Gravity Blast Roll; Extreme Metal Technique
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2008
- Demonstration of the one handed snare roll using the rim of the drum, as part of the gravity blast beat.
If you think this is gay or fake, then keep it to yourself. Grow up, and ditch the bias against electronics. There's nothing wrong with them.
I'm not a musician, but I am a physicist. I'm always impressed with the physics that drummers play with. I doubt most drummers even realize what they are doing is something quite interesting in the science world. Amazing to watch.
But do you think is unhealthy doing a gravity blast?
@@joaoamaral1253 ¿
@@madisonbrown8851 What i mean with my question is: in your perspective as a doctor how unhealthy is the amount of pressure in gravity blast specifically to the tendons... thats because i already have tendinitis on 1 arm and i dont wanna ruined another one xD
@@joaoamaral1253 physicist not physician!
Hahahahah
Seriously, gravity blast is one of the coolest drummer techniques out there.
With the coolest name out there too
How to be Aaron Kitcher
Dude is a fraud. David McGraw from Cattle does this in his sleep... Live... Not on a computer.
@@europeanian6936 100% sure you didn't watch the drum playthrough of Aaron Kitcher
@@medusa6491 100% sure I did and it even shows that he didn't do the whole song in one go. Hence the bloopers.
@@europeanian6936 how the fuck are you going to do it 100% on the first time
Aaron is a joke compared to dudes like George Kollias and Lord Marco
NOT QUITE MY TEMPO
Love this😂
I totally agree
It's way too slow... ;)
@@sethharris9596 i totally agree it's very fucking fast ;)
ARE YOU RUSHING OR ARE YOU DRAGGING?!
I’d love to see jk Simmons rip Lars a new asshole
i love how he does the fill and goes right back into the roll, that takes a lot of practice :)
underrated comment
Pretty much everything in drumming takes a lot of time and practice. I suck at it but have definitely found a correlation between improvement and time invested. Hard work seems more important than talent.
@@cvn6555 I'm motivated to be a drummer in an extreme metal band. Like, I'm really willing to put in the time and effort. What's your journey been like so far learning. Where did you start taking drum lessons? I'm in my 40s. Do you think I should start out at my local School of Rock? Need advice. Thanks!
Wow. Congrats. I would definitely start out with something like that because you will become part of a community of drummers/musicians. I started with a private instructor at age 50 but, because of what I do for work, I have a lot of miles on all the body parts you need for drumming. Meaning I knew I'd have to keep my goals simple For that high energy drumming you'll definitely want to wear out your practice pads, use the metronome, video yourself and be in top physical shape. Best of luck, hope to see you on YT killing it someday.
I’m here because I saw a drum cover for Infant Annihilator and I wanted to know how it was possible to play that fast
IA 😬
Same dude
Me too.
No oNe CAn PlAy aS fAst As AaROn
@@JREinaNutshell331 Frost.
I hear all the metal bands are just using a machine gun for the snare these days. you only have to hit the trigger once
Damn, that's perhaps one of the greatest comments ive ever read on a metal related video. *claps* bravo sir, bravo!
Guttercolin I'm pretty sure he knows that, the joke is still gold
Actually I remember back in the days owning an Alesis DM5 module and one of snare samples was a drum roll.
Yeet xD the Joke went right over your head huh
that's not how triggers work bud
Interesting, didn't know about this. Not a drummer but I listen to a lot of metal music with snare blasts.
U N B E L I E V A B L E I saw it yesterday the first time in my life, and drumming for 42 freaking years! I played in bands, and in a percussion band. I tried this technique for one hour and I'm pretty sure I'll be drumming about 50 years to handle this technique :D
Clear. Comprehensive. Helpful. Intelligent. Well-performed. Really nice. Lot of ability in evidence. One of the best. Maybe THE best little instructional clip.
higher....and higher....and higher...........................and higher
....and the universe start to melt
I remember watching this a bunch when I was a kid getting into the realm of slam, brutal death metal and grind and this blew me away. Hope he did some projects!
Sounds like the spanish inquisition and world war 2 combined with a side helping of god's tears
He went over 9000
You sound like you're machine gunning everyone to death. Nice vid!
This is so sick man. Didn't even know people were gravity blasting 14 years ago lol
0:56 man, calm down...
Every time I see videos like this I always feel like a terrible drummer.... damn
I play guitar but I'm always watching these lol
Don't do so, its a plastic drumkit and a bad lesson.
@@realeyesrealizereallies1176 What?
@@jesus_x86_64 he dosen't know what an e-kit is
I was awed and inspired by watching a now-famous drummer for some years. I saw a reaction video of that drummer and kept saying "insane gravity blast," and how it was clean. I am not a drummer or musician, but this is incredibly awesome to my ears.
The drummer's name is Jorge Garrido, AKA El Estepario Siberiano, on UA-cam.
Awesome.
Ive been playing drums for 5 years now but for the past year ive been getting into more metal/heavy metal drumming and ive only resently heard of this technique so im gonna try it out at my nextband practice.
Thanks for the vid!
If it's cheating, it should be easy, but most of people calling this "cheating" would be unable to do it. Besides, if triggers are "cheating" because they allow you techniques you can't use on acoustic drums, then I guess electric guitar is "cheating" since it allows you to do things you can't do on an acoustic one, and therefore, all non-cheating guitarists should use acoustic guitars. How ridiculous is that?
The thing is triggers actually prevent you from doing things you can do on acoustic set, in theory there is nothing you can do with a trigger you can't do without a trigger if you hit it hard enough. The guitar analogy doesn't work.
***** Except the way they are used and what they add is very different. Yes, they both amplify sound electronically, but one is used to make a consistent sound, while the other is used to open a wider range of sounds.
ganondorfchampin
Well, indeed you can use the trigger to make every hit sound the same, but it doesn't mean it is the purpose of the trigger in itself, and it doesn't mean everyone is using it the same way. Personally, I use triggers with nuances, and their purpose (with the roland module) is rather to give me access to different sets of drums and percussions. Besides, Electric guitar doesn't give you access only to a wider range of sounds, but also to technics unavailable with acoustic one (try a Van Halen typing on an acoustic guitar without a mic / piezzo), just like the drum technic presented here. Analogy was working in that way for me.
Moorkh Okay, I really don't know what I'm talking about as I'm a guitarist, not a drummer, I'm just parroting the things I've heard about triggers :P.
Actually isn't the song Spanish Fly by Van Halen done on an acoustic? Well an amplified acoustic
I havent heard " fake and gay" since RayWilliamJohnson. Thanks for the throwback dude. Nice technique too.
That was amazing and inspirational. Thanks for the demo.
Thing is this is on a drum machine where tapping it with your finger will get a full forceful drum sound.
I wish he’d demonstrate this on a real acoustic snare drum
I saw Ian paice do this not long ago, thanks for explaining it so well ,, I've been playing for 50 years and it's true that you learn something new every day
Brilliant :) I only just discovered gravity blasts a while ago, and although I'm not really a drummer it's changed my perception as to what's possible in my programming. In any case, really cool video!
Great vid thanks for the tip. Started playing in the 70s. Still playing.
Never to old to learn new stuff. Cheers 👍
Really stupid question: Is there such thing as a double gravity blast roll? Like where you roll with both hands simultaneously?
That's called doing gravity blasts with both hands or alternated gravity blasts
+Magnus Lodding Okay cool thanks
Puppy Monkey Baby No problem^^
wouldnt be an easy drumrole more effective ?
but not nearly as fast, if you were to do a double gravity roll it would be twice as fast as a normal roll
Girls in puberty: Moooom get more tampons
Boys in puberty: 0:47
I'm sure this has been mentioned already but In addition to the insanely fast chops, I love how it looks like your doing that trick where it looks like you bend the pencil (or in this case drumstick).
Great technique man, impressively fast and precise
Never knew you could drum roll with one hand. Awesome.
I thought it would be difficult to do gravity on electronic drumsets since the pad is smaller than an actual snare but I see its the same, thanks a lot for the video, it was helpful
I know a lot of drummers, but I'm the only one that's really even heard of this technique, nevermind being able to do it. I've got this video to thank; very, very helpful.
That's awesome... Thanks for posting
Very cool, well explained and neat demonstration!
This is actually really easy :D Obviously to get it as ridiculously fast as he is getting it in the video will take a lot of practise, but I sat down at my kit for 3 minutes now, and it's really easy... And it doesn't sound extremely bad without triggers... Its abit uneven at times, but that just gives it superb character :D Thanks for the vid, this is an awesome trick
The one thing I have against electronics is that you will get the same sound no matter how hard you hit it. Although you have the technique down, it would sound that clean on an acoustic. But still a good job, and you helped me with some of my technique, I never used my fingers to pull it back up, I used my whole hand.
Good job.
Cheers,
Andrew
I think he has it programmed that way. I used to have a set of Roland V drums and they were velocity sensitive.
finally, humanly playable extratone
I saw someone doing this very fast a few weeks ago at a music store and was so baffled at how they were doing it. I figured they were using the rim but I couldnt figure it out fully, glad this was shown in my recomended
Even higher...
Thanks, very helpful and very well explained ... Because of the video I can do the Gravity Blast too! Thanks again!
Non drummer here, heard the term and looked it up. Thanks, I think you are terrific...😊🇨🇦
An absolute joy to watch.
Listen to any studio album that has gravblasts on it, and tell me that there is no triggering or sound replacement.
You'd be wrong, friend. In the purpose of metal, the gravblast needs electronic enhancement to be heard through a mix. It's as simple as that.
Not to mention each stroke is accounted for, only volume and consistency are boosted, not speed. The same reason why the bass drum is triggered or sound-replaced; cleanliness and presence.
yeah, if anything, i'd argue it's harder to be absolutely precise while triggered, seeing as the smallest mistakes are also VERY audible
When I do it all I hear is RIM RIM RIM RIM RIM RIM RIM
Same how do i fix?
I've done this a few times accidentally as messing around, but it's an actual technique I'll have to learn!
I had a blast learning this.
Oceans Ate Alaska level stuff going on here
Sk8tr32111 LOL somebody asked about 1 of his techniques and I linked them to this vid just now
Sk8tr32111 lol Alex look up Omnipresent Perception by Beyond Creation. THAT is some serious gravity blasting.
Oceans Ate Alaska? really? This is way faster
Nah man it's Infant Annihilator
It looks so easy to do, but it's sooo hard to do/get it to sound good! It took me 2 days with about 15-20 minutes practicing each time to finally get it down.
how is 30-40 minutes to get a technique down 'soooooo hard'
@@TakashiToshirou That's cuz it's not. But making that technique sound smooth at extreme speeds will definitely require waay more than 30-40 minutes
@@TakashiToshirouthat comment is from 13 years ago, if that guy is still practicing gravity blasts he's probably as fast or faster than the guy in the video...
I can tell by how easy you make it look that I won't be able to do this.
just recently bought an eDrumkit...I did not know that this technique is possible on eKits...thanks for your vid, excellent technique!
infant annihilator is amazing. :'D
Some songs by infant annihilator are possible but songs like decapitation fornication obviously are impossible, you can't go that fast in double bass with single strokes
@@metalfan2346 the drum playtrough is for you my friend. Go watch it.
@@nasku2506 aaron kitcher fakes his drum playtroughs and all of the infant annihilator songs are programmed drums , not saying he is bad if he practiced it he could play it and there is also some drummers that can play those stuff but most have cuts. If u want fast and hard stuff that has the gravity blast like this video then watch adam bjorks hell cover
Pfffff i can do that with one hand tied behind my back!
I got you.
hold my beer
really sweet technique!!
thanks for this video, i was just looking for a simple explanation
1:01 "excuse my stick in the way"
MG42 ripping through the fog covered trees
This is a blast 💥
Insane, man ! Thanks !
Isn't this going to sound weird when you hit the rim of an acoustic snare?
When i do gravity blasts, depending on when i implement them, i hit the rim in only 2 places and i have a metal snare so i just duck taped where i hit it a few times and that really helps
gravity blasts are waaaaayyy easier on an electric kit. look at how high that rim is.
HELL YEAH!!! best gravity blast I've seen on UA-cam
simply amazing. beautiful.
I know it's a huge part of metal but I don't know what's so "attractive" about blast beats.
This video is talking about the Gravity Blast Roll, not Blast Beats. In case you didn't know, a blast beat is the snare and bass alternating at a fast speed, a cymbal is hit at the same time as the bass usually the hi hat or ride. I can't remember if crash and china's are used.
Notable examples of metal genres using blast beats are Death Metal, Black Metal and of course Grindcore, but not every death or black metal band use them. Some Thrash Metal bands even use too.
What's attractive about blast beats for me is they just beef up the song, if you listen to enough death metal, grindcore, black metal, you usually know when they are coming even if you don't know the band or song so you get hyped up, lot's of energy.
Its good for when you need a chaotic kind of sound or just want to sound rlly fast. You don't need blast beats for good metal but it's commonly used in extreme metal due to its extreme sound.
They sound angry and they go well with "chaotic" death metal riffs, that's what's attractive about them.
nothing, plenty of real metal drummers NEVER blast beat.
your just mad cause you cant pkay like him
you used the wrong you're, therefore you lose the internet
You're just mad because you can play like him
Sick man . Just sick
Thanks for the tips!
This was really cool, great video!
Praise the algorith! I remember watching this video when I was starting college and I'm not drummer but Bassist and Vocalist.
When I moved up to Uni three years later, I started to hang out with musicians and knew how to use gravity blast automatically from memory by seeing this video years earlier and it surprised so many of them when I joking asked to play their sets even though I'm paralyzed so bass drum is out of the question haha
that sounds SO AMAZING ......
holy shit i need to practice this! Sounds awesome!
Useful ! Man you're a beast !
that's insane, thank you. I have drummed about 25 years and never heard about this. lets see how it works this weekend. :D
How'd it go?
Like a shitty fish flopping. Thanks for asking. I hit down then there is no way to get any strength or control on the downstroke
@@PiroKUSSmy phone account obviously :)
Super great I'm 71 playing since 5. Great great
That was awesome!!!!! I gotta practice that.
Dude, this technique is so f*$king beautiful
Dude yourr amaziing. Btw: insanee double bass !
*"Gravity Blast" sounds like a treat from Dairy Queen.*
Seriously, an amazing one handed drum roll!!!
CONGRATS ON A MILLION VIEWS!!!
holy shit dude your amazing..that bass was abnormal
Nice. You make it look easy
One of the best video 😍
That's too badass now I want to learn drums bro
gravity blastbeat. Awesome man!
Thanks a lot, I will definitevely try this one.
awesome !!!!!!!!! "mouth waters"
so epic!!!
dude. you're awesome!!
I saw Mark Portnoy do this years ago and I had NO IDEA how he did it.
I eventually figured it out, but MAN I wish I had this tutorial back then
Would have saved me so much heart ache
Damn... That was awesome.
Gran técnica tanto como la disparada que llevas en el parche colega!! En los 80 no avía disparadores y también se hacía eso, napalm deth...
what the!!! this is cool man!!!
Higher higher higher higher..... wow..man...oh yea oohh yeaaa ohhh yea.....oooh ooohh yea.... damn... That felt good...
goood job man !!
This is so fucking sick, mad impressive
I've always wondered how they did that. I don't really like that style blast beat, but it boggled my mind for awhile.
I ain't drummer, and everytime I see our drummer doing blast snare, my metalhead instinct kicks in.
That was so cool!!!!
Sick man 👍
i like it! GOOD JOB!
OMFG!!!! WTF!!! i was shocked!!! so awesome!! Heavenly!!