TesseracT - Legion (Vocal Cover)

This track is Dan Tompkins putting on a masterclass and probably my favourite vocal performance he's ever given. Really humbling attempting this one. The new album is amazing and I'm incredibly excited to see them in Toronto later this month.
If you liked this cover, you may want to check out my debut LP from 2021, "In Pursuit" - now available on all digital platforms.
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[@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!

[@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!

[@danvesca]

this gives me chills and tears,amazing job

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, glad you liked it!

[@jpod16]

Crushed!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@arcanevolley]

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

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@deathmedful]

Great!!!👍

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks! 😃

[@SwissyChief1265]

Wow, totally nailed it!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, man!

[@TheAverageGam3r]

Holy shit man wow

[@DiffractingThought]

Haha, thanks man!

[@RohithMusicOfficial]

Crazy good cover!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks a lot!

[@AllanonXZ]

Hell yeah

[@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.

[@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 =)

[@ChristianRose1]

Outstanding performance.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much!

[@CoverYourEarsVocals]

Your crushed it bro

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much, my guy!

[@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.

[@CarlosKarlsson2309]

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

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! Just gonna keep plugging away =)

[@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.

[@nickslater3598]

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

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for the kind words, Nick!

[@HungryWelder]

Now this is a cover. Good work brother

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@doctorcalaveradesign]

Amazing Bro 😮❤

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@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!

[@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!!

[@ШЕПЕЛЯ-ь3г]

Impressive

[@DiffractingThought]

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

[@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!

[@Ryl0o]

good job dude, that high was super clean

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, man!

[@xTheTrommeL]

Impressive!

[@DiffractingThought]

Appreciate it!

[@KBmosti]

Killed it 👏👏👏 awsome job dude

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much for 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!

[@maxalaintwo3578]

FOREVAAAAAAAH

[@Radikal9k86]

Forevaaaaaaaaaa

[@smurk7026]

Good lord 👍

[@DiffractingThought]

Haha, thanks!

[@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!

[@josephgregory7981]

Wow!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks!

[@pixelhotdish]

Fantastic work. Wow.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@To5u]

ABSOLOUTLEY SMASHED IT BRO

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you, Jess!

[@hamzabenki2864]

Exceptional work

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@onth3hous3]

FUCKING KILLED IT 💯💯👏👏👏👏👏

[@DiffractingThought]

Haha, thank you!

[@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!

[@mukherjee22]

You’re awesome dude 🔥🔥🔥

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@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!

[@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

[@hailhummus]

Incredible cover!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you so much!

[@ashrayhebbar5885]

Amazing work man. Really loved it

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for the kind words and glad you loved 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!

[@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.

[@Mannaminne]

incredible!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@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!

[@scotttill3847]

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

[@DiffractingThought]

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

[@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.

[@ALive-ti9ri]

Omfg, you DID IT SO WELL 🔥🔥🔥

[@DiffractingThought]

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

[@SouthCoast-ke5wh]

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

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man. Appreciate it 🙏

[@MotoHikes]

Bro you fucking crushed this. Bravo!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@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!

[@SamOwenI]

Very nice

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for listening, Sam!

[@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.

[@DavidLoveless]

That was pretty damn impressive! 🤘🏽

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, David! 🙏

[@Radikal9k86]

Siiiiiiick!!!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@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

[@arkhael]

you've made an amazing job!

[@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!

[@fdcendm]

respect !!!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@juandiegovq]

Wow This is awesome

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you for checking it out!

[@jaromirzaczek5355]

Insane, keep it up bro🔥🔥🔥

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much!

[@chrissmityyy]

Hot damn, that was splendid 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks for the kind words, Chris!

[@TheBrunoVianaExperiment]

You nailed it man, congrats

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you for the kind words and for listening!

[@pabmargera]

Su pinshi madre Amazing!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@bastillnes]

soo coool work!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thank you!

[@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!

[@dark_sunset]

Fucking awesome.

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much!

[@declanpossnett2481]

Well done mate, you killed it 😎

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks very much, Declan!

[@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!

[@Leoofthesun]

Pro singing

[@DiffractingThought]

Just a hobbyist, but 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.

[@RenanSocoloski]

Aqersome cover! Well done!

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks so much, glad you liked it!

[@rajatlpgd]

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

[@DiffractingThought]

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

[@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.

[@addydimri921]

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

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, man!

[@danielvuchetichdecheney5606]

Fucking sick dude👏👏

[@DiffractingThought]

Thanks, Daniel!

[@MrYarstar2011]

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