Alex Rudinger - The Faceless - "Coldly Calculated Design"
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2013
- I proudly endorse Tama Drums, Meinl Cymbals, Remo Drumheads, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Gator Cases, 1964 In-Ears, & 2Box Electronics. Please note that this video was recorded quite awhile ago. As of July 2014, I am now playing and endorsing Tama drums.
This is my play-through of "Coldly Calculated Design" off of Planetary Duality. One of my personal favorites to play!
We'll be heading out on tour in just a few days supporting Between The Buried & Me. It's a full US/Canadian tour alongside The Contortionist & The Safety Fire. Should be a fun time! Please see the list below for dates near you -
09/13 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy's
09/14 Knoxville, TN NV
09/15 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
09/16 Jacksonville, FL Brewster's Roc Bar
09/17 Orlando, FL The Plaza Live
09/19 Houston, TX House of Blues
09/20 Austin, TX The Mohawk
09/21 Dallas, TX House of Blues
09/23 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
09/24 Salt Lake City, UT Murray Theater
09/26 Mesa, AZ The Nile
09/27 W. Hollywood, CA House of Blues
09/28 San Diego, CA House of Blues
09/29 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
09/30 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
10/01 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
10/03 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
10/04 Seattle, WA El Corazon
10/05 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
10/07 Calgary, AB The Republik
10/08 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
10/09 Winnipeg, MB Garrick Centre
10/11 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
10/12 Chicago, IL Metro
10/13 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
10/14 Louisville, KY Headliner's Music Hall
10/16 New York City, NY Best Buy Theatre
10/17 Worcester, MA The Palladium
10/18 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
10/19 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
10/20 Cleveland, OH Peabody's Downunder
10/21 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small's Theatre
10/23 Baltimore, MD Sound Stage
10/24 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
10/25 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
Mixing for this video was done by my good buddy Greg Macklin. He does great work and has very reasonable rates. If you're interested in mixing/mastering please hit him up -
/ limitlessgreg
GregoryMacklin@gmail.com
And for any of you drum nerds out there - I am indeed doing doubles with my feet for all the 16th note double bass between 3:37 and 3:47. I do however still consider myself a 'singles' player, and I invest far more time into my singles. I haven't been able to develop much power with the doubles acoustically which is why I primarily stick to singles. But the doubles do trigger quite well. I only use them when necessary, usually for longer 16th note runs above 245 BPM. On a 'good day' I can hit this with singles, but for consistency in live performance, and in general, the doubles comes in handy. That's why I learned how to do it in the first place. So for anyone claiming that it's 'not legit' or that it's 'fake', bring on the hate! :)
Please follow me on your desired social networks -
/ alex.rudinger
/ rudyrudinger
/ alexrudinger
www.alexrudinger.com
Some additional links -
/ thefaceless
/ thefacelessband
/ sumerianrecords
/ sumerianrecords
Thanks for watching and I hope to see some of you out on the road! 
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This is genuinely one of the best modern metal songs every written. Like holy shit. I’ve watched this video for almost 10 years and it gets better.
at least half of these views are me.
ahhahaahhahaha
other half is me bro
How about 6 years later? 👀
😅
Alex Rudinger can play in any band of the world.
You're goddamn right
Maybe not AC/DC
SLEDGE WOLF ac/dc is trash
@@Thriftxxxx yeah, he’s kidding.
I know this is an Old Video, but Alex, You are a Monster on Drums. Keep this stuff coming.
dude is not human i've been playing for almost 15 years similar to the 1st DOWN (Nola) record watchin Alex is insane his blast beats & switching hands guys amazing
I think it's pretty messed up how people are commenting on his drumming as if he was not a good drummer. No, this isn't his composition, but you guys should have the same respect for him as you do for Lyle because The Faceless chose him to be their drummer. I've been a fan of Alex since 2009 and he has never ceased to amaze me. Ordinance, Threat Signal, The HAARP Machine, he's done amazing stuff! So many people just criticize him because "he's not Lyle." Well I've personally met and talked to Alex for at least 1 and a half hour, and he was probably one of the coolest people I have EVER met. He has my total respect.
I agree Alex is a fucking fantastic drummer, I give all my respects.
Yeah I don't understand why fans of metal talk shit about each other especially when they are not players themselves.
Even bigger respect for Lyle for inventing the godlike drum tracks in the first place! Alex can play them very well but Lyle thought of them originally!
Thats your opinion, because you like Alex better than Lyle, even though Lyle has a very unique way of drumming, so does Alex respectively but Lyle's is so unusual!. How does it mean nothing? Do you not understand? It hardly looks bad on Lyle's part as I said he thought them up and put with on the album. Lyle can play just as accurately as Alex on his own songs. He even closes his eyes throughout the whole song with little effort! Im not saying Alex is a bad drummer or any less of a drummer than Lyle, each to their own. But all I'm saying is Lyle has to be given respect for his inventing of the tracks for Akeldama and Planatary Duality!
*****
If you say so fan boy. As I said that's your opinion. I never once said he was better I said he deserves credit too. God. People are so fucking blind.
he looks so happy while playing.
+GLC jonsan308 i would be too if i could play stuff like that
Alex, bro, you should cover some old school Faceless too like "An Autopsy" or something. & then BTBAM while you're at it c:
Everyone vote for what this guy says! Id love to see a video of Akeldama or Pestilence!
A full rendition of Telos, or Sun of Nothing.
A Leica cover would actually make me shit my pants.
Or some "Ghost of a stranger"
Definitely do some BTBAM... Lay your ghosts to rest?
Ok. After 28 years of playing the drumkit, looking up to the Masters : Mangini, Bozzio, Peart... I'm just gonna say this. Alex Rüdinger is THE most mind blowing drummer I've ever come across. He's probably THEE best progressive metal drummer in the world. Pure technical and musical skill and creative originality.
Matt. Garstka.
Lyle Cooper
We need a Rings of Saturn cover!
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Seriously one of my favorite drummers to watch and listen to. Your snare always sounds fucking amazing too
YOU are not a man! ...you´re a machine!
Your flow is so tight even a metronome gets jealous.
His smile during the breakdown is priceless (x amazing drummer!
I don’t know why but I’m most impressed, before the footwork, how comfortable Alex is to be able to mute his cymbals at the right time in the middle of absolutely destroying the kit!
He's scarily precise, holy shit! I've been watching his videos for a while now, but man, he still impresses me!
Incredible drummer!
,,, after watching this 100 times I have concluded, that you are goddd
Alex is an awesome dude. An is thee tightest live player I have ever see.
Alex, you are the sickest drummer ever! i honestly joined youtube just to tell you that! Thanks for the inspiration!
A classic. Killer work buddy!
Please do Leica, watching you play and absolutely 100% nail them still blows my mind
He is and always will be my favorite drummer of all time. I'm so glad I met him during the BTBAM tour that they did in Orlando. I drove hours to go see The Faceless and meet this amazing guy. Nicest guy I've ever met so mad respect goes out to Alex and keep doing what you're doing. Hope to meet you again \m/
I find it abhorrent and an affront to my sensibilities that I can like this video only once. /sadface Thanks Alex. Stay well sir!
can't wait to see these guys and BTBAM on sunday!!
OMG I am speechless as you play Faceless
I tend to auto hit that like button on all Alex drummings, dude is a unhuman like beast!
I love your kit so much.
Mr. Rudinger you never fail to entertain me. That was awesome as always
Beast!! After years of drumming, still one of my favs.
I confirm my opinion : You Are The New King Of Drummers
Amazing as usual. Thank you for the upload Alex. Keep them coming.
-M-
As always, top shelf. I love the tone of the bell on the ride.
Written and originally performed by Lyle Cooper. A drummer who cant get enough recognition for his mastery of the drums.
God!!! you're incredible, Alex, you are the man!
yeah my face is melted away too... this guy is outta control... transitions so smooth
Ahhhhh heavy AND complex...love it!
GAAHHD DAMNNED!!! the only way they were going to replace lyle is if he played like this… so very satisfied. VERY psyched to see him live.
i watch this like 5 times a day
The amount of musical joy is too damn high!
Dude so sick ive been a fan for years. Your a major influence on my Drumming. Thanks for killing it in every way possible. I learn a lot by listening to the faceless. I'm going on 18 years of Drumming. Keep it coming my dude.
I loved you on The Sandlot!!! Great great performance of this killer song. You're on of my fav live performance drummers hands down!!!
This video is super badass.. and some of the parts are really creative
Really amazing!!!
most satisfying drumming i dun ever seen, keep it up
One of my favorite drummers in the world. Clean as shittt!!
Savage. One of my favorite Faceless tracks too!
I was so glad when i heard you had joined the Faceless, you're the perfect man for the job. Please make me even more glad when your drums sound exactly like this on the next album, don't let them hide the feeling you put into your playing by sound replacing your toms and snare! Would be criminal to hide feel like yours, power to the metal drummers!
totally insane drumming...keep it up!!!
That was incredible
YOUR PLAYING IS SUPERB!!! CHEERS!!!
I loved it!
I got the chance to see him live on Tuesday in Sacramento and I also got to meet the guy! He's the reason I went to the show! Nicest person I've ever met and my idol, hands down. I was supposed to have a lesson with him but it didn't end up happening because of timing be he did give me a signed head plus more!
-Erik Servin
Totally insane, dude! Keep going.
From 🇧🇷
Insane... Flawless performance!
Love these videos! Come to Europe on tour!
Ohhh my god such a powerfull definition os drums, how Pearl is that? congrats man, you are amazing!!
Really enjoyed your show tonight in San Diego. I've been glued to your videos for months and was really excited to actually see you play with one of my favorite groups!
Guys a freakin' beast!!
Sick as usual!
so freakn sweet man. alex is on point always
THIS IS PERFECT !
Alex, could you give us a tutorial on how you developed your technique? You seem to have a really unique blend of finger control and big arm motions, and hardly any wrist. Still you seem very relaxed and at ease at high tempo's, without sacrificing power. I'm really curious how you developed your style of playing, hopefully i'm not the only one, back me up here guys!
Well he had lessons with Travis Orbin who emphasises an all wrist approach like Mike Mangini. If you watch Alex's older videos you can see he throws from the wrist, but once he started playing songs with higher tempos he started using more of the "flying fingers" technique. Now it seems to be a marriage of the two. When he plays the bomb blasts in this song he's using an all wrist motion, but the fast blasts at the start and played with his fingers.
The wrist is everything for any drummer. but most fast metal/death metal/ heavy ass stuff like this calls for using what James refers to as "flying fingers". Which is just using your fingers and the bounce back of the head to achieve higher speeds than your wrists will ever be able to reach.
Mr. Serious I'm familiar with finger control, it's his general stroke technique (that's what she said) i'm curious about. His regular crash and snare hits seem to consist mostly of arm movement. I wonder if there's a particular philosophy behind it, sound, consistency, or if it's just what feels comfortable to him.
Mathijs Tieken It's still a wrist motion: there's some arm movement but it's involuntary. Speaking from personal experience, I use the same all wrist approach Travis Orbin teaches and I've had people comment that it looks like I use my whole arm to blast when I'm only consciously using my wrist. As far as philosophy goes, in my private lesson with Travis he said it was because he felt using his wrists gave him greater power, control and dynamics because it uses the larger muscle groups in the forearm.
***** Weird, it really seems like more of a forearm movement, i'll give it a try myself, thanks for the reply!
Perfect execution, I want to see Planetary Duality please! :3 Amazing!
mindblowingly good, sir!
Boss as always Alex...
Best metal drummer alive
Excellent cover!!!
Brutal performance, excellent drummer you are.
Tastiest thing ever...holy cow!
fucking insane. I was in a trance listening to this video. pure gold.
perfect as usual
"for any of you drum nerds out there"- surely that's everyone watching this!
Your my inspiration man, great job! :D
Love the transitioning of single double bass to heel toe doubles. Hella tight.
Wow... That was incredible.... How is this possible??
Omg, Rudy does it again. It'll take weeks for my face to properly reconstruct itself, as it's been melted off.
Dude, this is awesome. Just grab the rest of the guys and come to Portugal already
I love everything about The Faceless and seeing these playthrough by the drummer himself and how cool it looks makes me love them even more. GREAT FUCKING JOB!! MEGA THUMBS UP! aha
Yeah people are very closed minded about music espescially if the dont play an instrument. When I started playing drums it opened up my musical taste so much..Alex got me into jazz and rock and I already loved metal but I cant thank him enough he is the biggest inspiration in my life..
Such a smooth heel toe technique, love it.
New Kit!
Looks like a session studio classic, Awesome!
damn man, always impecable.
this guy is insanely clean
you are amaizing man
pure dopeness keep it up mate
Holy balls that was intense!!
You're an awesome drummer I'm so glad you're in one of my favorite bands! You should defiantly put up a video of you playing Planetary Duality I and II :D
AWESOME MEN !!
I saw you kill it in Dallas last night with The Faceless! AWESOME SHOW!
I love those faces you make xD
Absolutely nailed it, and barely breaking a sweat. Fucking incredible.
so clean
Sorry I missed you in Calgary tonight, so choked it would have been an awsome show!
I like the dumbell in front of your left kick pedal, thanks for the idea mate!
Awesome job man. Hope to see around at one of your PA or NJ Shows!
Sick blast beats are sick.
all four bands were good but the faceless and btbam were just amazing. great show
Those time signatures though!
hey alex, just read about the doubles on the kick between 3:37 and 3:47 in the video description. if this was a statemant to my comment I posted months ago, Im the last person who would doubt your playing. I was just stunned about the fact, that you control the doubles that good. thats it. so keep up the AMAZING work!
awesome!!!
Still the best drummer on youtube.