I spent a few hours on Saturday and Sunday listening to some of the early music by Devin Townsend. Its amazing to see how progressive he was, but equally to see how little he has evolved as a musician during his musical career.
Yes he has different "modes" black metal, progressive/industrial rock, ambient/down tempo and even recently "country rock" (although I'd debate that its country), but he manages to delight me still with producing complex and layered walls of sound and vocal that has yet to be equalled. He is one of the few musicians for whom I hope he continues writing the same style of music.
My first introduction to him was as the vocalist on Steve Vai's VAI album. I remember being totally struck by his vocal range that went from screams and howls to heights that he reminded me of Cher. I never heard of his music after that, until I stumbled across Napster and saw his name again. The album was Physicist and whilst its considered to be his weakest album, it was enough to make me want to follow his music and enjoy each of his releases.
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