Excellent drumming!! What do you think of Rick Allen of Def Leppard?? Also Jake Munro did a cover of Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation with Nic Nocturnal that you and the boys should check out. Here is the link = 🤘🏼🤘🏼 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g5e_3_yAMBk.html
Kyle Clyne yeah, Travis was a beast too. Although he got pretty sloppy after Shogun came out. Imo, Travis is their second best drummer. Alex is the first obviously
This man didn't even have drumming lessons... Insane. On another note, you did a great job as an 'interviewer'. A lot of interesting questions, great rapport, listening & talking at the right time, and leading into some really good anecdotes.
yea i wasn't expecting to be wating an hour long video starting to watch at 2 am, i'm like "let's watch alex video before going to bed" oh wait how is it 3 am xD
This man is absolute beast and inspiration, hes the reason why I got behind the kit and I have always enjoyed playing ever since I started listening to his drumming style and how he goes about the drums
Alex Bent is phenomenal, hands down one of my favorite drummers. Discovered him during his time with Battlecross...... Perhaps a Battlecross reaction is due in the future. :D
I was always a Trivium fan but Alex took it to the next level. His likable personality, humbleness, and his use of splashes and that ride cymbal... I'm an absolute mark for Alex.
You clearly have no idea who are those guys - Nils Fjelstrom Dominator,John Longstreth,Jamie Saint Merath,George Kolias,Lord Marco,Pete Sandoval to talk about machine guns 🤣😂
Man, I loved him as a drum player, I knew that, but I didn't know he was such a humble, good guy. There's musicians I like, and then musicians and good guys like AB, that's the musicians I love.
I met all the members of Trivium including the old drummers but Alex is probably the easiest, most down to earth guy. Met him in Albuquerque NM in 2017.
Thanks for this amazing intervew/reaction! Alex describes that feeling soooo whel, when you are playing behind the kit. So natural and honest guy. Meet him past year in Lisbon (just take a photo whit him and a friend) and he during the concert was awesome. Go on Alex Bent, lot of inspiration whatching you.
Honestly this is a great reaction/interview. I thought Alex Bent was Trivium's best drummer since he joined, but this video has given me a whole new respect for his artistry, and him as an awesome guy.
Alex Hefner proved his great ability to interview people with being present the whole time with contextualized questions, a rare quality among interviewers these days. Even if you are a consumer / fan interviewer you can still keep a professional composure al the way through, and this is perfectly demonstrated here by the host. Great job.
I've never wanted to watch an hour long reaction more. Thank you for this Alex and Alex. Alex Bent is amazing and I love it a little more knowing he's self taught.
Alex Bent jokes: 1.) Kick pedals check under their bed for Alex Bent when they go to sleep 2.) Trivium before Alex Bent: *blast beats a couple times on an album MAYBE* Alex Bent when he was hired: “Hold my severed hand...” 3.) Alex Bent inspired me to give up drumming Trivium songs, both before and after he was in the band... 4.) I hope Alex Bent’s drums were 18 or older (and I PRAY his wife was cool with it...) For the Trivium meme fans. You’re welcome. 😂🤘
I'm a simple man: I see Alex Bent, I click. I'm so glad to see that you got him to come on the video and chat. I didn't know that Alex was a more or less, self taught drummer. That makes it all the more impressive.
I’ve been listening to metal and metalcore for years and never really payed much attention to drums until I heard Sin and the Sentence. He really got me to appreciate drums and now I want to get a kit and learn.
So I have been a big Trivium fan since 2005. Right after Ascendancy dropped is when I started really getting into them. Over 15 years my love for Trivium has grown. I have even put my toddler to sleep while humming Shogun. I just have to say that it’s refreshing to see Alex in the band. I watched this whole video waiting for you to ask him if he had been a fan of Trivium prior to tryouts or if it was just something that was set up and worked organically. Great to know that Trivium is a great group of down to earth guys. Hope to meet them someday.
Alex, as a fellow Texan you should try Upon A Burning Body, they are a band from Texas. They have a song called Texas Bloody Money. It's metal about Texas pride.
It was the Alex and Alex show!! Sweet! Bet your friend Austin was jealous AF when he found out about this little 'reaction' lol He would have been a trip to include - just to see his face. I am really liking these types of reactions Alex - more personal and diverse. Do more 80's and try to contact an 80's rocker to see if they will do this for one of their songs you've never heard.
Now your mates with Alex Bent, get him to ask Corey and Matt to teach you how to play that lovely guitar you've got!! Also been a Trivium fan since the very first album. I'm 29 this year and nothing makes me happier then when I see or hear a new Trivium track is coming out. Thank you for being real and genuine and amazing band over the years. I will see you guys live one day!.
wtf how'd I miss this?! Daaaaaamn you have Alex Bent on your channel?! That's wicked! This is the guy that Trivium NEEDS TO KEEP! With their history of drummers, I always hope they'll break that cycle with Bent. The dude absolutely slays and adds an element to Trivium that makes them sound so damn complete! He adds such an extra layer. He seems so humble too. I had no clue he was so varied with his musical interest and playlist. Wicked video, Hef. This was like a podcast that I never expected. I really enjoy the fact that you don't talk over him and let him tell his stories. I think this might be your best video on your channel.
First of all, kudos to Alex Hefner for sitting down and getting in the head of Alex Bent on drumming. It was really cool getting into the weeds with Alex Bent. And what an interesting guy. It was also great how he was giving props to other drummers and how he was borrowing their influences and incorporating them into his drumming. Alex Bent isn’t doing anything new, necessarily, but what he is doing is adding new dynamics into his drumming, adding dynamics in terms of varying the loudness, varying the rhythms, varying the fills. Just a fascinating interview. Hearing the background story on “The Sin and the Sentence”, how the drum track was all based on his reactions to the song for the first time. That run through was astounding!
Sooo great seeing the drummer of one of my absolutely favourite bands on here. And then he's such a sweet, humble, down-to-earth guy AND a dog daddy, that's such a sweet thing 🥰 Also, love seeing you guys stepping up for pitties! We only got a poodle (yeah, my fault, dog-hair allergic here 😖, but I love that boy. And, NO, he's not a fashion puppet. That boy is raised singing Nightwosh and other rock and metal stuff to him. So he's a curly, black metal puppy 😁 ), but I definitely believe that it's usually not the dog that's "bad", it's the owner that didn't train it well. And most pitties are just genuine sweet hearts!
This is so awesome! Makes me feel giddy inside to know that getting you tickets to your first metal show would lead you to develop a friendship with Alex.
Great interview! It was very fluid and entertaining the entire time. I think Alex Bent is a fantastic person and of course a drummer. Amazing drummer actually. Best drummer Trivium had ever had. Alex Hefner I think you may have a future as a interviewer. Job well done sir!
HEY, you just made me to love this chanel more, amazing interview, and by the way, I practice my english listening skills with this, ALEX, you are the best ,
Awesome to hear where Alex’s influences came from. So cool to have diverse interests in music. Trivium is one of my favorite bands ever, and Alex is THE drummer to take Trivium to that next level. Really inspirational.
I really love these interviews that you've been doing Alex. Keep them up if possible. Alex is such a fantastic drummer and he seems like such a nice, positive, solid guy. He deserves the Trivium gig.
Thank you so much for this! Been listening to Trivium since 2002 and they are still making amazing albums after albums! It’s awesome to get to know AB on a more personal level
I saw Trivium, for the first time, just a few days before you did Alex!! Rock USA in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 2018!! Loved this interview, thank you both sooo much!! "Lightning in a bottle" indeed!
I was in a serious depression and stumbled on this video and I have been smiling for 50 straight minutes! AB seems like such a fantastic guy and AH is actually a really good interviewer! Thank you for the video!
