Devin Townsend - Kingdom REACTION & REVIEW! FIRST TIME HEARING!

[@arnefl5549]

Aah, yet another masterpiece of His Royal Goofiness, Sir Devin Townsend. The least pretentious rock star in the Universe, a claim ultimately tested and proven by his cover on stage of «Disco Inferno» while wearing a ballerina skirt…!😂I can’t help it, I just love this guy to bits!

[@xMRxZEROx]

Absolutely. Devin is singlehandedly the most immensely talented and equally humble musician this world will ever have the fortune to know. He is a God amongst men who views himself as a lowly peasant. His vocal talents are some I would put against almost anyone throughout earth's history, yet he hates singing. His music is some of the most majestic, beautiful, angry, sinister, weird and insane stuff the world has, yet he'd say he sucks ass. I love the man. Beyond words.

[@xMRxZEROx]

I love that he instantly got the joke about the guitar solo. 🤣 Most people are confused as hell becuase they have zero guitar knowledge. Classic Devin for ya.

[@MikeParent]

Also this I believe was the very first one EMG did so technically correct.

[@johnwoodberry3707]

Love Devin, such a big personality and very endearing performer. His live shows are incredible too

[@lugann603]

Hi David. I met my wife in 1989 and bout 2 years ago, something that came across her facebook page and she asked if I'd ever heard of Devon Townsend. I checked the guy out and was completely blown away. I was like, "you went to school with this guy"? Any how, she's actually a year older and only met him several times in passing at a party and so on. She said, there was always something about him that would indicate success in whatever he wanted to do in life. She added, "I grew up across the street from his base player, Brian "Beav" Waddell". Now Brian's no 'Little Gene', but he gets the job done. As always, love what you do man.

[@creislaw4821]

Devin Townsend is known for "Wall of Sound" kind of music pretty much since Strapping Young Lad. The sound comes like wave, slams into you and leaves you tumbling in the surfs of its melodies. I think the mix was intentional. If the guitar was elevated out of the everything else it would not hit simultaneously with everything else

[@DrumDTLTE2]

I was going to say the same thing. Devin has admitted that he loves reverb and loves the Beach Boys' use of the "wall of sound".

[@dub5674]

This man is hilarious, theres a video of a live show, they had technical issues and Devin just start talking, making fun, and entertaining the crowd until get fixed. The best frontman IMO Now you have to listen to "Why" (not a request since im not a patreon 😬) But that song is something interesting, kinda like a heavy metal Disney song. Ok, now im getting late to work, gotta run. Byeeeee

[@tomgrant29]

Gotta be "Why?" from the quarantine solo gig - just perfect

[@dub5674]

@@tomgrant29 hmmmm idk man, i prefer the crowd screaming Let Me Go Home!! ...and Devin wearing a tutu. (Not saying the quarantine solo is bad)

[@tomgrant29]

@@dub5674 I saw it in London (last gig for me before covid) and yeah, it was legendary :)

[@dub5674]

@@tomgrant29 really? Now i envy you. I dont know if one day Im gonna be able to se him here in México.

[@tomgrant29]

@@dub5674 I hope it happens mate

[@WayTooLateTV]

I *LIKE* this guy, he's entertaining! I could swear he's a facebook friend of one of my friends, too, he looks and his name sounds that familiar, too, but it could just be too much blood in my caffeine stream right now. That was super fun to watch!

[@mincentprice1041]

Thanks David - Dev's my guy We need to show you a song with some great lead guitar. He's the best lead guitarist, that hardly ever puts solos in his songs. Deep Peace and Failure - they both have videos recorded at Plovdiv. He uses a full orchestra and choir, just like he did when he records his albums. Really enjoy your channel Cheers

[@MikeParent]

Failure live at Plov Div- his guitar solo and tone is sooo good on that track

[@Leeuw1962]

Yes! Devin is great as a musician/singer, but also a fun person. Love this guy. Als check out 'Grace' and 'Awake'. Just epic music in every way!

[@Always-fd7pk]

Ah Master Devin, one of my favourite humans

[@Nightkeeper91]

As far as i know, Devin Townsend usually plays live with a band, there are many videos of his gigs on youtube, even a live version of Kingdom with the band

[@Leeuw1962]

Yep, his Devin Townsend Project is great!

[@dianaa9826]

Absolutely MINDBLOWING!! What a performance.. Devin you Rock!!! Great reaction.. Cheers

[@jamesandrews7928]

This dude might be the first person reacting to the kingdom video to actually get the "epic guitar solo" joke

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Yeah I got it, I think I smirked when he said it.

[@YurrNext]

He wasn't lying about that guitar solo either, this was the first episode. 🤣

[@mariolevasseur731]

Watch the other song from the EMG session. It is instrumental. Incorporating many techniques, finger-picking, tapping, and his use of effects

[@Liz-cmc313]

Devin is God im my world 🤘🔥💯❤️

[@pookievision]

YES BROTHER!! 🤘 If you would be willing to do a mini series/playlist for your channel of his album: Ziltoid The Omniscient; in full that wpuld be such an experience for both you and you community!! Great content dude 🥳

[@ShadowhispersBand]

Devin is great. I remember hin coming on stage saying: "I am Devin Townsend and I have an incredibly small dick." in front of over 50000 people. He's a great musician and a great entertainer.

[@davidtapp4248]

The fact you're a metalhead and don't know of the mighty skullet says alot about how underrated he is as a musician.

[@PK--ITA]

I recommend his "Quarantine Concert", a benefit for the hospital in Vancouver, I think. it's a masterpiece.

[@Antawnyoo]

No kingdom has shed more joy than the Kingdom of HevyDevy.

[@dehaviland7645]

Great fun as always... Refreshing style you got there buddy. Kevin has a side project and there are something called the Dunlop sessions which is worth looking into.

[@sarcasmoassholio2801]

New to your channel. No death threats here bro. Great job and rock on. Dev's axe is tuned in C dont think he can play in standard lol.

[@carlsimons6616]

If you're a Steve Vai fan, Devin got his start singing for Vai. Check out those 2 together. Talk about TALENT!!!

[@tomgrant29]

You are genuinely the first reactor I've seen whose face didn't completely change to surprised Pikachu face when the vocals came in lol - respect, shows you're really analysing :)

[@EggersEggers-pd6te]

BLACK COMEDY: Subtle Conversion(Sic Transit Gloria Mundi). 💎💠

[@ЛеликВелосипедист]

Девин не только хороший первец, но и отличный композитор, есть у него свой легко узнаваемый уникальный стиль

[@mikecooper7755]

Check out Devy performing Willy Wanka. It's from this same EMG filming but it's just him doing his guitar magic (no vocals) from about 10 or so of his songs. If you want to see a great live video of his former band look up Deadhead at Royal Albert Hall

[@bigfan007]

Wow, what a voice. I am not a fan of the screaming technique but in do appreciate his talent. Thanks David, another entertaining piece.

[@Stockhandle123]

I love this performance

[@pavkey88]

Great reaction!!

[@andreaspedersen3952]

Originally those falsetto parts were sung by a female. Anneke Van Giersbergen, which says a whole deal about his talent. No big fan but likes songs. Stormbending is probably the IMO.

[@MetalFerret84]

Correct me if I´m wrong, but I think this was the first episode of "EMGtv". So indeed the most epic quitar solo so far :D

[@pendleeldnep]

erm... there are loads on the EMGTV channel before devin - go and see

[@Zhgarr]

Don't worry, later in this series he picks up the white guitar you see in the back and he does a medley of his guitar riffs from his songs, no singing to show off the pickups just fine. Look for Willy Wanka, you'll see he's actually a pretty talented guitarist on top of a great singer. Oh and the backing track, the Wall of Sound mixing is his sound. If you want it without backing track, either look up videos from his Empath Order of Magnitude tour or just him with a guitar at Namm 2016.

[@mariolevasseur731]

I know most of your requests come from your patreon subscribers. Here are a few suggestions for Devin Townsend. Why?. From his quarantine concert he did for charity. It has a Disney/ Broadway feel. It showcases his vocals. The song, Mountaintop, from the Dunlop session. Is from his album casualties of cool.

[@BillPassmore]

love this. cant wait to see more red hot chili peppers too

[@legatomodi3522]

Cool reaction. If I may request or recommend!! Can you do "Teeth Like Godshoeshine" by Modest Mouse.? I'm really curious what your score would be.

[@daleharden1749]

I highly recommend listening to the artist Jonothan Young. He has some metal covers of Disney tracks that don't get nearly enough recognition.

[@markandrew2090]

The pick ups in devs guitar are not emg's they are fishmans. the Guitar is a custom job made by Framus for devin.

[@6lillium]

EMG make excellent bass pickups for active basses.....

[@WalterSobchak1000]

I don't know much about Devin, has he ever worked with Mike Patton?

[@selaimutiara]

None that I know of, I am a patton fan for a long time, but when I hear devin's vocal in steva Vai album, I couldn't help to compare him with Mike Patton...will be interesting if both are collaborating...

[@hardcorechristopher9174]

Good

[@nyeehah]

Lol the complaint is the guitar is blended too perfectly. 😂 Not too much of a complaint. Maybe they're showcasing what it'll sound like in a mix? Who knows

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I did say in the video it was a small little thing. I just thought that, since this was a guitar showcase to show off the EMG pickups he was using, the guitar should have been brought up in the mix a little more.

[@dharvell]

Don't know what you're talking about in regard to the mix. If a brand is sponsoring a live performance, I would want to hear how that brand cuts through a good mix, rather than having that instrument absolutely drown everything else out. What would that prove?

[@znzn6853]

Alip ba ta

[@user-qp9so2zo1z]

Backing track :(