@@CognizanceBand you guys are so blessed to have David. Been following him for many years and im proud to see him going far with you guys. Cheers from the Caribbean ❤
David Diepold is a f'ing drums surgeon. Anyone who can cover Nile with this type of precision as well as Belphegor (and SO many other extreme metal bands) deserves proper credit.
Me too. I think some people just have no recognition of real talent when someone is THIS precise. Guys a machine, can’t wait to see him with Obscura. 😎🤘🏻🤘🏻
Would love to see a Natty or Not on Travis Orbin. We all know it’s totally natty but really I just want to see people’s reaction to the most underrated drummer out there
Absofuckinlutely! If (when) this happens, I really hope he checks out his personal EP's. 'Projects II' and 'Finite' have some of the most mind fucking composition I've ever come across. He's so underrated, and it's not fair. He is the "human drum machine."
You can even see the pillows in his kicks bouncing around. And the fact that he's smiling and having a damn good time while doing this - and not looking like he's lost in concentration? Dope. Sick shit.
People hate because they don't want to believe that you can get this good if you put in 1000s of hours. They want to play casually and believe they are the best
David is a machine. I’m excited for new obscure stuff with him on drums and how he deals with the drumparts of Sebastian Lanser and Hannes Grossmann👌🏼.
love david diepold ever since i saw his cover of Kingborn by Fleshgod. in that video he misses a snare hit in a roll and it's missing from the audio too. dude's legit and a monster.
He started using double strokes later though. Personally, I don't care what technique or tools people use, double strokes or triggers, if it's the way they want to achieve the sound they want. If you say you don't use triggers or quantizing but you actually do, then you're a a liar. If you program drums and you say you program drums because that was the way to achieve what you wanted to achieve with the music, so be it. Fucking tired of people wanking over technical ability over how the music affects them. Like that one gobshite sending messages to every metal band he can find to ask "DO YOU USE TRIGGERS, SAMPLES OR QUANTIZING?" Like, if you can't tell just from listening, who gives a shit. Unless you're lying about it, but that's your problem. It's nice to be appreciated in your craft and to put the effort in, but in the end, the goal should be to create something that communicates the idea that you want to convey with the music.
I first discovered David with his Cryptopsy cover. I’ve played 2 shows with Cryptopsy...Flo is a god, but he always looks like he’s pushing as hard as he can. Meanwhile, David covers Cryptopsy and he’s smiling and barely breaking a sweat.
Wow good to meet you man. Also imagine Flo pushing hard, and someone like Kevin Paradis also struggling with covering cryptopsy.... and then there's david making it look like a breeze. He's too good and I've known it for probably 8 years now as I've been following him for a long time and I'm so happy he's finally getting the recognition he deserves❤
hahaaaaaaaaa!!! Fuckin hell!! only 54 seconds in and Craig's already annoyed with us! US! This geezer is an absolute genius. I wonder how long his sentencing would be if he didnt have his kit to take out all the aggression on XDDDD Love it!
I remember finding one of your videos like 10 plus years ago playing that metal song with the meshugah bleed part in the middle. Now here we are. Awesome to see you still putting videos out!!
He also has a video of this without the Nile song laid on top so it's just the drums audio. And you should check out his current day blast beat technique, it's pretty natty 😂
Diepold always said he uses triggers, no shame in that, specially in this style And yes, he is THAT TIGHT irl Source: myself because I did FOH for his band Cognizance once
Been watching this dude for 7 years. His “dead set on suicide” cover was my first vid by him. Every damn video blows me away. I couldn’t imagine the hours this dude puts into his practice. Hearing what he writes for Cognizance is amazing.
you can hear the inconsistency in the rim shots like not in a bad way but they wont always sound exactly the same if its natty and thats how you knows this is undeniably real
100% Agree totally natty. Yes, he has triggered on the kicks, but are they quantized no! His timing is still great with his feet, but it's not a straight quantized machine gun. You can still hear the human tempo inconsistencies that exist. In David's case, the triggers simply enhance the sound of the kicks to help them cut through the mix. As when you're playing at these speeds it's VERY difficult to have a clean attack and loud volume on the kicks.
Gotta say, I like that you explain why something sounds real and when it's not. As someone who can't play anything for shit, it's ace to hear and have it explained what the differences are.
Spencer Prewett made a statement once about triggers, “it doesn’t mean you hit the drum any less quickly than you did” (paraphrasing) but that nails it imo.
Someone thought this was fake? I think I'm done with life if I'm surrounded by people like that. And, the subject of triggers is crazy that "drummers" still don't understand them.
No man. I found out about David diepold from his time in cognizance he blew my mind! The dude is an absolute demon on the kit. Also I do love that he doesn't use doubles on the kicks as well. Funny that people might think this is fake/edited/quantized a bunch over other videos. Says a lot about the current state of metal drumming!
I can confirm this is real, since I played with him in our youth :) when he was 16 we used to cover some Slipknot songs and he could play it all - but even way better than Joey!
Love what you said about double strokes. It’s such a lame ass way to get those speeds. David is an example of someone who worked his ass off to be able to okay it with real single strokes, and single strokes with power at that. David is one of the best out there! Period.
Incidentally I’m pretty sure when most American brands say “made in Turkey” then that means they’re made in the Murat Diril foundry. So like TRX, Soultone, etc. they’re just made to the company’s specs and branded for them.
I can confirm he pulls stuff like that off and it doesn’t sound like shit live. Had the luck to play at a small festival where one of his bands headlined.
Have to put it out there... and it might just be me... but Craig’s explanation of how you can tell it’s real is FASCINATING! Like, I never knew any of this stuff before (not a drummer tbf) but also never really thought about it much.
I think after this you must do a reaction to Nile's drummer George Kollias .Yes David is in Obscura now , an incredible band but did you think he can play like this so fast without triggers?? Is impossible!!
At the beginning of David’s video we can read "Conservatoire of Music and Art" which is why there are chairs all around and I guess that place sounds awesome in person.
And people wonder why us drummers suffer badly from carpal tunnel, ulnar nerve damage, knee issues etc etc etc. repetitive stress injuries are just part of the cost. It’s a full contact sport for sure.
My favorite extreme metal drummer is krimh, that guy is fast but he handicaps himself because he hits everything so fucking hard every time, feet and hands. Its so satisfying to watch
Not sure why people hate on doubles on the kick so much. At 280bpm even doubles on the kick are hard to get sounding good all time like this guy. He also switches between singles and doubles on the bass, and pushes on his blasts. This dude is the real deal it's actually insane.
i dont hate doubles on the kick as long as you can do them well. i have a problem with doubles with triggers when the sensitivity is turned up all the way and the doubles sound great but are actually shit. but other than that i have no problem with doubles. clearly this man is real as hell
I've been practicing like him for over a year and yeah I'm nowhere close, been playing drums well over 20 years. I will tell everyone if I achieve it and how long it took me, the hardest part at least to me is getting the rolls even even maybe for a second or two but it falls apart fast and I can't do it when I want to, its freaking hard, oh and I practice around 4 hours a day everyday if not more to the point where I can barely use my hands and have to take a day or 3 to recuperate even then I try to practice for at least a few minutes, it sucks cause some days it feels like I'm going backwards.
Dont know the drummer or band, but I 100% doubt theres any quantizing. Probably some compression and stuff to make everything sound fuller but this is real for sure.
@@Aspiritedpanda21 not a problem Kayla, as Craig says in these videos there’s not disputing that he can play, just the videos he puts out on social are over sampled
Yes depending on the speed they wouldn’t sound anything like they do once they’ve been triggered (which happens on 99% of heavy recordings, AFTER tracking) No shade, it’s simply how it’s done
Well regarding what you said about "there is no way you can play like this guy and play any other way", he also has a Dave Weckl cover on his channel of Tiempo de Festival. So playing like him doesn't limit you much apparently 🤣
That’s our lad, can confirm he is one of the best metal drummers/people out there 🥰
fuck yeah
Something about a death metal band using the 🥰 emoji
You haven't see George Kollias right?
@@_ahimsa_ yes of course
@@CognizanceBand you guys are so blessed to have David. Been following him for many years and im proud to see him going far with you guys. Cheers from the Caribbean ❤
"What cymbals is he playing?" ... All of them
Murat duril
David Diepold is a f'ing drums surgeon. Anyone who can cover Nile with this type of precision as well as Belphegor (and SO many other extreme metal bands) deserves proper credit.
Lol. Thomas lang would annihilate him in a heartbeat
*not even 5 seconds in*
"it's real"
hahahahahahahaha
My thoughts exactly 😂
So what your saying is it's not real?
"Fast man go brr" needs to be the next title, please.
I've been watching this guy for years and I think he's one of the most underrated drummers on RUclips!
I am a drummer myself..
I found his channel 6 years ago and I'm hooked..
I learn so much from him..
Me too. I think some people just have no recognition of real talent when someone is THIS precise. Guys a machine, can’t wait to see him with Obscura. 😎🤘🏻🤘🏻
Would love to see a Natty or Not on Travis Orbin. We all know it’s totally natty but really I just want to see people’s reaction to the most underrated drummer out there
+1
+1 but natty or not drumming AND gainZ. Dude started off as a twig and now he's brolic af. Breaking down both in 1 vid would be legendary.
Travis Orbin is an absolute king, been following him since he did that Sky eats Airplane playthrough
Absofuckinlutely! If (when) this happens, I really hope he checks out his personal EP's. 'Projects II' and 'Finite' have some of the most mind fucking composition I've ever come across. He's so underrated, and it's not fair. He is the "human drum machine."
One of (if not) the best metal drummers in the game today.
David Diepold definitely on that 100% note streak
You can even see the pillows in his kicks bouncing around. And the fact that he's smiling and having a damn good time while doing this - and not looking like he's lost in concentration? Dope. Sick shit.
People hate because they don't want to believe that you can get this good if you put in 1000s of hours. They want to play casually and believe they are the best
David is a machine. I’m excited for new obscure stuff with him on drums and how he deals with the drumparts of Sebastian Lanser and Hannes Grossmann👌🏼.
IDK I always could tell David was real just from his technique. Dude has put in the hours of work.
love david diepold ever since i saw his cover of Kingborn by Fleshgod. in that video he misses a snare hit in a roll and it's missing from the audio too. dude's legit and a monster.
Been watching this dude for years and he is the most consistent and fluid metal drummers in th world; he deserve so much more recognition
Didn't realise there was any question about this video being fully legit!
I don't think there was, my guess is people just wanted to see Craig explain in detail just how fucking good the guy is hah.
He started using double strokes later though. Personally, I don't care what technique or tools people use, double strokes or triggers, if it's the way they want to achieve the sound they want. If you say you don't use triggers or quantizing but you actually do, then you're a a liar. If you program drums and you say you program drums because that was the way to achieve what you wanted to achieve with the music, so be it. Fucking tired of people wanking over technical ability over how the music affects them. Like that one gobshite sending messages to every metal band he can find to ask "DO YOU USE TRIGGERS, SAMPLES OR QUANTIZING?" Like, if you can't tell just from listening, who gives a shit. Unless you're lying about it, but that's your problem. It's nice to be appreciated in your craft and to put the effort in, but in the end, the goal should be to create something that communicates the idea that you want to convey with the music.
Amen! 🙏🏽
Playing doubles on the kick is a different world, Way easier than ripping straight singles!!!
@@JesusLordOfLords455 Okay. That's how they can achieve a result they want and that's fine. It's not a sport.
I program all of my drums but that's because I don't have a drum kit. Or a drummer. Or an audience for my music. Needs must and all that.
You can tell by the Dredg shirt he’s a serious musician.
Also the paranormal speed and precision are indicators.
I first discovered David with his Cryptopsy cover. I’ve played 2 shows with Cryptopsy...Flo is a god, but he always looks like he’s pushing as hard as he can. Meanwhile, David covers Cryptopsy and he’s smiling and barely breaking a sweat.
Wow good to meet you man. Also imagine Flo pushing hard, and someone like Kevin Paradis also struggling with covering cryptopsy.... and then there's david making it look like a breeze. He's too good and I've known it for probably 8 years now as I've been following him for a long time and I'm so happy he's finally getting the recognition he deserves❤
Please do some more diepold, he is absolutely insane!
Defiling Morality Ov Black God 🔥
@@lightningman212xd6 that or kingborn
@@fuzzydunlop0507 kingborn is insane
hahaaaaaaaaa!!! Fuckin hell!! only 54 seconds in and Craig's already annoyed with us! US! This geezer is an absolute genius. I wonder how long his sentencing would be if he didnt have his kit to take out all the aggression on XDDDD Love it!
I remember finding one of your videos like 10 plus years ago playing that metal song with the meshugah bleed part in the middle.
Now here we are. Awesome to see you still putting videos out!!
Despised Icon - light speed playthrough, would love to see you do that one!
He also has a video of this without the Nile song laid on top so it's just the drums audio.
And you should check out his current day blast beat technique, it's pretty natty 😂
You're gonna need to check out Kevin Paradis 🤘
Diepold always said he uses triggers, no shame in that, specially in this style
And yes, he is THAT TIGHT irl
Source: myself because I did FOH for his band Cognizance once
The thing is there is no shame in using triggers. Nobody can make drums hearable at this speed anyway so triggers are necessary at these speeds.
His cover of “worship the digital age” by whitechapel is insane! Worth a watch if you haven’t already
Great review man, he is a cracking drummer....
Please keep doing these they’re so fun to watch haha
Been watching this dude for 7 years. His “dead set on suicide” cover was my first vid by him. Every damn video blows me away. I couldn’t imagine the hours this dude puts into his practice. Hearing what he writes for Cognizance is amazing.
you can hear the inconsistency in the rim shots like not in a bad way but they wont always sound exactly the same if its natty and thats how you knows this is undeniably real
I always keep coming to watch these videos because the titles always crack me up....Keep it up dude....
100% Agree totally natty. Yes, he has triggered on the kicks, but are they quantized no! His timing is still great with his feet, but it's not a straight quantized machine gun. You can still hear the human tempo inconsistencies that exist. In David's case, the triggers simply enhance the sound of the kicks to help them cut through the mix. As when you're playing at these speeds it's VERY difficult to have a clean attack and loud volume on the kicks.
the hihat looks like it got some felt on top... but his smile is almost unnerving... somehow ran into this video just today...
David is a fucking monster, been following him for years and christ he's bonkers.
Gotta say, I like that you explain why something sounds real and when it's not. As someone who can't play anything for shit, it's ace to hear and have it explained what the differences are.
Man it's good to hear different tones in a death metal drummer. There's minor blends on some of the drums but only for production
I can’t wait for the shit storm when you do an episode on someone who’s cheating with editing, etc. 😂
I must agree, Nile is so good ♡
Lmao natty or not?? Sick video
knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock brrrrrmm tsssss , its david faster than light.
this video was captured at our music school located in deutschlandsberg^^ thats why so many chairs are around
Spencer Prewett made a statement once about triggers, “it doesn’t mean you hit the drum any less quickly than you did” (paraphrasing) but that nails it imo.
This foo is dope! Daddy Diepold never disappoints!
I love this dude. He is a fucking monster!
Thank you for making the vid of you reacting smaller than the actual video. I can’t stand when people do the opposite
Someone thought this was fake? I think I'm done with life if I'm surrounded by people like that. And, the subject of triggers is crazy that "drummers" still don't understand them.
First time watching your videos, love your insight and cut the bullshit attitude. Gonna binge a few videos now
His posture and technique is so effortless fn beast!!
No man. I found out about David diepold from his time in cognizance he blew my mind! The dude is an absolute demon on the kit. Also I do love that he doesn't use doubles on the kicks as well. Funny that people might think this is fake/edited/quantized a bunch over other videos. Says a lot about the current state of metal drumming!
so funny to speed up the video when craig plays the song at 0.5, so the song sounds at normal speed but he sounds faster
"our NAT is set to moderate" very clever haha
Dredg shirt? Murat Diril cymbals? a man of taste.
wtf man he's doing those blasts at 2:24 with one foot
what a fucking beast
I can confirm this is real, since I played with him in our youth :) when he was 16 we used to cover some Slipknot songs and he could play it all - but even way better than Joey!
Love what you said about double strokes. It’s such a lame ass way to get those speeds. David is an example of someone who worked his ass off to be able to okay it with real single strokes, and single strokes with power at that. David is one of the best out there! Period.
Alternative name: beat detectives
Isn't he a classically trained musician studying in Austria?
The cymbals are called Murat Diril.
Also David would be a cool guest on the podcast 🥁
Incidentally I’m pretty sure when most American brands say “made in Turkey” then that means they’re made in the Murat Diril foundry. So like TRX, Soultone, etc. they’re just made to the company’s specs and branded for them.
@@1dudecrush yeah that’s probably true, but these ones are actually branded Murat Diril Cymbals
I can confirm he pulls stuff like that off and it doesn’t sound like shit live. Had the luck to play at a small festival where one of his bands headlined.
Have to put it out there... and it might just be me... but Craig’s explanation of how you can tell it’s real is FASCINATING! Like, I never knew any of this stuff before (not a drummer tbf) but also never really thought about it much.
I think after this you must do a reaction to Nile's drummer George Kollias .Yes David is in Obscura now , an incredible band but did you think he can play like this so fast without triggers?? Is impossible!!
Triggers has nothing to with speed.
Just noticed he's wearing a Dredg shirt. RESPEK! Dino C. is such a crazy hard hitting drummer
His technique is immaculate.
He looks like a DCI player with the discipline
At the beginning of David’s video we can read "Conservatoire of Music and Art" which is why there are chairs all around and I guess that place sounds awesome in person.
yah David is a force to be recon with he is the real deal
I mean....I just came for the Type O tee honestly.
fast man do go brr
his eulogy cover is nasty too
And people wonder why us drummers suffer badly from carpal tunnel, ulnar nerve damage, knee issues etc etc etc. repetitive stress injuries are just part of the cost. It’s a full contact sport for sure.
My favorite extreme metal drummer is krimh, that guy is fast but he handicaps himself because he hits everything so fucking hard every time, feet and hands. Its so satisfying to watch
Audience came for bosa nova and left at the blast beat
I love these videos. Can you do the Thru Our Scars drum video by Flesh God Apocalypse?
Not sure why people hate on doubles on the kick so much. At 280bpm even doubles on the kick are hard to get sounding good all time like this guy. He also switches between singles and doubles on the bass, and pushes on his blasts. This dude is the real deal it's actually insane.
i dont hate doubles on the kick as long as you can do them well. i have a problem with doubles with triggers when the sensitivity is turned up all the way and the doubles sound great but are actually shit. but other than that i have no problem with doubles. clearly this man is real as hell
TRIGGERED
REACTION LMAO OMG
Loved the Vid! Where can i watch your stream and at what time roughly?
I've been practicing like him for over a year and yeah I'm nowhere close, been playing drums well over 20 years.
I will tell everyone if I achieve it and how long it took me, the hardest part at least to me is getting the rolls even even maybe for a second or two but it falls apart fast and I can't
do it when I want to, its freaking hard, oh and I practice around 4 hours a day everyday if not more to the point where I can barely use my hands and have to take a day or 3 to recuperate even then I try to practice for at least a few minutes, it sucks cause some days it feels like I'm going backwards.
Who asked
@@rolllimbo973 its for anyone who wants to know what it will take.
Dont know the drummer or band, but I 100% doubt theres any quantizing. Probably some compression and stuff to make everything sound fuller but this is real for sure.
How can fools think this is fake? Lol
Do cattle decap next
\m/ flo mounier and dave! operation blasttttttters!\m/
As someone with a dredg tattoo...I can tell he's clearly got fantastic taste.
This was awesome to watch. You should do Natty or Not on Devin Attard. He's just as quick and a great drummer.
😳 this is unfortunate but Devin got ripped during the Chris Turner natty stream
@@pearly311 I heard Craig mentioned Devins name but I was hoping it was another person 😞 thank you for replying James !
@@Aspiritedpanda21 not a problem Kayla, as Craig says in these videos there’s not disputing that he can play, just the videos he puts out on social are over sampled
Just wait till he sees joey jordison
Would love to see some commentary on Kevin Paradis and Ken Bedene.
Dude you should check the video of the infant annihilator drummer. Does things with his feet I didn’t know existed
With gating and compression, things often sound more consistent and “triggered” but yeah, he is a natty monster.
Only people who’ve played live know about gating at the mixer lmao we’re talking about the bedroom Beethoven’s here
@@off6848 hahahaha fair enough
You should check out the George Kollias drum playthrough Shall Rise Shall be Dead. Decent sound in that.
btw the cymbals he plays are from murat diril..pretty good quality stuff
There is a lot of Austrian drummers out there.
leaving my comment: you think Gene Hoglan's double strokes (or Travis Orbin's) wouldn't be audible without triggers? They hardly record with them.
Yes depending on the speed they wouldn’t sound anything like they do once they’ve been triggered (which happens on 99% of heavy recordings, AFTER tracking) No shade, it’s simply how it’s done
Oh David Diapold is completely 💯% legit shit!!!!
Anthony Barone, natty or not? ;)
I think this gent is on par with Derek Roddy.
Kevin Paradis
Insane drumming. You should reacto to Dan Presland of Ne Obliviscaris!!
Fast as Fuck !
Eloy is jealous right now. He is your man hahahahaha
Well regarding what you said about "there is no way you can play like this guy and play any other way", he also has a Dave Weckl cover on his channel of Tiempo de Festival. So playing like him doesn't limit you much apparently 🤣
Reminds me to George Kollias, check it out Craig
David is insane, but I think he’s kicks are sampled...for those speeds without it, it will not b heard in the mix...