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King Manuel 
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Joined: October 16 2010 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 952 |
 Posted: February 17 2011 at 03:56 |
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\m/ Heavy Devy \m/, with a slight preference ... I like Opeth a lot, but Devin Townsend also manages to regularly put a grin on my face, he does not take himself too seriosly all the time, while Opeth sounds pretty serious to me all the time, thats why Heavy Devy gets my vote. Edited by King Manuel - February 17 2011 at 10:28 |
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Telinstryata
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Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 77 |
Posted: February 17 2011 at 08:23 |
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Really tough one. I like both of them so much, and their styles are so different that it is very hard to compare them. I really had to think about this one but it's Devin by a nose mostly because I am usually more excited to hear new stuff from Devin than I am to hear new stuff from Mikael. But that may be just because Devin teases us with little snippets in his YouTube posts. Anyway, my vote went to Devin.
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Anderson III
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Joined: October 25 2007 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 708 |
Posted: February 17 2011 at 11:36 |
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IMO Townsend is the greatest living vocalist. Åkerfeldt's growl is not from this world, but he doesn't really compare to Devy, who basicly does almost any vocal style better than almost anyone. It's difficult to say who is the better guitarist. Again, I think both are incredible, but their styles are so different that I can't really decide.
Both are great composers, but I feel that Townsend is more diverse as a writer. And I just adore his humour! In addition to everything, Devin is one of my favorites at the electrics. Dev is the man! |
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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo
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Zargus
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Joined: May 08 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 3491 |
Posted: February 18 2011 at 10:09 |
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Devin Townsend by far!
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Drew
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Joined: June 20 2005 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 12600 |
Posted: February 18 2011 at 10:10 |
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Devin.
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lucas
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 06 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 8138 |
Posted: February 19 2011 at 18:10 |
Townsend is very unique, what we cannot really say of Akerfeldt. Edited by lucas - February 19 2011 at 18:10 |
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Anderson III
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Joined: October 25 2007 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 708 |
Posted: February 20 2011 at 00:40 |
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I can't believe what I'm seeing here! Is Townsend actually winning this? It seems like Dev will slowly but surely get the respect he deserves.
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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo
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WalterDigsTunes
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Joined: September 11 2007 Location: SanDiegoTijuana Status: Offline Points: 4373 |
Posted: February 20 2011 at 01:00 |
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Both are unnecessary since there's plenty of real prog out there already.
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darkshade
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 19 2005 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 10964 |
Posted: February 20 2011 at 01:22 |
Walter Strikes Again! i feel like you're too aware of current prog acts to take you seriously; but maybe im wrong  i do know your last.fmEdited by darkshade - February 20 2011 at 01:24 |
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(De)progressive
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Joined: March 24 2010 Location: Turkey Status: Offline Points: 495 |
Posted: February 20 2011 at 04:10 |
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Wow, since I'm gone it seems so much happened here
 And Devin is winning the poll, so predictable 
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''Hope is the first step on the road to dissapointment.'' (Friedrich Nietzsche)
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kawkaw123
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Joined: November 11 2009 Location: Minnesota Status: Offline Points: 445 |
Posted: February 20 2011 at 08:17 |
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Mikael, He is just so BA. Deep growls and great clean vocals. I dont like extreme metal but i like opeth.
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The Block
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Posted: February 21 2011 at 13:12 |
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I evened it out!!
 Mikael rawks, a lot. And Opeth is awesome... |
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Porcupinetheater
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Joined: February 26 2011 Location: by your window Status: Offline Points: 54 |
Posted: March 07 2011 at 20:47 |
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Mikael tonally has both a better screaming style, and a better clean voice (only marginally), but Devin has much more diversity in his style, and he feel is a better song composer. As has already been said, it's really hard to compare their two guitar styles. The Dev by a hair.
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Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure.
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TheClosing
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Posted: March 08 2011 at 02:28 |
Can't say I agree with this statement. Mike's signature sound is extremely recognizable and has been a huge influence on modern metal. With that said, I prefer Dev's sound, especially his atmospheric side.
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MonsterMagnet
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Joined: July 31 2010 Location: Liège, Belgium Status: Offline Points: 561 |
Posted: March 08 2011 at 04:11 |
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For the time being, I prefer Mikael Akerfeldt
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Sonicprogscape
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Joined: May 18 2011 Status: Offline Points: 5 |
Posted: June 29 2011 at 12:23 |
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Like apple and oranges. Townsend can´t growl like Åkerfeldt, and even more so will Åkerfeldt never be able to reach the high pitched screeches of Devin. Two extremes sorta, look up on youtube (mikael akerfeldt teaching the crowd) and listen to the fluidity of his growling technique, sounds like something coming from a 1000 ibs lion. Aswell look up Townsends live performences of "Deadhead" it´s not something you can teach, the "will you save me" part is sickening, he does it to perfection all the time! Musically Townsend have the egde imo cause he´s sorta more independent and versitile, love Opeth and Devin/SYL allmost equal thou, depends.
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Andy Webb
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Posted: June 29 2011 at 12:26 |
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I went with the 'feldt
Edited by Andyman1125 - June 29 2011 at 12:26 |
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Anthony H.
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Joined: April 11 2010 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 6088 |
Posted: June 29 2011 at 16:12 |
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Mikael without a shadow of a doubt. Sorry Devy.
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The Pessimist
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Posted: June 29 2011 at 16:57 |
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Argh... impossible!
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dreadpirateroberts
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Joined: May 27 2011 Location: AU Status: Offline Points: 952 |
Posted: June 29 2011 at 22:30 |
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Awesome poll - a tough choice indeed. I think others before me have gone over the strengths of both chaps really well. How to split two of my favs?
For me I had to look at my collection - I own more Opeth, but something about Devy's range and humour almost tipped the scales.
In the end I voted for Mikael by virtue of his progressive work, but only by a hair.
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Mikael Akerfeldt vs. Devin Townsend
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