this is what mastery of an instrument looks like. THE top metal drummer. Feel, groove, technicality, speed, everything in one package. This man shits on a good portion of metal drummers.
I love Mario's drumming. He has TONS of groove. This solo isn't the piss break that about 95% of all drum solos are, its a song in and of itself that rewards you for listening to it.
Favorite drummer in any genre of metal, maybe any genre period. While many metal drummers are great from a technical perspective, they lack the little nuances that he has. Dude is just insanely talented.
Mario is practicing something, listen to the two parts he plays at the end, one after another, and later combining the two. If you listen carefully you can hear him combining the two, getting it into his system, playing it, mastering it and speeding it up. These drumparts are absolute gems!
Je suis bien d'accord avec toi, sur la fin d'In The Wilderness, Mario se surpasse et démonte tout! C'est d'ailleurs bien dommage qu'ils ne le jouent pas en live, ça serait génial!
...hmmm sounds like me a couple years ago. I played FANTASTIC bass, and everyone said they loved me...then I found out that shredding wasn't the only thing. I eventually evolved into composing complex music with intense artistic nuances and time signatures that would blow you're mind, and yet I (the bass) would only probably hit five notes in an entire song.
What I'm trying to say is that instrumental virtuoso isn't 100% technical and shred based, and that Mario's drumming has so much in it that I can't describe how impossibly divinely talented he is (especially in this vid.). My friend plays drums like a pro and shreds the shit out of his kit, yet he admits that he's only kind-of good...when I showed him this guy (and Tomas Haake) he admitted that he would kill to be able to play that.
kollias just makes different music. it's just that everytime you see his foot technique your jaw drops on the floor immediately. mario's way more groove orientated.
Came here from the GGA's... I"m a gtr player, so only know how to buy drummers beer, BUT damn, THAT was bad F;ing axxx. Sick as hell and couldn't stop thinking of riffs that would go good over that!!! (That someone else would play of course) Peace
+Suresh Gaur Hey dude... I believe it is a wood snare.. Tama? Has a nice richness to it, with a hefty pop... regardless, keep the resonant head (bottom) tight, so that you can barely depress it. To get good tone, that needs to be in very good tune. If say your snare has 8 lugs, on the batter side, get the head finger tight and tighten until there are no wrinkles.. Then, with the top 4 lugs, Tune the with a good 2-3 good turns.. Then, you can use the bottom 4 lugs as your pitch/tone. You won't ever need to mess with your top 4 lugs, Just keep them to a medium-high tension.. Then say, if one day, you want a higher pitch, tighten them... Lower, looser them.. It makes for a beautiful experience :D ... Hope that helped?
@masteropuppetz66 Yeah, he isn't in the league for George Kollias or anything, but I just like it that he doesn't always just go fast, but he plays other musical genres through his metal too. This is just my opinion; I just like the music he comes up with. It's hard to judge "the best drummer in the world". If a drummer plays wicked fast, it doesn't necessarily means it sounds good (not that I think George Kollias' music doesn't sound good :D)
Yeah, I agree. A lot of metal drummers are more sportsman than musicians. They get to 600 bpm, but if the rythm is just 8ths on hihat, a snare on the two and the four, and a wicked fast basedrum, you might as well play the standard-rock rythm (you know what I mean, right?). Drummers need to stop relying on the double basedrum, and start using it as a way to improve how stuff sounds. Kollias isn't like that, but a lot of metal"blasters" are, and that's kind of a shame.
Not fond of Portnoy personally,but Mangini does some good work.With drummers there is no league except for what they set themselves around,Nither of the 2 you mention are anything like Mario,the only drummer that would share similarities is Thomas Haake
this is what mastery of an instrument looks like. THE top metal drummer. Feel, groove, technicality, speed, everything in one package. This man shits on a good portion of metal drummers.
Stability, power, speed and dynamic. This is just pure eargasm
I love Mario's drumming. He has TONS of groove. This solo isn't the piss break that about 95% of all drum solos are, its a song in and of itself that rewards you for listening to it.
Favorite drummer in any genre of metal, maybe any genre period. While many metal drummers are great from a technical perspective, they lack the little nuances that he has. Dude is just insanely talented.
Ce mec est un génie.
Practice. A lot
Mario Duplantier is Dynamically one baddass drummer!
He starts a bit slow, but later on he really gets in the groove man! If you ask me, he's the best drummer in the world :3
So much control in his speed....
Mario is practicing something, listen to the two parts he plays at the end, one after another, and later combining the two. If you listen carefully you can hear him combining the two, getting it into his system, playing it, mastering it and speeding it up. These drumparts are absolute gems!
He is smiling also. Mtfker
1:38 pantera - 13 steps to nowhere.
Nice catch. Knew I wasn't the only one that heard it.
nice to see someone else noticing that.
Haha i heard it too! Glad I’m not the only one who caught that. 👍🏼
hahaha exactly
yeah it really does. it also sounds a bit like paradigm by a7x. and yes i dared mention avenged in a gojira comment section dont hang me
No other metal drummer has Mario's groove.
I appreciate the motif development. paradiddle to that GROOOVY beat. They certainly don't cut metal drummers out of that wood very often.
simple and groovy as hell, I love watchin this over and over again!!!
Saw these guys in Atlanta this week, and they killed it. Mario is hugely underrated.
The beginning of this is the birth of Low Lands for sure!
Tyler Rivard Yup, noticed that too. Except on high hat instead of the toms.
One of my favorite drummer. So heavy, yet retains a groove.
Jolie intro en Triple paradiddle avec Gc tout les 3 coups ! Beaucoup de paradiddle et de double paradiddle ! Top Mario !
This is an amazing performance from a metal-drummer. Dat groove!
"Hybrid" 13 Steps To Nowhere (Pantera) at 1:39! Awesome!
one of the most creative, imaginative and f*cking broooootal drummers ever.
He's got great hands and a great sound.
such a distinctive and unique sound. very cool.
Exactly what I though. Fact is Gojira list Pantera as one of their influences. No so surprising. Mario is a god.
great cymbal shot at 2:56!!
1:40 sounds like the intro to 'Pantera - 13 Steps to Nowhere'
lol It does sound a lot like it
Maybe a little tribute by a great drummer to a great band and drummer.
I thought the same haha
Sensacional baterista.
I love this kinda solo drum
mario can transform everything in a solo.
HOLY SHIT JUST LISTEN TO THIS GOD I CAN'T DEAL WITH IT.
Love his snare sound :)
@EllisDeeRules It's not the cameramens' fault, it's the editor who did it
Holly polyrhytms Batman O_O
Holy*
"Faites du bruit pour Mario à la batterie s'vous PLAAAAÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎÎT" ça me fume à chaque fois !!! xD
true masters make it look like a solo
This man has lots of groove
1:56 born for one thing right before the last breakdown
Je suis bien d'accord avec toi, sur la fin d'In The Wilderness, Mario se surpasse et démonte tout! C'est d'ailleurs bien dommage qu'ils ne le jouent pas en live, ça serait génial!
...hmmm sounds like me a couple years ago. I played FANTASTIC bass, and everyone said they loved me...then I found out that shredding wasn't the only thing. I eventually evolved into composing complex music with intense artistic nuances and time signatures that would blow you're mind, and yet I (the bass) would only probably hit five notes in an entire song.
What I'm trying to say is that instrumental virtuoso isn't 100% technical and shred based, and that Mario's drumming has so much in it that I can't describe how impossibly divinely talented he is (especially in this vid.). My friend plays drums like a pro and shreds the shit out of his kit, yet he admits that he's only kind-of good...when I showed him this guy (and Tomas Haake) he admitted that he would kill to be able to play that.
The one at the brixton accademy gets a lot of hype, but this solo is leagues ahead.
For some reason, this solo sounds (at least to me) like a weird mix of Vinnie Paul and Iggor Cavalera. And that is a good thing.
i love mario thats all i gotta say
Well,enjoy your opinion on the matter.I personally enjoy what Mario does.
Super tasty!!....... Different from all those boring metal drummers!!!! This guy is awesome!
Paradidles, Very good.
kollias just makes different music. it's just that everytime you see his foot technique your jaw drops on the floor immediately. mario's way more groove orientated.
With a username like drummerbadass1 you MUST be the man.
@jiltednut yes...
yes it is.
Killer solo but the camera wok was horrible!
Lewis Griffiths shitty wok!!
Came here from the GGA's... I"m a gtr player, so only know how to buy drummers beer, BUT damn, THAT was bad F;ing axxx. Sick as hell and couldn't stop thinking of riffs that would go good over that!!! (That someone else would play of course)
Peace
This dudes fn sick!
1:55 sounds a lot like "ticks and leeches" from Tool
What is that 1st groove? It kind of sounds like triple paradiddles on top of a 1/4th note triplet on the kick, but it's hard to make it out.
Yep, that's pretty much it :P
@mewv exactly bro...same here...!!
True, but he is so musical that he can make it sound great with feel and dynamic
From 1:38 on, is that the intro to 13 Steps To Nowhere by Pantera?
Sounds like ticks and leaches by tool
i like that there are no dislikes
My brain hurts, so much technicality \m/
you dont need to watch the solo watch their live songs. That will show you how powerful he is behind the kit.
I thing The Art of Dying (Live at Vieilles Charrues Festival 2010) is a better example ;) Simply GREAT!
@jiltednut I heard it too. think I also heard Sandblasted Skin from Pantera too. haha
@SouperSteve0 il dit "faites du bruit pour Mario à la batterie s'il vous plait"
1:37
It's the drum pattern for Rosanna by toto xD
great solo!
I love that snare sound. Is it a special model or can I tune a normal snare to sound like that.
+Suresh Gaur Hey dude... I believe it is a wood snare.. Tama? Has a nice richness to it, with a hefty pop... regardless, keep the resonant head (bottom) tight, so that you can barely depress it. To get good tone, that needs to be in very good tune. If say your snare has 8 lugs, on the batter side, get the head finger tight and tighten until there are no wrinkles.. Then, with the top 4 lugs, Tune the with a good 2-3 good turns.. Then, you can use the bottom 4 lugs as your pitch/tone. You won't ever need to mess with your top 4 lugs, Just keep them to a medium-high tension.. Then say, if one day, you want a higher pitch, tighten them... Lower, looser them.. It makes for a beautiful experience :D ...
Hope that helped?
Tomfoolerydoozle Yes it helped immensely. I'll try it soon. Thanks man.
No problem dude!
you dont need THAT model snare for that sound. Just a similar shell and lugs and just tuning
c'est du lourd ! Et de la finesse ! Bref c'est balèze, ya tout, bravo.
fuk
from 2:19 it sounds like the drum intro to 13 steps to nowhere by pantera
@masteropuppetz66 Yeah, he isn't in the league for George Kollias or anything, but I just like it that he doesn't always just go fast, but he plays other musical genres through his metal too. This is just my opinion; I just like the music he comes up with.
It's hard to judge "the best drummer in the world". If a drummer plays wicked fast, it doesn't necessarily means it sounds good (not that I think George Kollias' music doesn't sound good :D)
That 13 Steps to Nowhere
para fucking diddle. Always awesome :D
Haake is also a different kind of animal... Check him out if you haven't already.
Tight Paradiddles!!
i like you.
subscribed!!!!
Anyone else get reminded of Ticks & Leeches (Tool song) with the lick from around 1:55 - 2:20?
non pendantic drum solo, such a rare thing!
@slitherlock : umm, there are no haters under this video. Just like as there arte no dislikes
Do you really think i don't know that song? i have the whole discography of Pantera! they're one of my favorite bands!
I couldn't hear Ticks & Leeches, but tell me which section you think it's from.
Definitely 13 Steps...even rocks the batting gloves like Vinnie!
Now this is accent control if I ever saw it
1;47 sounds just like Pantera. 13 Steps to Nowhere.
Ahh the accented ghost notes
need to hear 13 steps to nowhere with the groove at 1:38
There is something to be said for subtlety.
au début, le rythme de grosse caisse est la meme que celle sur "low lands" ;)
check out 13 steps to nowhere
can someone told me what kind of drumkit is he using please?
surprisingly it is a Tama superstar custom
1:37 Pantera - 13 Steps To Nowhere???
Mr. Armageddon I thought the same thing haha
Mr. Armageddon Yeah its exactly same, but I think its a coincide. (Mario's Imagination)
yeah probably. either way its fucking amazing!
The way I play it is RlrlrrLrlrlR looped over a unison hi-hat and kick drum 1/4th note. Mario is doing a double paradiddle it sounds like.
The part where he comes back in at about 1:40 sounds just like 13 steps to nowhere.
1:37 13 STEPS TO NOWHERE.
Yeah, I agree. A lot of metal drummers are more sportsman than musicians. They get to 600 bpm, but if the rythm is just 8ths on hihat, a snare on the two and the four, and a wicked fast basedrum, you might as well play the standard-rock rythm (you know what I mean, right?).
Drummers need to stop relying on the double basedrum, and start using it as a way to improve how stuff sounds.
Kollias isn't like that, but a lot of metal"blasters" are, and that's kind of a shame.
ok what bands do you like?
HAHA FUCK YEAH MAN.
oh thank goodness i thought i was the only one
yeah i know! i just wanted to be a bit more original than the others...
Ha, ha, yeah. I knew parts of it sounded like SOMETHING.
eu... paradigm a7x ???
Not fond of Portnoy personally,but Mangini does some good work.With drummers there is no league except for what they set themselves around,Nither of the 2 you mention are anything like Mario,the only drummer that would share similarities is Thomas Haake
You gotta be a troll!
I mean someone who appreciates dream theater...I didn't think anyone did that anymore!
1:37 sounds almost identical to the intro of '13 steps' from Pantera. Not a bad thing, just an observation. :D
Thomas Prigden is the master at paradiddles
Es verdad....