The metalhead's answer to MTV Unplugged, if MTV was haunted and slightly unhinged.
Devin Townsend's livestreamed Halloween concert from October 2020. With quest appearances from Anneke van Giersbergen, Steve Vai and Gene Hoglan.
Production
DIY pandemic streaming that feels accidentally intimate.
Sound
Rare acoustic arrangements of crushing metal anthems.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of Townsend's 'Rarities by Request' series where fans voted on setlists, meaning some songs hadn't been played in decades. The Halloween timing let him lean into his love of campy horror aesthetics without the usual stadium production.
Captured a weird moment when metal's most maximalist artist was forced into minimalism by lockdown—yet somehow made a cramped livestream feel as communal as a stadium show. It's basically a time capsule of how musicians survived 2020.
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