He’s in a league with Frank Zappa, and I can’t think of anyone else who is that elite. Someone that can make dynamic music, that branches genres while simultaneously being in its own genre. An extremely rare level of talent and skill. On top of it all, Devin & Frank wrote the vast majority of their songs completely by themselves, and did the majority of their own recording and a lot of the mixing.
As a drummer, the first time I heard this song I was like "wait... How is he... What the hell is that??" so is great to see one of my favorite drummers to pull this one off and finally figure out all those weird parts. Cheers from Chile man. You're still one of my drum heroes 🤘
Gene has a video up on youtube somewhere from a while back to this song. Another drummer also transcribed and played it which is what most drummers use when covering their vids. Hogan uses his left hand though and alternates
Gene is playing this song with the double bass and hi-hat at the same time. He is using his heel for the hi-,hat. If you listen carefully you'll find out that a lot of fine details are missing. This is a great attempt.
AT THE SPEED OF SOUND I WILL BE FOUND! Awesome cover, my man! Finally a faithful reproduction of Hoglan's genius on this track! That hi-hat bridge! Can't say enough..!!!
This song has always been an enigma to me, the bell work and the hats especially. Great to see it broken down to a more digestible form. Gene is a legend, and this shit was from what? 12 years ago?
Gene would approve of this. Absolute perfection. You have truly mastered your craft. Pulling this off in an almost inhuman feat, hence the moniker Gene the machine. Love this song. SYL at the pinnacle of their musicianship. Maybe one in 10,000 drummers will achieve this his level. Much respect. Keep up the good work!!!!
Nailed it! I remember hearing the left foot start from Gene, maybe on one of his dvd? Anyway, one of my favorite post-City SYL song! Great performance Krimh!
One of my favorite Strapping songs. Hoglan drum tracks are no joke. The hi hat work during the verses...always wondered how that was happening. You nailed it. Great performance. I’m a fan!!! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Dude, I don't have enough drum adjectives. Power, precision, technique, execution..........it just keeps going. Third time watching and more impressed each time.
Jesus Christ.....Dude, nice job. Amazing chops. Hoglan is a master, and to even be able to understand what he's doing is tough. You freaking killed it!!!
I think Hoglan has been matched - KRIMH absolutely kills it in this version, it's not "note for note" the same as this is his own take on it. One of the "smartest" versions I've seen is by Jon Skaery - go look it up, that for me is the way to play this, I like it even better than Hoglan's version
Thank you so much for making this video Kerim ! Almost again is one of my all time favorite songs and I never could figure out how these drum parts were played. I'll probably try it someday :') This will be very helpful !
Thanks ! Samus is the man and I love that he made his own version and approach for this song. Same as I tried to give it my own character a bit. It’s a legit challenge to play through this song I can tell you 😅
I don't know if you guys know this but Gene Hoglan has his own Twitch channel that he plays drums on Mon - Fri. He also has his own Discord. Twitch: twitch.tv/genehoglan Discord: discord.gg/svysJCr
Better than Dirk Verbeuren on the 70K cruise this year... Which by the way, when Septic Flesh was on Board... You all KILLED the theater set! Fan for life after seeing you all in Action live 🤘🤓🤘
