Hey plz like and sub and let me know any drummer that u want me to react to. I'm having a blast making these things! #metal #drummerreacts #jazzdrummer
Richard Christy was the drummer on Death’s final album The Sound of Perseverance. Any track is a good showcase of his ability. Especially the opening track. I’ve never heard anyone quite like him.
Gene Hoglan is a true legend. Not only does he check almost all the boxes when it comes to drums, he is also a very humble and generous fellow willing to share drumming advice with everybody. I recommend watching both of his drumtalk videos. Also the band Mechanism has some of his craziest drumming.
@@yarpyarp85 yeah, I believe Steve Di Giorgio and Sean Malone were one of the pioneers. Sean was also a beast on bass, you might want to take a look at "Cynic 'Veil of Maya' Bass Play-Through by Sean Malone"
Check out Sean Reinert from Cynic/Death. He has a lot of jazz inspiration spread throughout his drumming. Sean is also the progenitor of technical fusion drumming in death metal
You picked a tough one. Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan. I've seen him play live with Fear Factory, met him briefly. Big dude with impeccable timing and power.
Gene is a metal song player! Plays exactly what’s needed for the song! Fantastic player! I met him at Namm a few years back awesome guy! Great phrasing around the kit!
Ahhh good to know, I thought he was like one of these blast beat machines. But his groove was sooo good. He was laying the beat back really nicely in a couple of sections. Thanks for the comment Tim!
Watched his video and ever since I have my hi hat on the right side. I have one on the left as well. It feels so much better to play on the right side though.
ua-cam.com/video/-eaIvh6ELVg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=GeneHoglanOfficial Strapping Young Lad - Skeksis From what looks to be the same video series, although this happens to be a version without vocals. ua-cam.com/video/jz8bd3DCHs0/v-deo.htmlsi=XpF9vzSSrRbQn79X Dethklok - Live at the Adult Swim Festival Block Party 2022 Gene was/is the drummer for Dethklok, the band featured in the animated show Metalocalypse on Adult Swim. Over the years they have toured a live show, and its pretty fantastic (sadly never managed to see them). I particularly like Awaken, Bloodlines, Hatredcopter, Murmaider, Thunderhorse, Go Into the Water. There are timestamps in the video description. It is a full concert video, so not any closeups of Gene for any extended length of time. Man is such a groovy drummer for someone known as The Atomic Clock, and his double bass skills are even more impressive knowing he wears combat style boots while playing.
Sick thanks for the recommendations, I have to say that the atomic clock is the most apt name ever. The guys time feel is unreal and as far as metal goes some of the best I’ve heard for sure. Stoked to check out the other stuff u mentioned he was on, especially the SYL stuff, everyone is saying that it’s pretty outstanding! 🤘🤘🤘🤘💪💪💪
Sweet reaction! Good to see you watching Gene; as I mentioned on another video, the man is a living legend in the metal scene. To answer some of your questions, the bassist on this song is Steve Digorgio, another legend in his own right who has played with an extreme number of hugely influential and successful bands. He is known for his jazz influenced playing of fretless bass in metal projects. Gene goes way faster in the Canadian industrial thrash band, Strapping Young Lad, which he joined in the mid 90ies after his time playing with Death. The song I recommend you learn, Detox, is fast, but if you want to hear him really rip the song "Oh My Fucking God" by Strapping Young Lad is even faster and one of the heaviest tracks off the same album. Strapping features vocalist and guitarist Devin Townsend, who is quite known for his prog rock projects that he has focused on simultaneously as SYL became successful in the early 2000s and after Devin chose to disband Strapping for good in around 2008 if I recall correctly. Also, if you want to see another Canadian metal bassist who is absolutely insane on the fretless bass, Dominic "Forest" Lapoint of Augury and First Fragment is worth a listen. I'd recommend checking him out in his former band, Beyond Creation playing the song "Omnipresent Perception." His bass student, Hugo, took over bass duties for that band around 9 years ago and also is amazing on the fretless and a perfect replacement for Forest! First Fragment's "Pantheum" is also a great watch if you want to see Forest's more current work. To bring this rambling comment around full circle, Forest actually filled the shoes of Steve Digorgio when Steve did session work for the Canadian band Quo Vadis in the early 2000s. Forest later became Quo Vadis's live bassist; I had the pleasure of opening for Forest both when he was in Quo Vadis and Augury in that era for a few shows each when those bands played Ontario dates on a number of occasions. Simply amazing human being and one of the best, if not the best, bassist I've ever seen! EDIT: While reminiscing I completely forgot to answer your question about Death. It's kind of a complicated question, as Death had a lot of line-up changes as Chuck Schuldiner, the guitarist, vocalist and lead songwriter moved around the US and recruited different musicians for almost every album. He also died at a young age in 2001 from a brain tumor, only eight years after the album Individual Thought Patterns, on which this is the last track, was released. I'm fairly certain they improvised it in the studio, as the studio version is a fade out ending while they trade drum, bass and guitar solos. They did replicate it live note for note though. I guess you could say they "do" replicate it live, cause both Gene and Steve recruited former Death guitarist Bobby Koelble and Max Phelps to handle vocals and Chuck's guitar parts to do a tribute project to Death called "Death To All" that still tours to this day, and this is certainly one of the songs they often play.
This answer says most of what I was going to say. But I will add that Steve Di Giorgio has a jazz fusion project: Dark Hall. Steve and Gene have played together in other bands, notably Testament. Other metal drummers that I think might be of interest are Martin Lopez, ex-Opeth now Soen; Adrian Erlandsson, ex-At the Gates but probably as prolific as Gene! I'd recommend his playing on "Slaughter of the Soul" and "Terminal Spirit Disease"; finally there's Nick Barker, ex-Cradle of Filth, but also very prolific.
My man! I truly appreciate comments like this, I feel like I learn so much in literally two paragraphs. If I tried to research this stuff I could get lost in the massive scope of some of these bands. The fret less bass makes so much sense now and that was definitely the sound I was hearing with all the sliding and such. Truly amazing song and to be honest the stand out was the vocals and the bass playing. Like it was said in another comment by Tim Connolly (an amazing Canadian drummer by the way) Gene was definitely playing for the song on this track, so I’m stoked to check him out with SYL for sure and maybe…. Maybe…. Trying to learn some of it. Also I’m going to check out the other bass player you mentioned u opened for. I didn’t know that metal bass players used fret less basses, first time I’ve heard it and I loved it. What was the name of the band you were in and did you play drums too?
@@yarpyarp85Oh no, I'm not talented enough to play drums ;) The band I was in that opened for Quo Vadis is called "Will of the Ancients." Technically they are still around, but their guitarist and founding member, Tristan, and their keyboardist Colin are the only person still in the band from the years I was their vocalist. I performed on their self titled record that was released in 2006 and played with them live for a number of years. The drummer at the time is an amazing guy and well known in the Ontario scene, Jason Longo. He's in a shitload of bands, including on the first album of Tristan's grindcore project, Blastomycosis. Blastomycosis just released a new cd about a couple months ago, but that has the current WoTA drummer on drums now (Dave Black) and Jason is back playing with his brother in Blood of Christ, who just released an EP. Both those two bands are signed to CDN Records. The current Will of the Ancients lineup is basically all the members of Blastomycosis and has been for a number of years. They're all phenomenal musicians and they must have a good band dynamic to still find the time and motivation to jam despite having kids and their day jobs, so it seems everything's worked out for the best for them. Those guys have been in Will of the Ancients for quite a long time now; I think they joined just before they started to record the second album back in 2012 I think? Originally Dave Black joined, then his friend to play bass, Peter Weinrauch. Colin has been playing keyboards in Will of The Ancients since I was in the band, although he joined a number of years after I did. Steve, who was on bass when I was in the band, took over vocal duties after I left. I thought he was a better vocalist than me, but he never finished recording the second album and Tristan ended up doing some of the vocals for around half their second album. The self titled Will of the Ancients album is available on their bandcamp page. They also have their second album, "To Our Glorious Dead" on their bandcamp; it is also available on UA-cam and Spotify. Their official UA-cam page has a few tracks off the first album and a couple live videos from when we were still writing the album and before Colin had joined the band. Sloppy performances in retrospect, but we were still working things out before we recorded it, and since it was new to the audience people still seemed to like it ;) If you just want to hear one song really quick with me on vocals, just search for "Will of the Ancients - Battle for the Sky" on UA-cam. It's the first song off the self-titled album. They've been working on their third full length album for a while now, but I don't know if they've been in the studio recently. We played some awesome shows back in the day, we opened for Quo Vadis and Augury as I mentioned before, as well as opening for Neuraxis, Threat Signal, Despised Icon and Warmachine on a bunch of different occasions. The biggest band we ever opened for was Behemoth when they played in Hamilton back in 2005 if I recall correctly. They certainly weren't as big then as they are now, but the entire metal scene was a lot smaller in those days!
@@yarpyarp85 Steve Digiorgio and Gene are still out playing the Death catalog with the Death to All project. They hit the road for a summer tour tomorrow.
Gene's drumming being so effortless reminds me of when I was reading about Alexander Technique where the first thing you learn is doing everyday things but with less effort. Like brushing your teeth or writing with a pen. If you have your whole arm and wrist and fingers tensed doing it, can you achieve it with a relaxed arm, relaxed wrist.. When we first learn things it takes coordination or a lot of muscles, but once learned we still seem to use a lot more muscles than needed... I would think drumming would benefit from the same attention to how much effort and tension someone is currently using, especially to play faster or metal music, and start seeing if you can keep the same pace or hit with the some intensity but using only the minimum muscles and tension required to achieve it.. It's a fun exercise anyway when you realise how much effort you put into everything without knowing, and finding how little is actually required to get the same result.
My friend this is soooo perfect yessss. In jazz especially the lead hand plays a lot of very quiet and very fast stuff and it almost requires complete relaxation to accomplish. The more relaxed you get the longer you can sustain the fast speed and then u can fine tune your technique from there allowing for insane speed increases with minimal effort. Im 100% sure you are right and metal would definitely require that same approach. Thanks for hipping me to the Alexander technique I have some research to do. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Gene plays "open-handed" which means he's not crossing his arms but playing ride and hihat with his left. That's why his ride is all the way to the left, and his hihat is so low. I play open-handed too and find it really comfortable since I can reach any part of my drums easily, without having to cross my arms at any point. I feel balanced on the throne and I can play for longer. Nice video, good job! 👏
Ahhhh of course. It’s like one of my first times seeing him play. I’ve heard him play but never seen him so I wasn’t sure if he was a lefty, he’s probably pretty ambidextrous from the looks of it as well. Simon Philips also sets his hi hat low like that for ergonomics. Thanks eh! 🤜🤛
death to all tour is on right now with a bunch of the Death musicians. The Berkley show I'm going to in June is going to be the entire album of Individual Thought Patterns which if their jazzy album and the one The Philosopher is from.
You should check out Necrophagist, I believe there's a drum cam of Roumain Goulon on UA-cam. He didn't write the parts but he's a machine nonetheless. The guy who did write those parts is Hannes Grossmann, who has a great playthrough of Alter Magnitudes from his newer band Alkaloid. And I'll also throw out Alex Rudinger playing Xenochrist by the Faceless.
Think you'd enjoy Lille Gruber from Defeated Sanity. He's got a ton of jazz and fusion influence on a brutal death metal style which is a neat juxtaposition. Another crazy one to check out would be Elliot Hoffman of Car Bomb. That guys sense of timing is absolutely unreal.
@@yarpyarp85 Skesis doesn't have blast beats, just a lot of very fast, complex patterns. Gene doesn't blast much. He's more of an old school thrash drummer in terms of his more extreme stuff; he was Slayer's drummer's, Dave Lombardo's, drum tech for a while after all. Some of his beats are sort of the "proto blast beat", but definitely were more in a thrash vein. If you want to hear him doing blast beats you can listen to the song "Towards Eternity" by Old Man's Child, which is a mostly solo black metal band by current Dimmu Borgir guitarist Galder. He recorded that album back in '98. Galder has hired a lot of different musicians over the years to help him perform and record Old Man's Child albums. He's like Chuck in that regard. Funnily enough, Death is probably one of the original progenitors of death metal, so it's weird to think of the more modern stuff as "more death metal", although Chuck and co were experimenting with the sound a lot by the time they released "Symbolic." Early death metal is very thrash influenced, regardless, so the drums tend to reflect that in old school death metal.
Aaaahhhh okok that makes sense ya I’ve check out a lot of slayer and ya not very much blasting but more that thrash punk style. Bad ass, thanks for the response. I’ll check out gene on the old man’s child record.
@@yarpyarp85Just to clarify, the track is called "Towards Eternity", but the name of the Old Man's Child album featuring Gene is called "Ill Natured Spiritual Invasion." "Towards Eternity" is the opening track of that album. It's a relatively short album at around 35 minutes long, but every song is a banger! Hope you enjoy it!
Hey great video, 1st of yours I've seen. One of my favorite bands, Corrosion of Conformity had Stanton Moore play on their release. Into The Arms of God. So cool to hear the drumming and fills from a jazz drummer on that album. Not the normal metal fills. He only played small amount of shows with them live, was lucky to get to one. Was killer. Check it out !
I had no clue Stanton played with a metal band, I’m such a huge fan of his! He’s a groove freak, with a New Orleans background, such an amazing player! 🤘🤘
First time I saw Gene live, he was wearing Doc Martens while playing ridiculous double bass, and he'd randomly switch between playing left handed and right hand in the middle of a song. When I asked him why, he said he did it because he felt like it. He's ambidextrous. He told me he plays a right handed kit because he's right footed. He's a beast on the drums, an incredibly nice guy, and is absolutely full of musical knowledge.
@@yarpyarp85 Sean Reinert was the real innovator, an immense talent, flawless taste and a true musician. You check him out at his peak here (23 years old): ua-cam.com/video/ylqytteyQSU/v-deo.html
It’s weights he wears around his ankles he says it gives him more power later in the show when he takes them off. It still feels like they are on. Gene is one of my favorites. He is definitely more of a melodic drummer over constant blast beats. He’s left handed as well that’s why he plays open like he does. One of the metal godfathers of drumming. 🤘🤘
So he wears the weights while he’s playing live for the first part of the show then takes them off?? Or just when he practices? And ya he’s really something special for sure.
Leg weights help my double bass playing out tremendously when I first started playing. Playing with leg weights was some of the best advice I've ever got.
You’re helping fill the hole that Garrett Miller left in me. Thanks for the reaction videos love watching them! Would love to see you react to Blake Richardson!
Bass is Steve Di Giorgio on a fretless. Yes, they do play this the same way trading live. I’ll see if I can find a link… The 2 Death songs that always stick out to me for drums for some reason “Lack of Comprehension” (Sean Reinert) and “Overactive Imagination” (Gene Hoglan). “Lack of Comprehension” probably because “Human” is my favourite Death album and it has an amazing off-genre intro. “Overactive Imagination” because this was The first Death record I bought and when I heard the double bass it blew my mind.
Ok thanks ya some people have been saying that it’s fully composed and it blows my mind, sounds so spontaneous and in the moment. Thanks for the recommendations, I’m definitely gonna react to Sean Reinert soon. Everyone is saying he’s amazing and heavily jazz influenced.
Quite common to hear trade offs in tech death metal. I cannot recommend Sebastian Lanser doing Epilogue to Infinity enough. Just overall one of the most impressive drum tracks i've seen from ALL aspects of musicianship.
Gene actually plays with boots. He will even weight ankle weights as a means to build up speed. He is known for being a big guy, but has lost a lot of weight in past 5 years.
Not improvised. Chuck Schuldiner, the singer, lead guitarist, and composer was a stickler for perfection of performance. He wasn't a fan of improvising on songs he wrote and recorded. Not to say he didn't improvise while writing, but once a song was tracked, that's how it was played on stage. Death had a few drummers. The first drummer to change the game for Death, and death metal in general was Sean Reinert. His work on the Human album made every drummer try to raise the bar. Then Gene Hoglan came in...most notably on Individual Thought Patterns and Symbolic...and again the bar was raised. Richard Christy came in on the Sound Of Perseverance album, and was the final drummer for Death as Chuck Schuldiner passed away with cancer complicated by pneumonia. To see Gene going ham, you can check out any song off Individual Thought Patterns or Symbolic, or, his work with other bands like Testament, Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lads ( Devin Townsend), and several other bands. He has played for so many metal bands, on short notice that he is a legend. They don't call him the Atomic Clock for nothing. RIP Sean Reinert and Chuck Schuldiner. Death is the best death metal band ever. You can't say death metal without saying Death, the band that pioneered progressive death metal. There would be no Slaughter To Prevail, Cryptopsy, Whitechapel, Lorna Shore, Jinjer, etc without Chuck Schuldiner and Death paving the way. The bassist is Steve DiGiorgio....a completely MONSTER on his fretless bass
Thanks so much this. Yes through reading a lot of these comments I’m learning so much about just influential death was and still is on the metal scene. And like I said in the video I’ve known about them for a long time through Richard Christys comedy stuff. I just happened to check them out to hear him but the more I learn the more I realize I need to dig deep in there catalog to understand the full scope of the band. Seriously thanks so much for taking the time to write all this, from one music fan to another, it’s super interesting stuff. 🤘🤘🙏🙏
@@yarpyarp85 yeah it was messed up, took his whole gear bag, 2012 in Chile. apparently gene favors a specific boot that was discontinued, i can't remember if he was able to get them back or an exact replacement.
Some other Gene Hoglan songs you may want to check out are - Detox by Strapping Young Lad - Demonical Possession by Old Man’s Child - Leave Scars by Dark Angel - Overactive Imagination by Death
Finally someone who is not a metalhead and can appritiate Death and Chuck Schuldiner. Also Gene Hoglan is an absolute beast. But so everyone who plays on Death's albums. Steve Di Giorgio is a genius on fretless bass. Chuck always invited great musicians for his albums.
Heres a few for you, Death Metal - Ken Bedene - Cadaverous Banquet Sebastien Lanser - An Epilogue to infinity David Diepold - Vortex Omnivium Alex Rudinger - Unfurling a Darkened Gospel Alex "Grind" Pelletier - Unbreakable Kevin Paradis - Equus Some Prog metal with juicy modulations and wild time changes - Joey Baca - Language Drum playthrough Cheers!
Duuuude....anything with David Diepold, Alex Rudinger, or Sébastien Lanser CRUSHES! Alex Rudinger is the drummer who can play any drummer's music. Literally anyone. Pick a drummer and if Alex has the equipment, he can and will play it. His work with Conquering Dystopia ( with Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse on bass), and his work with Whitechapel was phenomenal.....and he just keeps getting better, which should be impossible because he can already do it all.
Chuck Schuldiner the singer of Death was very influenced by Jazz. Death was the band that brought "prog" to the death metal world. Very very influential band. As for seeing Gene doing the crazy double bass thing check this out...ua-cam.com/video/VpVTPUxnE3I/v-deo.html
If you want more blast beats than your brain can handle, look for "Lord Marco" playing "Incromprehensibly Evolved" by Sonivinos. If you want more Gene Hoglan, Symbolic is a faster song than this one. Also his work with Strapping Young Lad and Testament is full of faster songs.
@Matt Wallace Drums Not sure if you took my suggestion for this song from a few weeks back or not, but I suggested it because it's not full of blast beats and has grove and tempo changes... my favorite type of drumming.
I actually tempered someone posted it but I couldn’t find the post to credit u. Thanks so much for the suggestion Russell! Such an amazing track and completely different than I was expecting.🤘🤘🤘
I'm sure you know by now....Chuck Schuldiner = Lead vocalist + Lead guitarist + creator of Death.....and (check it out) Band - Control Denied. Kind regards from AmpleSound virtual Instruments 🤘
Thanks! You know I still didn’t complete know. So he is basically death he writes all the parts and sings vocals. How many different drummers have there been I know Richard and Gene but are there others??
@@yarpyarp85 Yes Chuck is the leader. There 3 main other drummers: Bill Andrews, Chris Reifert and Sean Reinert. Please checkout Sean Reinert (RIP) with the band Cynic album Focus it's a MUST! : ua-cam.com/video/J5vagx9V050/v-deo.htmlsi=_AFPFJsKuhVGPyKf
@@yarpyarp85 To my knowledge, 4 other drummers before Gene and Richard: Chris Reifert, Kam Lee, Bill Andrews and Sean Reinert. Please do check out Sean Reinert with band Cynic - Focus (album)....... jazz metal 💖
I’d have to argue and say jazz but I’d probably be wrong on the technique aspect. These guys are literally Olympic level athletes that happen to play the drums. 🤘🤘🤘
@@yarpyarp85 Agreed. Although most cutting edge drummers in progressive related genres are heavily influenced by jazz-fusion. I sure as hell don’t mean straight up black/death metal dudes who is all blast beats and double bass hailstorm 😂
STEVE DI GIORGIO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is the Bass Player ...... BEST Metal bass player. One of the very first to introduse the Fretless into the ''metal'' world. Prolific Session Bass player. Check out - Death, Testament, Sadus, Vintersorg, DarkHall (JAZZ!!!!!!!!) . Cheers from AmpleSound virtual instruments
@@yarpyarp85 Check out Control Denied - Fragile Art of Existence album featuring Chuck Shuldiner, Steve DiGiorgio, Richard Christy, Shannon Hamm and Tim Aymar. It's besically Death , but Chuck didn't want to ''sing'' anymore, so he got a singer. It's a MUST!
Not too familiar with this song from Death, I have mostly listened to the Symbolic album and for some reason never took a deep dive. Anyway, in this song I notice more than the songs I know how Hoglan really emphasizes the guitar riffs. Not in the "normal" way where you do similar rhythm in some way or hit a cymbal for a big chord though, but in the way that he plays the drums like a melodic instrument. He really sounds like he's repeating the riff on drums as well. What I also like about Hoglan's playing as a more aggressive metal drummer is that he doesn't play the 16th note straight double bass pattern all the time or blast beat, he rarely if ever does those. To me they're almost instant pause and change song type of thing. Partly because they're such a default unimaginative thing to play for metal, but also because you rarely hear them played really tight. Which is almost mandatory to make them sound good instead of a trainwreck. Some people like Carcass's newer drummer Daniel Wilding can actually do those in the right places really tight while otherwise playing groovy and interesting stuff, something that is quite admirable to me. That being said, I'm a guitarist so I'm no authority on good drumming, other than when someone manages to make me sound better. Since you ask for reaction ideas, here's one that nobody else has reacted to and I've tried to look it up: Diablo's Heikki Malmberg. I'd rate him definitely in the top 3 of Finnish metal drummers with Kai Hahto previously from Rotten Sound, now Nightwish. Malmberg is quite an interesting metal drummer as well, having practiced all kinds of styles and independence patterns. One of those guys who might play a bit tricky parts but keeps the hihat or something always anchored to the beat you can tap or nod to. As well as doing those bass drum "trills" like Hoglan and Pantera's Vinnie Paul. There's some videos on his channel on bossanova and whatnot, but I think an old classic track from 2004's Eternium, Read My Scars would be interesting. Quite groovy drumming for otherwise pretty straightforward heavy riffs, not quite as constantly changing as Hoglan but suits the simpler song. And I dig his drum sound, was probably the first time I noticed a metal drummer's drum sound particularly enjoyable. In my opinion he always lifted the band. Well, and the lead guitarist's unique style as well.
Dude thanks so much for the comment and I have to totally agree. Out of all the metal drummers I’ve heard Gene definitely stands out as the most musical. I feel like his ego doesn’t get in the way when he chooses a part to play, all he wants is for it to groove and feel good. So many metal drummers could learn from this but we are now in the era of more is more right. Still so cool to see a metal guy with a groove sensibility. As far as the lesser known Finnish drummers I will c heck them out for sure! Thanks so much! 🤘👍👍👍
@yarpyarp85 not really? I clicked and gave you a view. And I've given you comments too. So thought I'd get my monies worth 😉 Seriously though don't be the generic person trying to make it through lowest means reaction videos and comment sections are the bane of humanity. You clearly have some skill. Focus on that instead of these low level "please watch me" videos trying to chase what's popular. Furthermore, if you're going to respond to dickheads like me you're going to burn out.
Hey plz leave any drummers that u think I should react to!
Richard Christy was the drummer on Death’s final album The Sound of Perseverance. Any track is a good showcase of his ability. Especially the opening track. I’ve never heard anyone quite like him.
😂 I commented before watching. My bad
Yes I love his playing, he’s an innovator for sure and a insanely talented comic mind as well. 🙂🙂
Alex Rudiger, Eugene Ryabchenko
Haruna from LOVEBITES! 🥰
Senri Kawaguchi from The Jazz Avengers! 🥰
Gene Hoglan is a true legend. Not only does he check almost all the boxes when it comes to drums, he is also a very humble and generous fellow willing to share drumming advice with everybody. I recommend watching both of his drumtalk videos.
Also the band Mechanism has some of his craziest drumming.
Thanks for this and yess I’ve heard from so many people that hes such a good person on top of being an insane drummer.
Bass player is Steve Di Giorgio
Thank u thank u thank u! I’m looking him up now. Guys a freak! 🔥🔥🔥
Steve jams. I think he was playing a fretless bass too.
Yes totally that’s what I’ve been hearing. Makes sense, with the sound he’s getting. Didn’t realize metal guys rocked fretless basses?!
@@yarpyarp85 yeah, I believe Steve Di Giorgio and Sean Malone were one of the pioneers. Sean was also a beast on bass, you might want to take a look at "Cynic 'Veil of Maya' Bass Play-Through by Sean Malone"
So.... it's not delivery?
Check out Sean Reinert from Cynic/Death. He has a lot of jazz inspiration spread throughout his drumming. Sean is also the progenitor of technical fusion drumming in death metal
Yess I think that’s gonna be the next one everyone is saying he’s really jazz influenced. Thanks!
Been a fan of Gene since the Dark Angel days. Had the honor of opening for them. He actually watched our whole set.
That’s so awesome dude! Do I play drums too?
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@@yarpyarp85 No, but our drummer was really good!
You picked a tough one. Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan. I've seen him play live with Fear Factory, met him briefly. Big dude with impeccable timing and power.
Ya he’s amazing, I was most impress with his time feel. Laying back on the beat felt so good for this song. 🤘🤘
You will find no better metal drummer on the planet than GH, rare blend of power, taste,groove and speed.
So true!
Gene is a metal song player! Plays exactly what’s needed for the song! Fantastic player! I met him at Namm a few years back awesome guy! Great phrasing around the kit!
Ahhh good to know, I thought he was like one of these blast beat machines. But his groove was sooo good. He was laying the beat back really nicely in a couple of sections. Thanks for the comment Tim!
The atomic clock…with ankle weights and boots, lol. 🤘🏼
Not clogs lol 😂
Met Gene Hoglan at an Overkill show in the early 90s. Super cool guy.
That’s awesome, ya people have been saying he’s a really nice guy too. 🤘
Steve DiGeorgio plays mostly fretless bass and hes an absolute beast and highest class of bass playing I have mostly ever seen.
Thanks so much man, yes he was the stand out for me here. Giving me jazz vibes all day! 🤘🤘🤘
@@yarpyarp85 Check out Steve DiGiorgio's thrash band Sadus.
Gene’s resumé is as long as a CVS pharmacy receipt, he’s played with literally everyone!
The snare is the Pearl brass free floater btw
Lolololol thanks
Gene is a metal drumming god who has been in so many amazing bands.
Love Gene for decades lefthanded plays on a righties kit and king of the off time metal drumming. R.I.P Chuck to.. ...
Ya he’s a legend for sure🔥🔥
Watched his video and ever since I have my hi hat on the right side. I have one on the left as well. It feels so much better to play on the right side though.
ua-cam.com/video/-eaIvh6ELVg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=GeneHoglanOfficial
Strapping Young Lad - Skeksis
From what looks to be the same video series, although this happens to be a version without vocals.
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Dethklok - Live at the Adult Swim Festival Block Party 2022
Gene was/is the drummer for Dethklok, the band featured in the animated show Metalocalypse on Adult Swim. Over the years they have toured a live show, and its pretty fantastic (sadly never managed to see them). I particularly like Awaken, Bloodlines, Hatredcopter, Murmaider, Thunderhorse, Go Into the Water. There are timestamps in the video description. It is a full concert video, so not any closeups of Gene for any extended length of time.
Man is such a groovy drummer for someone known as The Atomic Clock, and his double bass skills are even more impressive knowing he wears combat style boots while playing.
Sick thanks for the recommendations, I have to say that the atomic clock is the most apt name ever. The guys time feel is unreal and as far as metal goes some of the best I’ve heard for sure. Stoked to check out the other stuff u mentioned he was on, especially the SYL stuff, everyone is saying that it’s pretty outstanding! 🤘🤘🤘🤘💪💪💪
Yeak Skeksis is sick. People should also react to that video. Its so awesome. Gene is a true genius
Belive it or not, Death (Human) got me into Jazz...
Nice Video. I Like your vibe
Hector I really appreciate that my friend and the more I listen to death the more I can believe it. Unbelievable deep band of u give them the time.
Gene is one of my favourite drummers love his work in Testament. Great vid!
I know testament although not that well, thanks for the recommendation my friend!!
@yarpyarp85 that's cool man hope you enjoy 🔥🥁🔥
Sweet reaction! Good to see you watching Gene; as I mentioned on another video, the man is a living legend in the metal scene. To answer some of your questions, the bassist on this song is Steve Digorgio, another legend in his own right who has played with an extreme number of hugely influential and successful bands. He is known for his jazz influenced playing of fretless bass in metal projects.
Gene goes way faster in the Canadian industrial thrash band, Strapping Young Lad, which he joined in the mid 90ies after his time playing with Death. The song I recommend you learn, Detox, is fast, but if you want to hear him really rip the song "Oh My Fucking God" by Strapping Young Lad is even faster and one of the heaviest tracks off the same album. Strapping features vocalist and guitarist Devin Townsend, who is quite known for his prog rock projects that he has focused on simultaneously as SYL became successful in the early 2000s and after Devin chose to disband Strapping for good in around 2008 if I recall correctly.
Also, if you want to see another Canadian metal bassist who is absolutely insane on the fretless bass, Dominic "Forest" Lapoint of Augury and First Fragment is worth a listen.
I'd recommend checking him out in his former band, Beyond Creation playing the song "Omnipresent Perception." His bass student, Hugo, took over bass duties for that band around 9 years ago and also is amazing on the fretless and a perfect replacement for Forest!
First Fragment's "Pantheum" is also a great watch if you want to see Forest's more current work.
To bring this rambling comment around full circle, Forest actually filled the shoes of Steve Digorgio when Steve did session work for the Canadian band Quo Vadis in the early 2000s. Forest later became Quo Vadis's live bassist; I had the pleasure of opening for Forest both when he was in Quo Vadis and Augury in that era for a few shows each when those bands played Ontario dates on a number of occasions. Simply amazing human being and one of the best, if not the best, bassist I've ever seen!
EDIT: While reminiscing I completely forgot to answer your question about Death. It's kind of a complicated question, as Death had a lot of line-up changes as Chuck Schuldiner, the guitarist, vocalist and lead songwriter moved around the US and recruited different musicians for almost every album. He also died at a young age in 2001 from a brain tumor, only eight years after the album Individual Thought Patterns, on which this is the last track, was released. I'm fairly certain they improvised it in the studio, as the studio version is a fade out ending while they trade drum, bass and guitar solos. They did replicate it live note for note though. I guess you could say they "do" replicate it live, cause both Gene and Steve recruited former Death guitarist Bobby Koelble and Max Phelps to handle vocals and Chuck's guitar parts to do a tribute project to Death called "Death To All" that still tours to this day, and this is certainly one of the songs they often play.
This answer says most of what I was going to say.
But I will add that Steve Di Giorgio has a jazz fusion project: Dark Hall. Steve and Gene have played together in other bands, notably Testament.
Other metal drummers that I think might be of interest are Martin Lopez, ex-Opeth now Soen; Adrian Erlandsson, ex-At the Gates but probably as prolific as Gene! I'd recommend his playing on "Slaughter of the Soul" and "Terminal Spirit Disease"; finally there's Nick Barker, ex-Cradle of Filth, but also very prolific.
My man! I truly appreciate comments like this, I feel like I learn so much in literally two paragraphs. If I tried to research this stuff I could get lost in the massive scope of some of these bands. The fret less bass makes so much sense now and that was definitely the sound I was hearing with all the sliding and such. Truly amazing song and to be honest the stand out was the vocals and the bass playing. Like it was said in another comment by Tim Connolly (an amazing Canadian drummer by the way) Gene was definitely playing for the song on this track, so I’m stoked to check him out with SYL for sure and maybe…. Maybe…. Trying to learn some of it. Also I’m going to check out the other bass player you mentioned u opened for. I didn’t know that metal bass players used fret less basses, first time I’ve heard it and I loved it. What was the name of the band you were in and did you play drums too?
@@yarpyarp85Oh no, I'm not talented enough to play drums ;)
The band I was in that opened for Quo Vadis is called "Will of the Ancients." Technically they are still around, but their guitarist and founding member, Tristan, and their keyboardist Colin are the only person still in the band from the years I was their vocalist. I performed on their self titled record that was released in 2006 and played with them live for a number of years. The drummer at the time is an amazing guy and well known in the Ontario scene, Jason Longo. He's in a shitload of bands, including on the first album of Tristan's grindcore project, Blastomycosis. Blastomycosis just released a new cd about a couple months ago, but that has the current WoTA drummer on drums now (Dave Black) and Jason is back playing with his brother in Blood of Christ, who just released an EP. Both those two bands are signed to CDN Records.
The current Will of the Ancients lineup is basically all the members of Blastomycosis and has been for a number of years. They're all phenomenal musicians and they must have a good band dynamic to still find the time and motivation to jam despite having kids and their day jobs, so it seems everything's worked out for the best for them. Those guys have been in Will of the Ancients for quite a long time now; I think they joined just before they started to record the second album back in 2012 I think? Originally Dave Black joined, then his friend to play bass, Peter Weinrauch. Colin has been playing keyboards in Will of The Ancients since I was in the band, although he joined a number of years after I did. Steve, who was on bass when I was in the band, took over vocal duties after I left. I thought he was a better vocalist than me, but he never finished recording the second album and Tristan ended up doing some of the vocals for around half their second album.
The self titled Will of the Ancients album is available on their bandcamp page. They also have their second album, "To Our Glorious Dead" on their bandcamp; it is also available on UA-cam and Spotify. Their official UA-cam page has a few tracks off the first album and a couple live videos from when we were still writing the album and before Colin had joined the band. Sloppy performances in retrospect, but we were still working things out before we recorded it, and since it was new to the audience people still seemed to like it ;)
If you just want to hear one song really quick with me on vocals, just search for "Will of the Ancients - Battle for the Sky" on UA-cam. It's the first song off the self-titled album.
They've been working on their third full length album for a while now, but I don't know if they've been in the studio recently.
We played some awesome shows back in the day, we opened for Quo Vadis and Augury as I mentioned before, as well as opening for Neuraxis, Threat Signal, Despised Icon and Warmachine on a bunch of different occasions. The biggest band we ever opened for was Behemoth when they played in Hamilton back in 2005 if I recall correctly. They certainly weren't as big then as they are now, but the entire metal scene was a lot smaller in those days!
@@yarpyarp85 Steve Digiorgio and Gene are still out playing the Death catalog with the Death to All project. They hit the road for a summer tour tomorrow.
@sevendeep damn! Really? Wow.
Gene's drumming being so effortless reminds me of when I was reading about Alexander Technique where the first thing you learn is doing everyday things but with less effort. Like brushing your teeth or writing with a pen. If you have your whole arm and wrist and fingers tensed doing it, can you achieve it with a relaxed arm, relaxed wrist.. When we first learn things it takes coordination or a lot of muscles, but once learned we still seem to use a lot more muscles than needed... I would think drumming would benefit from the same attention to how much effort and tension someone is currently using, especially to play faster or metal music, and start seeing if you can keep the same pace or hit with the some intensity but using only the minimum muscles and tension required to achieve it..
It's a fun exercise anyway when you realise how much effort you put into everything without knowing, and finding how little is actually required to get the same result.
My friend this is soooo perfect yessss. In jazz especially the lead hand plays a lot of very quiet and very fast stuff and it almost requires complete relaxation to accomplish. The more relaxed you get the longer you can sustain the fast speed and then u can fine tune your technique from there allowing for insane speed increases with minimal effort. Im 100% sure you are right and metal would definitely require that same approach. Thanks for hipping me to the Alexander technique I have some research to do. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Gene plays "open-handed" which means he's not crossing his arms but playing ride and hihat with his left. That's why his ride is all the way to the left, and his hihat is so low. I play open-handed too and find it really comfortable since I can reach any part of my drums easily, without having to cross my arms at any point. I feel balanced on the throne and I can play for longer.
Nice video, good job! 👏
Ahhhh of course. It’s like one of my first times seeing him play. I’ve heard him play but never seen him so I wasn’t sure if he was a lefty, he’s probably pretty ambidextrous from the looks of it as well. Simon Philips also sets his hi hat low like that for ergonomics. Thanks eh! 🤜🤛
Christy is awesome. One of the best behind the kit.
I have to agree, he’s an absolute legend! Hilarious as well!
He's my faaaaaaavorite
@@evansfanily7510 yesss howard stern fan!
Always love to hear some love for Richard Christy, his work on The Sound of Perseverance is legendary and highly under-rate/overlooked
Totally and he’s amazing on iced earths albums also! Hilarious on Howard stern too, he’s like a phoney phone call master!
Love love love your video❤
I love your butt!♥️♥️
As Devin always says, Gene has swing that most don't have.
Glad that that’s appreciated in the death metal scene. 🤘🤘
death to all tour is on right now with a bunch of the Death musicians. The Berkley show I'm going to in June is going to be the entire album of Individual Thought Patterns which if their jazzy album and the one The Philosopher is from.
Damn that should be sick! Do u think they’ll come to Canada??
listen to death Symbolic for the gene experience my friend, great video !!!
Thanks eh! Will do! 🤘
Listen to City by Strapping Young Lad. This album slaps
Ya everyone says I have to hear the STL stuff, it’s defiantly on the list. Thanks!
You should check out Necrophagist, I believe there's a drum cam of Roumain Goulon on UA-cam. He didn't write the parts but he's a machine nonetheless.
The guy who did write those parts is Hannes Grossmann, who has a great playthrough of Alter Magnitudes from his newer band Alkaloid.
And I'll also throw out Alex Rudinger playing Xenochrist by the Faceless.
Oh yesss Alex is insane I forgot about him and I’ll check out the Roumain as well thanks so much for the suggestions!
Bass player is Steve Digiorgio.
Thanks! 🙏🙏
for your question no there no improvisation section here everything is building and play everytime like that
Insane, I’m just so used to improvising and it sounds so raw and in the moment. Crazy that they can replay it verbatim 🫠🫠
Think you'd enjoy Lille Gruber from Defeated Sanity. He's got a ton of jazz and fusion influence on a brutal death metal style which is a neat juxtaposition. Another crazy one to check out would be Elliot Hoffman of Car Bomb. That guys sense of timing is absolutely unreal.
Ya dude people are saying car bomb is amazing probably have to check them out next. Thanks! 🤘🤘
@@yarpyarp85 just be prepared for a shit ton of metric modulation.
He played it like that live, I've seen him 4 times! Digeorgio is the best metal bassist with Alex Webster from cannibal corpse.
That’s insane! Sounds so improvised! Ya I love his feel and the fretless bass sounds so goood in metal! Thanks
Definitely check out Gene's playthrough of "Skeksis" by Strapping Young Lad, also from this same DVD!
I definitely will, thanks! Is it more of a death metal song? Like blast beat style?
@@yarpyarp85 Skesis doesn't have blast beats, just a lot of very fast, complex patterns. Gene doesn't blast much. He's more of an old school thrash drummer in terms of his more extreme stuff; he was Slayer's drummer's, Dave Lombardo's, drum tech for a while after all. Some of his beats are sort of the "proto blast beat", but definitely were more in a thrash vein.
If you want to hear him doing blast beats you can listen to the song "Towards Eternity" by Old Man's Child, which is a mostly solo black metal band by current Dimmu Borgir guitarist Galder. He recorded that album back in '98. Galder has hired a lot of different musicians over the years to help him perform and record Old Man's Child albums. He's like Chuck in that regard.
Funnily enough, Death is probably one of the original progenitors of death metal, so it's weird to think of the more modern stuff as "more death metal", although Chuck and co were experimenting with the sound a lot by the time they released "Symbolic." Early death metal is very thrash influenced, regardless, so the drums tend to reflect that in old school death metal.
Aaaahhhh okok that makes sense ya I’ve check out a lot of slayer and ya not very much blasting but more that thrash punk style. Bad ass, thanks for the response. I’ll check out gene on the old man’s child record.
@@yarpyarp85Just to clarify, the track is called "Towards Eternity", but the name of the Old Man's Child album featuring Gene is called "Ill Natured Spiritual Invasion." "Towards Eternity" is the opening track of that album.
It's a relatively short album at around 35 minutes long, but every song is a banger!
Hope you enjoy it!
@rexlupis oh ok sick thanks! I’m gonna check it out. 🤘🤘
Rest in Peace Chuck
Check out Fear Factory - Powershifter, It’s from album Mechanize, where Gene Hoglan played with them
Oh shoot never knew Gene played with them! I’ll check it out for sure! Thanks
The snare us a pearl brass free floater, also, check out sean reinert!
Looks like I have to do Sean cuz I’m seeing him so much in the comments! Thanks ehhhh 🤘💪🤜🤛
that's a pearl free floating snare. 14x6,5 brass shell
Hoglan is the Charlie watts of metal.
Unshakeable groove.
And Reinert was their best drummer
I have to agree dude. His time feel is so musical, laying back the beat and setting everything up. Thanks for watching! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Hey great video, 1st of yours I've seen. One of my favorite bands, Corrosion of Conformity had Stanton Moore play on their release. Into The Arms of God. So cool to hear the drumming and fills from a jazz drummer on that album. Not the normal metal fills. He only played small amount of shows with them live, was lucky to get to one. Was killer. Check it out !
I had no clue Stanton played with a metal band, I’m such a huge fan of his! He’s a groove freak, with a New Orleans background, such an amazing player! 🤘🤘
I think they actually play the stuff at the end live mostly true to how it was recorded.
Really!? Man that’s pretty crazy, seems so improvised. Thanks! 🤘😀
RIP Chuck!
RIP
First time I saw Gene live, he was wearing Doc Martens while playing ridiculous double bass, and he'd randomly switch between playing left handed and right hand in the middle of a song. When I asked him why, he said he did it because he felt like it. He's ambidextrous. He told me he plays a right handed kit because he's right footed. He's a beast on the drums, an incredibly nice guy, and is absolutely full of musical knowledge.
That’s awesome, sounds like he’s pretty amazing. Lots of people have meant him and only say good things…. Also his playing is frigging insane. 🤘🤘
Sean Reinert is the GOAT😢💔
Ya people have been mentioning that he is amazing and very heavily jazz influenced. Might have to check him out!
@@yarpyarp85 Sean Reinert was the real innovator, an immense talent, flawless taste and a true musician. You check him out at his peak here (23 years old): ua-cam.com/video/ylqytteyQSU/v-deo.html
The same dvd has a playthrough of Skeksis by Strapping Young Lad, amazing display.
Ok sick I’ll check it out thanks!!
His snare is an old Pearl Free Floating Brass 14x8 ;)
Thanks!
@@yarpyarp85 You're welcome ;)
It’s weights he wears around his ankles he says it gives him more power later in the show when he takes them off. It still feels like they are on. Gene is one of my favorites. He is definitely more of a melodic drummer over constant blast beats. He’s left handed as well that’s why he plays open like he does. One of the metal godfathers of drumming. 🤘🤘
So he wears the weights while he’s playing live for the first part of the show then takes them off?? Or just when he practices? And ya he’s really something special for sure.
@@yarpyarp85 pretty sure I heard him say he would wear them for shows and practice. on top of the giant boots lol. Not sure how often though.
Leg weights help my double bass playing out tremendously when I first started playing. Playing with leg weights was some of the best advice I've ever got.
Ok I’m going back to it then, do u remember the weight? It wasn’t too heavy right? I feel like 2.5 pounds would be suffice. 😉
@@yarpyarp85 I think I used a 2.5 or a 3 lbs. I won't go any heavier than that. You'll be breaking bass drum heads constantly. Lol
@ericcarr1648 true right and bass drum heads ain’t cheap!
8x14 Pearl Free Floating Brass.
Sick thanks!!! Bell brass? Or no just brass?
@@yarpyarp85 Just brass!
@@kevinbullock9443 ah ok sound faaaaaaaat.
Check out Dan Presland from Ne Obliviscaris playing Intra Venus or Devour Me Colossus. Dan is an absolute perfect drummer as well. Great video man!!
Thanks so much! I’ll check him out for sure!
Listen to his fear factory stuff
Ya people have been saying that! I’ll check it out, thanks so much! 🤘
I like genes work on Strapping Young Lad like skesis or
You’re helping fill the hole that Garrett Miller left in me. Thanks for the reaction videos love watching them! Would love to see you react to Blake Richardson!
My friend I really appreciate that. I will absolutely do it. 🤘🤘
Justin Scott is such a buttery drummer
Huge fan!
Hoglan is too m’k,I guess
🤣
Steve dgiorgio estuvo en human e individual thoug Patterns
Thank u! One of my new favourite bass players!
Bass player on this record (Individual Thought Patterns, 1993) was
Steve Di Giorgio.
Thank you!
Pick any Mario DuPlantier solo. He'll amaze you.
Dude u read my mind, I just reacted to his new solo. Gonna post on Monday! Thanks!😉😉
Steve d'giorgio on bass
My new fav! Thank u!
Bass is Steve Di Giorgio on a fretless. Yes, they do play this the same way trading live. I’ll see if I can find a link…
The 2 Death songs that always stick out to me for drums for some reason “Lack of Comprehension” (Sean Reinert) and “Overactive Imagination” (Gene Hoglan).
“Lack of Comprehension” probably because “Human” is my favourite Death album and it has an amazing off-genre intro.
“Overactive Imagination” because this was
The first Death record I bought and when I heard the double bass it blew my mind.
Ok thanks ya some people have been saying that it’s fully composed and it blows my mind, sounds so spontaneous and in the moment. Thanks for the recommendations, I’m definitely gonna react to Sean Reinert soon. Everyone is saying he’s amazing and heavily jazz influenced.
I got to see Gene Hoglan and Hellhammer both drum at a live show at one night.
Badasssssss
Death - Crystal Mountain, listen to that, that has all sorts of things
Thank u!!!
Gene is my favourite metal drummer. Try Skeksis by Strapping Young Lad or Laser Cannon Death Sentence by Dethklok.
Thank u ya I’ve been checking out the SYL stuff and it’s intense!
Bass is Steve Digiorgio, also of Sadus. He plays fretless.
Yesss thanks! He’s f ing amazing!
The singer is chuck he is also playing guitar
Thanks dude!
Hoglan is a beast. Christie was my fave Death drummer though.
I’m with u on that he is so unique. Check him out with iced earth, def some of his best stuff!
Steve di Giorgio on bass. You can see him also in Gone In April. Check their drummer too, Yanic Bercier.
Thank you!!!
Quite common to hear trade offs in tech death metal. I cannot recommend Sebastian Lanser doing Epilogue to Infinity enough. Just overall one of the most impressive drum tracks i've seen from ALL aspects of musicianship.
You’ve peeked my interest for sure. I’ll probably check him out soon! Thanks so much eh 🤘🤘
Gene actually plays with boots. He will even weight ankle weights as a means to build up speed. He is known for being a big guy, but has lost a lot of weight in past 5 years.
Ya that’s pretty crazy, but obviously it works the guy is phenomenal. 🤘🤘
Bass player is Steve DiGiorgio
Thank u!! Guys a beast!
Not improvised. Chuck Schuldiner, the singer, lead guitarist, and composer was a stickler for perfection of performance. He wasn't a fan of improvising on songs he wrote and recorded. Not to say he didn't improvise while writing, but once a song was tracked, that's how it was played on stage.
Death had a few drummers. The first drummer to change the game for Death, and death metal in general was Sean Reinert. His work on the Human album made every drummer try to raise the bar. Then Gene Hoglan came in...most notably on Individual Thought Patterns and Symbolic...and again the bar was raised. Richard Christy came in on the Sound Of Perseverance album, and was the final drummer for Death as Chuck Schuldiner passed away with cancer complicated by pneumonia.
To see Gene going ham, you can check out any song off Individual Thought Patterns or Symbolic, or, his work with other bands like Testament, Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lads ( Devin Townsend), and several other bands. He has played for so many metal bands, on short notice that he is a legend. They don't call him the Atomic Clock for nothing.
RIP Sean Reinert and Chuck Schuldiner. Death is the best death metal band ever. You can't say death metal without saying Death, the band that pioneered progressive death metal.
There would be no Slaughter To Prevail, Cryptopsy, Whitechapel, Lorna Shore, Jinjer, etc without Chuck Schuldiner and Death paving the way.
The bassist is Steve DiGiorgio....a completely MONSTER on his fretless bass
Thanks so much this. Yes through reading a lot of these comments I’m learning so much about just influential death was and still is on the metal scene. And like I said in the video I’ve known about them for a long time through Richard Christys comedy stuff. I just happened to check them out to hear him but the more I learn the more I realize I need to dig deep in there catalog to understand the full scope of the band. Seriously thanks so much for taking the time to write all this, from one music fan to another, it’s super interesting stuff. 🤘🤘🙏🙏
@@yarpyarp85 enjoy the journey through the Death rabbit hole my friend.
6:40 u missed the sick cymbal choke there :(
Gene is playing in big work boots. i remember a few years back someone freakin' stole them while he was on tour.
What??? Steal his stinky old boots, that’s evil.
@@yarpyarp85 yeah it was messed up, took his whole gear bag, 2012 in Chile. apparently gene favors a specific boot that was discontinued, i can't remember if he was able to get them back or an exact replacement.
Some other Gene Hoglan songs you may want to check out are
- Detox by Strapping Young Lad
- Demonical Possession by Old Man’s Child
- Leave Scars by Dark Angel
- Overactive Imagination by Death
Sick thanks so much! I’ve been checking out the STL stuff it’s really amazing!
I think Mean Gene wears combat boots or Docs when he plays. Even more badass!
R u kidding me, that’s the most metal shit I’ve ever heard of. 😂😂🤘👍👍
Finally someone who is not a metalhead and can appritiate Death and Chuck Schuldiner. Also Gene Hoglan is an absolute beast. But so everyone who plays on Death's albums. Steve Di Giorgio is a genius on fretless bass. Chuck always invited great musicians for his albums.
Ya man this is one of my favourite metal vocalist I’ve heard by far but ya the bass player is so amazing. Such a jazzy vibe.
Heres a few for you,
Death Metal -
Ken Bedene - Cadaverous Banquet
Sebastien Lanser - An Epilogue to infinity
David Diepold - Vortex Omnivium
Alex Rudinger - Unfurling a Darkened Gospel
Alex "Grind" Pelletier - Unbreakable
Kevin Paradis - Equus
Some Prog metal with juicy modulations and wild time changes - Joey Baca - Language Drum playthrough
Cheers!
Thank u dude! I legit have only heard of Alex so I’m stocked to hear the rest 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Duuuude....anything with David Diepold, Alex Rudinger, or Sébastien Lanser CRUSHES!
Alex Rudinger is the drummer who can play any drummer's music. Literally anyone. Pick a drummer and if Alex has the equipment, he can and will play it.
His work with Conquering Dystopia ( with Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse on bass), and his work with Whitechapel was phenomenal.....and he just keeps getting better, which should be impossible because he can already do it all.
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends ... Dark Angel is where Gene Started out, all of it is awesome. Though you could also checkout some Dethklok.
Ok thanks I’ve never heard of either so I’m stoked to check it out! 🤘🤘
Chuck Schuldiner the singer of Death was very influenced by Jazz. Death was the band that brought "prog" to the death metal world. Very very influential band. As for seeing Gene doing the crazy double bass thing check this out...ua-cam.com/video/VpVTPUxnE3I/v-deo.html
Chuck never mentioned listening to or being influenced by jazz. That was Bobby and the Cynic dudes.
If that’s right it make sense the band has a very loose, ina good way, vibe and the trading at the end is so reminiscent of jazz. Thanks
matt garstka is another must check out
Yesss dude I love his playing one of the best In my opinion! 🤘🤘🤘
If you want more blast beats than your brain can handle, look for "Lord Marco" playing "Incromprehensibly Evolved" by Sonivinos. If you want more Gene Hoglan, Symbolic is a faster song than this one. Also his work with Strapping Young Lad and Testament is full of faster songs.
Thanks ya I’ve heard his stuff with SYL is intense so I might have to check that out. 🤜🤛 great to hear from you again Lord Baktor!
@@yarpyarp85 I'm here to stay and live vicariously through your playing since I myself just play at a hobby level.
@@LordBaktor Youre the man! I'm motivated for sure, I wont let you down my Lord! 😁
More blasts than Spencer Prewitt?
@@vorpalblades I would posit that they are both in the same ballpark.
Re : Outro solos
Bass and guitar always remain accurate to the original composition, but Gene mixes it up on the kit live.
Sick good to know and also amazing because it sounds so free and improvised. I don’t doubt they could improvise something sick every night though. 🤘🤘
2:46 it is because is not a hi hat but a low hat ☝🤓
Lolol zoiks I think u got it 🧐🧐🤓🤓
You should check Overactive Imagination!
Great band name lol I’ll check em out. Thank u!
@@yarpyarp85 that's actually another Death song with Gene on drums, that has some more interesting and complex drum parts.
@Matt Wallace Drums Not sure if you took my suggestion for this song from a few weeks back or not, but I suggested it because it's not full of blast beats and has grove and tempo changes... my favorite type of drumming.
I actually tempered someone posted it but I couldn’t find the post to credit u. Thanks so much for the suggestion Russell! Such an amazing track and completely different than I was expecting.🤘🤘🤘
Dude I did but I could find the comment. Thanks so much for the suggestion!
You need to react to Clockwork by the band Meshuggah ! The drum cam version. Outstanding stuff believe me
I r actually seen that one Thomas hawk is a beast!!
Gene Hoglan is a beast! However Deaths greatest album is "Human" 👽👌🏽
Thank u I’ll check it out!
I'm sure you know by now....Chuck Schuldiner = Lead vocalist + Lead guitarist + creator of Death.....and (check it out) Band - Control Denied. Kind regards from AmpleSound virtual Instruments 🤘
Thanks! You know I still didn’t complete know. So he is basically death he writes all the parts and sings vocals. How many different drummers have there been I know Richard and Gene but are there others??
@@yarpyarp85 Yes Chuck is the leader. There 3 main other drummers: Bill Andrews, Chris Reifert and Sean Reinert. Please checkout Sean Reinert (RIP) with the band Cynic album Focus it's a MUST! : ua-cam.com/video/J5vagx9V050/v-deo.htmlsi=_AFPFJsKuhVGPyKf
@@yarpyarp85 To my knowledge, 4 other drummers before Gene and Richard: Chris Reifert, Kam Lee, Bill Andrews and Sean Reinert. Please do check out Sean Reinert with band Cynic - Focus (album)....... jazz metal 💖
Would I be a dickhead If I claimed that best drummers (feel as well as technique) are mostly in metal ?
I’d have to argue and say jazz but I’d probably be wrong on the technique aspect. These guys are literally Olympic level athletes that happen to play the drums. 🤘🤘🤘
@@yarpyarp85 Agreed. Although most cutting edge drummers in progressive related genres are heavily influenced by jazz-fusion. I sure as hell don’t mean straight up black/death metal dudes who is all blast beats and double bass hailstorm 😂
Death Human sean reinhardt
Nice yes I’ve had so many requests for him. That’s definitely one of the next ones I’m gonna do. 🤘🤘
Gene is the man!!
check out Ulcerate drummer, maybe you like it.
PD, you need some bass cut eq on your mic.
🫠🫠🫠 I don’t know what that is lolol I sick at this but I’ll look it up and figure it out I really appreciate the info, I want these to be better. 🤜🤛🤜🤛
Gêne Hoglan is a god drummer....Sean Reinert is THE god drummer (RIP)...
Ya I’ve been hearing a lot about him! Like he’s half jazz half metal, gotta check him out. 🤘🤘
Check out Reinert!
I willl I’ve been hearing he’s so jazzy!
STEVE DI GIORGIO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is the Bass Player ...... BEST Metal bass player. One of the very first to introduse the Fretless into the ''metal'' world. Prolific Session Bass player. Check out - Death, Testament, Sadus, Vintersorg, DarkHall (JAZZ!!!!!!!!) . Cheers from AmpleSound virtual instruments
Hahahah thanks so much man ya I’m a new fan for life now. That’s my kinda metal bass!
@@yarpyarp85 Check out Control Denied - Fragile Art of Existence album featuring Chuck Shuldiner, Steve DiGiorgio, Richard Christy, Shannon Hamm and Tim Aymar. It's besically Death , but Chuck didn't want to ''sing'' anymore, so he got a singer. It's a MUST!
Not too familiar with this song from Death, I have mostly listened to the Symbolic album and for some reason never took a deep dive. Anyway, in this song I notice more than the songs I know how Hoglan really emphasizes the guitar riffs. Not in the "normal" way where you do similar rhythm in some way or hit a cymbal for a big chord though, but in the way that he plays the drums like a melodic instrument. He really sounds like he's repeating the riff on drums as well. What I also like about Hoglan's playing as a more aggressive metal drummer is that he doesn't play the 16th note straight double bass pattern all the time or blast beat, he rarely if ever does those. To me they're almost instant pause and change song type of thing. Partly because they're such a default unimaginative thing to play for metal, but also because you rarely hear them played really tight. Which is almost mandatory to make them sound good instead of a trainwreck. Some people like Carcass's newer drummer Daniel Wilding can actually do those in the right places really tight while otherwise playing groovy and interesting stuff, something that is quite admirable to me.
That being said, I'm a guitarist so I'm no authority on good drumming, other than when someone manages to make me sound better.
Since you ask for reaction ideas, here's one that nobody else has reacted to and I've tried to look it up: Diablo's Heikki Malmberg. I'd rate him definitely in the top 3 of Finnish metal drummers with Kai Hahto previously from Rotten Sound, now Nightwish. Malmberg is quite an interesting metal drummer as well, having practiced all kinds of styles and independence patterns. One of those guys who might play a bit tricky parts but keeps the hihat or something always anchored to the beat you can tap or nod to. As well as doing those bass drum "trills" like Hoglan and Pantera's Vinnie Paul. There's some videos on his channel on bossanova and whatnot, but I think an old classic track from 2004's Eternium, Read My Scars would be interesting. Quite groovy drumming for otherwise pretty straightforward heavy riffs, not quite as constantly changing as Hoglan but suits the simpler song. And I dig his drum sound, was probably the first time I noticed a metal drummer's drum sound particularly enjoyable. In my opinion he always lifted the band. Well, and the lead guitarist's unique style as well.
Dude thanks so much for the comment and I have to totally agree. Out of all the metal drummers I’ve heard Gene definitely stands out as the most musical. I feel like his ego doesn’t get in the way when he chooses a part to play, all he wants is for it to groove and feel good. So many metal drummers could learn from this but we are now in the era of more is more right. Still so cool to see a metal guy with a groove sensibility. As far as the lesser known Finnish drummers I will c heck them out for sure! Thanks so much! 🤘👍👍👍
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A lot of unisons
All I see is Tim's
Hahaha
I accidentally clicked on this video. Reaction vidoes are the lowest of the low.
Commenting on something that u accidentally clicked on is subhuman. 😂
@yarpyarp85 not really? I clicked and gave you a view. And I've given you comments too. So thought I'd get my monies worth 😉
Seriously though don't be the generic person trying to make it through lowest means reaction videos and comment sections are the bane of humanity. You clearly have some skill. Focus on that instead of these low level "please watch me" videos trying to chase what's popular.
Furthermore, if you're going to respond to dickheads like me you're going to burn out.
Strapping young lad songs for Gene blast beats.
Yesss dude I’ve been checking it out. So bad assss, thanks!
Let’s focus on the drumming, buddy. Don’t worry about his goatee.
But I like his goatee!
IT's not an impro.
Thanks, I really thought it was. Crazy that they memorize that stuff.