But some how Gojira are still legal! Happy you guys like it! Your magazine is epic! Any chance to get you guys interested in helping me in MayShuggah? I'm dedicating the whole month to that band muhahahah
@@xDecadence that is not true. While its a different drumming style it is still very sophisticated drumming. You should check out the dream playthrough to cuntcrusher. While the drums are indeed a wall of sound there are a lot of nuances in there. Greetings
@@virii.win32 yes it sounds totally like an army marching in a movie. Feels like that was the intention. I actually never even considered it could be a guitar. Thought it was just production.
He actually does that a lot. He also likes to include paradiddles into his playing quite a bit and the way he splits it up between feet and hands. It also doesn't hurt to be a fucking drum machine. Man, i can listen to him play all day long.
I think he meant it in the sense that you get a super high number (180) when you multiply it by 4 to reach a number that's divisible by 4. So you have to run through all of 180 16th-notes of the pattern before re-aligning with the 4th-note pulse.
Part of the reason is because this 45 doesn’t feel like 44 plus an extra beat. It DOES, however, feel like 48 with 3 missing beats - which is clear from how Yogev breaks it down here.
@@iwillspam5985 Came here to say exactly this. Krimh is a huuuuge Mario/Gojira stan and it's reflected in that next-level cover of his. Also, he played every instrument in the cover... absolute madness.
It's so cool how you give the same beat 4 entirely different feels by just making it (4n + 1) subdivisions long under a steady 4th-note pulse. Takes a freaking 180 16th-notes for the pattern to repeat, and when they add that extra thingy at the end anyway, the whole thing is a unique run from start to finish.
As a guitar player who has recently been exploring time signatures/rhythms, this channel is so good. Your production style, method of explanation, and everything is amazing dude.
Oh shit! awesome breakdown of this intro! I had not realized it was so complex (even though you have a way explaining it, that makes it seem simple :D ). When you can/want, you could decompose those songs: Leprous - The Sky Is Red Hacride - On The Threshold of Death Keep up the great work!
Unbelievable.... The fact you can decipher that madness is truly unbelievable. The fact that you can explain it in terms that even I can understand is truly a gift! Well done! 👍🤟
Your ability to break down the complex in such a simple digestible way is absolutely stellar!. You knocked it out of the park once again. Glad to see you're finally getting the recognition you deserve!
ikr, i'm here 3 years later still trying to understand what happens in the 2nd transition. 1st one you can see where it fits in the pulse, the 2nd one tho, changes how it sounds completly
I didn't know I needed this channel SO MUCH! And it's just a bless to know it by deciphering one of the hardest (and sickest) songs I've ever tried to learn from my favorite band as a drummer. I'm saving this for my life.
I've never been interested in seeing music broken down but this was pretty easy to understand and I like this song already so this was really cool to watch.
Just randomly got to this video and subbed instantly - as a drummer this video is not only informative, but entertaining and really well shot and edited. Cheers!
OMG, I wonder how the guys in Gojira came up with a riff like that. Btw, l really liked you trying to fit triplets, quintuplets and sextuplets in this pattern and even if that sounded a little bit odd in comparison with the song itself, it was really interesting to listen how those subdivisions work with each other. And I know I say that in almost every single video, but anyway, the video was awesome and thank you so much for it.
A lot of their crazy patterns, like this one, come from drum exercises that Mario does. The intro to Pray and the crazy part in In The Forest also came from drum exercises. On Mario's Instagram, he described the pattern in this exercise: "A lot of people have asked me to explain the pattern of « The Art of Dying ». Every group of notes starts with a different foot. RLR LRL RLR LR RL LR•RLR LRL RLR LR RL•LRL RLR LRL RL LR RL•LRL RLR LRL RL LR• 140 bpm" So yeah, not only does he play it seamlessly, he's literally alternating the foot that he leads each phrase with. Mindblowing stuff.
Amazing video. Thank you so much it's been years I've wondered about the beats on this song but I have no formal knowledge of music so it's just been a haze of magic until now! Still magical
This is an incredible visual way of explaining something that's otherwise really confusing. The added sounds and explanations are seriously something else. Love this and I'm gonna try and learn it now :)
Would you analyze Entertain Me, by Tigran Hamasyan? I can't understand how the very last section works in terms of meter in relation to the rest of the song!
Wait wtf this channel is insane!!!! Just stumbled across this song and was taken away been a looooong time since that’s happened. And now with this channel! Thank you Gojira!!!!
i've listened to art of dying for so long i cant even describe it to you and i havent even started to realise the pattern for the drums snare hits, now this guy comes and breaks it down and i understand it immediatly.
I always felt it would have been more natural after he switches to the cymbal from the ride that the kicks were constant 16ths like the guitar, but keeping the snare pattern to make it sound more rolling, rather than breaking it up everytime you don't hear the kicks under the 16ths of the guitar. Still my favourite Gorjia song.
yogev: * plays the rhythm in quintuplets * me: oh this sounds somewhat like a normal rhythm, nice! yogev: as you can see this sounds really bad me: me: oh...
This is like when they cracked the Zodiac Killer cipher
Can I get a Bababooey from loud wire?!,!?!!??!?!?!?!!.!/?.?-),?/$!
Woah, that's pretty nice
But some how Gojira are still legal!
Happy you guys like it! Your magazine is epic! Any chance to get you guys interested in helping me in MayShuggah?
I'm dedicating the whole month to that band muhahahah
That’s cool and all, but what does Corey Taylor think about this??
Boom I am the 666 like.
3:19 he's actually not counting how many hits there are. He's counting out how many arms you'll need in order to play this song correctly
hahahahahaahaa
Double that in arms and legs, and you can almost play Infant Annihilator
@@the_Kiwi666 Infant Annihilator is just braindead blast beats calm down lol
@@xDecadence Thanks for your input Paul Martin you can stop talking now
@@xDecadence that is not true. While its a different drumming style it is still very sophisticated drumming. You should check out the dream playthrough to cuntcrusher. While the drums are indeed a wall of sound there are a lot of nuances in there. Greetings
*plays quintuplets version*
Me: Wow that's so cool!
Him: That sounds pretty bad.
Me: That sounds SO bad.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
I think the sextuplets version is somehow worse
It gives the rhythm a real oom pa pa feel. Up down up down, sounds like circus music to me. Triplets is too rushed.
I think it sounds pretty "flat"...
It did sound pretty bad though haha
this is the only video that has ever explained mario's octopus drumming in any understandable way
What about it is octopus haha? He uses 4 limbs, no more :P
Octopus? Don't get me wrong he's amazing but he's no Danny Carey.
"octopus drumming" IS the understandable way for me :(
@@Fitz1993 hmmm, fair point, how about "machine gun" drumming instead?
@@Fitz1993 ah, the eternal debate between TOOL and Gojira.
The “muted guitar part” sounds like a clock ticking
I always thought it sounded like windshield wipers haha
Thought it was people marching
a clock with bass cord lool
It makes sense regarding the meaning of the song. I mean, he does say “driven by clockwork” when the lyrics kick in
@@virii.win32 yes it sounds totally like an army marching in a movie. Feels like that was the intention.
I actually never even considered it could be a guitar. Thought it was just production.
Finally, now I can listen to this track and tap my finger along in correct time.
i cant XD
Im dead
I feel that lmao
Let's be honest. No you can't.
I’ve seen this video hundreds of times and still can’t wtf
I have nothing but huge respect for this guy. Imparting so much of knowledge with so much of hard work and a classy production!!
Man THANKS!
I like Mario’s drumming but i hate how he makes me feel stupid
Ikr 😂
It’s an abusive relationship.
Fuck you Mariooo!!! 😭💓
Danny Carey from TOOL, as well
this is an incredibly easy-to-digest explanation of this intro, and it's still confusing. God bless Gojira
HO LEE SHEET.
I've listened to this song so many times, but seeing how it all comes together speaks so much to Mario's skill. What a machine!
It’s not just actually keeping time, it’s coordinating something like this but also coming up with it in the first place. It’s insane.
Mario basically considers himself a composer, he talks about it in some interviews and his writing process
What a closure of 10 years of confusion... Genius!
מי מלך? אתה מלך עומר. אתה.
@@YogevGabay לא אתה מלך, אתה!
Never in my life would i imagine watching King Radovid the Stern explaining a Gojira song
KING RADOVID IS DEAD AND YOU KNOW IT.
@@YogevGabay coughdopplercough
I knew he looked familiar
So the rhythm is actually surprisingly consistent… Just the same pattern played in different ways… Awesome breakdown!
The kick/snare pattern falls behind the bell (quarter beat) by 3/16ths of a note per loop.
It's quite a simple rhythm. Just played at a very challenging pace.
He actually does that a lot. He also likes to include paradiddles into his playing quite a bit and the way he splits it up between feet and hands. It also doesn't hurt to be a fucking drum machine. Man, i can listen to him play all day long.
Been drumming for around 13 years, guitarist for 20+ and this is the most simple way I've ever seen theory discussed. Very well done sir.
What a mess this would be in standard notation.
If you're 5 5 5
THEN IM 3 3 3!!!!
hahahahahahahahah666666666
Jajajaja
Do I smell maggots?
if you're 555 then i'm 33 shit its already time for the 5 again
@@rooxg lmao nice
The only guy who takes TAOD intro and wonders what what it would sound like with MORE polyrhythms. Fucking subbed
Legit never seen this guy before and subbed before it was over
That intro makes me go to the limits of the abyss of the death. Mario Duplantier is something else on drums
Agreed.
God your channel really is one of the best things out there. Thank you for finally decoding after years of listening, all your videos are incredible.
Glad you enjoy it!
"45 is nowhere close to being divided by four"
44: BRRUH
I think he meant it in the sense that you get a super high number (180) when you multiply it by 4 to reach a number that's divisible by 4. So you have to run through all of 180 16th-notes of the pattern before re-aligning with the 4th-note pulse.
Part of the reason is because this 45 doesn’t feel like 44 plus an extra beat. It DOES, however, feel like 48 with 3 missing beats - which is clear from how Yogev breaks it down here.
46 is closer to being divisible by 4 than 45 is, even though 45 is one off from 44. In fact, n and n+1 are always coprime
This is good maffs
This video is still somehow shorter than the song itself.
I always heard the steady pulse instrument in the intro as something like a flammed tom rim hit
this
It is actually 2 pieces of bamboo... plus 2 things more that you can see in KRIMH's cover
@@iwillspam5985 Came here to say exactly this. Krimh is a huuuuge Mario/Gojira stan and it's reflected in that next-level cover of his. Also, he played every instrument in the cover... absolute madness.
Seriously?
Oh shot that cover is gold
Dude, this is the breakdown (pun intended) that Gojira fans have been waiting for, myself included.
Thank you for this!
I've been wondering about this for years. I thought it was through-composed.
I can't believe I had to wait 10 years to actually kinda understand what's happening there, thank you so much
I may start using colorful circles to learn to count time and rhythm. Watching you videos is making me really step up my guitar practice
Man I'm super happy to read this!
It's so cool how you give the same beat 4 entirely different feels by just making it (4n + 1) subdivisions long under a steady 4th-note pulse. Takes a freaking 180 16th-notes for the pattern to repeat, and when they add that extra thingy at the end anyway, the whole thing is a unique run from start to finish.
Killer riff no question !
This is next level man, better than the online college classes lol
This is how you 'solve for X' but in drum form
*DCMAM Intensifies*
Episode 37, aka "a handful of hands"
The Mr bean meme made me spit my beer eveywhere
HAHAHAHAHA success
Same! I actually laughed out loud! LEGEND! haha
What a brilliant method of visually explaining rhythm. So creative, so intuitive. Awesome stuff.
I listened to all Gojira discography because of this video (:
This makes me want to learn to drum... Just boggles my mind how someone can come up with such a thing. Subscribed!
As a guitar player who has recently been exploring time signatures/rhythms, this channel is so good. Your production style, method of explanation, and everything is amazing dude.
Oh shit! awesome breakdown of this intro! I had not realized it was so complex (even though you have a way explaining it, that makes it seem simple :D ).
When you can/want, you could decompose those songs:
Leprous - The Sky Is Red
Hacride - On The Threshold of Death
Keep up the great work!
Thanks man! Will listen!
Progressive Metal:
- Open Guitar Pro
- Write riff with random length
- Select the very first note
- Hold down "C" for a few minutes
:P
hahahahahhahaha can't say I never did that
There's another way?
Arpeggiate Arpeggiate Arpeggiate
Unbelievable.... The fact you can decipher that madness is truly unbelievable. The fact that you can explain it in terms that even I can understand is truly a gift! Well done! 👍🤟
Thanks rob !
Damn Cool is right!! Gojira just makes it sound so natural.
this rythm from intro blowing my mind since i was 16. and now in is the first time, when i totaly understand it
amazing, first video I saw from the channel
And Mario said he plays this pattern alternating feet. Every group of notes starts with a different foot!! CRAZY!!!
Another song I’ve been confused about for a very long time. Another fantastic explanation that clears it all up.
4:50 is what brought joy to my heart
Your ability to break down the complex in such a simple digestible way is absolutely stellar!.
You knocked it out of the park once again.
Glad to see you're finally getting the recognition you deserve!
Now THIS is the channel I've been looking for
Its so satisfying to look at the wrist watch advancing at high speed!
With the fake sounds: oh I can hear all the things you're explaining
Back to the real song: aaaaand I'm lost again..
Yes! I requested this and you released this video on my birthday! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haaaaaa YYEEESSSSS HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
5:52 this is where my counting goes to shit
ikr, i'm here 3 years later still trying to understand what happens in the 2nd transition. 1st one you can see where it fits in the pulse, the 2nd one tho, changes how it sounds completly
Thank you man, you are amazing
Yogev creates the best content for all.of us prog nerds. The best!
I didn't know I needed this channel SO MUCH! And it's just a bless to know it by deciphering one of the hardest (and sickest) songs I've ever tried to learn from my favorite band as a drummer. I'm saving this for my life.
This channel makes nothing but bangers
YES! I was very excited to see your email :) Thank you for covering this!
I've never been interested in seeing music broken down but this was pretty easy to understand and I like this song already so this was really cool to watch.
ive been trying soooooooo long to learn this, THANK YOU
Just randomly got to this video and subbed instantly - as a drummer this video is not only informative, but entertaining and really well shot and edited. Cheers!
The intel is what makes the song so good... and also the outro
Most entertaining music theory channel and also great editing!
Your videos consistently blow my mind, keep up the top-tier content
I just realized that “Gojira” is Japanese for Godzilla.
It was originally called Godzilla, but rebranded it cause of copyright stuff.
You're a great teacher. Your visuals are on point and entertaining. Good job !
Thank you for this!!!
Thanks a lot for this clear video. I finally understand what the heck they play in this song
Bruh fucking subbed, the playing at the end was awsome.
These videos are what I've been looking for for SO long
F*cking 60,000IQ content right here
Thanks mate!
jesus christ this channel is GOLD
Had to give a like just for the extra 3 pairs of hand he had on hand to make this video.
Oh my god, I finally understand the rhythm behind it. I've been listening to this song so much and was never able to comprehend it till now. Thank you
That quintuplets version kinda sounded like Lars Ulrich doing a drum solo live
Can’t tell if that was throwing shade at Metallica or a compliment 😂
Lol good joke
As a huge Metallica fan I dare to say: you're giving Lars waaaaay to much credit. XD
Bold of you to assume that Lars even knows what a quinptuplet is
Top shelf music theory channel.
Your way of visualizing patterns is super helpful.
OMG, I wonder how the guys in Gojira came up with a riff like that. Btw, l really liked you trying to fit triplets, quintuplets and sextuplets in this pattern and even if that sounded a little bit odd in comparison with the song itself, it was really interesting to listen how those subdivisions work with each other.
And I know I say that in almost every single video, but anyway, the video was awesome and thank you so much for it.
One word : Mario
@@TheKrepen fair enough lol
A lot of their crazy patterns, like this one, come from drum exercises that Mario does. The intro to Pray and the crazy part in In The Forest also came from drum exercises. On Mario's Instagram, he described the pattern in this exercise:
"A lot of people have asked me to explain the pattern of « The Art of Dying ».
Every group of notes starts with a different foot. RLR LRL RLR LR RL LR•RLR LRL RLR LR RL•LRL RLR LRL RL LR RL•LRL RLR LRL RL LR• 140 bpm"
So yeah, not only does he play it seamlessly, he's literally alternating the foot that he leads each phrase with. Mindblowing stuff.
Man thanks a lot !
Legend
Amazing video. Thank you so much it's been years I've wondered about the beats on this song but I have no formal knowledge of music so it's just been a haze of magic until now! Still magical
Jaime Altozano + Metal = Jaime Taltozano (spanish joke). Great work!
This is an incredible visual way of explaining something that's otherwise really confusing. The added sounds and explanations are seriously something else. Love this and I'm gonna try and learn it now :)
Whaaaat!!! 😱😱😱😱
You actually did it!!!!
Hell yeah !
you do an amazing job at visualising it, not just in this but in all your videos. thanks from australia!
I'm a simple man, I see new Yogev Gabay video, I click
Superb - Keep those metal vids coming!
By far the best coach and explanation process i’ve ever seen on youtube. you’re a hero brother!
Glad it was helpful!
You did it!!! Thank you so much!
I almost threw up when he played the quintuplets... Not going to lie.
Same.
Right, I shouted at the top of my lungs and I'm not even sure why
Why
@@stonehillproductions129 Listen to it again. For us drummers it sounds disgusting. Its literally just so unorganized. No notes synchronize.
It's like the 7/11 polyrhythm, no synchronicity means we drummers wanna die
Great explanation, with the right amount of funny and also very well structured. Congratulations for your work!
Would you analyze Entertain Me, by Tigran Hamasyan? I can't understand how the very last section works in terms of meter in relation to the rest of the song!
Yes! I've wanted to see an analysis of that and his song The Court Jester
to be honest it would be great to see a video on any tigran hamasyan song
@@charliecoldwell3872 he already made a few (and as usual, they're amazing!), here's one:
ua-cam.com/video/Rq8exzJmC7c/v-deo.html
@@only4crap thanks for showing me:)
Hell yeah man there's more Tigran coming VERY soon
Wait wtf this channel is insane!!!! Just stumbled across this song and was taken away been a looooong time since that’s happened. And now with this channel! Thank you Gojira!!!!
This is my morning alarm lol
wow intense morning \m/
i've listened to art of dying for so long i cant even describe it to you and i havent even started to realise the pattern for the drums snare hits, now this guy comes and breaks it down and i understand it immediatly.
My pleasure !
Gojira is a vastly rated band.
This beat is the only one I could NEVER finger-drum accurately. I have waited this video in this very format for so many years. I love you.
Long story short, Mario is a genius
A bonkers concept explained so clearly, nice one!!
I always felt it would have been more natural after he switches to the cymbal from the ride that the kicks were constant 16ths like the guitar, but keeping the snare pattern to make it sound more rolling, rather than breaking it up everytime you don't hear the kicks under the 16ths of the guitar.
Still my favourite Gorjia song.
אני לא מאמין שזו הפעם הראשונה שאני צופה בערוץ הנפלא הזה.. להקה פסיכית!
שאפו אחי
yogev: * plays the rhythm in quintuplets *
me: oh this sounds somewhat like a normal rhythm, nice!
yogev: as you can see this sounds really bad
me:
me: oh...
🤣 my thoughts
hahahahhahhaha oops
incredible breakdown of what could otherwise be easily overlooked. fantastic videos! Keep it up!
Watched this 10 times now.... i still dont understand whats going on😂
3:40 - I legit snort laughed. Thank you for this wonderful video!
can you do some Haken ? like 1985 or NIL by Mouth ?
I second this. Haken are absolutely incredible. Pareidolia has one of the coolest proggy sections I’ve ever heard.
Will listen!
Haken’s In Memoriam has a crazy 7/8 section after the bridge (around 3:00) that sounds super confusing and difficult to play.
@@TheRealJoeNathan just gave it a listen and WTF ?!
Thank you so much, been trying to fully understand this intro for a long time :)) !
You're very welcome!
You should try to do the intro to "I" by meshuggah.