Devin Townsend's 'By a thread' quadruple live shows are still kicking my ass. Very rare to see a 40 year old musician still in his creative and musical prime. I think he's the best singer/songwriter/producer in metal today, so maybe I'm biased:
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Devin jumped the gun and put his new album Epicloud in it's entirety with commentary on Youtube you guys get a chance to listen to it before it was taken down?
Freaking amazing album!
Devin Townsend's 'By a thread' quadruple live shows are still kicking my ass. Very rare to see a 40 year old musician still in his creative and musical prime. I think he's the best singer/songwriter/producer in metal today, so maybe I'm biased:
jesus christ that concert must have been incredible to see live. Addicted! is one of my favorite albums of the last 10 years, absolutely flawless
Well I probably have heard of them (probably in this thread), but I just started to listen to this song and I'm really liking it.
Man, KATATONIA are one of my favourite bands of all time.
Do yourself a favour, and check our their earlier depressive rock stuff (Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Discouraged Ones, Tonight's Decision), and also their Doom metal stuff (Dance of December Souls, Brave Murder Day).
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"Devin Townsend's 'By a thread' quadruple live shows are still kicking my ass. Very rare to see a 40 year old musician still in his creative and musical prime. I think he's the best singer/songwriter/producer in metal today, so maybe I'm biased:"
Where did you pick up the box set? Must have now. NOW!!
and i happened to be in Seattle tonight for the first concert with replacement vocalist Floor Jansen. i knew her from After Forever and ReVamp (classically trained vocalist like Tarja Turunen) so i was cautiously optimistic, but damn i never expected her and the band to kick so much ass tonight. i was worried that with her only joining the band yesterday things might be a bit rough, but aside from one small mistake i caught she nailed every song (especially the older ones, she sung them like Anette never could). in all honesty in the 4 times that i've seen them live now, this was easily the best show they've done. the entire band seemed so pumped, and the crowd was going nuts. once they launched into Dark Chest of Wonders and Floor proved that she had the pipes to do it justice, everyone really let loose. i really hope they make her the permanent vocalist
and i happened to be in Seattle tonight for the first concert with replacement vocalist Floor Jansen. i knew her from After Forever and ReVamp (classically trained vocalist like Tarja Turunen) so i was cautiously optimistic, but damn i never expected her and the band to kick so much ass tonight. i was worried that with her only joining the band yesterday things might be a bit rough, but aside from one small mistake i caught she nailed every song (especially the older ones, she sung them like Anette never could). in all honesty in the 4 times that i've seen them live now, this was easily the best show they've done. the entire band seemed so pumped, and the crowd was going nuts. once they launched into Dark Chest of Wonders and Floor proved that she had the pipes to do it justice, everyone really let loose. i really hope they make her the permanent vocalist
Nice to hear. I was kind of wondering if I'll go to Imaginaerum film premier + "megaconcert" (what ever that means) here in Helsinki.
Saw the band in February and was a little bit underwhelmed. But it sounds like they'll put on more of a show this time.
A new vocalist doesn't hurt my interest. Not that I hated Olzon, but I don't think she really had the kind of voice that's fitting for a band that has a huge sound like Nightwish.
Not really crazy about Jansen either, always felt she can do a lot of stuff but doesn't really have a voice of her own that's the sign of a really good vocalist. You know, something that grabs your attention in addition to hitting the right notes.
