From the Swedish purveyors of “heavy metal hits” with drummer Daniel Svensson, Pinball Map is a classic syncopated In Flames banger. Clayman was the fifth album from In Flames. Released in 2000 on Nuclear Blast, it was an exciting follow up to the Whoracle and Colony albums, all of which were on high rotation inContinue reading “In Flames – Pinball Map”
Category Archives: Metal
Black Sabbath – War Pigs
Jazz roots and power – Bill Ward was a pioneer of heavy drumming. While metal drumming today is typically a rigid, straight, aggressive onslaught , Bill in comparison had a unique free flowing groove. He grew up listening to big band drummers of the 1940’s and based his drum sound off Gene Krupa and BuddyContinue reading “Black Sabbath – War Pigs”
Deftones – You’ve Seen The Butcher
Monster track from Diamond Eyes, Reprise Records 2014. Abe Cunningham’s Playing is hard and tasteful. Mostly swung quavers in 4/4, the intro and verses are in 7/4 or bars of 4/4 and 3/4. Power and space. Downloadable PDF : Deftones – You’ve Seen The Butcher (page 1 of 3)
Metal – Double Bass Drumming Coordination & Triplet Meter Grooves
The Following 4/4 triplet based groove exercises and 6/8 double bass exercises are valuable in developing precision, control and musicality in heavier double bass drumming situations. Downloadable PDF’s ; Triplet Metal Grooves – One Bar Exercises 6/8 Double Bass Drumming Exercises Double Bass Drumming Coordination – With Ted Reed’s “Syncopation” 4/4 Triplet Based Grooves, including halftimeContinue reading “Metal – Double Bass Drumming Coordination & Triplet Meter Grooves”
Fear Factory – “No One”
Double Bass monster is Raymond Herrera. I transcribed this for an assignment at music school in 2002 after I had been doing loads of double bass drumming Downloadable PDF ; Fear Factory – “No One”
