It seems he already knows perfectly how to make such fucking cool tones of drums as brutal / technical death metal without powerful strength and painful effort. This means that he will be able to continue to play the brutal music after he gets over 50 or 60 years old. Oh how sweet it is, he'll never become a jazz or soft rock musican! :P GREATEST TRUE EXTREME DRUMMER JOHN LONGSTRETH FOREVER!!!
When it comes to playing tech death, there's none better than Longstreth! What a monster! The technique that goes into his playing is unreal. It's like jazz at hyper speed!
This guy has superpowers! Did you notice the hair in the air? He's like a super saiyan when playing drums! He can even play with one hand and sound like he has one million arms! And all with little effort!
I like how at 1:30 he is able to blast really with his right hand and double on his feet while comfortably and smoothly taking care of an itch on his face...
Does he have some weird trigger on the bass drum? Some times it looks like he's going one speed but it sounds like he's going twice as fast. OR is that some crazy technique where's he's hitting the bass drum twice when it looks like once (and I'm not being a smart ass)? Someone please clue me in.
@ShiPshapeD00d when you're provoking people, make it a little less obvious ;) no one will ever take you seriously if you'll call drummer as creative, fast and tight as John a joke, especially if you throw in Luke Hollan (who's cool, but average) for comparison. i mean, come on ;)
@velas1985 well he's touring, so might not be using his own kit, and when you're only going to be using triggers, it doesn't matter too much. If you can play well enough with a double pedal (over two singles) and the sound is going to be identical, why not?
@bloodshotneo haha, i talked to him on last year's Summer Breeze Festival in Germany and i can definitly say: He's not a robot xD ....but when i watch this video, i am not sure about that :D
@hyde2042 It is a Gorguts one, the top says "gorguts" then "XX" below it for 20 years since they started. They are the new shirts since they got back together. I know because I have one from MDF!
@bloodshotneo at myself...weird anyways ppl i've tried this song and i get out of breath toward the end. so when i dont look like a fat kit trying to run up the stairs i'll make a video. im 140lbs :p
This guy's so incredibly talented but I hate his style of drumming. All he does is fucking blast beats. Sure his feet and hands are like pistons but come on, show some feel.
Is it the camera angle or does this guy have a very compact kit, cuz even though he got a LOT of stuff, his kit looks kind of small! It's like a baby deathmetal kit!
@ThexteraDrummer Nope, just regular Axis longboards. I can only think of one drummer that actually uses a quad pedal. In terms of John's actual technique it's singles up to 220 and then past that he switches to heel toe double strokes.
does he have 3 hihats? one left, one right, and what is that cymbal in the middle between his toms? looks like a crash with another splash on top and sounds kind of like a hihat
@ShiPshapeD00d 1) there is much more to just playing fast here, notice his amazing heel toe, how his cymbal hand is more or less entirely independent from the rest of the blast (and thus used for dynamic effect). Granted, this is not John's best playing, I'd encourage you to look up the video of him rehearsing with Gorguts.
@DreamTheater4life on the reciprocal feet cam vid, it looks like he uses heel toe in parts. saw these guys for the fourth time last week, blew my head off as usual, longstreth is a really cool guy, the whole band are cool guys, \m/ ORIGIN
He's a ginger. And left handed.(Those 2 attributes make part of the biggest minority in the world) And playing right handed (ish) drums. == Beast. The strawberry-blonde version of Blake Anderson who is also left handed. Source-Left-handed drummer ginger. Only I play ALL left. When right handed people look at my kit they think "WTF" with a dash of ginger.
So fast, accurate, seemingly effortless. No wonder he doesn't break a sweat getting off the stage after a full setlist of this stuff. I'm practically dead 2 minutes into attempting to play most origin. haha
@Deadlyfreak06 For me it's not only the insane double strokes on the bass drums but his hands. The whole section from 2:06 to 3:00 just blows my mind. Hyper double strokes in the feet and a jazzy feel on top. Art.
![FendiDa Rappa - Clock Dat ft. Shamar Marco [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3NBU8KHdxYY/mqdefault.jpg)
there's actually no fan next to his drum kit... his feet are moving so fast it's creating a breeze.
Hahaha that’s gold
His hair is enjoying that breeze
Its probably his bass drum head lol
It seems he already knows perfectly how to make such fucking cool tones of drums as brutal / technical death metal without powerful strength and painful effort. This means that he will be able to continue to play the brutal music after he gets over 50 or 60 years old.
Oh how sweet it is, he'll never become a jazz or soft rock musican! :P
GREATEST TRUE EXTREME DRUMMER JOHN LONGSTRETH FOREVER!!!
Fun fact; he actually is a Jazz drummer, that's what he started with :P
@@zb695 true.. the cymbal fills the rim shots all fancy buddy rich stuff
Lol no 50 60 yr can't play that .. calfs would explode
if you were a drummer, you would see that his style of playing is totally jazzy.
Here I am, almost a decade later. Watching this again and being blown away.
The key is being able to relax while playing, you won't achieve these speeds if you are super tense and trying to force it.
What’s that wood-block-sounding thing off under the hi-hat/left ride?
watching John everytime just amazes me.
@Schloo We were Hacked and a bunch of video was deleted....lol lots of fun re-uploading too :)
John is the new benchmark , that simple
Longstreth is absolutely sick. He is the reason sick drummer was created.
he's hitting the drum so hard it's making his hair fly in the opposite direction...
METAL!
Do you have any idea how fast this guy is, without triggers you wouldnt be able to tell the beats apart at all
i keep coming back to this video after listening to the original. it's the rolls at 4:23 and 4:30 that do it for me
Brutal they played in Puerto Rico in August 6 2011 at La Respuesta San Juan
Virtuoso
When it comes to playing tech death, there's none better than Longstreth! What a monster! The technique that goes into his playing is unreal. It's like jazz at hyper speed!
+J MetalSkinz Exactly
This guy has superpowers! Did you notice the hair in the air? He's like a super saiyan when playing drums! He can even play with one hand and sound like he has one million arms! And all with little effort!
10 years later and only one like... what a fail! 🤣🤦♂️
Double Stroke bass technique: Saving tech death drummers' stamina one 32nd note at a time.
I like how at 1:30 he is able to blast really with his right hand and double on his feet while comfortably and smoothly taking care of an itch on his face...
Look at that bassdrum technique! absolutely flawless, it's just holy fucking amazing!
Thanks a lot dude!!
you tell me man...im a drummer too :P
hes one of my favorites
Right when I feel good about my drumming, I see this. If it wasn't 5:45 AM I'd go jam.
rimshot for accents while blasting, ohhh john :)
I love john but he needs to keep his damn pinky on the stick! it bothers me so much
i find a reason to complain!!
i prefer him with long hair!
4:15 - 4:40
didn't expect something like that... wo
As much as I love the record I wish it had as much groove as it does here.
This guy is a fucking beast!
every drummer who think that he is good, should see this video-John is simply complete drummer
looks like heel toe foot technique, not sure though, and i love how his pinky finger goes off his drumstick when he plays fast, mine does that too.
me too with the pinky, never at this level tho
Does he have some weird trigger on the bass drum? Some times it looks like he's going one speed but it sounds like he's going twice as fast. OR is that some crazy technique where's he's hitting the bass drum twice when it looks like once (and I'm not being a smart ass)? Someone please clue me in.
@dtportnoyrox50 Yep, still amazing how he manages to get something off his nose... see 1:25 lol
He use heal-toe technique right?
John really use heel toe technique? I thought he use some kind of kick duplicator or something
@snorkpork
He's using heal toe technique
He uses it alot
@HabAnagarek Awesome way to describe it ART!!
You're spot on there mate, I use the same technique and if you do it right you can go the same speed john is for as long as you like.
what am i doing with my life?!?!?!
JOHN IS THE RESULT OF 5 BILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS, HES NOT SCREWING IT UP. TAKE NOTE EVERYONE.
I can heel toe at the same speed but only for like 30 seconds, this guys a beast
double stroker in pedal... amazing \m/
Respect!
This dude is a fucking BEAST!!!
@ashleyluvspat
I just recently discovered this guy, but it looks like an electronic drum, i could be wrong but it looks like one. Hope this helps.
can somebody tell me why doesn't he use a second bass drum??
does it have to do with his technique?
What’s that pad thing is it just a practice pad or custom shallow snare
that's precise!!
@ShiPshapeD00d when you're provoking people, make it a little less obvious ;) no one will ever take you seriously if you'll call drummer as creative, fast and tight as John a joke, especially if you throw in Luke Hollan (who's cool, but average) for comparison. i mean, come on ;)
@velas1985 well he's touring, so might not be using his own kit, and when you're only going to be using triggers, it doesn't matter too much. If you can play well enough with a double pedal (over two singles) and the sound is going to be identical, why not?
@MrDevilsheep666 He doesn't do Heel- Toe...he just plays doubles, (RR LL RR) but straight up heel. Look closely, you can even see his heels up...
@bloodshotneo haha, i talked to him on last year's Summer Breeze Festival in Germany and i can definitly say: He's not a robot xD ....but when i watch this video, i am not sure about that :D
@hyde2042 It is a Gorguts one, the top says "gorguts" then "XX" below it for 20 years since they started. They are the new shirts since they got back together. I know because I have one from MDF!
@bloodshotneo at myself...weird anyways ppl i've tried this song and i get out of breath toward the end. so when i dont look like a fat kit trying to run up the stairs i'll make a video. im 140lbs :p
This guy's so incredibly talented but I hate his style of drumming. All he does is fucking blast beats. Sure his feet and hands are like pistons but come on, show some feel.
Is it the camera angle or does this guy have a very compact kit, cuz even though he got a LOT of stuff, his kit looks kind of small! It's like a baby deathmetal kit!
no its got a way other atmosphere or at least the way it is arranged for this song. the whole song is not about that pathetic viking stuff :S
@bloodshotneo His pull-string makes him blastbeat into Oblivion...
wt fuck, there's always something in the way of his feet in every video -.-
...gotta see that technique somehow
Seriously, i will get a shaman or something to perform a ritual that will give me this guys abilities! :D
respect u jhon /m\
@Silenoz1991 yeah he would one opened one closed and i think i saw one that moved with a pedal :)
did they replace the singer or did he loose a lot of weight?
@DarkminiStoned You are wrong, it's just John :P He is completely insane.
at 0:1 is he using the heel to toe technique? or is he using a triple bass pedal?
@BurnThePope0514 no hes using heel toe. he breaks it down in his forum
okay... how th FUCK is he doin that wit his feet...please tell me im scared...
@TomWolfDrum I think they go 13", 8", 10", and 16" floor. something like that.
What happened to the original video?
@bloodshotneo lol, this was an awesome comment made by you, brilliant too
@parkoanime Its all the air he is generating from his fucking alien feet
@CapenCyber Thanks. I thought it might have been an Elder Scrolls shirt
That word... you keep using it... I'm not sure you know what it means.
@a54635 Hell no dude, this is heel toe obviously
Anybody know what his shirt says? For some reason it's bothering me.
@JollyRogerVF31 nope just the regular heel toe doubles technique.
Warping lightning speed death metal Drummer
a million times better than sex! no one can top john..period!
best guy ever!
I'm not sure you understand how heel-toe works...
@Gospel969 rite??? lotta people need to recognize
Constant snare rolls....sounds like utter shit
i think John's blasting faster than Chuck Norris...!!!
@pisswizzard ...woah lol thanks that actually helps XD
@ThexteraDrummer Nope, just regular Axis longboards. I can only think of one drummer that actually uses a quad pedal. In terms of John's actual technique it's singles up to 220 and then past that he switches to heel toe double strokes.
does he have 3 hihats? one left, one right, and what is that cymbal in the middle between his toms? looks like a crash with another splash on top and sounds kind of like a hihat
@ShiPshapeD00d 1) there is much more to just playing fast here, notice his amazing heel toe, how his cymbal hand is more or less entirely independent from the rest of the blast (and thus used for dynamic effect). Granted, this is not John's best playing, I'd encourage you to look up the video of him rehearsing with Gorguts.
@ShiPshapeD00d Do you play drums? I'm curious.
@asxetos666 i lol'd, what a terrible reply...
i guess you're not playing fast enough then?
you know longstreth uses triggers too right?
@jesuslovesmetal666 he plays guitar too ...
It is doubles, but either way its nuts lol
@SlavesOfNil They really do. Failmetal xD
@DreamTheater4life on the reciprocal feet cam vid, it looks like he uses heel toe in parts. saw these guys for the fourth time last week, blew my head off as usual, longstreth is a really cool guy, the whole band are cool guys, \m/ ORIGIN
i wish my hair could reject gravity...
He's a ginger. And left handed.(Those 2 attributes make part of the biggest minority in the world) And playing right handed (ish) drums. == Beast. The strawberry-blonde version of Blake Anderson who is also left handed.
Source-Left-handed drummer ginger. Only I play ALL left. When right handed people look at my kit they think "WTF" with a dash of ginger.
He got the time to clean his face....
So fast, accurate, seemingly effortless. No wonder he doesn't break a sweat getting off the stage after a full setlist of this stuff. I'm practically dead 2 minutes into attempting to play most origin. haha
So many rudiments here, it's mental.
@Silenoz1991 Thats called a stack :)
@Deadlyfreak06 For me it's not only the insane double strokes on the bass drums but his hands. The whole section from 2:06 to 3:00 just blows my mind. Hyper double strokes in the feet and a jazzy feel on top. Art.