I've listened to the song over a thousand times in my life, but never realized the drums were what made it so unbelievably powerful. I'm an idiot and now a huge fan of Danny Carey. Tool is really the perfect package.
1 year before i was amazed only by fast doublekicks and blastbeats.Now i think i found the definition of good drumming watching this guy giving his soul on every Tool song.
apparently i am not allowed to have sex, well if so, still better than getting bombed (out), or have no arms or legs, or end up demented a F****ck :( ;) :)
I think what makes that part great is how well it fits inbetween all of the instruments and the vocals. Just awesome how it matches the integrity and sonic flow and direction of the song - the crash just elevates the finality of the song.... Just pure genius and awesomeness
Yeah, it kind of sucks when he plays it live because he has to play the drum part with one hand and the gong with the other, and you can hear the difference. The studio version is sickkkk tho...
It's not just the technique, it's the music theory of this section. It plays in the "negative space", opposite of what the rest of the song had been playing. It's fucking brilliant in composition. Technique-wise, his aggressive, hard-hitting playing is what we've come to expect from this drumming God.
You're one to something brotha! I always was at a loss of words when it came down to Danny's drumming.. But especially in this passage of the song - how his song bounces and plays in the subtractive realm of what the instruments and the vocals are doing... Its just really inspiring and awesome to see. I come back to this video all of the time to get inspired and fired up again!
And notice that guys that use gongs are pAisTe guys. Danny Carey, Carl Palmer, John Bonham, Alex Van Halen, even Neil Peart uses zildjian&Sabian cymbals, you see in photos that he used a pAisTe gong. They have No Equal. World class symphonic.
Every so often I come back to re-watch this video. I’ve probably viewed it 1,000 times. Just to confirm my conviction that Danny Carey and Tool are the best god damned heavy rock band that have ever and will ever be. Hands down.
1:06! I always talk about this one little moment. He strikes the cymbal behind him with both hands. It may seem small but it's fucking epic. I've never seen another drummer do it. It's always the moment that makes me come back to this video.
He hits the one behind him with his left hand and the one infront of him with his right; strikes 2 of them at once it looks like to me. Still the best part other than the gong bit though, yes.
He does hit quite hard, but Aquiles Priester and Marco Minnemann are almost certainly the hardest hitters. Also, Jukka, formerly of Nightwish, beats the shit out of his drums too.
One of the few heavy style drummers that doesn't just fall back on blast beats and fills. The technique is not to be fucked with. So much emotion and groove to his playing.
That picking up the mallet for the gong is just amazzzzzing so he fills the beat up for the previous bars cuts the beat in half so he can pick the mallet striking the gong ontime nd hitting the downbeat while not missing a beat , no rushing no dragging just too good lol
I have to be totally honest. I was never a big fan of double bass pedal metal drummers, a lot of them sound like they're doing the same 32nd style beats. That was until I heard Danny and although I have neuropathy and it's very hard for me to even try to play drums which is why I play guitar now. Everytime I watch his videos or listen to a tool song it makes me want to try an go back to drumming he's amazing he's phenomenal
I took my ex wife to see the Lateralus tour all those years ago. She lost a lot of hearing in her left ear. Thanks TOOL. I had this song in my head for about a year after. The timing changes are what makes it for me, like Neil Peart of course.
If there’s a better drummer alive I haven’t heard them yet. This dude is just unfairly talented. And as a matter of fact every member of that band is. You take any of the 4 members away then Tool isn’t Tool anymore. Can’t wait for the new album. Finally. My honest to God prediction is it’s gonna be their best album ever. Truly believe that.
Danny once said in an interview that he hits harder than most drummers do. He attacks 'em hard. The drum shells that he uses allows him more volume the harder he hits. In some thinner shell kits it's quite the opposite. The harder you hit, the less tone and power you get. Rather, you just get a loud, dull "thud". I believe it now.
I have been listening to Tool from their club days all the way till now and also a fan of APC and just realized that a big portion of this song is also the same in Judith that is fucking awesome 😉👍🏁
Thing i really love about this video is how the dryms are mic'd and processed. You got these guys out there that thing they need 15 mics for a 5 piece kit and 6 dbx 266xl gate conpressors, and these guys used 2 overhead mics and 2 kick mics and achieved the sound they did.
Temple Slug he literally learned to drum in magical and demonic symbol patterns, if you saw him from a top view and studied you'd see he literally is making crazy symbols...
If I had to choose a single song to listen to for the rest of my life it would probably be this one - and I say "probably" because it is almost impossible to pick only one from this album
