Devin Townsend: about interview

Devin Townsend says:

I really love the sound of female vocalists on heavy music. I’m not talking about the typical heavy metal female vocalist, who sounds like a guy. I want female vocalists to be awesome female voices on heavy music. I like the jump in position between super, testosterone-filled male element of it and the really soft, feminine thing on top of it. I think for that, you require female voices that are really specific.

On the next record, Addicted, the female vocals are done by a girl named Anneke (van Giersbergen). She played for The Gathering years ago, so she’s coming over to Vancouver. She has a strong and clear female voice, and for me, I love it. I love it when female vocals are on top of incredibly heavy music; that sounds really cool. For Ki, I met Ché Dorval through Dave, our keyboardist. She has a good energy and is a really smart person with a really good voice. If I could sing like that, I would, but I can’t. I can pretty much pull off almost any male voice, expect for baritone kind of sound, but female vocals are out of my league (laughs)

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