DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT - Deadhead (Live at Royal Albert Hall) I Singer Reacts I

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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT - Deadhead (Live at Royal Albert Hall)
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[@EvanAgee]

The dude conveys so much emotion with a scream and I'm here for it. Just insane.

[@immune85]

To be fair, it's not just the screams.

[@GetzGoth]

“If you feel like it, at any point, pick a tempo.” Man, thats classic! Gotta love this man! His ability to go from a beautiful, controlled, clean voice to those ungodly screams and back to clean just impressed the hell out of me, but then I’m no vocalist so maybe I don’t really know what I’m talking about. Anyway, thanks for sharing your Video. Cheers!

[@fdm698]

When you said they need to boost his mic, devin has actually talked about this and explained it on two levels. On a artistic note he said that he often tries to go for a wall of sound feel in his productions which is of course especially apparent in deadhead. He feels like a voice cutting to clearly through that mix and elevating itself over the other instruments would harm that approach, which I think is a fair point. On a more psychological level he says it also stems from a lingering deep routed insecurity about singing in front of people. I know it sounds ridiculous coming from such a godlike vocalist, but it's still an extremely relatable feeling. This is from the teatime interview with the charismatic voice by the way, huge recommendation! 😊

[@northof4912]

There is an amazing performance where he’s playing a pretty small venue and someone in the audience asks if Devin remembers him. He is visibly pained when he says he doesn’t….. and then a few minutes later, he stops in the middle of his song….. because he remembered him and apologizes and gets into the details of their previous interaction - it is epic. But that is the person he is…..

[@VTF82]

Where can we find this?

[@northof4924]

​​@@VTF82 I think someone posted a link on a Devi reaction. I've been searching but so far can't find it again. Super cool - I'll keep looking.

[@andrewgibbon7934]

It's an acoustic version of Ih Ah

[@northof4912]

@@andrewgibbon7934 Thanks! Right, that allowed me to find it! Seems I saw a longer video with more interaction but this is the show.

[@northof4912]

@@northof4924 Someone explains in the comments.

[@TDOTMUSICNERD]

I saw Devin when he was lead Vox & guitarist for Strapping Young Lad… they were the special guests of Fear Factory in Toronto.. and absolutely laid waste … FF had no chance after they played.. the most PUNISHING display of metal I ever witnessed live

[@Denashi]

Oh, I thought you heard... they did try to turn up his mic during soundcheck... the sheer force of his voice opened up a miniature dark hole, that swallowed up three crew members before they could turn it off again...

[@Robert_Herring]

If you like his audience interaction, check out his performance of "Why", Live from "Order of Magnitude". So much fun

[@blast3613]

+ 1

[@JBW27]

What makes this performance even crazier is that he was recovering from sickness at the time. So, that's him singing with his sinuses/throat etc working against him 😯🤦🏻‍♂️

[@d112cons]

And he'd preceded this with a full Ziltoid2 performance. He'd been singing like 3 hours straight before this.

[@fig1115]

this song brakes my heart . listen to the lyrics and feel what he is conveying.

[@JU13ES]

Watch his quarantine live stream of "Why" its just him solo, singing away, having a good time and killing it

[@ronalda.geobey8042]

It's great that Deadhead became the go-to for reaction videos. It keeps popping up with someone new.

[@alvarodiaz779]

I’ve seen Devin Townsend live like 8 times (he’s my most seen artist live) and it never gets old or repetitive. His showmanship is quite unique and he always finds a way to troll his audience haha

[@perrundgren1]

What you say about his intimacy and audience participation, it’s pure magic. Saw him last year at a decently sized club gig, maybe 1000 people in the audience. During that concert, he made full eye contact with me multiple times despite me being up on the balcony to the side, and I felt like “he sees me, and acknowledges me”. And the thing is, I’m sure everyone else there had the exact same experience. He’s just got a magical way of connecting with the crowd, as a whole and as individuals.

[@failuretolaunchdrums]

Favorite artist ever. Massive catalog but just slowly work through the eras and you’re hooked. Funny as hell too

[@IH8YH]

The puppet I think is ZILTOID THE OMNISCIENT, a creation of Devin and he did a concept album about it.

[@Easy_Skanking]

Indeed! 👽☕

[@squirrelroberts6354]

2 concept albums, which are both incredible

[@wheatthicks]

If you haven’t seen Devin in Strapping Young Lad you should check out the music video for their song Love.

[@digimortalone2759]

Or, The New Black live.

[@luckymchl2074]

She's either telling Devin she wants his baby, or that it might be his baby. LOL. Awesome reaction video. He's gotta be the most unique Musician to ever live. LOL. To me, this is the best vocal presentation in the last 20-25 years in Metal, or any other music to be honest, of any song made in that time. This has to put him on the same level as people like Freddie Mercury, Steve Perry, Rob Halford, Ian Gillan, Dio, ect. I believe he's wrote this song in 2003, and been perfecting it ever since. Kinda a big difference between the original and this modern version. And some say he had the flu when he did this show? Just Wow.

[@simonfarmery]

This performance always blows me away by how he was able to pull this off while being ill!!

[@VTF82]

Next 'Death of Music ' live in Royal Albert Hall. 👌🏼

[@DanishNinja20]

probably the best version of this song imo. its soo good

[@ll-lp2yn]

GIRLL!! PLS REACT TO HIS ACOUSTIC VERSION OF THUS SONGGGG (I really like your reactions!!❤)

[@wookieschnitzel7595]

So far I haven't heard any of the vocal coach/singer reactions talk about the second time he says "the grey line". For me that bit has a haunting vibrato and it is one of the highlights of this performance.

[@ardiberen]

Don't think that is intentional. Seems out of breath

[@ddevil4980]

Everytime I've seen Devin live, either with Strapping young lad (who you should check out), or Deven Townsend project he ALWAYS yells about his small pen!s! 😂 No clue why, it's just a thing he does.

[@northof4912]

He was roasting the crowd! And they loved it!

[@sukulmati]

I really recommend checking out his project Casualties of Cool with Che Aimee Dorval (also Canadian). He's much more pulled back but he and Che play wonderfully off of each other's voices.

[@EdsterZ0529]

You HAVE to react to "The Death of Music, Live in Plovdiv" all the way through.

[@jbones1987]

The scream vocals from Devy hit like good sex.

[@patrickbreen1271]

Check out his performance of "Ih ah". It is a beautiful tune. He does high register and not the awesome screaming he does here,though. His range is sick. Also, his podcast interviewing Steve Vai about self-perception,self-doubt is long but so good.

[@midnight-2021]

He calibrated with Anneke van Giersbergen in that song and both Devin Townsend and Anneke van Giersbergen are outstanding vocalists.

[@MeirleanShawk]

This!

[@mojoredfoot]

Watch “Death of music “ from the same concert. More vocal greatness from Devin

[@blast3613]

So glad you get his humor and his character. And your smile is awesome🤭😍

[@Autofire80]

Devin LOVES playing with vocals, check out Strapping Young Lad if you haven't yet! Easily worth a listen!

[@Autofire80]

He has one or two mid-COVID shows he did, it made me happy that he wanted to give fans something to look forward to. Always going to be one of my favorite artists.

[@drzeissler]

:) THIS IS THE ONE TO REACT TO => Devin Townsend "WHY?" (Order of Magnitude - Official Promo Video)

[@patrickfuller2423]

8:13 to 10:00 you freaking nailed it. I'm so glad you enjoy this, gives me hope for the future really.

[@Zabiru-]

If you want to hear just a really chill song that just makes you feel good check out the music video for Call of the Void. Very unique video and a great song, though in no way brutal in parts like Deadhead is.

[@crispy_338]

The instrumental part of this song is incredible. Add Dev’s voice to it and it becomes the perfect song

[@dannydrumsalot]

This live performance is better than the original, and i love it! Particularly sound production wise, the original lacks whas this mix has.

[@buxcorp]

It's kind of common these days to hold up a picture of someone who is not here anymore in a concert, especially if it's your favourite song or such... I only found that out myself not long ago.

[@s91wallace]

The picture isnt a baby, its a daft selfie Devy released awhile back. A very unflattering 'look how many chins i can give myself' low shot. It actully features in the video for Genesis too

[@Spitx]

he has some acoustic sets pretty amazing, fun and so "close"

[@voidcat6876]

the mic thing is a very him thing in live and album mix , he stated in some interviews that he genuenly feels that his voice should not take the prime spot over every thing else in the band , and he said something like ´´people dont pay to just hear me sing´´or something along those lines

[@Clem68W]

That guitarist looks like he knows his way around a woodshop.

[@slickmechanical]

Check out the Retinal Circus performance of Grace. It's another level of awesome for Devin with a female voice counterpart.

[@shirazzza]

Whoever was the promoter here I had ZERO idea he was touring until like the day before. I would have been in the city too & I'm sad, I've missed so many shows & I'm on all the venue email lists for presale etc. He's got to be there at the top with like Dave Grohl & the guys from Electric Callboy & Rob Halford & that calibre of good humans thing which you just have to love them

[@lienardable]

Devin is God

[@Roddrummer]

Devin is my equal favourite artist on the planet (with Rush....you bloody Canucks!). I've been a rock journalist since 1995, I've interviewed him probably 12 times, he's my absolute favourite interview subject too - like you say, so genuine, so intelligent, so articulate. Now do the Retinal Circus version of 'Grace', the Order of Magnitude live version of 'Genesis', and for the sweeter, more melodic side of Dev, do 'Why?', and 'Ih Ah'. Then for something COMPLETELY different, do some Strapping Young Lad ('Love?', 'Shitstorm', 'All Hail the New Flesh', 'OhMy F*cking god'). By the way, I've watched this clip a thousand times, and I've never notice the lady with the baby on her phone!

[@HeliRy]

To be fair, his audio engineers are top notch to be able to perfectly balance his softer and more quiet tones against his wailing wrath. Be curious to know if it sounded that good in person or not, especially at an indoor gig.

[@dannydrumsalot]

Yes🎉

[@VTF82]

There are videos shot by the crowd of this concert

[@heffatheanimal2200]

Don't boost Devi's mic! The front 3 rows would become pregnant!

[@internaut4257]

bruh 6 whole ass generations will be born at once

[@Republic3D]

Heavily Pink Floyd inspired. Love it.

[@indus3270]

It's Devin, you can be sure that he wrote that little off-beat section without drums so that the public will likely clap along at two different times, so he can have a little joke there. Nothing's ever a coincidence with Devin.

[@mrfahrenheit677]

Dude, no lmao. The audience just didn't know how to clap. It's not even off beat, it's just quiet and probably harder to hear in the venue with all the people. Devin is not some magical wizard genius who knew this would happen.

[@LeoAtlantideo]

He is really complete ❤🙏

[@thecommoncarper1247]

Fukin so so good. Just awesome

[@johnmorgan7262]

Devin is kind of notorious for burying the vocal in the mix. It is a confidence thing. He is very much insecure about that epic voice.

[@snizzle6174]

I mean, I don't know if he's said anything to this effect or not, but the reason it's like that here is the level of dynamic range he's applying over the like constant groove. His projected singing and screams are balanced well, but then he starts at a very quiet place because that's how he wants to sing it. Some live compression would help that, but then I could totally believe that he thinks it would hurt the song and that part of it is that it's under the band in those sections.

[@andrestricker4118]

"Roasting the crowd". You should have seen him during SYL times. Rhapsody of insults

[@deetsitmeisterjd]

If I heard rightly, he's pretty sick here too.

[@sylph4721]

So ... This section of the Concert is Post Puppet Musical 😅

[@bazkeen]

Oh yes 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻All is forgiven Voldemort 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Heitorrr]

sou do Brasil, e essa musica é sinistra, fico arrepiado demais.

[@richardd7750]

Love the song. Love the reaction.

[@sunrizehappy]

Please check out his "Universal Flame". This is a masterpiece.

[@Gustavo-ew7om]

You should check out death,lack of comprehension

[@Gustavo-ew7om]

Ok thanks, how do I get it?

[@hansikursch484]

His voice teacher told him his technique is all wrong and if he keeps it up his voice will not last. That was 33yrs ago.

[@nathanornsby2080]

cant wait till you see strapping young lad

[@rorymacleod2919]

Look at ma baabaaay!

[@michalkuban9888]

5:24 Nah, they forgot to turn on the mic for this piece, almost nobody noticed :D

[@SaswataDutta007]

Which iem are you using if I may ask?

[@The_Cyberz]

He was apparently recovering from laryngitis during this time. This was the second part of a two-part show he did that day. The first part was a performance of the Ziltoid the Omniscient album.

[@DarrellW_UK]

Devin never fails to please regardless of what he does! Maybe the baby raised up for him to look at was meaningful 😜 As regards boosting his mic noooo there would be no eardrums left unscathed 😂 Fangirling again eh….. eh……. eh! Nothing surprising about that, the charisma exudes from him doesn’t it?

[@alexanderfinz1297]

Hallo. Please try out the Death of musik live Form Royale Albert hall. MfG Alex

[@antivanti]

The puppet is Ziltoid the Omniscient. He made a couple of concept albums around that character

[@SirGingerOfKnight]

Regarding Mic Boost... Chad Kroeger from Nickelback told Devin to "stop burying your vocals in the mix"

[@senoirmetal]

Just a small thing😢 you might wanna chill on your compressor/limiter cause this is hard to listen to. Otherwise i like you videos

[@megadeth8592]

no Mudvayne on this channel yet......world so cold would be a great start

[@sonofthesea3298]

1:06 I expect no less reaction for whenever i crack one of my bad jokes,in Rachaels direction It is with this performance of this very song,most people have declared him "unhuman",especially on this mark 12:07 Lost count on how many people have measured his note there,and found it to be on the edge of what is humanly possible to do. Oh,you know i wanna see more!😏 (You better laugh! ....... At least a chuckle like Devin got!)

[@mrfahrenheit677]

It's definitely not on the edge of what is humanly possible to do lmao. At least definitely not pitch wise. I can easily hit that high note, I just can't do it with the same tone that he does...and most people can't. But that's just due to how his throat works, but because it's an insanely high note that's nearly humanly impossible. That's just ridiculous to say. People really just make up stuff I guess

[@hartyewh1]

What are you listening with? Might be lacking mids. I don't hear it lacking.

[@Johnny38315]

finally :D

[@patrickfuller2423]

please do more Tool

[@robenbongas7504]

Please react one step closer by linking park live in texas

[@northof4912]

She might be saying “meet your son, Devin”…….. just kidding…..

[@NhatNguyen-gn8tx]

Beautiful girl. to be honest :)

[@RicardoPestana]

this is metal baby, not pop. The vocal are always buried in the mix.

[@christianschlosser4685]

Your voice is too loud compared to your videos - my tip would be to play the videos louder

[@Cheese-0x]

I think there's an EQ issue which is why Devin's voice sounds muted here

[@maull666]

you have to listen to Dayseeker-Crash and burn this is great thank you🤍

[@yourangelinfleshorsackclot1523]

around 6:20 ... that phukin scream rocks ... not sure if he is an angel spirit that chose to fall or one of WE that wont fall but hes an angel spirit with a bad azz sound ... could you imagine that echoing through the woods on a moonlight lit misty night ... you prolly already have ... some of us are "wereLions" but not noticable physical changes but mainly a spiritualy shift to our mountain lion spirits while in our hu(ed)man flesh suits ... its f in amazing ... ummm anywho ...