The original drummer Travis Smith is the creator of the drums in this song, my favorite song that Alex Bent wrote with trivium is Amongst the shadows and the stones...check it out
Even though they were simpler, I think Travis' drum parts served the songs better, but his live playing wasnt nearly as good as Alex. I sometimes feel like Alex overplays in certain parts and the drums end up sounding great, but outshining the song itself
@@Squall6575 I think the first three Trivium albums were fine with Travis' drumming but Alex may have been a better fit for Shogun, 'cause it was overall a lot more complex than any of the previous albums. Alex creates drum lines that fit the songs, mostly. There are a few songs that could've used something simpler.
This song was made by the band with a different drummer. If you want an idea of the compositions he made for the band, check out "Thrown into the fire" on his channel.
Metronomes take lessons from Alex Bent. In all seriousness definitely check out Trivium. The band definitely shifted into a higher gear once Alex joined. (First album with him): "The Sin and the Sentence" And "What The Dead Men Say" just came out a month or so ago. This song is from their 2008 album Shogun. Recorded originally with their original drummer Travis Smith
Shogun is probably my favorite album from Trivium, this song leads off that album. The record vocals are more metal as you’ll find out with that Napster search lol
Thank you so much for doing this guy! He’s such an underrated drummer. Unfortunately, this song and drum parts were from another drummer. Alex joined around 2017 and has only drummed on their latest two albums. If you truly want to see his genius, please check out the songs: “The Sin and the Sentence”, “Beyond Oblivion”, “Betrayer”, and “What the Dead Men Say”. All of those drum play throughs are on his channel and are phenomenal. You will not be disappointed! Hope you can one day do a drum analysis video on one of those songs! Again, thanks so much for giving Alex some light!! :)
Finally!!! Anthony Barone next!! Edit: you should react to one of the songs Alex wrote. This is a song written by one of Trivium’s old drummers. Alex’s songs are much crazier and he really shines through even more there.
Funny fact said by Alex himself, he never studied to play drums, he just learned by watching all kind of drummers, watching RU-vid covers and stuff like that
Alex is solid. I'll echo others here that recommend checking out one of the playthroughs on his channel. Betrayer and The Revanchist are two impressive tracks for drum work he has written.
You should look at some of their newer songs, where Alex has actually written the parts! Like catastrophe, or the sin and the sentence (the sin and the sentence would probably be really good for you because you would see how he uses his double rides and splashes !
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Alex is great. I have watched him a ton, both live and on his channel and in Matt Heafy's live streams of the shows, and he is always so smooth and consistent. He *is* a student of drumming and wants to learn as much by watching and listening to drummers from all styles. Primarily through RU-vid and listening to and watching drum videos of the greats. He is also genuinely one of the nicest people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with. True class.
For your Information Junkdrummer TV: In an Interview with the RU-vidr Alex Hefner he tell him that he practicing all this what he can do and play now on the Drum hes practicing all himself, just with help of watching a lot of Prodrummers and online Drum Lessons on RU-vid end Elsewhere ond the Web.
Ooh man soo good you just reacted to Alex and Trivium. He just got some drum playthroughs of Trivium's album "The sin and the sentence" in his channel. Betrayer, Beyond oblivion, and The revanchist are amazing drum stuff to watch!
Another great reaction Steve! If I can offer a suggestion, I can't recommend enough to check out "Album drum tracking: Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still" by J Saint Merat. Some of the tastiest, most dynamic extreme metal drumming I've ever heard. You've reacted to several impressive extreme metal drummers, but there's something special about this guy and this band.
This song is one of their second album shogun, and Alex wasn’t in their band till the sin and the sentence. So I would recommend that you react to that
Would love to hear your thoughts on Eloy Casagrande's playing. His drumming is intense. He drums for Sepultura currently. Their recent track, Means to an End, is pretty tight. He's uploaded a drum playthrough to his RU-vid channel.
If you liked these parts - have a look at the drummer Travis, Triviums drummer in 2007 who wrote this track before Alex joined in 2016. There’s a part in a song called “Insurrection” you’d enjoy
Bent is anazing. Most of us Trivium fans have liked them from their debut in 1999, Bent is their 4th drummer. With that said, their last 2 records have been phenomenal, and alot of credit go to Alex for pushing it up there. Check him out playing “Beyond Oblivion “, as most drum coachs watch him on that song, he’s all over the place with no sweat.
Travis Smith wrote the drum parts for this song, he uses the same double kick pattern in the verses in other songs of theirs like The Deceived, Suffocating Sight, Drowned and Torn Asunder; Ascendancy. It's one pattern that sets him apart from other metal drummers; too good; great reaction!
In a recent video on another channel, Alex mentioned he learned to play drums watching RU-vid videos. You should check out some of the stuff on his channel. He has a few videos of himself playing some of the songs off of the Sin and the Sentence. Basically it looks like he is playing to tracks and only supplying the drum parts. And yes, I am pretty sure he is playing to a click.
Any plans to check out Darkside from Mgła? Different flavor of metal but Alex’s technique kinda reminds me of him, very calm and collected. Check out Exercises in Futility II or V - 5 is him doing some real Jedi shit while 2 is more “normal”
His drumming on "Betrayer" is amazing, it's amusing, it's my least favorite song from "The Sin and the Sentence", but the technical ability on that song is mind blowing
Man, you have to make reaction video of alex’s song. This song was made by their first drummer Travis Smith. Alex made the sin And the sentence album And What the dead men say.
Woooooooooooo!!!! Great analysis of Alex. If you ever consider doing another Alex vid check out Beyond Oblivion on his channel. Here’s my shameless plug for a request of Gee Anzalone of Dragonforce or even Aquiles Priester since he’s filling in on the US tour. Both have great content on their channels. Cheers!
Thank you for reacting to Alex Bent! However please react to a song he wrote. He has some playthroughs on his RU-vid channel from their last album. You should check out "Betrayer", "The Sin and The Sentence", or "Beyond Oblivion"
One of my all time favourite Alex Bent videos is from way back in his time in Arkaik. This shows of his death metal chops, he is so inventive. This performance has it all, showmanship, throwing in some traditional grip, breakneck speed and of course some cowbell! Its a crazy transition from these guys through to Trivium. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RFSQf0ynsZg.html
Deathcore might not be your thing but their is a drum playthrough of Demolisher by Slaughter to Prevail. and it doesnt have vocals (usually the part people cant get into lol). you should check it out
I really like your commentary here. Been watching your videos for a short while, and you've given me lots of great tips (only been playing for a year, but I'm very passionate about learning drums). Alex Bent is truly amazing. If I may suggest, I would like to see your reaction and thoughts to Dream Theater's "Pale Blue Dot". Mike Mangini has a live drum cam video of it on his own channel. Mike Mangini is in my opinion one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of all time. Would love to see what you think of it. Cheers. Keep up the good work. 🤘🏿
Could you please do some videos on a band called Symphony X? I don't remember the drummers name but some good songs are Underworld and Kiss of fire. If you could do this i'd really appreciate it. thanks keep up the good work.
Look at Sin and the Sentence or Beyond Oblivion, or anything off What The Dead Men Say for parts he wrote. Older music from a few drummers ago, as others have pointed out.
You should check out the 2 newest albums they've recorded (The Sin And The Sentence, What The Dead Men Say) In those albums Alex did the drum parts and is freaking amazing!
You'd really enjoy Trivium 🤘🏻 Alex is their 5th drummer if I recall correctly, but they get consistently better! Dive in and enjoy all their stuff. The title track of this album (Shogun, drummed by their OG drummer Travis Smith) is fucking flawless 👌🏼
The kicks are triggered which is why they all sound uniform and powerful without a lot of power behind them. Not saying it's wrong.... You should react to NothingMore drum cams. Ben's drum break down of This is the Time (Ballast) is killer and spot on to the record.
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I can understand how people can do this. I’ve gotten pretty fast. But man if you go that fast for more than like 30 seconds and you’ll be too tired to finish the song. Lol these people have godlike stamina.
Alex didn't actually write this song, he joined around 2017 and Kirisute Gomen is off 2009's 'Shogun', the stuff he's actually written with the band is arguably more impressive, I'd look into the stuff on his RU-vid channel
You should check out Dan Presland he's the drummer for Ne Obliviscaris and he has his own RU-vid channel. Look for the drum cover for there song And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope
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