one time is an undiscover genius

[@Bender6amer]

oh my friggen gawd, this man is talented. It both scares me and fills me with hope - there needs to be more folks in the world like this guy. Dead set champ.

[@magister39]

He had used a lot of different amplifiers... Mainly Mesa DR Solo Head but he also played on Peavey 5150(i.e. Accelerated Evolution album). Currently he is playing through a Budda Superdrive(not really sure about the type, think it's Superdrive but dunno for sure). And I don't know whether he uses some kind of overdrive stompboxes now. He used to use a Maxon overdrive unit with the Mesa.

[@nikewatch1987]

ok i liked this yonks ago and now listening back and hearing all the songs off deconstruction its pretty epic

[@Onedarknight]

by 7:06 I was on the floor, holding my sides. While I play guitar and should look up to Devin for that reason (plus my name is Devin), I really just watch his interviews and videos because he's so damn funny...

[@ehoc42]

so lets see, he reveals his future songs heart baby, stand, and deconstruction in one 7 minute video. Thats one of the perks of having your own record label

[@TunerGuy_90]

the music he creates is like noone else....he is pure and just awesome

[@Guitfiddlejase]

I love this guy-he says all the things I wish I had said...

[@Augenatic]

he is hilarious, hahahah the facial expressions after the singing around 5:40 are fucking awesome

[@Lumo95]

My dream is to have him and Buckethead do a collaboration album, It would literally make my head explode.

[@AtuOma]

Unleash the Devin!!!

[@cokeglas]

Do some searches for his live performances and you can see why ppl get so into it. He;s frigging awesome live. He just really really likes to play I think.

[@GregLynn]

Just re-tuned my 7 string to open C yesterday. Gotta master that fretboard badly.

[@TheDaveBarronBand]

It's always cool to be impressed by someone and to be given a level to aspire to. Inspirational players set the standard. This is why dance music and all that dj stuff is such pap. There is such a low level of attainment and the 'music' doesn't require the years of honing to get reach a decent standard.

[@janwaltereustaquio]

I always listen to Ki, at least seven times a week. it's one of my favorite albums, ever! My favorite track is Terminal...it's so, moving...^_^

[@chunkyfudgelover]

@Zeta9966 The bit you're referring to is from Planet Smasher off the Ziltoid album. It's difficult to hear it in the song unless you really have your ears peeled... I reckon anyway.

[@SenorDevin]

that stand riff is just the fucking greatest

[@x13xautumnsx]

This video is a perfect example of why I love this man, hahaha!

[@davewebster5120]

I love how he's almost bored with how masterful he is at everything.

[@GuitarNinja91]

Saw him live last night and was blown away!! I left the venue early and ended up meeting him!! It was so sick. got to talk to him for a while

[@quadr0pus]

@jr4slipknot55 I think the song is called stand from the deconstruction album, I think it sounds much better the way he plays it here though, I love that bit too :-)

[@runthemachine]

Wow, Devin. Thank you. I can (do) listen to this a couple times a month. Because it's flat-out gorgeous, Thank you for staying true to yourself (not like that's any favor to me, right?), and giving us your music. I know you became terribly disenchanted, and the bitter result of your expression was fucking bad-ass. Like it or not, your pissed off music was was the stuff that whets musical appetites. I'm so glad Peavey reached out to you & told you ".. do what you do.". It's awesome. I love it all

[@ThanatonInfoSlump]

@JobForAMaxboy As far as reverb goes he uses an Eventide Reverb 2016, I forgot what delay pedal he uses..he does mention it in one of his videos though

[@ThorsShadow]

To me it sounds like, as if he's playing arpeggios. The technique usually used to do this is called sweep picking, although it's also possible to play arpeggios via tapping (a lot of guitarists do that, actually).

[@ripshred]

It's from the song Ki and then at 5:42 it's from Deconstruction

[@metaller8]

@juswannawatchthings Dude! Incase your unaware, Devin's doing a thing at GuitarGuitar during the day of the DTP gig, where he's gonna be playing, talking gear, and generally just hanging out and signing stuff!

[@ElectronLord]

Oh my god! HEAVY DEVY!

[@Velcharoon]

It's from Deconstruction (if my memory serves me right, that is), a record he hasn't released yet (but it will be next year)

[@Velopod]

Devin Townsend is such an awesome guitarist and a funny, down to earth guy. And I love how he just sweeps around while talking normally. like:"No big deal guys, I just thought sweeping wasn't hard enough on it's own, so I'm talking to you at the same time" lol

[@lucifffer666]

@hungry4stink It's Stand, from incoming album Deconstruction, it's just demo of it.

[@MrDimebuck]

@FrostyRoskies No doubt man, lol! The neck looks amazing! Almost like Ernie Ball Music Man. Is it anything like that, or,...?

[@woodengnome1]

@MrDimebuck they are called peavey hp specials. i bought one myself just because of these videos. took a lot of digging to find what they are.

[@FormerlyMrBean667]

He's still got it. And will never ever lose it.

[@armygunz937]

devin did it up at the house of blues last night! rocked the house!

[@IgnicRex]

it's "Stand" from "Deconstruction" great song!!!!!

[@jamie7351]

This is the greatest thing I've ever seen.

[@SeanHiruki]

I love how the first part is nice, calm and smooth, then he rants as all us geeks and nerds do. Awesome

[@edgar587]

he keeps on sayin'a lot of bullshit while shreddin'!! fantastic little genius!!

[@cloudhed]

@AKLITEK100 If you search for the "Peavey pxd 7 string Demoing 'Stand' (Deconstruction)" on Devins channel (poopynuggeteer), at the 1:30 mark I think. There's your riff. It's from one of the songs from Deconstruction. Hope it helped!