First Time Reaction | Devin Townsend - "Deadhead" 

My guilty pleasure is watching Devin blow people’s minds. It’s unbelievable, just how good he is.

"If you feel like it at any point, though: you know, pick a tempo." Always laugh at that part.

What makes this particular performance even better is the fact that Devin was sick that night, and a few nights before.

So many great songs from Devin Townsend - Death of Music, Juular, Stormbending, Genesis, March of the Poozers ... the list goes on and on.

This song still brings tears to my eyes - and I saw he almost got you. At the passionate end, your eyes looked very close. Dev's an expert performer that can really express the emotional intent of his art - and project that into his audience. Devin can literally make you cry , or make you smile so wide that your face hurts - sometimes in the same song. Thank you so much for a wonderful video Cheers

The power behind Devin's music is unbelievable. I saw him play live a fair few years back, and they opened with their song Angel, and when the song kicked in, I was hit with this wall of sound that took the breath out of my lungs, and before I knew it I was crying because I was so moved.. An absolutely incredible musician, and from everything I've seen and heard, a genuinely nice guy. I'll always check out anything he puts out!

Death of Music from the same show is spectacular. Devin's a madman, anda remarkably talented one at that.

10:07 This is where Devin breaks most "newcomers" to his music 🤣Some simply tears up,some ends up in a major O-face,and some simply freaks out over the fact that he hits that note so "effortlessly". Devin Townsend and Floor Jansen are my favourite vocalists to see people react to (and of course the insanely talented Chester Bennington) 🥰

So many great performance's to discover from this amazing musicians 30 year career. Maybe Why? from the quarantine show. Funeral from the same show as Deadhead, Bring him home live in Auckland New Zealand. Really you can't go wrong with Devin🤘

One of my favorite facts about this show is that he was sick that night. Devin is a musical mad genius. Love him so much!

Check out "Why?" by Devin for some Disney-esque operatic singing... There are also a couple awesome videos of Devin's vocal range out there

He actually used to be part of an extreme metal group called Strapping Young Lad. While he was in a dark place for a lot of it I believe a lot of the material was cathartic for him. It served as his anger outlet. Anger at the industry in particular. You should really check out Detox at some point. Brutal vocals yet still hitting some impressive melody in some of his screams.

I only found Devin 4 yrs ago. He's god, no other way to put it. His music touches my Soul like no other 💯🔥🤘

She is called the queen of goosebumps, a unique voice - contralto with polyphonic overtones. Full vocal range - 4 octaves (E3-E7) The most famous hit of the king of rock 'n' roll in an unrivaled gorgeous, phenomenal performance by Diana Ankudinova ( 18 y.o.) Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley / DARK VERSION cover) Please react to Diana Ankudinova ! Last year, the number of reactions to Diana exceeded the number of 10 thousand reactions (in my playlist section there are two playlists of 5 thousand reactions each).

You ought to check out Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope (Live in Colorado 2016). Six of the most incredible musicians you'll ever lay eyes on. Clean singing, harsh vocals, a violin, insane drummer, bassist, two guitar players. Magic made into sound.

Devin Townsend the only singer who can terrify you with a lullaby and then sing an amazingly heavy song so beautifully it has you in tears of joy, the guy is a genius and terrifying at the same time, I first heard him singing in Vai in the early/mid 90s the emotion he has in his performances is outstanding

Devin has so many songs with so many sounds that a reaction channel for just his stuff would have days of material. Death of Music would give you so angelic notes you’re looking for. I highly recommend his stuff opposite Anneke van Giersbergen, particularly Ih-Ah or Grace if you’re looking for a Kingdomesque blast of power and heart.

I guess you must not know that many musicians that aren't singers can sing very well, and metal vocalists even in death metal are able to sing. Talent is talent

Where do metalheads go to church? They go to the church of Devin and they witness "Grace" from ,(the Retinol Circus) it's a punch to all your senses that he does with a dutch singer Anneke von Giersbergen. Amen Devin

This song is so powerful in every way, it's a slow burn but it burns very hot! Gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it, thank you for reacting to it!!

btw this was 2.5 hrs into a 3 hour set and he was recovering from a cold. ridonkulous!

What's even crazier is that Devy was sick during this concert, and he still gave a phenomenal performance.

Devin Townsend Project - The Death of Music (Ocean Machine - Live In Plovdiv 2017) - RU-vid

There's only a handful of vocalists that are in the elite category. Devin has been doing this since the early 90's and it's a minor miracle his voice didn't burn out after his vocals with Strapping Young Lad. Check out these other vocalists if you haven't already - Daniel Gildenlow, Geoff Tate, Sahaj Ticotin, Tom Englund, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Jimmy Barnes, Jeff Buckley, Roy Khan, Einar Solberg, Ihsahn, Krystoffer Rygg, Mike Patton, Mikael Akerfeldt, Maynard James Keenan.

4:35 OMG! You are 100% legit and your ear is perfect...you clearly picked up on Devin's vocal approach and really articulated it the best I have ever heard. Spot on! Wow! : )

Instantly subscribed. Loved this reaction. I've been binge watching reactions to Deadhead and I can't get enough. I love it when people realize it how awesome Devin is!

I could see the emotion in your face when he hit those powerful notes. It makes me tear up every time. Great reaction, you got a new sub!

To answer a few questions you had in the live chat: * ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VRcwCVkN_7I.html for snippets showcasing his vocal range naming the songs and albums you can find them on. If you're only interested in the money notes, so to speak. Not recommended for a reaction BTW but if you're interested. * Devin with hair, sounds like you already googled it. Hope it was all you hoped it would be, lol. SYL - Wrong Side is a frantic, shirt and fun one with hair if you'd like to check that out. Most people look at Love? for an introduction into SYL though, it's got a different vibe to what you listened to this far. * Vocal gymnastics - Death of Music RAH or Plovdiv version. Even better combined as the holy Trinity as others suggested but if you don't have 30m, you'll please Devy fans with that one. * Why? From his quarantine concert for his cleans/musical theater style. Or Bring him home if you want to check his acoustic cover of the Les Mis song. * Steve Vai - Deep down into the pain for a very young Devy breaking through as a singer ;) Thanks for the breakdown, first time I've seen someone react with a heart monitor, very creative!

Thank you so much for this reaction! Just stumbled across you channel and really appreciate your reactions! I love this song so much, it's been so important to me at so many tough points in my life. I can not recommend "Death of Music" (live in Plovdiv or at the Royal Albert Hall) enough. Such a beautiful song. Just saw your latest upload.. Anxiety is a POS. You'll get through this!

The puppet you saw that gave you a very perplexed look is called Ziltoid the Omniscient, a character Devin created for a couple of very silly concept albums to try and personify his own feelings of hilarious megalomania. Reactors never really check out the Ziltoid songs but if you want to see some of Devin's weirder and funnier stuff, check it out!

I heard he was “sick” during this performance, I can’t tell 😀

This show was incredible. We were sat quite far back. Behind an Aussie who'd flown to the UK just for the gig. He did a full Ziltoid set, and then this fan chosen set list. Said Aussie was a burly long haired, beered up geezer, long hair, sports team vest in London in October. He was in tears by the end of this set. Fucking excellent gig. The girlfriend and I've been lucky enough to see Devin twice as anniversary celebrations. Retinal Circus and this. Retinal Circus was how I introduced her to his music.

Great reaction! Heavy Devi has some of the most loyal fans in the business, most of who have followed him since he was a teenager and have watched him grow and evolve over the past 30yrs...he really is a phenom.

Please for the love of Ziltoid, check out his acoustic live of this song in Leeds 2019! It's truly haunting, mystifying and shows his control when he switches from his screams and added lullabies to the song!

Devin is in a league of his own. Check out "Bastard" - the version he did live during the pandemic lockdowns while outside on a patio deck....unbelievable. He really is special.

Yeah, i always wondered about the sock puppet too.

I'm a big fan of Devin. He has a very unique personality. I have seen him live a few times and the song Deadhead(live) always makes me very emotional. Wonderful song with so much emotion. Yeah wonderful. Thanks Devin for making me cry. ❤

You properly give Devin his respect. Dude is amazing!!!!! Great analysis

you should check out his first metal band STRAPPING YOUNG LAD . Its peace of art !

Amazing composition can make a long song feel momentary or a short one feel like a lifetime.

Excellent and insightful reaction!

Devin...is the Elvis of metal!!! His imagination, attitude, felling, Impact on on music....he will be in the history books! The metal community know's the true OG's.

"you are so vicious. hurt me, i can take it!!!" so powerful

Oh my goodness!! This is going to be awesome!!

I have been in a Devin concert in 1994 (with Steve Vai) and 2019. Same feeling of joining something big and beautiful.🎶🖖

It's great to see you back reacting to Devin. Any of the songs from his official channel would be great to react to further, I would especially recommend Grace.

Back with some Heavy Devy, Awesome!

Devin Townsend just next level

Deadhead is definitely my all time fav Devy song, and this performance is its best recording imo. The wall of sound, the guitar tone, the cruisy tempo and key, the open emotional content. For me it's a soundtrack gliding through the clouds. I used to call it Blue Sky Music

And the amazing thing .. Dev was sick that night 😳 that’s talent

Devin has never had formal vocal training. He used to scream his head off in a meat locker when he was a teenager. That's how he taught himself to sing. A few years later, when he was singing for Steve Vai, he went to a vocal doctor who told Dev that he had maybe two more years before he permanently ruined his voice. That was nearly 30 years ago. Devin's voice has only gotten stronger since.

10:13 Yep. That's the Devy Effect.

Thumbs up and subscribed. Clearly you need to do more Devin =)

To make this performance even more unbelievable. Devin was just getting over a bad cold and this song was over an hour in to the set, you can hear his voice break a few times in the song because of this

"This song is called Deadhead. It's about love. And you know what... love's a bitch!"

I would love to see your reaction of the song "Satellites" by Periphery. Those vocals are nearly as insane as Devin's are. And I saw them a couple of times now, one time they were a support of Devin. Love your reactions!

He is amazing. Seen him live a couple of times and he's funny, charismatic, focused. March of the poozers, Why?, Stormbending, Juular, Namaste, Higher and so many more. I think he may have just dropped a new album recently

His Strapping Young Lad shit is fuckin insane. Shitshow is a great track

More Devin Townsend ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cN6fHdPvEu0.html Ih Ah! a duette with Anneke Giersbergen, chemistry +++ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E1Gwtep2oXw.html Again with Anneke powerful and beautifully sung.

You definitely need to check out his old band Strapping Young Lad!!!! True metal in not just his magnificent vocals but the band as well!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘

Devin's music looks like Pink Floyd 2.0. Especially "March of the Poozers" Also kind of a Freddie Mercury (I've seen Freddie life, back in 1987, Queen was my first favorite band) I also recommand "Grace", because ft. Dutch Anneke van Giersbergen (I've met her once) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E1Gwtep2oXw.html

DTP offers emotional cleansing with every song...Nice!👊

at 7:30 best way to enjoy that part is, close you're eyes and listen.

I can never get enough of Devi, just a great person and great artist - this is easily my favourite song of Devi's and also my favourite rendition. There's another (though a lot longer) clip from the same concert that has 3 really great, slow but powerful songs: Funeral, Bastard and Death of Music. You might be able to find it broken into individual songs though All 3 in a 30 minutes video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1oJEBGHCdBQ.html Can't find Funeral by itself, but the other 2 Bastard ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wWLnkGWwMTo.html Death of Music ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SiiqOW2M0IA.html EDIT: Oh, I found Funeral love from the Plovdiv concert - just audio though ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3hY7aQU1K04.html

The fun part he had a flue & he hit every note clean.

Watch AC/DC 'highway to hell' - live 2009. Now that's a crowd

Strapping Young Lad - Wrong Side 🤘😈🔥

She opened the door guys, here we go :) And voicelike I recommend Stormbending by Devin (official video or live in Plovdiv, both awesome!)

8:36 If you're curious about the hand puppet look up Ziltoid the Omniscient. Devin's alter-ego haha

He was actually under the weather during this performance, he had a head cold and his vocal range was “limited” lol

Allrite, now do his quarantine-version of "Why?". Pure masterclass in vocals and showmanship.

Idk if anyone told you, but he had a cold during this concert

If you want to hear his high notes - he does a cover of Les Miserables that is incredible, but for his own stuff I'd recommend Why?... but to be honest, Casualties of Cool is a whole other side project that sounds nothing like this, but is similarly unique

I can't believe you lumped Chester Bennington in the same sentence with Devin. That there is vocal blasphemy. That being said, I like the dark chocolate analogy. Good one. And yes, like everyone else said, you need to do his holy trinity.

You really need to check out his stuff he does with Anneke Van Geirsbergen. Her voice is everything.

Gotta do Stormbending Live at Plovdiv

Must react to devins song Bastard- live at royal Albert hall. Such an incredible and emotional song with the usual incredible vocals.

Imagine how this reaction would be in stereo…

Ive been a fan of Devins since i was 16 im now 37, i recommend now dwelling into his older stuff. Try Strapping Young Lad that was my introduction to Devin. Detox is a great one to start with.

Great and honest reaction, much love for that, now you're ready for DIMMU BORGIR, GATEWAYS,, live forces of the northeren light,,,,, and WINTERSUN lonelineless(lyric video),,

Would love to see you react to Poets of the Fall - Carnival of Rust (their most well known song and the music video got voted as the best Finnish music video ever back in 2006 when the song was released). Truly an underrated band from here in Finland. Also a band with many different sounds all the way from slow melodic songs to full on rock. Although if you want to immediately hear a song that showcases how crazy good the lead singer Marko Saaresto's voice can be (and while his vocal range might not be the most dynamic out there he is an amazing example of what you can achieve by having absolutely perfect control of your vocals especially the raw emotion that his voice is able to convey) then i recommend listening to their song Daze. His vocals on the chorus are something out of this world. I just think that so many more people would love their music if they just ever heard them but since their from Finland it rarely happens. Although many have heard their songs in Remedy's video games Max Payne 2, Alan Wake, Quantum Brake and Control (Also every single reactor i have seen reacting to them has been pretty much blown away by their music so i'm very confident you'll like it) also... also... lot's of deep and meaningful lyrics and wordplay in their songs sorry for the long rant i just really want more people to know about them :D

Great reaction! Please also check out Tool “Sober” live (Pro Shot). 👍🏻

My three favorite reactions to watch are reactions to Devin Townsend deadhead anything from Sohyang and Jinjer Pisces

my man... D... go for it... she called u dark chocolat

...and he was sick as well. :P

His live Why song also shows his range of singing: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fgrik7HDKQ4.html

"not a lot of people in rock-music can do a vibrato"...did I get this right?

death of music is a must watch.

omg... the medical nerd in me is loving the bpm readout on the screen. I'm not sure if you are tracking how/when it ramps up and down...when you are in that 'trance', you drop 15 points down off the rate you show when you are giving your verbal reaction amd analysis. (relax... you're doing great.... better than that, even.) Is it a tap off a Fit of some other wrist ankle sensor? .You don't have a pulse-ox on your finger, nor are there and 12-wire lead packs trailing off in the distance. Very cool. Anyway, keep up the good content !! And I'd really like to see the bpm reaction to Devin and Anneke singing "Ih Ah" ... such a heart-warming little song... not what you'd expect from Devin at all. mYu0gqLA9Bc ( you can ignore the last 15 seconds, i.e. the 'message from Mr. Vai )

It's almost as if Devin had been singing years before Chester Bennington was ever born.

I don't know if there's a good live performance but I really recommend checking out Strapping Young Lad's 'Shine', because that was Devin's band before he went solo (or during, idk) and that song has insane literal highs. He's done mad stuff with them.

+i have the feeling you are gonna love this track ;)

09:40 to 10:12 - game over

"This song is _so_ long, I'll get bored!" "Just listen, you'll see..." _Orion_ or _Master of Puppets_ or _Disposable Heroes_ or anything from Tool or _Echoes_ minutes later: "Wait! No! That's _it?_ I want more..." And they can't believe it went by so quickly. They get a pop star in the studio, the producer wants two-hundred-and-ten seconds of product, and make sure it's only arty enough to hold listeners 'til the DJ cuts to commercials, and the fans get trained to not expect too much... The only people that ever complained about the length of _Bohemian Rhapsody_ were radio station managers wondering how they were supposed to work in twenty-five minutes of advertizing every hour if they start allowing every song to be so long. How can we make money if all this _art_ is happening? Remember kids: once something you love becomes profitable, it stops existing for any other reason _but_ profit. Capitalism is cancer and greed destroys everything. But give a decent artist his choice and your time, beauty happens, and you'll experience things, and the curtain pulls back a bit more, and you might not _see_ where you can go, but you'll feel the constrictions of the world loosen. Time feels different when you're being crushed, but it flies when you're having fun.

always say first time, and then see them singing 5:34

I had the honer of working on his guitar.

Everyone I know falls in love with him instantly. The first time I watched "The Retinal Circus" with my ex, she made me stop it by saying "it's too intense and too perfect, he's a genius." True story.

just Throwing a Reference to S.Y.L strapping young lads in here :-)

Need to check out some 3 inches of blood or into eternity if you want some vibrato high vocals.

Damn, your hair is awesome! I personally don’t have hair. That’s because I’m bald. Cheers!