TesseracT - Legion (Vocal Cover)

[@audiofreeq1]

brought the same tears to my eyes as Dan... thanks for this

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! A testament to how well written this track is!

[@ЮліяДерцакян]

Man, seems like this is one of the most difficult songs to sing in history, one should have guts to do dare to do it! Awesome!

[@DiffractingThought]

Guts ... arrogance ... stupidity, maybe? Lol but thank you!

[@obiscygma]

@@DiffractingThought Bro, it isn't arrogance or stupidity if you can PULL IT OFF... and you certainly pulled it off, no shit. (We all know it - hell, even DAN knows it - and I know that YOU know it too, or you never would've posted this vid). So, well done... GG and carry on.

[@DiffractingThought]

@@obiscygma this may be the most aggressively nice comment I've ever received lmao My imposter syndrome is real, but thank you!

[@kylewelsh_krossdesu7700]

Honestly, this is much better than I expected from a smaller channel considering how hard this song is to sing. A better way of putting that is that you sound fantastic and I'm really impressed with your performance. Great work!

[@DiffractingThought]

Haha, thanks for listening and the kind words. Merry Christmas!

[@arcanevolley]

this song is hard as hell, and you've done it justice. respect.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@Peechypeech136]

3:20 and onward is my favorite part of this song, and you absolutely killed it dude.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you so much! And I agree - such an epic ending with a ton of different vocal approaches that works incredibly well; TesseracT can do no wrong.

[@leandro0rsantos]

Wow! Very good, mate! Simply nailed it!

[@DiffractingThought]

@@leandro0rsantos Thank you!

[@agustinantoniosilvaschultz2883]

Insane execution!! Absolutely brilliant. Send it to Dan, he'll love it!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks! I posted it to a FB group of his but, if he has seen it, he hasn't commented. Maybe he doesn't love it haha

[@dek86s]

so good man that gentle scream at 1:00 you nail it!! so perfect!! now utopia!! jajajaja. we need dan to watch this!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, man! I love that part so much as the drums transition to the ride. I promise I'll do Utopia at some point - just really digging the new album at the moment!

[@dek86s]

@@DiffractingThought no problem!! yes the new album is fire!! i love sacrifice!! so good but all tracks has something to dig!!

[@danvesca]

this gives me chills and tears,amazing job

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, glad you liked it!

[@nickslater3598]

Such a tough song as you absolutely nailed it. Bravo!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for the kind words, Nick!

[@jamesbligh6607]

The immense amount of time and effort you have put into your voice really comes through on this. You're voice is insanely good, and i hope you're in a band, because it would be cruel to not go front with vox like that. but what amazes me just as much is the display of 1000's of hours (im guessing) of practice. you're form is immaculate to me, though i must admit i dont know much. anyway, thankyou for sharing. I know its Daniel's song, but i was equally gobsmacked by your performance in of itself! If id only heard this version and not dan's, this would be my song of the year instead.

[@DiffractingThought]

Wow, this comment made my day. I really appreciate you taking the time to write it. I do my own thing, but unfortunately haven't been able to find bandmates in Toronto to take it live. Holding out hope I will one day, but until then, it's just me in my room =) Thanks again for listening and for leaving such a thoughtful and kind comment.

[@FeralMess]

Your skills are growing! Really cool! :)

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! Definitely had to practice and work a bit to try to hit some of those falsetto notes Dan hits in this one!

[@FeralMess]

@@DiffractingThought It is somewhere between art and sport as for me)) But you doing really great progress!

[@DiffractingThought]

@@FeralMess I totally agree. It's fun trying to get better and think of vocal training similar to weight training. Your vocal cords are comprised of muscles, after all.

[@ChristianRose1]

Outstanding performance.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much!

[@guitaroffthecuff-davids5528]

crushed. well done. why doesn't this have thousands more views? You deserve it. Stay awesome.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much, man! I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and maybe one day =)

[@francesconicsinger]

Good work! As a vocal coach i can say you all it's ok because tecniques are right. The Song is very very difficult i know...😅 One advice: Tompkins uses more so much substain because we need to receive feelings. If you work much harder in substain and create sound compression the reasult is a sound beatifull, warm and soulful. If you use more head resonance in mix the sound is more cold without feeling...like a flat line! The only thing to do now is study and study again cause Tompkins is a vocal god and now is one of the best singer in the world for me! Good luck 😉

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for the advice! Always room to improve; I'll keep your tips in mind in the future!

[@alkatorsh07]

Dude. Impressive AF! Control, power, delicacy, style.. Hope you're proud of yourself, mad good performance bro

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! I'm pretty hard on myself, so I really appreciate your comment.

[@pixelhotdish]

Fantastic work. Wow.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alook_gg2]

Liked the vid on the first note. Not a single disappointment all the way through. ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED IT!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Wow, that's pretty high praise! Thanks so much for watching and the kind words!

[@Lavitz321]

This is so sick, you managed to sing the most difficult song on Tesseract's history and you nailed it. Jaw-dropping performance, mate.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, really nice of you to say! I feel like everything Dan does is difficult haha

[@Ryl0o]

@@DiffractingThought not wrong Dan has deffinetly made his name aas one of the greatest voices id say in the current era of music in general

[@DiffractingThought]

@Ryl0o yeah, such an incredible talent and so prolific over the past decade. My favourite singer, for sure!

[@damanOts]

Most difficult song? HMMMMMM. NOT SURE ABOUT THAT!

[@matthewacosta9767]

Wicked good! Came over from the “Tender” vid…🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks! They're my favourite band, couldn't help doing a few covers ... got a few more if you're curious haha

[@sebastian7494]

3:49 That A#5 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🤘🏼

[@DiffractingThought]

@sebastian7494 thanks, man!

[@sebastian7494]

@@DiffractingThought Brother, are you Indian?

[@DiffractingThought]

@@sebastian7494 partially, yep!

[@Shadetheartist1]

On the album track Dan mixes a few takes to get that one section just right. He speaks on it on the video with Chris Liepe.

[@DiffractingThought]

Oh yeah, the Chris Liepe video is great! I can't do this in one shot and have comped takes as well.

[@HungryWelder]

Now this is a cover. Good work brother

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@tonycosta3336]

Very impressive vocal range. Keep making content you will get your roses soon🎉

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you so much for the kind words and well wishes! Hopefully you're right!

[@scotttill3847]

Holy crap bruv! This was dope AF! The screams to falsettos...bravo.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! Dan definitely ran the gamut on this one!

[@RohithMusicOfficial]

Crazy good cover!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks a lot!

[@Ryl0o]

good job dude, that high was super clean

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, man!

[@lilflu5696]

This is actually insane how good you sang this, great cover man, keep up the good work!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you so much for the kind words, man!

[@marcelotorres3285]

Dude! This is amazing!!! Super kudos!!! Keep at it!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much for the kind words, will do!

[@phj288]

Oh wow, mindblowing!! Congrats!!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much, Pablo!

[@ricardofuentes1368]

Amazing! And one of my favorite songs from the album

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, Ricardo! I agree - Legion is one of my favourites, probably of their entire discography now!

[@jpod16]

Crushed!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@nickvranken9228]

before start watching i was not sure about this but....dude what a stunning performance!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, Nick! I get the skepticism, glad you liked it haha

[@SouthCoast-ke5wh]

Absolutely hit the spot with with the vocals bro.. Keep up the good work 👏

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man. Appreciate it 🙏

[@maxalaintwo3578]

FOREVAAAAAAAH

[@Radikal9k86]

Forevaaaaaaaaaa

[@To5u]

ABSOLOUTLEY SMASHED IT BRO

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, Jess!

[@TheAverageGam3r]

Holy shit man wow

[@DiffractingThought]

Haha, thanks man!

[@SwissyChief1265]

Wow, totally nailed it!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, man!

[@MotoHikes]

Bro you fucking crushed this. Bravo!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@josephgregory7981]

Wow!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks!

[@NikhilShrestha]

You're vocals are sick af. Very impressive control and super tight singing

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man! Just checked out your channel and we've got very similar tastes in music - subbed!

[@xTheTrommeL]

Impressive!

[@DiffractingThought]

Appreciate it!

[@seanm8863]

This is awesome dude!! I hope Dan sees this!! Also like how your own voice comes through and makes it ever so slightly your own 👌👌🔥

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, Sean! I tried to use the same kind of textures Dan is using but we've obviously got different voices so I'm glad you didn't mind the difference!

[@hailhummus]

Incredible cover!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you so much!

[@zoedoesmusic4520]

sheer insanity you and Dan!!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks! I'm excited to see him do this live. He was saying in an interview that he has his work cut out for him to do this in concert haha

[@ashrayhebbar5885]

Amazing work man. Really loved it

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for the kind words and glad you loved it!

[@hamzabenki2864]

Exceptional work

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@CoverYourEarsVocals]

Your crushed it bro

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much, my guy!

[@krobzzzz]

Dude this was absolutely insane, you must have escaped from the same laboratory Tompkins was created in This song feels like it was intentionally made to be impossible for anyone other than Dan If so, they have failed hard, you've completely crushed it, congrats

[@DiffractingThought]

Haha, that's a funny compliment - thanks! Dan's such an incredible talent and I'm happy you felt I did him some justice.

[@krobzzzz]

@@DiffractingThought I forgot to ask: Do you know of the band Skyharbor, and if you do, ever thought about doing a cover of their songs? If you never heard of them, Dan was their singer for the first 2 albums, peak progressive metal stuff, more dreamy and more clean vocals but insane riffs, check out their song (or album) Guiding Lights, some parts of Legion remind me of it, I think you would like it

[@DiffractingThought]

@@krobzzzzoh, I love Skyharbor! Been listening to them since Blinding White Noise. I did a not-so-great cover of Catharsis way back when. Maybe I'll try a cover of one of their songs at some point! So many tracks to choose from.

[@WFangW]

@@DiffractingThought Please do Maeva or Celestial. I would love to hear that :)

[@DiffractingThought]

@@WFangW love both those tracks! Maybe I'll give them a try at some point, thanks for the reco!

[@Mannaminne]

incredible!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@CarlosKarlsson2309]

the best cover. keep going bro, your time is coming !

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! Just gonna keep plugging away =)

[@ls.vinicius]

I'm planning to cover it any time soon. Your mix sounds really good, to keep only instrumental.

[@DiffractingThought]

Awesome, I'll look out for it! And thanks, check out Ultimate Vocal Remover - it's the program I used and is pretty good at processing splits.

[@KBmosti]

Killed it 👏👏👏 awsome job dude

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@deathmedful]

Great!!!👍

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks! 😃

[@juandiegovq]

Wow This is awesome

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you for checking it out!

[@TheBrunoVianaExperiment]

You nailed it man, congrats

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you for the kind words and for listening!

[@arkhael]

you've made an amazing job!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@AllanonXZ]

Hell yeah

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@DavidLoveless]

That was pretty damn impressive! 🤘🏽

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, David! 🙏

[@pabmargera]

Su pinshi madre Amazing!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@thedebapriyakar]

HOLY SHIT BHAI YOU ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT I only came to listen to the "abandoned heathen" line and I fell off my chair Phenomenal work 👏👏👏

[@DiffractingThought]

Haha, thank you! At one point, I wasn't even sure I could hit that A#5. Glad you appreciated it!

[@chrissmityyy]

Hot damn, that was splendid 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for the kind words, Chris!

[@ALive-ti9ri]

Omfg, you DID IT SO WELL 🔥🔥🔥

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks! It took some doing to figure out the coordination on those high notes 🔥

[@SamOwenI]

Very nice

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for listening, Sam!

[@fdcendm]

respect !!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@onth3hous3]

FUCKING KILLED IT 💯💯👏👏👏👏👏

[@DiffractingThought]

Haha, thank you!

[@bastillnes]

soo coool work!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@luismejia6802]

😮 those falsettos

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man! Love the contrast Dan brings to this track.

[@RenanSocoloski]

Aqersome cover! Well done!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much, glad you liked it!

[@dark_sunset]

Fucking awesome.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much!

[@funnyperson4027]

How shredded was your throat after those pitched screams lmao crazy stuff you’re an absolute legend for doing this

[@DiffractingThought]

Honestly? I was fine! The cover I did of War of Being was much tougher in that regard. Thanks for watching!

[@ШЕПЕЛЯ-ь3г]

Impressive

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@mukherjee22]

You’re awesome dude 🔥🔥🔥

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@doctorcalaveradesign]

Amazing Bro 😮❤

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@declanpossnett2481]

Well done mate, you killed it 😎

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks very much, Declan!

[@jaromirzaczek5355]

Insane, keep it up bro🔥🔥🔥

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much!

[@rajatlpgd]

Not just good, this is inspiring as well! Keep going\m/

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! That's nice of you to say.

[@Radikal9k86]

Siiiiiiick!!!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@djentisnotagenre]

Smashed it!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! If your name is in reference to Periphery, I've also previously done a few covers of their tracks as well.

[@djentisnotagenre]

@@DiffractingThought It's not at all. I've had this account handle since like 2011.

[@DiffractingThought]

@@djentisnotagenre haha, you've been waging a war against djent since pretty much the beginning. Honestly, respect.

[@djentisnotagenre]

It's the truth, "Djent" bands don't even djent.

[@iwad4]

Holyy bro this is so good can you do tender by them

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! I love that one and think I just might give it a shot!

[@iwad4]

@@DiffractingThought yess im so excited about this one especially cause your vocals will fit perfectly with that song can’t wait

[@DiffractingThought]

@iwad4 thanks for the vote of confidence! Tender is really difficult, but I'll start practicing it and see if it is a good fit!

[@smurk7026]

Good lord 👍

[@DiffractingThought]

Haha, thanks!

[@dgallarc]

Jesus, man! And I'm not even a christian myself. 🤯

[@DiffractingThought]

Lol, your blasphemy is appreciated 😅

[@Sevro720]

is tje I bind you lyric a false cord or fry? tyty also beautiful cover man 🙏🙏

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! I did false cord for that section.

[@Leoofthesun]

Pro singing

[@DiffractingThought]

Just a hobbyist, but thank you!

[@danielvuchetichdecheney5606]

Fucking sick dude👏👏

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, Daniel!

[@addydimri921]

A very difficult song to sing or cover. Kudos for the attempt brother

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@Zhiroslaughter]

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