as a drummer myself, i totally understand the immense work that went into him gaining the speed and accuracy that Lyle has. He is truly an amazing drummer!! Not to mention he's my FAVORITE DRUMMER!!! And the faceless are my favorite band!!!!!! double bonus for me!!!!
Congrats. this song is perfect guys,the combination with the clean voice is so fucking great,the drummer's techniques making the sound more and more powerfull. You Rox guys!!!
These guys are amazing. i just cant stand knowing that the years and dedication these guys have put into the band and there instruments and somehow they make 1/8 of pop stars lol. makes me question society these days.
@drummermike1 this is just kick trigger, no mics. Alesis DM5 set to reggae pitched down -2 on note 36c1 EQd at the sound board like -6 db @ 160hz and like +3db at around 3-6k
Fucking true. Along with the guitars and even bass. People who dont listen to this kind of music say that you dont have to have any talent to play it. They are completely oblivious to anything.
Another thing to keep in mind.. lol, the volume this was at was good from an audience perspective. If you have them too loud you can get feedback or lots of other background noises you don't want. This was taken from a sound board were the sound guy was hearing it from an audience point of view the fact we're able to even get to hear audio that doesn't sound like it was from a potato with a great quality video to match is amazing.
People complaining about other genre`s being more popular and how little bands in metal make, if you care so much, buy the albums, buy merch, go to concerts and tell other people about the music you like instead of hiding behind your computers.
@blister 1324 - Steve jones was on stage shredding his face off, I was doing sound, and yes this is the new vocalist Jeff. You sir, are a true gentleman- I appreciate the compliments. Maybe I will post the audio of this whole show. I actually have I-phone 4 video of the whole show from front of house. Vote me post whole show with this audio but a lessor quality vid???
@TWANSONFOH do it do it do it i watch this video EVERY DAY since its been put up. as well as the others from jena...the sound is amazing...its better than the preproduction recording!
agreed. there would not be prog metal if there was no pink floyd , just go listen to between the buried and me, wich is without a doubt the greatest prog metal band EVER.
Well, he absolutely hits lightly =P He uses heel toe. Drummers that use that technique usually have their bass drum packed full of stuff and the head tightened up to allow as much rebound as possible. The best way to get a click sound out of your bass drum is to apply a plastic patch and a wood beater. Jon Karel doesn't use triggers and gets an amazing sound from his bass drum, he also doesn't heel toe and is just as fast. Not to mention Shannon from TBDM, but he uses triggers. =[
Take into consideration that it is an open venue and the bass drums are triggered and the mics on the drums are within an inch from the head. Cymbals of course using over head/condensor mics the sound can get lost in a big open venue like that as bodies absorb sound and it's no recording room by any means.
@snowblind9561 yeah exactly they did seem distorted in a way, but yeah that makes sense. AND THE FACELESS ARE TOTAL BADASSES!!!! x) BEST BAND EVER!!! ALSO GREATEST DRUMMER EVER!!!!
@ZippyDooFU The only think i know is that his kick trigger module is a DM5 and he uses the raggae setting pitched down 2 notches. I use the same settings on mine.
@Metalwurst666 I'm well aware that auto tuning is mainly a studio tool, but it certainly is usable in live performance. With what I'm hearing I'm leaning more towards there being no tuning, but a few notes sounded like perhaps Keene had some slight live pitch correction or something as a safety net. Mikael Keene certainly can sing, but it does sound like he has a sort of frail shaky voice here, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were going with the safety net thing.
wait... so lyle cooper is still in the band? i thought marco replaced him? SO glad to see that lyle will still be with the faceless. marco is great, beat at death metal, nowhere NEAR lyle.
@snowblind9561 wrong; pestilence, coldly calculated design and planetary duality II have clean vocals. also xenochrist, the ancient covenant and prison born have distorted clean vocals. thats all i know off the top of my head could be more
I no longer stand by my comment I made months ago lol That being said I heard them play Eidolon Reality and Deconsecrate live at Summer Slaughter and it blew my fucking mind. I take back everything I said about the singing and welcome it with open arms! Also I met Michael Keene, Evan Brewer and Geoff Ficco and those guys are all really awesome!
@alemutasa Both are good at the kind of music they write/play, Cooper for the death metalish stuff, Matt for metalcore, now of course its your preference of the kind of metal you listen to, but dont belittle Matt's talent simply because Cooper can play it faster
@TWANSONFOH Yeah, you can definetly hear the "trigger" sound before the song starts when he is just checking his equipment. Is the trigger through his pedals or are they external rim clip ons?
the sound will be recorded thru the mixing desk , so you hear whats mic'ed up.... wheres the crowd hear the mix of the bare drumkit and the amp'ed/mic'ed sound . I know he'll be triggering a blend of real and sampled kick , just wondering if snare is done the same
Here is what this band has that others in this genre don't,real advanced harmony.I don't know if the chorus sounds "whiny" to anyone but that melody has some really good chord changes behind it.
hey. what was used for the bass drum. certain type of triggers/mics? cause most of em i hear is that annoying click sound. but this bass drum sound is fantastic!!!! just curious how you did it. thanks. oh and you did a remarkable job on this. :D
I love BTBAM, but I am more fond of The Contortionist. That is just my opinion, but still one of my favorite bands! I just love The Contortionist better lol their new album is going to be amazing like all the others!
