I literally almost snorted when he said “simple” right before he plays literally one of the most complex and astounding drum beats I’ve ever heard. 😂 Dude is a beast.
@341Special First of all, the sound is massively determined by the actual snare, so "the main hardware" if you will. I am not sure about the snare, but it sounds like wood to me. Cranking the reso and batter head is a factor, yes, but there is still much more to it. Also you might have to use very few wires on your snare wires and crank the wires, too. Then, he is hitting only rimshots while in addition to that the rim he uses on his snare matters, which might be made of steel by the looks. Last but surely not least, this is very well mixed with compression and gating which shortens and tightens the hits massively. Hope that helps, maybe someone else can add some remaining "mystery ingredient". Edit: Of course the heads also matter. Clear Ambassadors as reso heads and probably P77 on the batter side.
I'm pretty sure this is the first time drumeo has dedicated two videos to the same song. They gave greyson nekrutman hypnosis as a challenge some time ago. I couldn't be happier that such an incredible track and display of drums has graced RUclips twice now.
Honestly, it's II's near perfect control of dynamics that makes his playing so fucking incredible. He hits every single drum exactly as hard as he means to every time.
1:06 of course I understand this is not his real voice, but I just can't avoid imagine how awesome would it be to have him as your drum teacher in full costume and speaking like that
My favorite is the guitar part in the verse is so open lending plenty of room for fills. I like his other playthrough more because i believe he followed the fills exactly to the album on that one
This is just unreal how good he really is. I’ve played drums now 21 years, on few different bands, multiple genres, seen alot. But this is just something else. I found Sleep Tokens music just few weeks ago, and im in love. Love from Finland, || 🤘🏼
Im exactly the same! The first song I heard from them was The Night Does Not Belong To God and instantly realised II is just something totally different. There's faster drummers, more technical drummers but his playing is so incredibly intentional and thought out
@@UnXplainable1his hats as well - although Istanbul themselves don’t seem to have gotten the memo. They keep listing his rig from TPWBYT when he was using traditional hats. That’s what’s displayed on their website and there have been two iterations since. He also changed the ride for Teeth if God - not sure to what though
as a serious uncoordinated person: what the fuck?! my brain doesn’t understand how a person can do all this and not poke an eye in the process! it’s incredible how his playing, his groove, is so pleasing to listen and his cymbal work is amazing to watch
I've always wanted to learn how to play drums, but I could never get my feet and arms moving independently playing different beats and patterns. It continues to mystify me how drummers do this, especially on more complex drum parts. My brain just is not wired to have this ability.
Me: This song is very difficult to play, but maybe watching II explaining it will help me get it; II: Makes it even harder to play He is an absolute genius behind the kit, just unbelievable 🤘🏼🔥
The little bits of him showing us I find fascinating. I’m what you call a music illiterate. Totally clueless of how it’s all done. Writing music and putting lyrics together to create a demo then the final masterpiece. But with ii despite his acute skill and devotion to his craft he makes it so easy to listen to his drumming. And fall deep into how moving his drum beats are. Very unique and mesmerizing. Bravo ii, truly a gift to the music world.
the ghost notes on the snare at 2:03 ... ugh i love that. Feels so weird to play cause it flows against the "natural" feeling in a straight rhythm but it sounds so damn cool.
how can he be so elegantly and effortlessly good? he is just… SO GOOD at what he’s doing. people like ii makes me feel like I’m just vegetating in life. anyways, worship.
I am more than perplexed and mesmerized when I see this AMAZING MUSICIAN!!! The best of all is to see and witness how much he loves what he does for a living, plus how well manner he is. My respect and admiration to this gifted man.
It’s mind blowing to watch him break these songs down like this. I always thought drumming was just a vibe…like you just played something groovy and built the song from there. I realize I sound like a dummy when I say this, but I had no idea you could write actual sheet music for drums! 😅
This song is a lot of fun live with the backing vocalists and energy of the band. Espera add soooo much to the live show and I really like II's playing live.
It's the added little elements, like the ghost notes and little rolls he does the on the snare just in general, or the double kicks tossed in there that elevates it above a simple beat.
we need one episode of him hearing and playing a song for the first time PLEEEASE
YESSSSS
Maybe a Carpenters tune?
@@timwilson1339 that would be so sick to see hell yeah
Yea, 80% of the song he will just do nothing (sleep?) as he used to in his songs)
I absolutely agree!😊
Another one 😈
Drumeo comes through for us again, thanks Brandon🔥
@@RealTroyE23❤
When are we getting his “hears for the first time”? For Christmas?
Yessss!! best ii uesday ever!!
Thank you 🤩🙌
"II hears for the first time" episode will break all the records.
no matter what it is he will slay it so bad i will never be able to listen to the original again 💀
we need a TOOL song for that!
@@DrCrimp-sg5pb Yes! But some Oceansize or Tesseract song would be great too and probably with more chance he'd never heard of
II hears Hit Me Baby One More Time for the first time
This could be cooler than Chad Smith with 30StM
ii said "the intro fill is a simple five note sticking." YEAH and that's the only simple thing throughout the entire song! 😭😭 he's simply too amazing!
I literally almost snorted when he said “simple” right before he plays literally one of the most complex and astounding drum beats I’ve ever heard. 😂 Dude is a beast.
And the last note😂
So glad they had all these videos with him in the Drumeo video vault 😭✨
Yeah I loved it but I was lowkey hoping for a new video. The social media info is outdated; only the insta is accurate. Still an awesome offering.
II probably has the best sitting posture I’ve ever seen... Man keeps time like an atomic clock and sits like royalty.
It’s between him and Matt Greiner on the posture! 😂
Danny Careys posture is very good as well.
I know, he's inspiring me to sit up a little straighter when I play lol
@@Jardefendifacts
@@Jardefendi This guy KNOWS
god damn I love II's snare tone. It's high and bright, and it really cuts through the darker elements of the majority of Sleep Token's tracks
Same! I love when the snare stands out above the rest of the kit.
I tried tightening my snare, it still doesn't make this sharp noise. Any tips?😅
@@341Special13” snare.
@@341Special13” snare.
@341Special First of all, the sound is massively determined by the actual snare, so "the main hardware" if you will. I am not sure about the snare, but it sounds like wood to me. Cranking the reso and batter head is a factor, yes, but there is still much more to it. Also you might have to use very few wires on your snare wires and crank the wires, too. Then, he is hitting only rimshots while in addition to that the rim he uses on his snare matters, which might be made of steel by the looks. Last but surely not least, this is very well mixed with compression and gating which shortens and tightens the hits massively. Hope that helps, maybe someone else can add some remaining "mystery ingredient".
Edit: Of course the heads also matter. Clear Ambassadors as reso heads and probably P77 on the batter side.
ii has perfected the art of playing a drum fill for an entire song and making it sound good.
Truly amazing indeed. Not many drummers can pull that off.
I just LOVE how much he enjoys playing these songs live. He bops his head, he dances to the music and even closes his eyes in certain parts.
I like it when he wears the pink cowboy hat at the kit lol
I'm pretty sure this is the first time drumeo has dedicated two videos to the same song. They gave greyson nekrutman hypnosis as a challenge some time ago. I couldn't be happier that such an incredible track and display of drums has graced RUclips twice now.
That was a fun one to watch for sure
extremely cool track for sure, also i think they have done two videos on blood and thunder before this, one with eloy and one with brann
Can you elaborate why it's an incredible track? I'm a big ST fan but this song has never hypnotised me like the others.
No they gave Chris Allison The Summoning about 9 months ago and II did a breakdown of that
@@Dilmahkana pun intended?
Worshippers.. WE ARE SOO BACK!
Honestly, it's II's near perfect control of dynamics that makes his playing so fucking incredible. He hits every single drum exactly as hard as he means to every time.
The way he plays the drums........."hypnotising"
Reminds me of Jay Postones from Tesseract, he's swinging the sticks the same way, if not more
JESUS that SNARE😍😍
Dw collector series snare
@@danc4072 sounds and looks like a 13"
is it one?
Sounds so crisp. Absolute perfection.
I just appreciate Vessel so much that he teamed up with a drummer like II.
1:06
of course I understand this is not his real voice, but I just can't avoid imagine how awesome would it be to have him as your drum teacher in full costume and speaking like that
It would be so fun! Hahahaha.
II has quickly become my favourite drummer of all time, with Hypnosis being my favorite ST song. The depth to his drumming is mesmerizing.
I could die happy if we get a play thru of Jaws.
They should also play this live again. Never had the chance to hear that live and I love that!
YES!
That song is a drum masterpiece. Very challenging yet super fun to play.
just got full body shivers reading your comment
Did II play the drums for Jaws? I'm not sure whether it was all Vessel back then or not
My favorite is the guitar part in the verse is so open lending plenty of room for fills.
I like his other playthrough more because i believe he followed the fills exactly to the album on that one
This is just unreal how good he really is. I’ve played drums now 21 years, on few different bands, multiple genres, seen alot. But this is just something else. I found Sleep Tokens music just few weeks ago, and im in love. Love from Finland, || 🤘🏼
Im exactly the same! The first song I heard from them was The Night Does Not Belong To God and instantly realised II is just something totally different. There's faster drummers, more technical drummers but his playing is so incredibly intentional and thought out
@@Flamamacue Absolutely! First song i heard was Chokehold, and yeah, just so clean. And the snare sound.. holy… || is a machine.
Happy ii’sday everyone!! Worship!
Nice
That furthest right cymbal sounds SO GOOOOOOOOD
It's an Istanbul XIST Dry Dark 19" crash. I've got one and it's by far my favorite cymbal! Such a gritty, textured sound.
@@UnXplainable1 *XIST Dry Brilliant
@@c.r.blankenship9040 ah, yes. Thank you for the correction. His ride is a dry dark.
@@UnXplainable1his hats as well - although Istanbul themselves don’t seem to have gotten the memo. They keep listing his rig from TPWBYT when he was using traditional hats. That’s what’s displayed on their website and there have been two iterations since.
He also changed the ride for Teeth if God - not sure to what though
as a serious uncoordinated person: what the fuck?! my brain doesn’t understand how a person can do all this and not poke an eye in the process!
it’s incredible how his playing, his groove, is so pleasing to listen and his cymbal work is amazing to watch
I've always wanted to learn how to play drums, but I could never get my feet and arms moving independently playing different beats and patterns. It continues to mystify me how drummers do this, especially on more complex drum parts. My brain just is not wired to have this ability.
they chose a very special day to release a new one! so excited for this 🔥🔥
I love they did that ❤
oh what a day to be alive. another Sleep Token Drumming session
I would appreciate just a fraction of his musical knowledge. Happy II’s Day
Drumeo, Move this man to the top of your 100 Greatest Drummers Of All Time and Best 50 Metal Drummers Of All Time!
II = Legend Status
Worship.
This guy's playing is so tasty that Sleep Token should only perform in Michelin-starred restaurants
He takes my breath away with his drumming…what a beast!!!🖤🔥🔥🔥🫶🏻
I'm going to watch them live in November, but I kinda just want to sit behind II's drum set and be mesmerized for the whole concert
Me: This song is very difficult to play, but maybe watching II explaining it will help me get it;
II: Makes it even harder to play
He is an absolute genius behind the kit, just unbelievable 🤘🏼🔥
Not a drummer, just here to boost the algorithm and get us a "II hears ______ for the first time"
My favorite drummer of all time.
I’m in awe ! There aren’t words to describe how amazing II actually is, he’s just flawless.
The little bits of him showing us I find fascinating. I’m what you call a music illiterate. Totally clueless of how it’s all done. Writing music and putting lyrics together to create a demo then the final masterpiece. But with ii despite his acute skill and devotion to his craft he makes it so easy to listen to his drumming. And fall deep into how moving his drum beats are. Very unique and mesmerizing. Bravo ii, truly a gift to the music world.
I cannot get enough of this crazy good drummer! Bring it oh masked drumming genius!
Heavy and delicate strike.
ii Is one of the best drummers in the world
Bro has no business having a snare that sounds that good
the ghost notes on the snare at 2:03 ... ugh i love that. Feels so weird to play cause it flows against the "natural" feeling in a straight rhythm but it sounds so damn cool.
So stoked for this one! I love his playing style and this song is one of my absolute favourites.
What an absolute machine. Can't get enough of II and Sleep Token.
My toxic trait is thinking at my age I can learn to play the drums like this absolute god of the drums…🔥
How is that in literally any way a "toxic trait"?......
My most favorite track from them. Ever.
Estepario said he looks like a painter playing his cymbals, such a great description!
He is an absolute wizard with his drumming
how can he be so elegantly and effortlessly good? he is just… SO GOOD at what he’s doing. people like ii makes me feel like I’m just vegetating in life. anyways, worship.
Their drumming is elegant. Wow!
The head bang at 3:59 is amazing. Like a mystical kermit the frog. I Love it haha
That snare sound is a chefs kiss
II makes playing drums look so easy... he's so talented 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
This song live is something else. I always liked the song but during their last tour it really stood out.
Appreciate the technique and finesse. ii is my inspiration.
The efficiency and deliberateness of his technique is mind blowing. Also I just LOVE his tone, that snare is so crispy
Happy ii’s day indeed 🥹
What a great day to be blessed with my favorite ST song on Drumeo. 🖤
I love seeing 2 play the song that got me into sleep token. Such a great song and such a great drummer and band.
FINALLLYYYYY this full playthrough!! My favorite song by them, this was fucking epic as always from ii.
I am more than perplexed and mesmerized when I see this AMAZING MUSICIAN!!! The best of all is to see and witness how much he loves what he does for a living, plus how well manner he is. My respect and admiration to this gifted man.
Grateful to live in a place in history where Sleep Token exists🙌🏻
It’s mind blowing to watch him break these songs down like this. I always thought drumming was just a vibe…like you just played something groovy and built the song from there. I realize I sound like a dummy when I say this, but I had no idea you could write actual sheet music for drums! 😅
Thank you, II! Looking forward to seeing what else you and Drumeo have in store! Worship!
And this is why I dont stick to a style of music and listen to everything I can, how cool is this!!
I love how they keep the messages and the intro in character with the band, it fits really nice with thier lore
So excited to see this!
How is he so good! The whole band fucking rocks but II is the backbone
Master of his craft.
II's drumming is mind blowing
This dude is so good. His groove and pocket are perfect
Hes just so clean! ❤
some of the best cymbal work on the planet from this dude!
II is one of my favourite guests on Drumeo. Hypnosis is now my go to pre-lift song at the gym. Thank you Drumeo!
My favorite Sleep Token song finally !!!! So so happy
Once again, he is the only drummer that I must watch when a song is playing.
“The intro fill is a simple five note sticking.” My brother in Christ, simple to who else besides you? 🤣 He’s simply amazing.
This is the piece I like most so far by this guy. Impressive, so musical, so well composed and technically hard AF.
@3:36... Holy fast fill BatMan!
Looks like 6 stroke rolls
This is, undoubtedly, my favourite song.
This song is a lot of fun live with the backing vocalists and energy of the band. Espera add soooo much to the live show and I really like II's playing live.
Drumeo and ll strike my ears,once again. And i like it, very much. I can imagine ll as a drum teacher. Thanks Brandon!
Keep posting videos of II playing. It is graceful to witness. Thanks again Drumeo!
Absolutely breathtaking as always. God I can't wait for November 🫶🏻
My favorite Sleep Token song. Cool to see
Never disappointed in the drum tech that worked this kid over so clean.
I think his signature lick is when he splits a flam on the Snare and Low Tom. So cool and creative.
II HOW YOU CAN DO THAT BROOOO THE GROOVE ALL THE GHOST NOTE EVERYTHING SO BEAUTIFUL
The double bass is everything!!🔥
One of my favorite bands I love sleep token❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I absolutely love his cymbal work, never a dull expression of his sound he puts out. Crazy! 🤘🏼
Wow, that snare (@ 1:55) sounded absolutely massive
I LOVE this song and the drumming is incredible! I'm so hypnotized by this! Worship!!
My favorite on the planet. ❤
II continues to amaze. Incredible form and application to the song. Hope we get more soon!
The pocket playing is so fckin insane truly an inspiration 🙌🏽🤘🏽
It's the added little elements, like the ghost notes and little rolls he does the on the snare just in general, or the double kicks tossed in there that elevates it above a simple beat.
This guy is a FUCKING MONSTER! It's amazing how much he manages to play while still creating space 🤯
One of my favorites off of tpwbyt! Worship.
This is my favourite drum track ever I love ii his playing style is just mesmerising
always amazing
I love his playing style, these waves of his hands are real hypnosis 🤭
That's just freaking cool.