Holy crap a metalcore guy who actually tunes his heads to something other than the lowest possible thud. His kit sounds awesome and would fit equally in a gospel band or jazz trio as here. Also. Dude's hats are SO HIGH.
That's my favorite part too! Just gave me goosebumps. Most people don't realize you have to time that stuff as well and keep your count in the song. Plus not dropping the stick haha I love Nic's drumming style live. So energetic and just goes for it.
Crazy how much power and feel you can get from a great sounding snare with a flam hit on it. I remember playing with the band Bury Your Dead and the drummer made me realize the same thing. How powerful and flam can sound and feel when hit just right
@@constantk8780 now that I listened to it again I see what you're saying. I believe you're right on that. I know bands do that a lot with the reverse snare sound too. I liked having my own pad for live shows where I played all the extra sounds and add one but I guess if you have a good sound guy and play with a backing track, that works too
3:00-3:25 is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen be played on a kit, JFC, to understand what is going there... you got accented cymbal hits keeping the beat on two of the cymbals where those two cymbals have a pattern going, double kick going, all the while doing all these cymbal and tom fills between with the snare falling on the second hit of the accented cymbal hits... so much going on and he does it so effortlessly, doesn't even look like he's trying... this man is a god of drums, for sure (excuse my lack of drum cymbal terminology, I ain't a drumer), there is so much going on and he does it like it's breathing
As a drummer I can confirm this is one of the hardest parts to play, there's a few other songs that are had to play like Bleed by Meshuggah but that's only really the aspect of keeping the kicks going through the whole song, this is just technical on a whole other level that's hard to try play yourself!
Definitely hard to play clean, but i wouldn’t say it’s the hardest part of the song. The kick drums are simply playing sixteenth notes so there’s not a whole lot of subdividing and it allows you to focus on the hands
to piggyback off that answer, I believe the only other thing worth noting is that he usually uses a 10" rack tom (pretty small, most people use at least a 12") and then a 14" and 16" floor, along with a 20" kick drum. this isn't his kit though, it's a touring one. as for the snare, dunno what this one is, but he actually has a signature Evett's snare you can buy now, and it looks stunning.
+Alex Melendez It would appear to be hooked up to his personal mixer so he does his own sound(virtually and can adjustable on the fly) and sends it up to the front of house with minimal adjustment from the engineer. Personally, I don't think that's the best spot for it. One $500 wrong move and I don't even want to know what happens. Maybe the mixer cuts off feed to the front of house adding insult to injury? Nic is a hard hitter too.
Due to his stark contrast of tone and delivery from Adrian, Marcus' vocals don't really carry the same weight or impact. It's very difficult for me to enjoy the new material with the mix and the vocals feeling so much weaker than Adrian's; however, watching and listening to this live video, Marcus sounds incredible. I am very happy to see that he gels well and can stay vocally consistent live.
It pisses me off knowing the people at the front not only don't know the words, but don't even look like they're enjoying themselves. These are the people that beat me to the best view of my favourite bands at gigs. Tossers.
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