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Greetings Andrew! My name is Tom, I am Seans husband. I can give you some insight into this particular show. This was from a 3 city tour of Japan in 2015. Normally Sean did not use a click live and the hearing protection you see him wearing is what he would normally wear on stage over his in ear monitors. He preferred his in ears to have about the lowest volume possible while he played. During this tour in Japan the band performed as a 3 piece. Normally they would have had a second guitarist with them but without that, they had to go with clicks and a studio guitar track for backing the second (missing) guitar. I actually have the full footage of this show and may some day release the full show as a drum cam only video. Cheers!
I remember back in 1991. My band was playing at the Escape Club in Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts. The sound guy was playing this song over the pa. It was the fastest double bass drumming I ever heard! I asked him who the band was, and he said Death. Well, needless to say I went out and bought this juggernaut called Human. I was mesmerized and still am all these years later. At 19 he had the abilities to play these advanced concepts! I will always be a fan of anything that he was involved in. A truly sad loss of one of the best that ever was!
Please do. A legend that deserves recognition. By far my favorite and most Influential drummer on me. Even have Cortlandt. The jazz album with him and Sean Malone. I'm by far a better drummer today because of him. He'll be dearly missed
You should also check out his drum playthrough for the song "Evolutionary Sleeper" whenever you get the chance! Sean Reinert was really something else.
Cynic was really something else, that rhythm section with Sean Malone is the most insane feeling and playing you'll ever hear in something related to metal.
@@bobsondugnutt7526 Sean was a student of Gary Willis if i'm not mistaken. His playing was so tasteful and you could hear the inspiration while playin beautifully that fretless bass. Both guys are deeply missed
There can never be enough Sean Reinert videos (or Cynic for that matter). Still utterly mind blowing he composed these drum lines at around 20 years old. His work on both Death's Human and Cynic's Focus in those days is the stuff of legend. It's not just the technicality of it but the sheer creativity and effortless flow in his playing. Shame there aren't more dedicated drum cam videos of him playing stuff from Focus, especially How Could I, which is still my favourite on that record.
he brought a fusion attitude to a progressive metal band, i think that's the secret. to me he was always a jaw dropping fusion drummer that just liked to play in metal bands
I couldn't agree more..... back then I was young and he seemed OLD, but now that I realize how young he was at the time, it is really mind blowing!! My favorite drummer among with Mark Zonder and Trym (well, he is not on the same level, but I'm an emperial freak 😉)
Sean is the quintessential innovator of modern metal drumming. No matter where metal drumming goes from here on into the future, Sean will be an influence on it. Every day when I listen to music, I wonder what Sean would be doing if he were here. Music lost a masterpiece when it lost Sean. Great great great pick sir! Thank you! RIP Sean. We will always miss you.
Sein Reinert and Paul Masdival (the guitarist/singer for Cynic) were also in the line-up for Death's Human album, one of the landmarks and most influential albums within the death metal genre. They created Cynic as well in the late 80s, and were one of the first bands fusing jazz, death metal and prog elements. People apparently HATED it back then, and I've read interviews where they talked about getting glass bottles thrown at them during shows. It was just so different from anything else at the time. Those two musicians alone, their DNA has been written into metal music afterwards for the last 30 years, and today there are many musicians who cite them as influences. Sein Reinert was one of the greats, and absolutely underrated. He wrote those drum parts in Veil of Maya before 1993! I highly recommend Carbon-Based Anatomy, from the EP of the same name. That song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
He wasn't just a percussionists' percussionist; he understood the musical role he played, the intentions of the music and thoroughly played with the melodies and voicings in mind. They're drummers that are incredible with their instruments and there are those that are also total musicians, like with any instrument. Sean was intuitively fit for Cynic. I don't know of a better way to put it. As a guitarist I think of it like those guitarists that CAN solo over everything, taking the lead with incredible skill, but instead serve the musicians and music they are creating *WITH.*
Haven't seen Mark Zonder yet here. Older player, older school that Sean here. You'd enjoy him. He has a very distinct style especialy within the prog genre in the 80's/90's. Traditional grip, doesn't play too hard, always playing intricate accents on h-hat, splash, etc.
I suggest ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZUERwmjS1bI.html It has him play both traditional and matched grip and highlights his meticulous arrangement style. He also leans in harder than I remembered.
It's funny that's you use the word "textures" to describe Sean's drumming on Veil Of Maya; there's an instrumental on Cynic's debut album Focus (Veil Of Maya is the intro track) named Textures that is absolutely amazing. I know there's a pro-shot live video of it being performed somewhere on the 'Tube. Sean's got some amazing handwork going on in that piece 🤘
Finally. been waiting for this one! I got to see this live back in 1994 on their first tour. Wasn't long after the Death Album tour. It was 90% musicians standing in the crowd with their jaws on the floor. The entire Focus album is a masterpiece. I've had my kit setup like this for years. you'll notice Matt Lynch has his setup the same way.
Thanks for covering this one. “I don’t know what genre to put Cynic in.” No one does! You are correct in saying he is one of the greats. True artistry in drumming.
@@AndrewRooneyDrums - you have to do Sean Reinert Drum cam for Death - Lack of Comprehension. Then realize he was only 19 years old. You’ll dig it brother!
Sorry, not to split hairs. Gordian knot was more prog rock/fusion album that also had ron jarzombeck on guitar. Sean Malone and Sean reinsert did a legit jazz album in 95 called cortlandt
Probably a top 3 drummer ever for me. Losing him and Neil inside the same month was incredibly hard to swallow. Miss him all the time. Always impeccable, but always full of flavor and groove. An absolute great.
Another new band I've never heard of because of your channel, Andrew. They have a great sound with lots of influences. I hear some RUSH, Allan Holdsworth, the bass player is killin' it on the fretless, too.
Unfortunately, their bass player, Sean Malone, also passed away late in 2020. Same year as Sean Reinhart. He was great for sure, though. Highly recommend Cynic. If you're not into the harsh vocals, I think their album "Traced in Air" is an easier listen than their first album "Veil of Maya." Otherwise, feel free to explore their small catalogue! Their combination of jazz and prog metal is pretty unique and spiritual.
Just found your channel last night and watched 5-6 videos!! Love it man you do a great job!! Also the more metal stuff you can cover the better! Have a great day man 😁
I was lucky enough to see them open for Cannibal Corpse back when I was in high school, and Sean's kit when on stage was off to the side, rather than on a riser behind the band. He also would play some intros on an electric pad ("How Could I?" comes to mind) and it was just amazing. I was so into these guys back in the early 90's. They started off a little more straight forward progressive death metal, but then evolved into sort of a fusion jazz prog metal band that is so unbelievably unique and talented.
Im not even a drummer and i love your videos. I think i was a drummer in a past life. When i go to shows in focused on the drummer (as long as theyre good)
Funny you use the word Texture to describe it. You should definitely check out the instrumental "Textures" out of that very record: Cynic - Focus (1993)
i can't believe nobody suggested the cynic live video from the 90s where he is clearly visible from the side for the full 1 hour or so concert. it's unbelievable. perfect mix of fusion and progressive metal.
What's also cool is the span of almost 30 years between the two Reinert video's you've reacted too now. I'm a percussionist now but when I heard Death's Human album in 1991 I was utterly confused & blown away at the same time. Still my favorite Death metal album to this day mainly due to Reinert.
Sean Reinert was one of the drummers sho set a new tone into the METAL DRUMMING, especially with the Human (1991) album from the band DEATH. He was 19 years old at that time. May he RIP. \m/
Cynic was like this legend... like bigfoot, the members all played on legendary stuff in other bands (as other people have posted) but the album.. when it finally came out was like totally WTF ? you have to understand how insane this was at the time, it was jut something other... really just unmatched... and you are right on Andy, they were never big, no one really ever got them, they (as a band) were more legend than a band
everybody says he was so influencial for technical metal drummers but, besides that, i think he could have been just as influential to fusion drummers. just a shame most of them probably never heard of him as metal usually isn't up their alley. if more of them heard him, we might have some way better fusion/metal hybrids, not the other way around
Cynic is great, but what Malone and Reinert did together in Gordian Knot has been blowing my mind for 20 years. It's an instrumental project that also had Trey Gunn, Ron Jarzombek, John Myung and a few others as well. Check out the song Rivers Dancing.
Would of loved Virgil and Sean to have met and to have performed a show/clinic together, would of been a mind-blowing gathering of two of my favourite drummers!
You hit it on the head (pun intended), Sean definitely has that “extra” something that just elevates the playing to a higher degree. He is the full package. He understands music so he can compose his parts conceptually and has the technique to knock it out of the park. If you love his style definitely check out his work on Aghora’s first album. He is actually playing with Sean Malone in bass so it’s the same rhythm section as Cynic but vastly different musically. The rhythm work on that album takes front and center so it will satisfy any fan of these guys.
Sean Reinert playing to absolute perfection, and meanwhile Paul Masvidal missing every note possible in the solos HE wrote... There's a reason Cynic ain't good no more. RIP Sean
2020 sadly took both Sean Reinert and the legendary bassist, also playing this set, Sean Malone. If you want to hear some of their work outside of Cynic, give a listen to the band Gordian Knot.
Reinert died "1 week" after Neil Peart :(. Sad loss with Malone too the following December. 2020 was an awful year :'(. At the VERY least, we have their music for a lifetime.
Do you know what is the craziest thing? That this track and partition (studio version) dates back to 1993.... THIRTY YEARS AGO! At that time it seemed something coming from another world. RIP to both Sean (we need to not forget about Malone) ... wherever you are guys❤ ❤
Ha I was going to suggest "Textures" by Cynic as well but you beat me to it! And Stef Broks has that thing too in his playing.. precision, pocket, feel, creativity. Met him when they played in San Antonio many years ago; very down to earth guy and an such an amazing player. HUGE fan of Textures, their whole discgraphy.
Notice how low his Hi-Hats are, and the placement of them, relevant to the snare. You can only do this if you are an open-handed drummer. I am an open-handed drummer and had the honor of being bandmates with Sean Malone in 1988. R.I.P. Sean and Sean.
Cynic back on their first album were more death metal. But they're just prog. They play around with a variety of sounds. And the members have always been a huge talent. Sometimes they have flavors of world music. Other times alternative rock. But whatever the sound, it's always glorious.
I'll try not to bore but I'm a guitarist that experienced Focus back then when it was fresh. It genuinely affected me musically in a way that can't be easily overstated.. Decades passed and I could say without doubt that the percussion was necessary and brilliant. It's one of those combinations that just... hard to describe but I'm not sure any other drummer could have made this what it is. Played it? Sure but...
I'm a fan of good musicians. Even though my musical education was in more on classic music, metal and jazz and even electronic music became part of my life and playing. Sean is one of those cases, where talented people just goes way too soon
I find it odd and quite uncomfortable when someone dies how much more people take note of them afterwards like as if their best efforts got released after their death which isn't the case... cynic was always in the shadows of DEATH and chuck schuldiner then chuck died and death got huge again now Seans dead and everyones jumping on his bandwagon too= combined they have 60 plus yrs of music that should have been more noticed and popular when it was released not mega stardom after they leave us its sad but thank you Andrew for taking note of his craft regardless of him being hot topic atm
2:55 - "...precision, but pocket, but massive headroom where they look very comfortable, but they're playing incredibly surprisingly complex stuff. This is killer." If that's what you're looking for, you've got one of those drummers basically in your backyard named Jamie Saint Merat (Ulcerate). And the fact that you've talked to Jaime on your podcast (twice if I remember right) makes it an absolute shame that you haven't reacted to his incredible playing yet. Love your channel, but, man, you gotta react to Jamie soon. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Brh1YKTON1Q.html
Like I said you really need to do evolutionary sleeper and adam's murmur. He recorded those himself from an angle that covers the entire set. It's just better.
