5 Iconic Double Bass Grooves
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When it comes to the thundering kicks that changed drumming history, you should definitely get familiar with the five grooves on this list.
Not only are these some of the most popular songs in metal and rock, but these songs have unique double bass-driven drum beats that help define the tune. While one long roll might be impressive to listen to, these interesting kick patterns helped these songs become iconic.
Everyone will have their own list of top double bass songs - this one consists of Aaron Edgar's picks - but considering when some of these tracks came out, they helped define the art of heavy drumming as we know it!
0:00 - Introduction
1. 0:43 - Metallica - "One"
This is about as iconic as double kick gets. Like the double bass equivalent of Stairway To Heaven, if you're at a music store, you know someone in the drum room is probably playing this song. Your hands play a simple rock groove with big open hats and snare on the 2 and 4. Your feet play 16th note triplets starting with the first hi-hat hit until your snare hits. Rinse and repeat.
2. 02:43 - Van Halen - "Hot For Teacher"
This track pretty much put double bass shuffles on the map: playing triplets on the kick but skipping the middle one so it sounds like a gallop. For the ride bell pattern, just play the first two notes of each triplet. You'll get a strange but cool beat when you stitch it all together.
3. 05:16 - Slipknot - "Before I Forget"
This song helped propel Slipknot to stardom, and Joey Jordison was one of the most searched-for drummers online in the early 2000s. It's fun to play, and heavy and funky with syncopation and cool off-beat shots. The first three bars are the same, with a variation in the fourth bar.
4. 08:09 - Pantera - "Cowboys From Hell"
There's a lot going on here, and it starts with triplets before switching to 16th notes. First, lead with the snare drum on the quarter notes over the triplet kick pattern. Then go into the straight 16ths on the feet in the final bar.
5. 11:11 - Meshuggah - "Bleed"
This relentless groove is one of the most ridiculous and epic out there, especially considering how it evolves throughout the song. Metal drummers like to challenge their friends to learn this herta bass drum pattern. The easiest way to start learning is to play consistent RRL with your kicks, then stick in an additional left between the two rights. It's essentially a three note pattern. With your hands playing a typical rock beat over top, the result is a cool polyrhythmic sound.
Which double bass grooves do you think are the most iconic? Do you agree with this list or did we miss any of your favorites?
You can find the sheet music for all of these grooves in the article below:
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Sorry about the typo in the "Meshuggah" graphic! 😅
although sweet drum session but Vinnies CFH is 4 kicks instead of triplets so change that :)
It'd be nice if Lars could still play that
so what about infant annihilator 🤣
Musshuggha
Was watching on the tv and had to hop on the phone just to check how many ”Mushuggah”-comments there were. 😂 Not disappointed!
Pantera's Becoming also has a really cool double bass pattern.
Agreed
Don't know how they didnt use Becoming instead. Waaaaay more interesting.
i was just gonna say!
10000%
Or the simple, but effective pattern leading up to the verse in Domination
He sounds like he just hits a joint and trying to hold the smoke while talking.
LMAO
Lol!
I can not stand listening to him, talking like a Pirate. Even his Eye movements!
Lmao
@@dwilliams2156 lol
"This is Slipknots, before i forget"
Ok just let me know when youre going to say the song title
LOL😂😂😂
Fuck yes! Slipknot!
I was kinda hoping you would have played the intro to “Painkiller” by Judas Priest
Or "Exciter".
@@DarksladeDiaries or starbreaker
Can’t believe they skipped it
they did a honorable mention in the end
Ain't no lie, WAAAYYYY better than One!!
Never thought I’d see drumeo do bleed, absolutely amazing thanks for breaking it down, I finally know where to start
That's a tough one for sure - enjoy!
Check out the Troy Wright lesson on Bleed 😉
+1 for the Troy Wright lesson.
Troy Wright is the real deal
Now maybe we can get @66samus to play it!
Pantera's Slaughtered is one of my favs. The whole song's drum parts are incredible. I'll never forget figuring out the double paradiddle groove during the bridge.
exactly...everyone calling for Becoming...Slaughtered is where it's at!
@@cerulean1808 Well because becoming is the most iconic, is more difficult to play and confuses people as to how to play it correctly as most can't figure it out and even of many of those who have, many of them can't actually execute it. Don't get me wrong though. Slaughtered is f*cking beast!! It's one of my fav's from FBD.
I've always loved the double bass at the end of Sweating Bullets by Megadeth. Don't know if it can be considered iconic, but it sure is fun to play!
I agree. Nick Mensa could make a simple double bass groove reeeaaally groove! 🤟🏽
İ dont wanna be That guy but nick is amazing.My idol was Lars ulrich and still is but Man nick menza......And gar samuelson are 2 drummers i absoluelty love listening to.
Let that bong hit go, homie.
Jesus, I'm dying xD
@@andalf_der_graue1714 ah forgot about this one. I lol'd again.
I literally have no idea how Tomas Haake can play an entirely set at that intensity and still keep perfect timing. In fact, i heard that metronomes are actually calibrated by Tomas :) hahaha!
It's not the same pattern for the whole entirety of the song. It changes to quadruplets and triplets thereafter
Mudvayne’s “Not Falling”. Tool’s outro of “Schism” with the quintuplet/sextuplet. The syncopated synth/drum pattern during the solo of “Metropolis Pt. 1” by Dream Theater. And one of the first songs to blow my mind was Helloween’s “Ride the sky” with that sixteenth note pattern with the eighth note stops in the chorus.
As someone who loved Fear Factory in my teens they have so many songs from Demanufacture, Obsolete, and Digimortal that you instantly recognise from the kick pattern alone
I agree. If you're talking about iconic double kicks, Fear Factory would be one band that instantly comes to my mind at least.
The intro of demanufacture is iconic
When I saw the title and a picture of Vinnie Paul I instantly thought "Becoming"
Same lol
He probably couldn’t play it lol
@@DavieDrum98 he's a solid player. I don't doubt he could play it. This is just a flub choice.
Same. Either that or Psycho Holiday
Shedding skin is badass to
Pantera’s “Becoming” the outro should definitely be to cover!
I feel like Overkill by Motorhead should have gotten a mention.
Same
Same
Should have been the very first groove!
That and Angel of Death by Slayer. How can anyone talk double bass drumming without the name Dave Lombardo.
@@JG31392 true that!
"Under a glass moon" by Dream Theater is something you should definetly check out, if you start with double kick. It's pretty easy (easier than most of the beats presented in this video) and very good to develop control and speed. You can also start the beat with your left foot. This will help you later with stuff like "One" and others, where you (sort of) have to lead with both feet.
i kinda don't like DT, but you are absolutely right!!!!
Great song, and really fun to play.
I literally came to the comment section to look for a comment with this song and give it a like
This is the first song that came to mind when I opened the video! Nice!
Nice!👌🤘🤘
Walk with me in Hell by Lamb of God's Chris Adler. He has waaay too many killer double bass grooves.
Great track & suggestion!
And...Descending 🤘
Blacken the Cursed Sun, Laid to Rest, King Me, Lamb of God is a treasure trove of double kick grooves
@@ginjermannix6183 all absolute bangers
Half of Lamb of God's catalog could fit this list. A lot of Adler's playing revolves around the feet
Avenged sevenfold's "unholy confessions" at the 4:31 marker right before it ends has an awesome double bass pattern that is just fun to play. Rev had some cool double bass patterns for sure like "I won't see you tonight part 2" and I would also include "almost easy" that double ride pattern he does is definitely iconic. 😉
If we're talking about licks over grooves, the double bass fill in Blinded in Chains is definitely up there
@@vanntooot Definitely. And with the clicky tone on the kick it sounds even more insane.
Yeah I was surprised not to see something from A7X in there. The Rev is easily one of the greatest double bass players of all time, the guy literally had it all when it came to footwork - speed, power, technique and creativity.
the whole of unholy confesssions is great, rev was lost too soon
I thought the same, how they not put in this video this awesome track???
Gojira's The Art of Dying is a really interesting one too
I can barely even follow the double bass on that song
This is the most iconic to me personally
Dark Angel's "Darkest Descends" features the same double bass pattern used in "One". The only thing is Gene Hoglan played it first. So I think he deserves credit for that one.
Darkness Descends is a masterpiece
This lesson was great! Panic Attack by Dream Theater is another great one.
I would love a Mike Portnoy/Dream Theatre lesson. There's a groove midway through Constant Motion that blows my mind.
The Great debate has some of the most intricate double bass patterns I've ever heard. Such an underated song!
Under a Glass Moon is my favorite
Having heard meshuggah play bleed live twice it’s even more impressive in person 🤘 favourite metal song of all time
I love this man! Not only a great teacher but absolutely a funny and entertaining guy. Incredible drummer! So smooth!
Please raise ya glasses to the Hellraisin Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul & Dimebag Darrell may they Rest In Peace.
Dime buried with a guitar Eddie van Halen gave him as a gift. Vinnie buried in a KISS coffin.
Amongst the absolute best of their genre during arguably the last great era of music. LEGENDS.
Vinnie had a groove that spoke to me above anyone else at the time & made me wanna be a drummer.
Damn I miss the 90’s lol
Eddie is with them now, jamming together up there.
@@cristianconnolly2709 yes he is
And Neil peart. And prince. Man. They are playing the best music in heaven right now man.
you're a great teacher Aaron! Also love that cruiser blue finish!
When I saw the title I immediately thought: there's got to be Bleed in this thing, and yeah it's there! congrats! Love the way you teach, thx!
Such an amazing masterclass! Really cool! We definitely need the tutorials of all the songs! I mean, the fullversion, not only the doble bass pedal part 😊 Thankssss
These kind of videos are so cool to watch because you learn about the things going on in the songs that you might not pick up while just enjoying and jamming the song.
Plus these give me ideas how to approach drums when I'm composing. So thank you for that.
Yep bleed was a mindblower. I freaked out when i first heard it like a lot of metalheads and musicians did. Cool thing about that song.. it just slams right in from the start. No fluff, no frills... just pummeling. They opened with it when I saw them in 08. Epic. Spiritual experience for me as a drummer and a fan of the band since 96.
I'll put the groove from Art of Dying in there. I don't think it gets the recognition it deserves
1% agree
Definitely a super interesting bass drum pattern. Hopefully we can get to that in a future video! Great suggestion 🤘
Nothing left.
@@DrumeoOfficial I will buy 10 subscriptions if you get Mario Duplantier for a lesson! lmao
Don't forget Liquid Fire!
Cowboys from Hell might be the most iconic Pantera song, but from a drummers perspective Becoming is the pinnacle of Vinnie Pauls grooves. I remember my friends and I spending hours trying to figure out how he did it.
This is a gem of a video - the Bleed breakdown is excellent, thank you!
First double bass pattern I learned was Refuse Resist by Sepultura.
Dude! You having a blast. Double bass blast! So much fun watching you play these.
I'm glad youtube recommended me this video. I learn to play drums and the double bass is my new favourite thing to do :D
Now I know more songs to practice with. Thank you! :)
Dyers Eve, Silent Scream,Painkiller,Metal Meltdown, Angel of Death
Here comes the metal meltdown
Silent Scream is always overlooked, awesome track.
Thank you for the Silent Scream shout out. Other than War Ensemble my favorite Lombardo dbl beat
I was a 90's teen. So at the time(late 90's), everyone i knew was geeking out over Fear Factory. So for me the song Shock was an iconic double bass song. And yes, we also listened to Meshuggah. Destroy Erase Improve was out. Yes we realized it is technically impressive. But as far as ICONIC double bass...Shock by Fear Factory.
And ironically enough Dino said he started fear factory by hearing metallica's "one" 🤘 so he started a band with nothing but syncopated double pedal and guitar tunes.
Very cool to have some simple explanations of some of my favorite tracks. Awesome!
Really great Aaron, perfectly explained, especially the last one is super. I love as well your video in which you show the intro of Alex Van Halens intro of Hot for Teacher. Really amazing, I studied it and now I am able to play it in real time. Really awesome! Please go on with your workshops, You do a great job, man ! Greetings from Ulm, Germany.
I think one of the coolest double bass parts is the chorus in “This Calling” by All That Remains. It’s not the most rhythmically interesting, but the sheer speed of notes blew me away when I first heard the song! That was probably the first song I heard with that type of playing, and I think it also got me into metalcore.
Have you seen them perform that live??? Jason Costa playing those double bass notes at full speed, clean whilst also using a traditional grip on the sticks. Its bizarre and impressive!!!
@@andymcmillan9260 I love Jason costa! One of my favs but for me some of his coolest double bass stuff was from diecast "tear down your blue skies" album, give it a listen!
That was all Shannon Lucas of ex black dahlia murder dude is a beast for sure!
So happy to see this comment. That song blew me away big time. I love Shannon Lucas’s drums on that album!
I love all those songs mainly because of the drums.
I’m not a drummer myself, I’m a guitarist. But so many drumfills and grooves have inspired me. One I think was missing is Overkill by Motörhead. Just keeping that up for 4 minutes is insane still, and it was even more insane back when it released in, what, 1980 somewhere?!
I second this.
your videos are always so intuitive, I can't imagine why any dislikes..plus love the drums and love that shirt, I need one!
The breakdown and speed changes are awesome. As an instructor, your are great
Naw man, you're playing One wrong. Play the hand pattern as written and then just flutter your feet. Where it lands, it lands.
omfg
😂😂😂
lmao
I have never seen a more spot on comment
Awesome Aaron, thanks! The ones that I started with were first Motley Crüe's Red Hot, then Live Wire. They have that driving double bass rhythm, but then they're broken up with double or single bass patterns. Then there is W.A.S.P. , L.O.V.E. Machine. L.O.V.E. this song!!! I learned it from the "Live In The Raw" album, and it was recorded with one bass mike quieter than the second, so it was really a challenge. Overlaid with tom grooves and and a mean ride and crashes, this song R.O.C.K.S. !!!!!
Really appreciate the inclusion of Joey Jordison, it seems like many only decided how influential he was after he died but the guy really had a massive effect on making metal more mainstream. I would go as far as to say much of the metal that was gaining attention during the 00's had Slipknot among others to thank for that exposure. And not that their new stuff is bad per se, but you really feel the difference in writing without Joey and Paul.
Where have you been? The metal community to me has always treated him as a god.
@@JonnyRottenn__ Yea this. I feel like I've seen people that don't care for Slipknot even appreciate Joey
That drum set looks mint! Great lesson, thanks.
As a teenager I remember how we always talked about Dimmu Borgir - Puritania when it came to double bass.
Not a drummer myself, but I remember the first time I heard Desperate Cry by Sepultura way back in the day. Loved the drums on that track.
Arise got me started into that extreme drumming. Igor's drumming is iconic as fuck!
@@majoschanoise3199couldn't agree more ❤..Igor was a straight up monster as a kid back then
I love videos like this. I get to see how songs are broken down then I can make mine that much better.
Under a Glass Moon was the first double bass groove I learned. It's great for someone just getting into double bass.
Because of this video, I reversed my feet and now I no longer struggle with Hot For Teacher and it Actually makes sense to me, haha! Never would have thought to do that. Thank you!!!!
"Cowboys" over "Becoming"? That's crazy talk.
I'm guessing cuz Cowboys From Hell is more of an iconic song and MTV played that video all the time. One is iconic because of the sound of course and the video showing Lars' feet playing the double bass drum.
Or Slaughtered lmao
Duuude, you guys have stepped up your editing skills with this video👏🏼
1988 first time I’ve heard One(and justice for all) ... never stopped playing drums since..,
Probably "Laid to rest" and "In waves" are my favorites
Motorhead "Overkill". Honorable mention is "Fight Fire With Fire" off of Ride the Lightning.
Overkill=blueprint for double bass
Good call. I saw Phil Taylor doing it in 1983.
Side note, Phil Taylor drum parts were added last, played straight through with a headphone feed of the music rather than a clicktrack. Hard to do well if you are sober and focused. He may have been one or the other on occasion but never both.
@@evan242503 interesting. To my mind their studio recordings didn't really reflect the power and intensity of their playing. No Sleep Til Hammersmith though was quite another matter. My favourite album of theirs by a long way.
@@tubthump Turn it up. Overkill, Bomber, and Ace of Spades are the Holy Trinity.
Corporeal Jigsore Quandary by Carcass.....as a 14 year old in the 90's, this blew my mind...that intro is truly.....ICONIC
Beautiful drum kit.
Glad to see him cover Hot for Teacher. I’d love to be able to play the song one day.
Racer X’s Scarified. Scott Travis crushes it.
That was indeed a kickass song
Racer X is a very talented band that never gets the credit that they deserve ever
That is such a badass double bass groove, my dad liked racer x so I grew up listening to scarified
@@chrismihaich898 Nice! have you seen the spacesuit video? Awesome.
GREAT LESSON!! THAK YOU EDGAR!!
Great technique on the Bleed section, kudos!
Not gonna lie "hot for teacher" I was like, bruh that's not needing a double kick, but then you added the bits and my lord, I think I gotta go listen now
Nile's "Unas, Slayer of the Gods" from about 5:30 to 6:10 is pretty dope.
Becoming by Pantera was such an iconic eye opener for me when I was younger. The db blew my mind!
I'm learning Bleed at the moment but using alternating double strokes on the right and left. well tough but great technical workout and I feel it's more even between usage of right and left legs.
Other one is the chorus from domination by pantera, that beat change gives it a nice groove.
Honourable mention: Gojira - Remembrance outro
OOOH YESSS! That would have been a good one to do.
the amount of passion this guy has, respect!
Fantastic editing and commentary.
It sounds like this guy has been playing drums for all his life and now he's speaking for the first time.
...or he's on a boat load of drugs.
remote control the way he contracts the left part of his lips to speak may be a stroke symptom.
@@andreadipilato1353 He's quite young to have suffered from a stroke. Be that as it may...if he did then kudos to him as a surviver. Keep drumming. He's good.
remote control I was just joking, italian black humor! Surely he has not had a stroke.
@@andreadipilato1353 Don't do drugs. They're bad.
Metallica actually "borrowed" the groove from "One" from Dark Angel's "Darkness Descends". The drum beat was played by Gene Hoglan originally, and he stated in an interview that he's honored to have giants like Metallica "borrow" from his band.
Citadela SoundProduction Wasn’t it made because of how they jammed together? James usually challenged Lars to create a drum beat over a riff he was playing or the other way around
@@iqceo4276 Sorry, but no. Just listen to the intro to "Darkness Descends", they just plain stole it. I'm not judging, every musician "steals", but it's cool to give credit where it's due.
@@citadelasoundproduction9412 If you referring to the shotgun breakdown, It came from shotguns like I said.
@@citadelasoundproduction9412 How exactly does someone "steal" 16th note triplets? That's like saying if I play a herta I'm "stealing" from Meshuggah
Said a million times already, but Aaron you are a great teacher. Great job on this video Drumeo.
Igor Cavalera - Propoganda from the album Chaos A.D. This album was probably one of my first introductions to double bass drumming, incredible groove and taste throughout this album!!! This song just drives with double bass right throughout!!
Hopefully Lars Ulrich is watching so he knows how to do this properly.
lol :-D
😂 😂
Lars has forgotten how to play it many years ago!
Actually 'LOL'd' at this comment! Noice! 😂😂🤣🤣
Lars took lessons from this guy on how to talk
How about Dave Lambardo?The Godfather of Double Bass.I believe all of us know his skills and ability.
the Angel of death doublebass solo in the ridiculously long live version
Gene hoglan showed dave Lombardo double bass drumming
@@yeetfeet1878 you need to listen to Exciter-Priest, Fast as a Shark-Accept or Loss of Control-Van Halen. They both had fast as fuck doubles throughout and that was before Lars had an album out
@@yeetfeet1878 The reference was to "double bass" drumming, not "heavy metal" drumming. Lars Ulrich cannot, and does not, hold a candle to Dave Lombardo when it comes to speed, precision, endurance, musicality, or technicality, with regards to double bass drumming, or anything else drum related...ever.
love the video man!❤ heard van Halens song before but added it to my Spotify list! thank you!
these grooves grooved me!
Lol, funny hearing him do some extra justifying of slipknot and Joey jordison to the audience. Dude's a legend. No explanation necessary. Side note: great playing, really impressive! I suck at double bass lol
Strapping Young Lad - Skeksis
Dimmu Borgir - Puritania
Divine Heresy - impossibile Is Nothing
Gojira - The art of dying
Fear Factory - Powershifter
Excellent lesson. Thanx
Wow. That description of the Hot for Teacher shuffle is the clearest, most common-sense explanation I've ever seen!!!
That was like the biggest drumming mystery of my generation :) (Teenager in the 80's / 90's). When the "One" video arrived on MTV, it was like a double bass tutorial right there on TV!
But what was actually played on Hot For Teacher has been a mystery to so many drummers for so long!
I would have also added Overkill by Motorhead on this list one of the pioneers of the double bass. Great List!
carcass-corporal jigsaw quandary has the coolest double bass part ever.
one of our alltime running gags in the rehearsal room...
Epic Video, nice choices.
This was absolutely awesome, Thank you so much for the video!! :-) maybe one you could have incorporated is Pantera- becoming.
I haven't quite figured it out yet lol 🤘🥁🤣
I really like the double ride and dueling double bass in Avenged Sevenfold’s Almost Easy. If you get the chance to see The Rev’s demo he plays the bass pedals very loud. Long live The Rev. RIP.
For historical context, Billy Cobham pioneered the double bass shuffle on Quadrant 4 in 1973. Alex Van Halen also played the shuffle on I'm The One off VH1, in 1978. Simon Phillips smokes a shuffle in 7 on Jeff Beck's Space Boogie, from 1980. And Rod Morgenstein also played a shuffle in 7 on the end of The Dixie Dreg's Patchwork from 1979's Night of the Living Dregs, and on Steve Morse's album The Introduction, on Cruise Missile, from 1984 (Same year as Hot for Teacher, of course).
Dude, this is awesome! I didn't know that :)
Quadrant 4 is amazing! I spent months to understand that.
Thanks for the info!
Good stuff
@@Snarea51 Hot for Teacher is iconic for obvious reasons. it's a shame some of these earlier songs don't get the recognition they deserve these days. I do recall an article in modern drummer magazine, maybe as long as 20 or maybe even 30 years ago talking about the history of double bass playing. And there was a sidebar with some of these songs mentioned. For some reason, everybody skips over what Alex did on I'm the One..
Great Video Aaron!
Awesome video, all these grooves are well played & explained. I'm still trying to get Bleed down, I can play the herta up to speed on double bass but as soon as I try and put a riding pattern over the top it falls apart. Just gotta keep practicing!
As for more iconic double bass grooves - most songs from Lamb of God's Ashes of the Wake fit the bill. Thinking of buying the offical tabs from Chris Adler's website, as good as the instrument sounds on the album are (definitely my favourite production on a LoG record) I can't always work out the interplay between floor toms and bass drums. Also the double bass break in Slayer's Angel of Death is absolutely iconic but I guess it's more of a fill not a groove. Their Hell Awaits album has a lot of double bass stuff that's ahead of it's time too.
Devin Townsend- Kingdom
02:43 This is for you Eddie
Really enjoyed this
Well done bro! 👍
Loving this Jimmy Chamberlain style kit setup.
Good eye!
The very first track I was thinking of was "Bleed".
Come back to us mr hanneman
Best Vinnie Paul part is in becoming! The main riff and the end of the song! Really cool pattern! R. I. P. Vinnie!
I love this dude! You should have him teach more often!
Thought for sure the Pantera groove was going to be Becoming. And I was disappointed.
Same here
A real missed opportunity
I thought primal concrete sledge