Drum Teacher Reacts to Brann Dailor of Mastodon - Blood and Thunder - Episode 19
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Steve's analysis, initial reactions and hot takes of Brann Dailor of Mastodon playing "Blood and Thunder"
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Brann really breaks the cookie cutter mold of metal drumming where it's just straight double bass and all that, he's very snare oriented and makes it fun and challenging to listen and play to. Probably my favorite metal drummer.
There's an old drum clinic video where he talks about how he sort of came up playing along with guitar players as opposed to bass players. He sort of attributes his "note-ey"-ness to that.
I could listen to him drum all god damn day.
I heard Brann played a 4/4 backbeat once. There were no witnesses.
You win
Hahahaha.
That was awesome!!!!
Brann is on another level. Very few drummers can play like him. Pleanty have the speed, and some have the rythm. But Brann can play polyrythms at brake-neck speeds in odd times, offbeat, while singing... just a monster musician. Deney Carey of Tool and Tomas Haake of Mashuggah are the only names that come to mind when trying to find anyone on his level, and I think he's got even them beat.
I'm not even a drummer, and this dude is easily in my top 5 inspirations.
Add Elliott Hoffman from Car Bomb to your list! I promise you've never heard anyone do what he does with his kit. Absolutely unreal.
Agreed
You might want to check out Darkside from MGLA.
@@skinblanketed Elliott is a madman. Love his drumming
@@divinitygaming8673 he is great, but definitely is not in Brann’s level. I shall say Gavin Harrison and Danny Carey is at par with him.
....white....whale....HOLY....GRAIL!
My favorite seafarers of metal. 😂❤️ swinging dotted eighth sixteenths and variations of Dorian mode... arrrrrrr matey.
Danny Carey, Brann Dailor, Tomas Haake best drummers in metal hands down. SPECTACULAR.
No love for mario?
Solid choices but Mario Duplantier and Baard Kolstad (even though he does both rock and metal) are other amazing drummers.
Mario Duplantier instead of Danny Carey never really got into Carey
I also like Mike Portnoy
Mario Duplantier (from Gojira), Gavin Harrison (from Porcupine Tree), Matt Garstka (from Animals as Leaders) and Eloy Casagrande (from Sepultura) are fucking insane too, just to remeber a few....there are a lot of superb metal drummers nowadays, and that's awesome
The odd time section alternates between a measure of 5 and 6.
Check out something with Opeth. Both the groovy Martin Lopez but really Martin Axenrot.
I am in a FB group that consists mainly of music producers with various degrees of experience and talent, and one common "meme" in there is variations of "the snare sound like s**t". There are also many discussions about how to make the snare sound great and I asked once about the obsession about the snare. One reply was "it is the snare that makes people listen to the drums, that's why it is so important". While I agree that an outstanding snare might get people to listen to the drums, I do not agree that it is automatically a good thing since it can also be argued that it distracts from the other elements of the composition. A good drum sound is a different thing, then we talk about the general balance of "the instrument" that is a drum set.
But it got me thinking and I believe this idea of the snare as "the holy grail" has existed for some time because very often it is possible to determine when a song is recorded by listening to the snare. Just as you can in a video by looking at their clothes.
What is drummers view of this?
Can you make a video about "Snare fashion over the years"? "The gated eighties" :)
one man: Mario Duplantier
Great analysis. Fun stuff!
Im not a drummer but I feel he does some much more exciting stuff on songs like the last baron
He’s got a ton of more exciting drum songs, he obviously rips on this song but he’s got playthroughs for meinl in amazing quality of songs like ghost of Karelia/precious stones/ember city/blasteroid, feel like most of those are more interesting Imo. The last baron rules but sadly he didn’t do that song for the meinl playthroughs which is a bummer because he crushes that shit.
I remember playing on Brann’s drum-kit and thinking: “how on earth does he play what he does with his kit set-up like this?!” I had a hard time reaching anything. He’s about 6’2-6’3” and I’m at 6 even, so that could have been part of it.
If you like listening to Brann- there’s a link below, their true 9 song demo (pre-LifesBlood). I’m sure you will enjoy it. It’s right after Bill and Brann left ‘Today is the Day’ and as far as I know, they were unsigned at the time. However, they were working on a deal with Relapse Records.
The drums on the recording are Vibe drums (red). 20” bass, 15” floor if I remember correctly (6-piece).
m.ruclips.net/video/TeC0DDVlPp0/видео.html
Absolutely LOVE Mastodon!! Check out Mike Bordin of Faith No More sometime
One thing I love about Brann's style is that so many of his fills are largely snare drum. He really loves the snare drum, instead of huge runs on all the toms.
Love your videos! keep it up man!
I think it is called "implied metric modulation" but don't quote me.
A drummer that I think you would like, is Vlad from Jinjer. That dude is killer and on a smaller kit. Just watch some of their videos in your own time and see if it's anything you could post. As I haven't seen any strictly drum cam footage of him playing. I just saw them on Friday and it was awesome. I couldn't see him or the guitar player Roman, because I was upstairs on the left side of the stage,and had front of house speakers hanging there.But they have several videos, some with different drummer's and an additional guitar player.
Thank You so much for this, I'm about to watch it. But You promised You would get to Brann Dailor, and You came through. Gonna get My headphones ready to review
Thank you
Huh. I was at that show! First Mastodon concert.
You gotta react to
Jon Theodore with the Mars Volta
And of QOTSA
You should check out Elliot Hoffman of Car Bomb. They constantly change both tempo and time signature and it's pretty crazy.
Brann is the best in the business as far I’m concerned.
This is an old video of yours now so you may be very aware of this by now, but the "split your lungs with blood and thunder" section of this tune was sung by Neil Fallon! I'm not a drum dude, but like JP I could watch Brann drum for days, he's incredibly precise
Brann plays the drums like this & also sings!! It's unpossible
You should do a Mastodon song where Brann sings. BTW, it's pronounced like "Bron".
Love Blood and Thunder. Saw Mastodon live at Greek Theatre in Hollywood and they played this song! Incredible. Everything he does is so FULL ON!! Like lead drums!
I love his Randy Rhoads kits with the polka dots.
Loved hearing your analysis. Would be interesting to hear your analyze or react to drum cam footage of Brann playing Capillarian Crest from their Blood Mountain record. that one is absolutely bonkers.
High on Fire The Falconist is my jam lol
cool analysis, something of note, the instrumental bridge is in 11/8, played as 5/8+6/8, it's not in 4/4, i think they've messed around with polyrhythm stuff before but that harmonized lead bit was definitely some proggy noodliness. Dream Theater likes to pull that compound/shifting meters trick too, The intro riffs for The Test That Stumped Them All, Constant Motion, and arguably In The Presence of Enemies pt 1 all pull similar tricks (13/8 or 7+6, 11/8 or 5+6, and 12/4 or 5/8+5/8+7/8+7/8)
Brann Dailor is what happens when a drum fill became sentient.
Brann is a beast. (That sings like a nightingale) 😜
I don't mean any shade. Brann is a monster player, for sure. Mastodon rocks. And how Brann sings and plays at that level is beyond me, BUT... have y'all noticed that nearly all his fills are the same? He always winds up with a snare roll into a sorta galloping pattern around the toms. It's in A LOT of songs on multiple albums.
My favorite drummer beside danny carey
Could you check out Joseph Arrington? Big chops, and technical.
Funny you mention high on fire, this band met each other at a high on fire show
Check out the drummer for Gojira.
You might have known this since you mentioned them, but Brann and Bill actually first met Brent and Troy at a High On Fire show. 😆
You've probably gotten this but Night Verses drummer is a beast. I was at a local show recently and started talking to the drummer of one of the bands and he brought up Night Verses and my eyes got wide and he said "right!? ...only other drummers know about this band"
Brann released a video of “Ghost of Karelia” play through. You should definitely analyze that.
You need to check out Michel Langevin (Away) from Voivod. Prog metal on a 4 piece kit.
This video intro is amazing, where can I listen to all of it?!
It's me playing in my band
ruclips.net/video/LyhVIiS83O0/видео.html
Sounds like Daddy's Eyes by The Killers
I suggest a reaction to Kai Hahto playing in Wintersun. There's a drum cam for the song Sons of Winter and Stars. I am sure you'll have a blast with this band you do not know but in its category is one of the greatest. Now Kai is playing in Nightwish where the drumming is simpler but the band is more known in the US. If you like the drumming you might want to see the live rehearsal remastered video of the whole song. The talent they have is astonishing.
Funny you happen to mention High on Fire. The members of Mastodon met at one of their shows.
No shit?
It would be extremely interesting to see you react to some of Donovan Melero live playing, especially since he is the singer and drummer from Hail The Sun. Also, Matt Mingus from Dance Gavin Dance is an absolute beast on drums
Yes I wanted this
Branns a badass
Thoughts on Underoath's drummer/singer?
You must try Capillarian Crest
Is that a dish at a restaurant?
Oh snap! That was performed in my hometown, too! I got the first like, first comment, AND this was done in Knoxville. Is it my birthday? 🤔
Happy birthday!!
My man if you haven’t heard newer metal I welcome you to check out the beautiful realm of metalcore and deathcore where the drummers basically just make sick syncopated patterns for breakdowns and heavy guitar riffs. The best examples of these are from the late 2000s-now
you should watch Harry Mirees Top 5 Tips For Drumming Like Travis Barker, is a fantastic drummer, has a great sense of humor and personality, and has a lot of charisma
I love Harry. I have a friend in Nashville whose gigged with him
Brann isn't from the south. He's from sunny tropical Rochester, NY.
Now check out him playing Capillarian Crest ruclips.net/video/Qns3Gb5O79I/видео.html
Please do a Behemoth video
If you react to Gojira- Heaviest Matter in the Universe I’ll finally subscribe 🥺
I am left speechless. You. Him. Both. I don't know. I am out here in the weeds trying to get back on solid footing. Does this dude put Danny Carey to shame? Eegads.
You should react to Gwar's drum cam for "maggots"
cool! u should react to rook cappelletty mgk black flag drum cover or his sevendust drum cover. both are showy but they’re kickass!
It's MASTODON
Check out Abe Cunningham.... very underrated.
He's coming up!!
Thanks! Just subscribed
Listen to “this is the time”by Nothing More. Love your vids!
He just looks like a machine on the drums. Not much emotion till the end. This is in no way a knock, he’s awesome. It sounds awesome.
Just the look itself is very controlled and very…professional, I guess. Makes sense. Also it’s probably the 100000 time he’s played this.
… Legendary lyricist as well.
5:20 Wrong! It's alternating bars of 5/4 and 6/4
I said. "I thought" I wasn't sure. But thanks for the view .
@@JunkdrummerTV my pleasure
I think this whole reaction video thing is dumb. BUUUUUUUUT!!!!!!!! Like you stated in another video the way you do these are educational and I do enjoy these from YOU AND ONLY YOU. With that being said I’m patiently waiting for you to do a video on Morgan Rose.
Please do a chad sexton video!!!!
MastOooooooodon*
This is my comment
This is my reply
This is my observation
First!
Do a video on a propagandhi song.
If you're going to analyse a band, you should spell it correctly. Mastodon*
Shit. My bad. I'll fix that. Thank you!!!
This isn't anything special compared to the speedy mathcore shit he did with Lethargy in his late teens early twenties
To say it's nothing special is a bit of an overstatement though, his fills and ghost notes are incredible
You gotta do Danny Carey again with “Triad”. There a drum cam too.
Love your video man. You know your stuff. I'm 29 now. I saw them in 2009! For the crack the skye tour! I was 17. So much talent in those 4 men!
Love your comment man.
You should definitely do another Brann video, he’s got pro shot playthroughs for meinl, great for reactions. Songs like precious stones/ghost of karelia/ember city/blasteroid, they’re all amazing. Guy is one of the best drummers in the business today and I wish he got some more attention