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Devin Townsend is a Ambient and Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Alchemist, Evergrey, Steve Vai, Bif Naked and Metallica. Those roots explain a lot about how Devin Townsend arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Devin Townsend Band, Haken, Between the Buried and Me, Dream Theater and Textures, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Burgerkill, Astronoid and Dethklok, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Devin Townsend, reaching back through Alchemist and forward to Burgerkill. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Devin Townsend grew out of Alchemist, Evergrey, Steve Vai and Bif Naked, shares an orbit with The Devin Townsend Band, Haken, Between the Buried and Me and Dream Theater, went on to shape Burgerkill, Astronoid and Dethklok. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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