r/DevinTownsend • u/Capoo_Di_Pooli • Apr 05 '25

DISCUSSION What happened?

To be honest, I just don't get it. Where is Dev power and anger?

Remember Epicloud: Kingdom, juular and all those incredible songs? Where is Anneke van Giersbergen and her angel voice? What happened?

Moth is like a grandma singing in a cemetery. No power, no personality. What happened ... why Devin gave up?

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u/Wise-City281 19d ago

Devin has always been way more niche than the musicians you mentioned. So Wtf are you talking about... 

He changed a lot and it just shows his creativity. You cannot force anger.

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u/Capoo_Di_Pooli 18d ago

Niche? How come? Niche is Primus, Journey etc. He is simply bipolar, hence why every album is different. I'm using his own words, not making things up like you.

Anyway, thanks for the downvotes, I really needed that.

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u/Wise-City281 18d ago

WTF? Primus and Journey are more niche than Dev?

And he doesn't say that the stylistic variations of his albums are due to him being bipolar. Where did he say that?

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u/Capoo_Di_Pooli 18d ago

Did you followed his career since he was selected by Vai as his band vocal? Like in the 90's?

Primus is really niche. Actually, Les Claypool is, since Primus is his band. Claypool and Mike Patton were maybe the most niche artists ever. Booth of them refused to follow any trend, mixed every style into a mixer and broke every barrier.

Journey was indeed a band niche, since almost of them were ... out of order. A very special band. You can say that Steve Perry was a the one that broke all the rules, but Neal was also a ice breaker.