BEYOND DEVIATION — Beyond Deviation 400 (400 Vocalist World Record Track)

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EP · 2021

Filed under Deathcore
By BEYOND DEVIATION

Tracklist

1. Beyond Deviation 400 (37:31)

Total Time 37:31

Line-up/Musicians

- Guillaume Villeneuve / vocals
- Fred Nylist / vocals
- Kris Chayer / guitar
- Emmanuel Jean / drums

Guest vocalists (400):

Matt Huff, Jake Whitley, Osiris Ridgeway, Stefan Cricks, Faraday Lane, Jim Majuri, Jim Groot, Lewis Haines, Emil Sloberg, Todd Sieving, Mike Greenwood, Jordan Johnson, Kyle Clyma, Nick Young, Mikey Martinez, Silas Schmidt, Michael Chilcote, Jostin Cat, Kai Ian, Adam Spencer, Bob Williams, Brian Doyle, Michael Cobin, David Willis, Alex Ferland, Orion Stephens, Jack Coleman, Andrew Politz, Lovas Norbert, Phil Rock, François Allaire, Christian Reynolds, Stefan Gorski Prins, Jovan Matovic, Deago OG Rey, Dylan Barnes, Brendan McCausland, Jasmin Marchan, Levi Metcalf, Cory Wolfe, Zachary Bodifor, Bernardo Borges, Maxime Bauer, Christian Schwarzbach, Jacob Gawlikowski, Josh Hartdegen, Bobi Tonev, Sarthak Udaiwal, Bryan Long , Ben Lagacé, Gage Smith, Martin Porter, Abraham Bautista, Sabrina Le'mont, Benja Stoudt, John-Paul Ratta, William R Craft, Alex Miller, Crawford Dozier Jr, Adam O'Reilly, Josh Willms, Michael Ogliari, Kody Rice, Brandon Cooper, Jeremy Harrington, James Vand, Martín Andrés, Jesse Camargo, James Hunte, Colby Broku Bell, Robert Wilson, Josh Rasmussen, Zid Purbawara, Brandon Seckler, Saul Tallent, Robert Bélanger, Ethan Jarma, Brendan Merrill, Márton Horváth, Rob Petruso, John Sandoval, Alec Lopez, Michael Hertzner, Shawn Mills, Morgan Emanuel, Luke Wilson, Dawson Maimon, Dan Vesca, Christian King, Marvin Schaefer, Jason Breeden, Connor Wilson, Lucca Schmerler, Randy Cornett, Lee Taylor Smith, Simone Saletti, Emanuele Quaranta, Achilles Kirkikis, Rock Beauchamp, Josh Stilson, Dylan Wampler, Kevin Johansson, Robert Harris, Jeff Wilson, Matthew McNamara, Michael Darrow, Dominik Kö, James Lane, Yevgen Usatenko, Devin Alford, Willemart Keewan, Encarnacion Tamez, Kris Chayer, Christian Calkins, Bauti Argüello, Xxavier Tincher, Liam Morrow, Richard Mexico, Roxana Christine, Spencer Blass, Christopher Santizo, Johnny Ciardullo, Max Stumpp, Jamie Hanks, Dakota Lee Egerter, Josh Reaver, Marcin Werner, Kim Alexander Olsson, Misaal Dimitriadis, Georgiy Demchenko, Lance Pleasant, Eduardo Flores, Darien Deilami, Martin Benavides, Jay Muller, Alan Grnja, Saurabh Sharma, Brandon Dugan, Navneeth Shiv, Paolo Rodriguez, Benjamin Mesler, Jordan Foster, Sebastian Ryan Craft, Christos Paraskevas, William Ramos, Jeremy Lyons, Aly Hunter, Luis Carlos Silva Dias, Skeye Blight, Fabian Baldemair, Wolfram Rochner, Toni Flemming, Jake Mally, Renan Bertucci, Mitchell Hoskins, Logan Schmall, Willie Plischke, Jordan Ramsden, Mikos Dixson, Brian Rose, Alex Grandstaff, Brady Darby, Giancarlo Fernandez, Austin Skeeters, Juanga Maizeleff, Gerry Motions, Austin Carter, Justin Tonking, Jay Wennekers, Nicolas Jacob Ramírez, JT Knight, Corey McKay, Lewis Davies, Marshall James Smith, Louie Griffiths, Devin Davison, Lorenzo D'ignoti, Steven Lillie, Peter Dugdale, Cameron Sumter, James Marti, Trevor Boreal, Andy Pelowski, Mark Mulcahy, Adam Ray, Duncan Bentley, Kaden Walker, Blaine Bruskotter, Dylan Miller, Jamil Rizo, César Mencía, Shachar Vinocur, Jesse Nasielski, Robert Manzone, Adrian Vains, Zachary Fountain, Alon Luger, Punch S Dhell, Chris Parent, Max-Philipp Tittmann, Dominick Restrepo, Conner Brace, Evan Van Dyne, Jeremy St-denis, Jesse Llew Batt, Miguel Rios, Alan Joseph, Patrick Teal, Christopher Osuch, Lucas Bishop, Angus Ryley Ross, Yael Castillo, Aaron Swedberg, Paul Lyons, Shawn Rhude, Phil Artino, Brent Rogers, Zack Bland, Santos Enrique Camara, Ché Angell, Sean Durham, William Douglas Tevis, Tyler Oldenhoff, Justin Byrd, Ben Fletcher, Laurent Trevissoi, Jagger Wilson, Joey Thompson, Trevor Wade, Chris Ferguson, Simone Luise, Adam Walch-Fuhrer, Cole Odom, Forest Marsh, Eric Bennett, Kevin Kotch, Mephistopheles Paidí, Ognjen Stanić, Josh Davies, Rico Leyva, Jesse Baggio, Kyler Cheek, Glenn Silva, Mitchell Martin, Isaac Bilbrey , Amadeus Rydensjö, Brad Warren, Jamie Smith, Damian Leppert, Paul Padgett, Daniel Eichelberger, Bartosz Jankowski, Kyle Williams, Daniel Tol, Lachlan Ferruccio, Viktor Foldi, Eitan Melody, Terry Hight Jr., Jake Yatsevich, Trevor Brown, Amanda Gjelaj, Jake Young, Demiurgo Khronos, Tristan Frasier, Max Hargreaves, Sean Martin, Zach Farris, Gabe Cunningham, Alexe Güiza, James Birch, Mayor Lennox, Chris Gilbert, Rich Perkins, Taylor Miller, Rik Emery, Hendrik Esser, Bobby DiSabatino, Josh McGaughey, Casey Tyson-Pearce, Casper Garner, Tyler Streets, Sebastian Grihm, Jimmy Dahmer, Alekz Litchi, Raymond Charles, Nate Wittock, George Mackenzie, Cynthia Charlebois, Kyle Anders, Quinn Harknett, Taha Mohsin, Greg Mayer, Marty Milner, Marcin Hendzlik, Jake Clamm, Oscar Adame, Bryce Schedlbauer, Benjamin Glover, Francis Chantigny-Côté, Alex Cochran, Dan Basri, Kaleb Crompton, Rodger Facer, Hunter Hild, Kostas Oiko, Brandon Lee Haase, Jeremiah Franklin, Thet Naung, Daniel Honan, Pradyut Naha, Lonn Edwin Robinson, Simon Saab Saab, Noah Farris, Collin Hajek, Johnny Lenzen, Anthony Hawkins, Nikita Broido, Martin Abad, Ruslan Akhmedov, Justin Savvy, Brian J Harrington, Dakota Beech, Mike Leandro, Luka Brešan, Cody Boulware, Giulian Ci, Jake Nevin, Daniel Blumenthal, Luka Surtees Paul Oster, Christopher Speck, Marcelo Espinoza, Aaron Johnson, Ronan Gallagher, Alex Ives, Charles Dion, Tyler Simmons, Markus Coffey, Mason Nathaniel Hill, Mark Garrett, Richard Corrosion, Jamie Crews, Brad Forte, Alessio Strano, Kenny Coull, Ryan English, Taylor Barber, Chris Velarde, Philip Dussor, Matthew Helmsworth, Wes Horton, James Martin, Yohann Gaucher, Gryffyn Jernigan, Tristan Groves, Taylor Pace, Trent Cameron, Jose Grinder, Alex Lizasuain Jr, Nikoli Giranda, Ryan Pena, Bryan Riquelme, Joseph Stovall, Cole Franz, Elliot Swonger, Ridz Holsclaw, Jesse Misner, Daemon Kitsune, Dante Saliba, Quay Jones, Dale Morrison, Krystian Erik Thorne, T.J. Yates II, Roy Alexander, Lucas Spencer Padilla, Preston Graff, Xulxer Bawlsick, Ethan Wade, Larry Harper, Pablo Perona, Bernard Têtede, Jori Martikainen, Jimmy Collins, Kieran Scott, Danny Langevin, Justin Scourges, Marco Cañellas, Matthew Krawchuk, Jordan Frederick, Ale Amezc, Nomo Darkling, Derrek Connolly, Nick Saia, Dan Tucker, Caleb Branham, Quentin Scott, Jacob Cooledge, Ryu Miura

About this release

Digital EP released 21st May 2021 on Slam (HFB-400) / Hell For Breakfast.

Written and composed by Beyond Deviation.

"Beyond Deviation are breaking a World Record with their new track "Beyond Deviation 400", featuring no less than 400 vocalists. This 37 minutes length song promised to be a masterpiece not only for the band, but also for the entire deathcore scene".

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Vim Fuego

The whole idea of “Beyond Deviation 400” is a mad arsed thing at first sight. It’s a 37 minute deathcore track created by Canadian band Beyond Deviation. In making this epic track, the band pulled in favours from a few friends. Actually, make that a LOT of friends. About 400 friends. See, the 400 in “Beyond Deviation 400” indicates the number of vocalists on this song, which set a new world record for the most solo vocalists on a single track.

Now, deathcore isn’t to everyone’s tastes. A lot of death metal fans treat it like that annoying cousin who wants to borrow your Dying Fetus vinyls, and then scratches them. Yes, well intentioned, but an embarrassment to have around. A lot of gatekeepers and elitists go even further in their disdain for the genre, declaring it “not metal!” Why? Er… hardcore-style breakdowns? Nu-metal style downtuning? Daring to not be straightjacketed by what has come before? Who the fuck can tell. This matters not to the legions of deathcore fans the world over, who just get on with it and create their own glorious noise. And apparently Beyond Deviation play a variety of deathcore called downtempo.

So... 400 vocalists and 37 minutes of downtempo deathcore. What sort of sound do you get? It’s pretty obvious it’s not gonna be bright and breezy uplifting pop music. Nope, you get guttural, bowel-churning doom/death/sludge that’s mostly played on the big fat low strings rather than the twiddly, squeaky high ones. It’s mostly what would be considered breakdowns, except breakdowns are usually brief interludes in a song where the band kicks things into low gear, rather than being the majority of the song like they are here. One of the great benefits of playing so slowly is that it makes the overall sound absolutely fucking massive.

And if there's 400 vocalists, there must be lyrics, right? Yes, there are, and rather a lot of them. They cover weighty philosophical topics like life and existence, reality versus insanity, strength versus weakness, etcetera, etcetera, but are any of them understandable without a lyric sheet? No, not really. And it doesn’t matter. That’s not the point. The voice is an instrument here, a bestial, violent, aggressive roar of an instrument. And despite what you might think, there’s still range for variety in the vocals. It’s hard to tell where one person ends and the next starts, but the grunt/growl/screech flows surprisingly well through this lumbering hulk of a song.

Some metal purists will fucking hate this, but it’s not made for them. This is made for the fans, and by the fans. It also might appeal to the more open-minded and adventurous listeners of funeral doom, doom/death, atmospheric sludge, depressive black metal, or even just the plain curious. This ambitious and slightly crazed project united musicians the world over at a time when it would be easy to feel isolated and alone, and created quite the buzz in a number of extreme music scenes.

Congratulations on the world record Beyond Deviation, and more power to you for conceiving, composing, and executing such a monumental work of dark and deeply satisfying art.