i know why he does it too. he does both techniques for different grooves of songs. cuz if you listen, you can tell a difference between swivel and double strokes. plus swivel might be easier for one groove, while double strokes are easier for another. for him that is
Well i guess to get a good grip of what is possible in drumming you've got to keep an open mind, death metal drummers are most of the time more gifted than most people think :)
I remember when I saw them live and John did the neo classical sweep section part, it was unreal how precise the entire band was and clear sounding. I don't know how Trey does it but his timing precision is ridiculously high.
Ah I thought he meant using double strokes on the hands, which I must admit confused me. I know Trey uses double strokes on the feet and utilises them for bomb blasts in this song. The term "double stroke blasting" is not a term I've ever come across before.
You're both right. The blast beat near the end of the song, at 3:24, is a gravity blast. The blast beat at 0:23 seconds in is a "standard blast beat" but alternating the bass drum hits between both instead of the "traditional" way of one footing them all. The blast beat at 0:30 seconds in is the double bass blast using double strokes with his feet, similar to John Longstreth of Origin.
what is the button Trey pushes right before starting the song, and what does it do? (I met Trey really stoned like 7 years ago and almost called him Kevin Talley)
Z tym metalem na publiczności bywa tak, że stoisz i niska dynamika głośności instrumentów sprawia, że nie czuje satysfakcji ze słuchania tego. Co innego gdy słucham drum cama, wydaje się lepiej.
What do you mean "I think they are triggers"? No, the Roland SPD-SX sampling pad/module is what he uses to trigger the ambient-type sounds you hear in between songs and probably the intros to some songs like the beginning of "From Womb To Waste". The device has a "mute all" button which is what he pressed in the beginning of the video to end the background sounds, as it stops all current sounds playing from it to stop playing. The Roland SPD-S or SPD-SX are the most popular choices for this application. You could use it to start backing tracks and other things as well and route the signal within the module so that only you or you and your band members can hear it if they also use in-ears, not to mention use it as the trigger module for your acoustic drum triggers (the kick trigger most likely) which you could obviously route differently and independently of the backing tracks. I use it for my backing tracks (midi guitar and metronome) together with triggering my bass drum which replaces the need to carry around a separate module, a mixer and a phone or ipod for my backing tracks and a bunch of cables. So it's easier to use, transport and setup than the alternative method. Especially as I'm completely taking care of my own monitoring since I use in-ears with a mix of my bass drum trigger sound and backing tracks, so the sound guy doesn't need to do anything in regards to that. So it can be very useful depending on how you use other equipment. That's the long version, I guess you got more than you bargained for but maybe it helped.
Of course he's using triggers (like practically everyone in extreme metal) but at that point in the video he's playing using double strokes. He's saving energy by hitting the bass drum twice with one movement of his foot.
