I've now seen both the SYL guy's play some of Dev's solo stuff at a SYL show a few years back and I've seen the DTB live for the first time a few weeks ago. What's everyones opinion on the new lineup versus the old lineup ?
I personally like the new lineup a little more. Don't get me wrong, Gene, Byron and Jed are insane players in their own right but I find the new lineup for Devin is more suited to his solo music. Gene is an insane drummer, actually in my opinion one of the best in the world for metal but I find Ryan (dtb drummer) has more groove (which I've read many times from other people), he's solid as hell with great chops and he looks like he loves every minute of it. Gene is almost too tight for Devin's solo stuff. I was impressed with Ryan's parts on AE and how he nailed Gene's drumparts live, especially "Earthday". Jed to me is 100% METAL and I thought he looked a little cheesy playing Devin's solo stuff, where as Bryan (dtb guitarist) fit's in nicely and suits the band image. Jed is one of the coolest metal guitar players out there but I think that is the only style of music he suits. Byron is like Jed....FULL METAL ! I think Jed and Byron are very similar as far as being 100 % metal. Mike Young (dtb bassist) is an awesome bass player, I was really blown away by his playing live and you can tell he loves it up there same with his brother Dave on Keyboards. I just hope Mike's bass part's are heard more on the next DTB record. He play's cool stuff.
To sum up my opinion, I think the new DTB lineup enjoys the music a little more than the SYL guy's do and I think they play the music with more feeling and it showed when they played live. When I saw SYL play Devin's solo stuff a few years back, they almost looked bored ! All the musicians involved with Devin's projects have to be awesome players to play his music but I think certain members suit certain projects. I'm glad Devin has finally given his solo music an identity and he has found the perfect people to do it, the same goes for SYL, how can you replace the SYL lineup.....you can't !
What's everyone else's opinion on this matter ?
I personally like the new lineup a little more. Don't get me wrong, Gene, Byron and Jed are insane players in their own right but I find the new lineup for Devin is more suited to his solo music. Gene is an insane drummer, actually in my opinion one of the best in the world for metal but I find Ryan (dtb drummer) has more groove (which I've read many times from other people), he's solid as hell with great chops and he looks like he loves every minute of it. Gene is almost too tight for Devin's solo stuff. I was impressed with Ryan's parts on AE and how he nailed Gene's drumparts live, especially "Earthday". Jed to me is 100% METAL and I thought he looked a little cheesy playing Devin's solo stuff, where as Bryan (dtb guitarist) fit's in nicely and suits the band image. Jed is one of the coolest metal guitar players out there but I think that is the only style of music he suits. Byron is like Jed....FULL METAL ! I think Jed and Byron are very similar as far as being 100 % metal. Mike Young (dtb bassist) is an awesome bass player, I was really blown away by his playing live and you can tell he loves it up there same with his brother Dave on Keyboards. I just hope Mike's bass part's are heard more on the next DTB record. He play's cool stuff.
To sum up my opinion, I think the new DTB lineup enjoys the music a little more than the SYL guy's do and I think they play the music with more feeling and it showed when they played live. When I saw SYL play Devin's solo stuff a few years back, they almost looked bored ! All the musicians involved with Devin's projects have to be awesome players to play his music but I think certain members suit certain projects. I'm glad Devin has finally given his solo music an identity and he has found the perfect people to do it, the same goes for SYL, how can you replace the SYL lineup.....you can't !
What's everyone else's opinion on this matter ?
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