Tour of Thomas Lang's DW drum set January 2014 

Pound for pound the most disciplined drummer out there, I honestly can't think of another drummer that can tackle as many genres even verging on the extreme as adeptly and fluidly as this guy, even Vinnie.

It's really sad to see all these drummers saying "oh this makes me not want to play ever again" or "I'll never be this good". Drummers like this should inspire you, they should make you want to get better.

If I had that kit set up in my garage people would think that I'd died because I would never be seen again. Well that's not totally true, all my neighbours would know I wasn't dead:-).

Man, Thomas, you just blow my mind dude, you are definitely (in my opinion) the "BEST" drummer on the bloody Planet. I just love your drumming, your style of drumming, your talent and your personality. God Bless you my friend. I am very curious about your sticks as well, I think I may purchase a pair of them when I have a few dollars saved up. I have many health dysfunctions and so I'm on a very small disability each month, and so I'm quite poor. I play for my church now, but I have been drumming for over 40 yrs now, 20 semi-pro and professionally. But, I think you are just great man, talented but a good sense of humor as well, that's awesome. Take care Thomas and I hope to buy a pair of your sticks soon :)

I always chuckle when Thomas plays. He's so fun to watch

I just heard him play for the first time a week ago this dude blows my mind he has the most relaxed style I have ever seen while at the same time pulling off the craziest beats solos ect ect and that double bass he always does wow

Thomas, watching you drum is quite unbelievable. I wish I could attend one of your bootcamps. I really admire your finesse and power behind the drums, you are a drummers drummer, awesome!!

He is such a a beast. I really enjoy watching him play

Watched this video at least 10 times !!! The set the mic's the cymbals everything is amazing man!!!

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so amazing skill, my one of favourite drummer

I want this DW kit, period! I freakin love the sound from The Toms and snare 🥁 Thomas is amazing

Amazing ... Sound of a kit ... Playing ... Allways enjoyin to watch your videos Tomas you re the man !!!

that is my dream setup

he's such a monster player and that kit sounds really good, especially the kick and floor tom.

The sound is AMAZING and you have it tuned and miked incredibly. Wonderful, you don't need to add a thing!

So good to see how drumming has evolved, particularly in the "bar" of excellence. The average drummer today has sooo much more to rely upon than when I came up in the '80s, I remember renting a copy of a Steve Gadd video, renting a small t.v./v.c.r., and setting it up next to my drums, no headphones, and learning the stuff. Very cool to see this!

Definitely my favorite drummer right now. Sweet ass kit!!!!

warm performance and recording, sounds great the recording method, the drummer and the DW kit

I love his expressions throughout this video. Clearly having too much fun.

Love that kit. Amazingly talented drummer!!!!!! I use a 10in rack Tom and a 12in 16in floor. Love the contrast and attack.

sick kit... sick skills.. Lang, you the man

"Now both toms together..." Plays the whole kit.

Incredibly inspiring!!!

great sounding and Thomas is very inspirational.

Hi Thomas! My name is Cesar, I'm from Brazil. I'm a drummer and I have a physical disability (I do not have my right leg) and I play drums in the hardcore style. I would like to thank how much you have insisted on developing techniques and practicing with more love for the instrument. I hope I can upload a video with my sound. You are without doubt the best teacher I have ever seen!

I've never been a fan of Thomas Lang until just now. Wow!!! Loved this video. Something about this video made me see Thomas in a whole new light. This guy is a monster drummer!!! And that kit is very interesting. Vince Your new fan!

freaking awesome drum kit!!! wonderfull

YO TOM!!! Love the ‘bits and pieces’ you add to your kit to give you your unique sound combinations ... GOD KNOWS where you get your speed from! I have a severely damaged right wrist that has had 7 rather bone crushing operations on (The initial injury happened before I started playing drums) so my ‘technique’ has always been compromised. The only way I can describe your scarey technique is that you must be a Sith Lord! As Palpatine said to Anakin Skywalker ‘The dark side is a pathway to many abilities that some consider to be unnatural!!’ .... Your amazing to watch mate!! Keep it up!!! 👊🏻👊🏻

Purely Amazing !

The Arnold Schwarzenegger of Drums...

what an amazing drummer

that main 13" snare is a thing of beauty. it sounds so good on utube. i bet it's even better in person.

Wow! You're the man Thomas! Thanks a lot for doing this! Helped out a lot! (:

Holy fuck, that floor tom sound.

multi-faceted cutting edge, not just a flash in the pan, high quality artiste.

Dude!!! I believe that you are one of the kings of double bass!!!!

Awesome set-up sir.....

unreal drum sound !!

He's on form here, just bloody effortless

You have a beautiful drum kit

i love the internal mic sound on the toms

I wanna know how Thomas finds time to practice, perform, record, AND WORKOUT!!!! He must have a secret time machine hidden in his kick drum.

8:00-8:07 I really like the way the two alternating hand/feet pattern line up there. That fill was very grooved.

Such an awesome dude

great tour Thomas - I love this videos! I would talk the same way about my drumkit! Always a nice show for me :-)

Excellent drummer.

Thumbs up if you went to play drums after watching this..

The rata toms sound great. Pretty cool set up. Look like fun

That floor tom sounds so good. Lord.

great info.. always wanted to be a drummer. Thanks T

so beast with it doc

Nice kit!

Amazing!

That floor tom is bangin'

what always strikes me is his fluidity, he makes difficult playing look effortless.

You're an absolute fucking beast of a drummer. I'd be happy to be half as good as you.

cymbals sound fantastic

This guy is way way out , I can dig it ! Machine Man on the Tubs & Lids , One mush know what one wants, Before one gets what one wants. , And he gots it ! Thanks for posting.

that's insane!! one of my best drummer ever!! I have no idea why dream theater did not accept him.

Love that drum stick "saw dust" on the floor :D

Good stuff Thomas!

Thomas Lang - you supper drummer of word!

OMg the 12" filter china matched with the trash splash sounds so freaking COOL.. (even all the rest of course, but I really like how do you match your staks). You blow my mind also. Beautiful playing as usual, and very curious and well explaining miking.

Haha I love what you have done with the Edge Snare. It kind of reminds me of the old 80's Rock Snare drum. Sort of like Duran Duran!

Just ......awesome

Cool, never seen ratatoms/octobans controlled by a pedal!

amazing. wow!

for me Thomas is always an ultimate drum mashine. He is a beast.

the king of groove!

He's a freaking beast!!

i just love thomas

he is amazing. you da man

That's very cool

I love that aluminium snare thomas!

Super drum kit :)

Wow, this guy's good! (understatement)

Awesome!

what i wouldnt give to play a set like that awesome cymbals

7 years later he still is good.

hallo Thomas Lang, you are defenitly the best technic drummer of the world. ich mach weiter auf Deutsch. Ich liebe Deine Sebnsibilität und Experimentierfreude . Technisch denk ich kommt da keiner ran. Deine Fußtechnik ist " nicht von dieser Welt " Viele Grüße aus Seefeld am Ammesee in Bayern

absolute machine, holy fucking hell

toca muito parabéns vc e Aquires povo e o melhor do mundo

Yes Maestro !

Thomas you're an animal. Your drums sound great too! :D

That's a a kick ass kick and tom sound :)

lovely

I'd love to see a tuning video from you, Thomas. I have the Cherry Mahogany and would like to get the most out of it

wow he's a really good drummer :P and trained well too :D

OMG! Awesome.

Monstro, o melhor.

hi im from nicaragua , im fan from thomas lang he is the best drummer on the world

i saw you in brazil, greetings!

Yea Thomas!

Sick ass set

awesome! please whats the name of the music on the end?

Imagine if Buddy Rich had this technology!!!

I have those sticks, they are awesome!

The dampener on his snare is a Sonor muffler which he probably just kept around from his Sonor days.

just amazing. THE DEXTERITY/INDEPENDENCE IS MIND BLOWING AND PHYSICALLY INTIMIDATING/AWESOME!