Music video by Devin Townsend Project performing Stormbending. (C) 2016 HevyDevy Records. Issued under license from HevyDevy Records to Century Media Records Ltd. under exclusive license from InsideOutMusic vevo.ly/9jO4br
You got my attention with this very record, Mr. Townsend. Thank you for recording and releasing it! It's the only one that makes me feel like crying of passion, joy and longing but I guess that's exactly the point! Devin Townsend, an exceptional artist, writer and singer, especially the latter!!! I bow before you!
You are stronger than you know. My wife and I just celebrated 15 years of sobriety. We basically replaced the unhealthy habits with healthy ones (like running, hiking and kayaking, using nature’s energy and beauty to heal us). You’ve got this!❤️
Genuinely regret not having gotten into Devin Townsends music earlier. The past few weeks I've just went down a rabbit hole of awesome music and discovering all the past albums. Can't even express how great it's been
It's called a "wall of sound" - very few bands get it right, but it's magical when it works. The first time I heard that term was with Blind Guardian's "A Night at the Opera" album (particularly "And Then There Was Silence") - it's more common with European Prog-Metal, but Devin Townsend and Symphony X stand out among Western Hemisphere contributors.
@3:59 - that transition from "Your Soul!!!!!!!" to the "whoooooaaaaaaa" + the hurricane scene is just perfect. Hard to put into words. I get chills everytime 🔥🔥🔥
Did anyone interpret this video as I did? My wife recently told me she no longer loves me (yeah I know, sob story). The lyrics are very suggestive of losing someone. He talks about memories and using time to navigate those memories, lying to yourself, and offering yourself; your love. The video shows a boy and girl fighting desperately to find beauty, to find life. They're in a dead world but together they attempt to better they're environment. By doing so, their world crumbles. Everything they've known, everything around them is destroyed. They hold tight to eachother as the storm worsens and just as it seems they can take no more or that they may die, the storm breaks and life blossoms around them. Beauty and meaning now cover their once desolate world and lives. Best part of the video is when they hug eachother at the end with those big smiles on their faces. They made it. All of that struggle and fear was well, well worth it. I see this video as a message of hope- don't give up. Battle the storms and eventually, no matter how hard it becomes, it will pay off. This song and video are perfect together regardless of how you interpret them.
I'm having my morning coffee with tears streaming down my face right now from the song alone. This comment just hit me like a train. Beautiful analysis bro, I feel it.
Thank you Tom Caine! I'm so sick of hearing ignorant, stupid comments such as this one... I mean the shit doesn't even make sense, so devin townsend project is the only good band left period? Fuck outta here, hes amazing but so are other musicians and other people. Also plenty and I mean plenty of other musicians keep "the soul"(hippie) of music alive... sorry I didnt mean to be harsh but it's this kind of talking that I feel is making people more dumb.
@MorbidManMusic couldn't agree more. I'm in jazz school and I discover something new and exciting every day,to the point where I barely have the time to listen to even a part of it
My greatest accomplishment of 2019: Discovering Devin Townsend My biggest regret of 2019: Not discovering Devin Townsend sooner! Absolutely mesmerized by his music, i just cant stop listening to it.
It manages to pull me out of despair. As I wrote to a friend yesterday: this music is not just uplifting, it's ripping me out of there, trebuchet style.
just found this man in 2023 wtf have i been missing. big dream theater fan saw that he was touring with them and the rick beato interview. this man is a genius amazing just amazing devin
I discovered Devin 4 days ago, and he's already delivered me more chills than all of my life experiences of the past decade combined. Yes, I need to get out more, but still...what utterly astounding music!
Just discovered him today. I'm 38 and have listened to rock and metal for decades. My wife must have been cutting onions while I was watching this because my eyes starting watering.
I loved strapping young lad. One day I was at FYE doing my usual by everything I see thing and I swear Terria by Devin Townsend and was like oh cool, fuck it, bought it. Little did I know that I was going to be blown the fuck out of my seat through the entire album. So I did the most logical thing and went back the next day and told my buddy that I needed to exchange a few of the albums I had bought and didn't open for everything Devin Townsend they had. I was in luck, they had Ocean Machine, Phycisist, and Accelerated Evolution had like just come out. Scooped up all 3. Went home and just binged on Devin for like 4 weeks straight.
Lyrics: Time is a human construct, and you were below the waves Time after time, July was in her eyes But if you lie, you lie to your soul Your soul let it fly I remember the rainy days in Chinatown Oh, I hope you'll be okay Time after time, July was in her eyes But if you lie, you lie to your soul All we're offering is a chance to be loved
If Hollywood is ever going to do a series of proper ''Dune'' movies ,Devin would be perfect to compose the soundtrack for it.I mean seriously,this here is epic,beyond human recognition. Imagine something like this,playing while Paul Atreides is riding the sandworm,into battle against the Harkonnen army.
I seriously doubt they are capable of making Dune movies "proper". Too long, too complicated - from regular viewer's perspective. The saga is a masterpiecie, though.
The one true Dune movie that should have been made was torn apart by Hollywood. So fuck Hollywood's version even if they do one that isn't complete shit. They destroyed a sci-fi movie that would have outshone Star Wars before its time. Jodorowski's Dune. Watch the documentary on that one, and you will completely understand. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorowsky's_Dune
Soultrip89 Oh,I've seen the documentary about this lunatic's failed movie.Trust me,the ''Dune''-fans would have hunted him down,with pitchforks and torches and propably,made him eat the book,page by page.We should thank Hollywood,for shutting him down.
Fuck that noise, Hollywood ruined a great artistic expression. It wouldn't have been the same Dune, but at least it wouldn't be the garbage one Hollywood shat after they ruined his idea piece by piece.
Seeing Devin live this weekend. Haven’t been this excited for a concert almost ever. He’s a musical genius. Thank you for your tunes Devin! What a gift you have given us all
Hope they didn't screw it up with the subwoofers. Have seen DTP twice, and both times the awesome vocals, guitar, and keyboards were washed out by the bass and drums. So very sad.
@@curtiscoker6954 I’m sorry to hear it wasn’t a good experience. But they didn’t screw it up thankfully. It was an amazing performance and I got to be in spitting distance. He’s a force of nature and was having such a good time. He seems like a lovely fellow
I just saw this video for the first time recently after not hearing any Devin for at least 2 years. I cried. I wept with happiness and joy. I dont know how one man can encapsulate what it feels like to be human with music so well. God has blessed this man with a power, he holds a key to the mind. I love you Devin, thank you.
I've listened to TOOL ALMOST exclusively for over 10 years. Yes..10 years. No radio, flips and flops here and there to some classic rock and even traveled through some other random music but I simply couldn't find anything as deep as TOOL. So TOOL it was for over 10 years. 10 loooooooong years of waiting to find a band that had some depth in their orchestration and composition of music, lyrics, passion and emotion. Then I found DTP and...now?.. I am free!! I am freeeeee!! I absolutely love this band! Totally amazballs! Thank you DTP for breathing life into my ears once more!
@@toprak3479 that's what happens when you become part of the TOOL army.. the bar is so darn high that it's hard to find anything else that can satisfy the intensity and depth of the kind of music that moves you in all different directions.
@@UgrevsBoots It seems like you need to search more. Have you tried bands like Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Riverside, Haken or other modern prog rock / prog metal bands? A lot of Tool fans enjoy these bands too. Or maybe it's a mindset thing. Maybe you're expecting other bands to top Tool at what Tool is good at and not appreciating them for their own unique things they bring onto the table.
Phallus Dei I wouldn't say so. It's just not you cup of tea maybe. I don't always feel like listening to his band either. Sometimes I just get in the mood for something that I can just put on and let my mind drift. Devin can usually make that happen for me
Phallus Dei I wouldn't say it's flat and boring. Townsend is writing very complex harmonies an he is a musical genius. I need to give him credits for his talent. But on the other hand I can absolutely understand you. I like a few songs of him, but there is a lot of stuff I don't appreciate. The problem you have is the one I have with Dream Theatre. In my opinion they are caring too much about the technical aspects and so loosing any feeling for emotions in their music.
"1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations."
This.. is literally a dream I've had all my life. The tornadoes, the upheaving ground, the grey dreariness being swept into utter annihilation.. Chilling and beautiful.
as a music and weather nut ( especially tornadoes) i have to say that this easily in the top 3 things i've ever heard and witnessed in my life. i cried like a little bitch and i couldn't give a fuck because it was worth it. thank you so much for this gift you've given us. i'll never forget it!
Dude, I was today years old when I realized that "I remember the rainy days in Chinatown" is a reference to Deep Peace from Terria. On the Metal Archives, the lyrics list "(inside the picture of the huge sterile black and white diner on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Chinatown)" for the place where the solo occurs. It's possible Sunday Afternoon off of Accelerated Evolution may even be referencing that: "... on a rainy Sunday afternoon." All three songs have a very similar vibe. Evidently, they're all referring to the same event Devin is talking about here. I absolutely LOVE when artists refer back to their older material like that.
This man's music leaves me in awe at times...and brings so much joy to my musical soul. Been a fan forever... since Sex and Religion with Steve Vai came out in 93'. His growth has been a wonderful and joyous journey to enjoy and experience. My favorite individual musician for the last 25 years.
Never knew of the song until I heard the cove of itr on this latest DTP album. I just checked out the animated video for the original Ween song and there certainly is similarities. Thanks for the info!
he had alot of problems with depression and anxiety. This song is about overcoming and not letting it define who you are. The first time i saw this video i couldnt help but cry a little because i too suffer from it. It made me realise that i conatantly let it beat me time after time. This song finally made me say i have a problem and i need help. So i went to therapy and got a psychiatrist and found out my ADHD had gotten worse, and my low energy and motivation was causing these problems. Since then i have been on Adderall and with work and persistence im starting to crawl out of the cave i dug and feel like im seeing the sun for the first time in years. It all started with this song. Thank you Devin for telling me exactly what i needed to hear.
Twenty years ago I used to listen to Devin when I was making costumes cos it made me sew faster. Now I'm writing books and he helps me type faster!!! Just one of those legends that keeps giving.
Time is a human construct, and you were below the waves Time after time, July was in her eyes But if you lie, you lie to your soul Your soul let it fly I remember the rainy days in Chinatown Oh, I hope you'll be okay Time after time, July was in her eyes But if you lie, you lie to your soul All we're offering is a chance to be loved
To be honest this was not my favorite song from the new album, but this video actually overwhelmed me with emotions.. I feel so overwhelmed.. It gave new life to the song for me
The first time I heard this song and the first time the chorus came up, I got choked up. As the song went on and the chorus came up again, the tears came. It still hits me, though, not as hard as that first time.
I knew a couple of Townsend songs, but today i got some free time, and listened to some more of his songs... I haven't got excited with "new" music for a while.. I fucking love his music. Is the perfect combination of classic, dreamy and dark. 🖤🖤🖤😭
When you evolve to this level of genius you go bald because the electromagnetic energy emanating from the skull is too much for the weak follicles to handle.
What!? A "serious" Dev music video? Where's the irony? Where's the absurdity? The ridiculousness? But Dev is the ultimate fourth dimensional guitar hero! Phooey! Indeed, phooey!
+DaelinD Instead of "phooey", what I think he actually says is "fui", which can mean "I'm gone/I went/off I go" in Portuguese and maybe Spanish as well.
This brought tears to my eyes. Just recently discovered this amazing man's talent, and I have never felt more blown away by music. It wasn't just my heart that felt this but my soul as well. God gave this man an awe inspiring set of pipes.
@Devin Townsend Appreciate the comment, but if you were the real Devin Townsend you'd be replying from your official page. Thanks for the smile though. It did give me a boost thinking that Devin really did comment. Have an awesome day ♥
@Devin Townsend No argument there; Devin does seem very down to earth as well as quite different than 99% of celebrities. I've seen Devin interact with fans, but not on youtube. Small bit of interaction with him with fans on instagram. I still appreciate your sentiment, however. ♥
I was that guy and now I get to be the guy making the suggestion and being malevolently ignored. It's karma. I think we fear most that which we know will change us.
