Fleshgod Apocalypse are a Italian Technical Symphonic Death Metal band, the original drummer of this song and the one who wrote it was Francesco Paoli (highly recommend checking him out, crazy good drummer) who now is the lead singer and guitarist of the band. if i remember correctly he was maybe playing drums for like 2-3 years when he wrote this song.
I really love watching people who arent metalheads find some sort of channel to appreciate metal so they get to see the insane talent and skill these guys possess
I am not a "metal head" because i am not a fan boy. Boy i have enjoyed metal and its evolution since the 90's. Metal was not part of my life the last 15 years. I am coming back to it with Fleshgod Apocalypse. I think i'm becoming a fanboy. Lol
Eugene is the man hes worked so hard for what we all get to hear and or watch and such a funny friendly fellow as well ive never met him myself but have been following his career path hes doing things right
This is always one of the best songs to watch a drummer play there’s so much technique in just one song it’s insane. You won’t find many drum playthrus With this much speed precision and complexity. If you enjoy the variety of the music in one song check Between The Burried and Me they are the Rush of metal
Andrew, what you spotted at 5:03 is what i was amazed at watching this. It's the snare hand only on blast beats. He doesn't use much wrist, and he doesn't use all his fingers, it looks like he alternates between the fingers using one after another, so one hit will be middle finger then ring then pinky and then repeating. Amazing to watch. I don't know if he specifically learnt that or it was a natural habit he has but to get a relatively consistent force on each hit with different fingers pushing on slightly different areas of the stick, that's incredible.
If I remember correctly, the original drummer on this song was Franceso (currently the signer/guitarist and also the main songwriter for the band). The story, as I understand it is that Francesco was having a hard time finding a drummer he was happy with so he just started doing it himself after a few months of learning how to play drums. Believe it or not, he was drumming for ~3 years, per the story, when he wrote and recorded this song, which Eugene plays faithfully here. Francesco is also an insanely talented guitarist. He's one of those guys like Jaco Pastorius who seems to be able to pick up an instrument and master it almost immediately. I am very jealous of that talent as a hack drummer, mediocre bassist and pedestrian guitar player myself.
I have been following Francesco for a long time and recall when he started Fleshgod as a side project. They had a drummer while developing their first demo and he had some personal issues to resolve and had to leave the band. He just said fuck it and did the drums himself and progressed to this level so quickly, it was mindblowing. I was hooked since their split demo with the original cut of Embodied Deception.
Eugene has some of the best "fast double bass" instructional videos on youtube. Hes also a humble and down to earth guy with lots of humor. Edit: Realized i had another comment saying more or less the exact same thing. now removed.
However many times I watch either Paoli or this guy, it never ceases to boggle my mind how fast & precise they are. It shouldn't be possible. I wish tendinitis wasn't a thing though.
Oh NICE!! I was commenting for you to check out this guy, and being new to your channel I didn't realize you had done a reaction to them. This guy is a beast for sure!
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They are from Italy. Also check out a Greek band SepticFlesh and a track Dark Art or Prometheus. Or what ever actually. 😉 They are one of the first bands in the symphonic death metal genre. Their guitarist is also an orchestral composer and his brother vocalist/bassist is an artist/painter
Yes, they are symphonic death metal. This song isn't very symphonic at all when compared to some of their newer albums. In their last few albums it's been a lot more symphonic AND they added an opera singer (Veronica).
That's heel toe technique at its finest. Another good drummer is the drummer from Aversions Crown. Cant remember his name but hes crazy on drums. Played perfect live
I've listened quite a bit to these guys, and I'm constantly laughing just because it's so crazy but at the same time bombastic and mixed with so much classical music references and atmospheres. Not sure if that's the case with this track in particular, but I'd recommend you check them out on Spotify, because they're something else. :)
I was looking with something with super fast drumming but the music didn't suck and I sure did find it! Now I need to order all of Fleshgod Apocalypse's cds!
you can also use C to turn on captions, shift >/< to make it slower and you can press any of the numbers on your keyboard and it will take you to that part of the video
Lol, there is a video of Eugene where he explained that he stopped rehearsing drums during the first lockdown, and afterwards he was able to play double stroke kicks on the basedrum even though he never even really tried it before.^^
Please check out Mario Duplantier. One of two brothers in the French band Gojira. I think he was awarded with some drummer of the year award from a magazine or something... He is skilled!
You just taught me something with the J and L keys but it gets even better (This could be a PC thing) but the arrows do the same thing but they go 5 secs.. Space bar works as a pause too.. III know
Fleshgod Apocalypse is amazing, just a total monster of a band. Check out Elliot Hoffman from Car Bomb. Absolutely wild, think you'd find something to appreciate in his style.
theyare from italy. and are opera death metal. they have an opera singer, a pianist,, a live orchestra, and the band. and are absolutely amazing live.. want a sicker one? the violation
The violation is definitely not sicker, that's the go to for noobs for their first taste of fast but simple drumming. This song, Abyssal and Conspiracy of Silence shits on it
@@Kain_R_Heinlein it's not for noobs. It's a good song. I've seen them perform it live several times. I love it because it makes my blood vibrate lol. Other songs are more technical yes, but it's still an awesome song.
Dude, check out any video by Aaron Stechauner from Rings of Saturn drum playthrough. This will blow you away how a simply drum set can make a killer sound. They now have Mike Caputo which is have same insane skill of drumming. Also, go check Eloy Casagrande from Sepultura too. Both three are my fav drummer.
originally drummed by Francesco Paoli, off of the album "Mafia". For the record, full red-blooded Italian metal (minus Eugene, who is Ukranian- I think).
If you like metal, you like meshuggah. It's oneof the most famous and popular metal songs for a reason. Try listening to it now after you've heard a bit more metal.
Dude fleshgod apocalypse is an Italian band... And you gotta check out the older live version of this song with Francesco paoli playing it, I personally rather the version with Francesco. Cheers. Subscribed
@@AndrewRooneyDrums youll never know if you never try! lol also this style of drumming is an AMAZING WORK OUT. but thanks for the reply! love your work! i love drumming sadly dont have the space or money for a set atm.
Heavy Metal is the combination of Hard Rock and Classical Music. But the truth of the matter is that if Bach or Beethoven had invented the distortion pedal in their time, Heavy Metal would have been created much earlier.
What's funny is there's a drummer who goes by "Lord Marco" on RUclips who does this kind of stuff blindfolded. He's done drums for many albums for many popular Metal bands.
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Fleshgod Apocalypse are a Italian Technical Symphonic Death Metal band, the original drummer of this song and the one who wrote it was Francesco Paoli (highly recommend checking him out, crazy good drummer) who now is the lead singer and guitarist of the band. if i remember correctly he was maybe playing drums for like 2-3 years when he wrote this song.
2 or 3 years non-stop perhaps.
Giulio Galati is another crazy Italian drummer from Hideous Divinity
@@MrPaull1989 no he is right he played drums for 2 yrs he was their original guitarist from the beginning.
@@davekearney3566 I was being facetious, like 'to be so insanely good he must have played for 3 years non-stop'
@@MrPaull1989 He got wooshed
I really love watching people who arent metalheads find some sort of channel to appreciate metal so they get to see the insane talent and skill these guys possess
YES!
I am not a "metal head" because i am not a fan boy. Boy i have enjoyed metal and its evolution since the 90's. Metal was not part of my life the last 15 years. I am coming back to it with Fleshgod Apocalypse. I think i'm becoming a fanboy. Lol
His acivity wristband probally said "Daily Goal Achieved" before one minute into the song.
HAHA yup Thomas!
@6:47ish, it switch from 32nd note triplets to rolls in the middle of of paraphrase. this dude is shredder
I know good Eugene, he is from my hometown Uzhgorod (Transcarpathian region, Ukraine), but now live in Austria. Very good guy and perspective drummer.
Fleshgod is from Italy.
Thanks Justin!
So are hideous divinity
The combination of double strokes and the swivel technique in one song is insane
Eugene is the man hes worked so hard for what we all get to hear and or watch and such a funny friendly fellow as well ive never met him myself but have been following his career path hes doing things right
This is always one of the best songs to watch a drummer play there’s so much technique in just one song it’s insane. You won’t find many drum playthrus
With this much speed precision and complexity. If you enjoy the variety of the music in one song check Between The Burried and Me they are the Rush of metal
Thank you!
I saw them live and I literally couldn't see their hands moving. They just vibrated at sonic speed. Lol
Andrew, what you spotted at 5:03 is what i was amazed at watching this. It's the snare hand only on blast beats. He doesn't use much wrist, and he doesn't use all his fingers, it looks like he alternates between the fingers using one after another, so one hit will be middle finger then ring then pinky and then repeating. Amazing to watch. I don't know if he specifically learnt that or it was a natural habit he has but to get a relatively consistent force on each hit with different fingers pushing on slightly different areas of the stick, that's incredible.
Flying finger technique originally coined by Lord Marco
If I remember correctly, the original drummer on this song was Franceso (currently the signer/guitarist and also the main songwriter for the band). The story, as I understand it is that Francesco was having a hard time finding a drummer he was happy with so he just started doing it himself after a few months of learning how to play drums. Believe it or not, he was drumming for ~3 years, per the story, when he wrote and recorded this song, which Eugene plays faithfully here.
Francesco is also an insanely talented guitarist. He's one of those guys like Jaco Pastorius who seems to be able to pick up an instrument and master it almost immediately. I am very jealous of that talent as a hack drummer, mediocre bassist and pedestrian guitar player myself.
I have been following Francesco for a long time and recall when he started Fleshgod as a side project. They had a drummer while developing their first demo and he had some personal issues to resolve and had to leave the band. He just said fuck it and did the drums himself and progressed to this level so quickly, it was mindblowing. I was hooked since their split demo with the original cut of Embodied Deception.
Yea,its,true very true
you should definitely check out Darkside (drummer from Mgła) performing Exercises in Futility V. his cymbal work is out of this world
Darkside is insane!!
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Awesome, thank you!
Eugene has some of the best "fast double bass" instructional videos on youtube. Hes also a humble and down to earth guy with lots of humor.
Edit: Realized i had another comment saying more or less the exact same thing. now removed.
George Kolias technique.
However many times I watch either Paoli or this guy, it never ceases to boggle my mind how fast & precise they are. It shouldn't be possible. I wish tendinitis wasn't a thing though.
Yeah I'm stunned what these freaks can do physically
Oh NICE!! I was commenting for you to check out this guy, and being new to your channel I didn't realize you had done a reaction to them. This guy is a beast for sure!
Eugene the machine the fastest single foot ever and the fastest blast beets ever the best
SO GOOD
So happy I got to see and hear Francesco play this song live years ago when he was behind the kit!!!
Hey guys! As a way to prioritize the amount of reaction requests I'm getting via email/instagram and in the RUclips comments...
I am going to try and do the Patreon picks first. There is no limit on the Patreon (could be $1/month).
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I still love you if you are NOT a Patreon contributor. And I will still try and get to your pick. It's a just a reward for those that help out with costs/time involved with doing the vids.
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wow!!!!! just WOW!!!!!! i had no idea about the "k", "j" and "l" keys
They are from Italy.
Also check out a Greek band SepticFlesh and a track Dark Art or Prometheus. Or what ever actually. 😉 They are one of the first bands in the symphonic death metal genre. Their guitarist is also an orchestral composer and his brother vocalist/bassist is an artist/painter
Yes, they are symphonic death metal. This song isn't very symphonic at all when compared to some of their newer albums. In their last few albums it's been a lot more symphonic AND they added an opera singer (Veronica).
Amazing! Thanks William
haha nice eugene made it to your channel, have run into him couple of times while on tour in europe ;) good guy
K to pause. 15 years on RUclips and I learned something new haha. Such a little detail you appreciate sometimes
They're awesome to see live \m/ what a show it was! Wintersun headlined with Fleshgod Apocalypse/ Arsis and Starkill.
Eugene is a legend!
The control and the ability to change hands is mind blowing.
That's heel toe technique at its finest. Another good drummer is the drummer from Aversions Crown. Cant remember his name but hes crazy on drums. Played perfect live
let's play the drums 😂
Yep...thats the same reaction I have every time he puts out a video LOL. He is seriously a cool guy and even does user submission reviews.
I've listened quite a bit to these guys, and I'm constantly laughing just because it's so crazy but at the same time bombastic and mixed with so much classical music references and atmospheres. Not sure if that's the case with this track in particular, but I'd recommend you check them out on Spotify, because they're something else. :)
Pretty sure they're Italian, btw.
Awesome Johannes! Thank you :)
I've been hooked since the violation.
Dope band.masters of their craft
I was looking with something with super fast drumming but the music didn't suck and I sure did find it! Now I need to order all of Fleshgod Apocalypse's cds!
How can this amazing artist create a perfect timed, rhythmically beautiful hyperspeed slow motion train wreck??
From the same band... Francesco Paoli - The Violation - Filmed at DNA Lounge
Thanks Luis!
you can also use C to turn on captions, shift >/< to make it slower and you can press any of the numbers on your keyboard and it will take you to that part of the video
Luke Holland - Tendinitis, pretty epic. Enjoying watching a fellow Kiwi 👊
That double bass though!?!?!? Sick! Great vids man. Still gotta see Billy Rymer , prancer.
Dude flexing his pinkies what's making blast beat... Does it with left and right hand this dude's amazing
Ah. I love these Renaissance Vampires
You should check out an Archspire drum playthrough. Even more intense
Lol, there is a video of Eugene where he explained that he stopped rehearsing drums during the first lockdown, and afterwards he was able to play double stroke kicks on the basedrum even though he never even really tried it before.^^
Nice! 🥁🤜
Holy. Freaking crap. That's dude was sickly fast on the snare and the kick😳😳😳😳😳😳😳🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Veleno was my album of the year last year!! 🤟
Great!
Please check out Mario Duplantier. One of two brothers in the French band Gojira. I think he was awarded with some drummer of the year award from a magazine or something... He is skilled!
Coming up tmrw :)
pretty insane, amazing style, jajjaa and thats just the intro warming, lol
Eugene also has a RUclips channel where he gives great lessons on extreme metal drumming. Highly recommend checking it out!
Oh fantastic! Thanks Sam
Another great Fleshgod Apocalypse song worth your time would be David Diepolds play through of kingborn. It’s masterful.
lol love the kiwi sense of humor, rugene is a beast
Thank you for watching!
I believe he is ‘valving’ (swapping fingers for endurance).
Im just blown away at his foot technique
Yes Brodey! Me too
I dont know if he's using triggers or ita a push/pull method or what but man thats some crazy stuff
Eugene definitely one of the best in the game!
You just taught me something with the J and L keys but it gets even better (This could be a PC thing) but the arrows do the same thing but they go 5 secs.. Space bar works as a pause too..
III know
WOAAAAAH!
Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks! YESSS
Fleshgod Apocalypse is amazing, just a total monster of a band. Check out Elliot Hoffman from Car Bomb. Absolutely wild, think you'd find something to appreciate in his style.
Totally agree, Elliott is my favorite drummer in the whole world...
theyare from italy. and are opera death metal. they have an opera singer, a pianist,, a live orchestra, and the band. and are absolutely amazing live.. want a sicker one? the violation
Thank you :)
The Violation is my favorite
The violation is definitely not sicker, that's the go to for noobs for their first taste of fast but simple drumming. This song, Abyssal and Conspiracy of Silence shits on it
@@Kain_R_Heinlein it's not for noobs. It's a good song. I've seen them perform it live several times. I love it because it makes my blood vibrate lol. Other songs are more technical yes, but it's still an awesome song.
@@Kain_R_Heinlein You forget the egoism (300), the batrayal (285) and the imposition (280).
Dude, check out any video by Aaron Stechauner from Rings of Saturn drum playthrough. This will blow you away how a simply drum set can make a killer sound.
They now have Mike Caputo which is have same insane skill of drumming. Also, go check Eloy Casagrande from Sepultura too. Both three are my fav drummer.
originally drummed by Francesco Paoli, off of the album "Mafia". For the record, full red-blooded Italian metal (minus Eugene, who is Ukranian- I think).
I would love to know what technique he is using for blast snare beats. Any url links? thx
And...he didn't even sweat!!! 😳😳😳
Eugene “One take” Ryabchenko 🤘🏽🥁
Eugene the machine!!!!
Big Mercyful Fate vibes with those vocals
such a simple catchy guitar riff and the drumming can be the front instrument in the song
also, the clean vocals are done actually by their bass player :)
If you enjoy the plink-plonks, you need to hear Mgwa - Exercises in Futility V. Played live.
Check out Mario Duplantier
I will do!
The mighty Gojira!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums better yet, Jamie saint merat and Lord Marco. They rule supreme among the metal drummers 👌
If you like metal, you like meshuggah. It's oneof the most famous and popular metal songs for a reason. Try listening to it now after you've heard a bit more metal.
for more extreme metal with violins etc and insane drumming you must check septicflesh
Check out the play through from Inferi - A Beckoning Thrall. 😮
You should check out Cryptopsy.
Best song on the EP
So good!
His peddling technique is interesting his heels never touch the ground for more freedom of movement
Yup floating
Watch THE DOMINATOR on the drums... Dark Funeral - Vobiscum (drum cam)
Jonathan Persson - Necrophagist - Advanced Corpse Tumor
You did this one, now do his play through of the violation please!!!
You must see AVERSIONS CROWN - EREBUS drum playtrough 😎
5:53 dat stank face. It’s some great metal indeed.
Francesco Paoli (italian drummer) is great!!!
Dude fleshgod apocalypse is an Italian band... And you gotta check out the older live version of this song with Francesco paoli playing it, I personally rather the version with Francesco. Cheers. Subscribed
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new here but Rooney MATE you gotta try to cover one of these metal songs!
Jeez.... Not my area. I'd embarrass myself. I'll leave it to my metal mates like Mark Rees & Jamie Saint Merat!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums youll never know if you never try! lol also this style of drumming is an AMAZING WORK OUT. but thanks for the reply! love your work! i love drumming sadly dont have the space or money for a set atm.
Slaughter to Prevail - Demolisher drum playthrough
This chap sounds like an even mix between Dan Presland and Alex Rudinger.
Grazyyy man...i like fleshgod..
YES
You should do a comparison between this and the originator.i can send you a somewhat live link if your interested
Classically trained Italians actually.
Awesome. Cheers Dan!
Need to review Marco Pitruzzella
Italian I believe is where they're from
Lo que usted duda se llama “heel toe technique”
Con gusto
Holy crap 😮😮😮
0:51: don’t be scaaaid....!!😁👍
HAHA. Thanks Evan! I'm not anymore. Metal crowd is always nice :)
Heavy Metal is the combination of Hard Rock and Classical Music. But the truth of the matter is that if Bach or Beethoven had invented the distortion pedal in their time, Heavy Metal would have been created much earlier.
Not even mentioning the heel toe technique?
If you like horror films and metal you should check out ice nine kills
Roy ibrahim from indonesia drummer dead squad👍👍🔥
What's funny is there's a drummer who goes by "Lord Marco" on RUclips who does this kind of stuff blindfolded. He's done drums for many albums for many popular Metal bands.
Oh wow!
Check for Alex Bent from Trivium.
Eugene is god-like, let's be honest with ourselves.
Double strokes on the kick is so bizarre