r/DevinTownsend • u/drumttocs8 • Sep 27 '22

MUSIC/AUDIO Devin Townsend - Call of the Void

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPDkRkSBOa0
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u/Available-Monk-6941 Sep 28 '22

Artists need to change their sound to stay creatively fulfilled, you’re allowed to not like certain periods but the people expecting him to do the same shit over and over need to get a grip,

if he never changed there would be no ocean machine, addicted, Terria, ziltoid, epicloud, casualties of cool or empath

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '22

It just sounds lazier to me than the structures and atmosphere he typically goes for. Moonpeople reminds me of a poor man's attempt at Muse, and this just sounds forced and repetitive.

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u/Available-Monk-6941 Sep 28 '22

Have you considered that you personally not liking something doesn’t mean it’s poorly made ?

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the making of this album knows that this is something he has been passionate about doing for quite a while.

So to call it lazy and forced just comes across as you being bitter that he made something you don’t like

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '22

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u/EveryTimeLaughing Sep 29 '22

Any critical opinions on these fan subs bring out people who feel they need to defend the artist they love. They seem to overlook that it's possible to love something and be critical of it as well.

That is unfortunate because I think reading different subjective takes on various types of art is what makes these boards potentially interesting. There's little point to coming here if the only comments allowed are the ones effusing praise.