Brann Dailor plays Capillarian Crest (Mastodon)

[@jaym4697]

This man is a technical powerhouse. His ghost notes are to die for.

[@theDirtbikeninja]

man, that drum fill from 0:08 to 4:29 was sick!

[@l9fingers368]

Boy, he can flickitty flam them drums better than anyone I ever seen or knew.

[@keithbarlow9701]

Oh yah, no ricketty flim or flimsy flam goin on here bud, I can tell ya that.

[@matt_white_music]

Definitely a lot of cookitty burning ham nukers going on tho!

[@bdn8161]

That’s hilarious man, that’s what b hinds says about his drumming…. Good one lol

[@Mintis-bh4rr]

@@bdn8161yeah thats why he made the comment... its a direct reference to that

[@bdn8161]

@@Mintis-bh4rr well thanks for the info man👍

[@Rondo2ooo]

His unique style is a watermark of Mastodon. You hear the first few bars and immediately recognize it all.

[@helicaltwist]

I remember watching Brann in Lethargy in Rochester NY in the early 90s. All I could think is, there's NO way this guy is not going to be famous. His talent is too immense.

[@edvinicombe8404]

My favourite track from blood mountain. Brann absolutely nails this. So cool to watch!

[@oneminutetomidnight]

Overheard on classical radio: "You have been listening to Mastodon's Capillarian Crest, performed by Brann Dailor, in Drop D minor."

[@adamdam]

It's 3 minutes past actually.

[@jinsakai9729]

Classical?! Sick…

[@pricemitchellsystemtoon3288]

One of the wildest and best tracks from blood mountain

[@masonburch1805]

I will not disagree. Phenomenal track

[@matfoss1]

Brann's competence is so high that he sounds on point even when he makes mistakes...

[@HankNarrowUrethra]

Yeah, he's got a great knack of being able to subtly build up the tempo of each beat to get back on track - I'd have been tempted to drop out for a couple of beats and jump back in but he is an absolute pro and makes it barely noticeable when he builds back up!

[@m.johnson9323]

Best percussionist on the planet. First Mastodon song I ever heard was Blood and Thunder. I was sold. Love his style.

[@JayBigDadyCy]

The most musical metal drummer of all time. I absolutely love this dude. So tasty and technical at the same time. Just a madman.

[@proteoid]

To all those saying he was out of time towards the end, you can clearly hear that the track inexplicably slowed down (others have also spotted it). Obviously a technical issue with the backing track. Listen more closely before posting your criticisms.

[@JohnMatayas]

True. When the voices enter during the second part of the song ("youu, you don't have to goooo") they're clearly slowed down. Weird.

[@Anty7]

@@JohnMatayas It's a tempo change...

[@gaspardtombo1750]

No. Brann is out of tempo in that moment. He played a fill too fast. Than he returns right on tempo, but in the ending he is out again. But this means nothing, maybe the clic volume was too low or too high in his ear monitor headphones, sometimes it happens. A too high volume of the clic is not good, you can't play well if the clic is too high. If you can't hear it... you can't hear. Brann is really a great drummer, but a wrong day happens to everybody but it dosen't matter

[@mastod0n1]

@@gaspardtombo1750 it's my understanding that Brann didn't record to a click track for the album Blood Mountain, and possibly most of their early albums. A lot of their stuff after Blood Mountain sounds less 'fluid' to me and might have been recorded with a click track. That's not an insult, it's just to my ears a different feel and sounds more like a click track was used. So the slowing down or speeding up that people are mentioning might be from someone on the production side of this clinic trying to match tempos between parts so that Brann *could* have a click track in his in-ear monitors. Or he could have just flubbed it a little bit in this performance. It's an incredibly demanding song to play. Either way he still killed it in my opinion.

[@spookyman5468]

Yeah at 2:42 either he speeds up or the track slows down. Not sure exactly which. You can hear him actively adjust to it at 2:46 which was a really great save. However he speeds up/the track slows down again when he's playing the fill at 2:50 so he hits the crash at the end of the fill a beat early (you can hear here that the vox and guitar are in synch with each other if you listen really closely to the back track) and he gets it back on thru this next phrase. Just one of the quirks/struggles of playing to a track instead of to your band. All in all great recoveries on his part all things considered

[@bjjbrawler1]

Branns da man! What can I say. I listen to him and always realize his motor skills for drumming, and his ability to sing (VERY well I might add), are the result of years of honest, hard work. The rest of the band is equally amazing. I just think he is a standout, and Mastodon makes some great prog metal music.

[@NickWeberMusic]

Drums are the most important part of ANY BAND. BRANN played with a recording. HE might have been fast at some parts compared to that but in my opinion this is perfect. Fast song. He finds all of the off beats to catch himself. He is a true professional. This is so much more than impressive. What a masterpiece!

[@jasonthacker5844]

Drummers play faster live, instinctually, in my experience. I think so as not to make the song sound as if it's dragging.

[@ConeTheBoss559]

Jason Thacker That and generally so they can fit more songs into a set.

[@TheGardiner]

The backing track was kinda screwy

[@egorsozonov7425]

My favorite song. Pure awesomeness.

[@ThrashRoC]

in my Opinion the Best and coolest drummer ... The Drummer is maybe the most important Musician in a band , i play the guitar and saying this because he makes the Rhythm , the Backbone of every Rock song , and BRANN DAILOR is Fucking Awesome , i love his Style ...

[@erkanerenoglu1355]

2:43 was wild speed.

[@adisferdisla6927]

Blood and thunder what?

[@abdominal666]

Wow! This video really captures Brann's quick flicks and hits! He is a very attractive and talented man! He surely needs more attention ❤

[@ThrashRoC]

As a Guitarist i LOVE to see Vids of Brann Drumming ! I Love this Guy ..I wish i had a Drummer like him in my Band , he is so Musically and Perfect , and his Band Mastodon Kicks Asses so Bad

[@jameshepenstall3900]

Daily Brann keeps me super regular. I just shake my head at this man. I feel for the kit man it must be bolted to the floor!!

[@johnnydaggers7649]

So jazzy and clean ..impeccable rolls

[@d.leon.pedro.26]

From the deep of the 70's prog! Brann is a monster !

[@metalhead9577]

I've never heard a drummer so good on such a good sounding kit!

[@fliexvolkovan6704]

This is one of the craziest songs ever

[@JamesAhrens]

I like Brann Dailor quite a bit. Very few wasted strokes. Very few mistakes and resets. I feel like he is able to reference jazz and pop easily enough that it makes his intense hardcore and metal style perfectly suited for a progressive band like Mastodon. I still think Remission and Crack the Skye are my two favorite albums of his work. From a percussionist standpoint I love his cleanliness and his heavy tom use. I like the snare finish on this track. Interestingly, Danny Carey is my favorite drummer and the next video on KZbin's suggested playlist would have brought me to these two battling it out. Anyway, thanks for reading. Keep the beat.

[@CaptainShitacularAVL]

His snare on remission is the best one I've ever heard, when he does that little spurt of single strokes or double strokes on trainwreck during the first heavy part of it it just sounds so good to my ears

[@rudijoris9555]

Love watching great drummers!

[@birkharju1270]

cajunb going ham even back in 2006. good times

[@nevercroxx]

+Birk Harju to the top,REDDIT ARMY

[@Mile-long-list]

You two are both pathetic losers.

[@AttilatheThrilla]

Drumgasm

[@TroutLizard.]

so grateful for this quality footage... what an amazing talent Brann Dailor!!

[@mrc942]

Absolute beast!!

[@KraestBurns]

It's so weird to hear him playing drums that have such a crisp mix. His drums usually sound like superbly well mixed garage drums. I don't mean that in a negative way, either, I mean that his drums usually have, like, an attainable sound to them, despite being mind blowingly amazing.

[@skippityblippity8656]

Kraest Burns These ones are „hollow“ sounding to me? Yea mostly agree tho

[@dovesofwar1777]

Well said sir

[@CaptainShitacularAVL]

His snare on remission is the best crack ever

[@assemcrghannam5920]

Fav mastodon song

[@JaffarDS]

Song *clearly* slows down at 03:50

[@ThrashRoC]

This is FANTASTIC Drumming

[@АнатолийНогоев]

my dream band Guitar-Adam Jones Bass-Les Claypool Drums-Brann Dailor Guitar-Tom Morrello Vocals-Maynard James Keenan.

[@jimistrange724]

Анатолий Ногоев Replace Tom Morello with Brent Hinds and it would be perfect.

[@DavidLoveless]

NewJackRustler Car Bomb is my favorite band right now. Meta is a beast of an album!!

[@kozy95]

literally just dug up my old ass KZbin account just to like this. If I could like this a million times I could. You have literally described the perfect band in the history of mankind

[@reaverofsouls]

Claypool is great as a bassist, but in the scope of what the OP's vision of a dream band is... I'd say either Geezer or fn Cliff.

[@claytonmartin3305]

reaverofsouls geezer

[@jocool7370]

This is so great!!!! Jazzy and all that good stuff!!!! :D

[@jcout25]

Holy shit, this guy should start a band. He's pretty good!

[@BallsDeepInDahl]

Thats a joke right :3

[@Mintis-bh4rr]

How original

[@ezequielbortagaray4018]

This is perfect, awesome!¡!

[@analoglee]

Awesome brann ! I for one hear that the song speeds up a little around 3:50, probably due to one or several very little skippings in the recorded track ? and that obviously sends brann off tempo for a while, but he manages to recover and even nail the very ending note ! Strange that everyone hears the song slower though... to my ear it's obviously quicker than him in the very end.

[@GhostlyNightSky]

Maybe that's because you're old.

[@hirsutebodkin6888]

harsh

[@jamesgillespie9404]

Everyone saying he went out of time because the backing track started slowing down (how would that even happen?!) listen to this video side by side with the album version; the songs match up fine. I've had this same issue myself on the drums. If you're playing a song live without a click track, you might speed up or slow down without noticing and after enough times, these fluctuations in tempo become part of your muscle memory. Once you get to this point, it's very hard to go back to playing the song to a click track. Brann most likely hadn't ever tried playing along to his original recording before this performance and didn't notice that he'd been playing some sections at a different speed in their live shows. And of course, when you hear you've gone out of time once, most people will over-correct their tempo to get back on track and go out of time again! Never what you want when playing for a crowd of drummers :/ Ahh well, Brann is still a beast!! :D One unlucky performance doesn't take away from his years of amazing drumming and I certainly wouldn't want to try this song on stage hahaha

[@nickshymansky787]

The Best!

[@jakemertz2660]

I didn’t know they had concerts like this that’s pretty cool

[@roasticle]

Outstanding! :)

[@iflewbeyond]

Love this! 😁

[@Dr.Priority]

The part where the track glitched the fuck out for no reason was pretty impressive seeing how he recovered so easily

[@xrezzerreckedx4226]

Bran Dailor is amazing beyond belief. One of the best drummers ever. \m/

[@Hewins]

This man belongs at the tippity top of the drum playing legends mountain.

[@georgemccaffery3260]

Holy shit! Such technical precision.

[@idontevenlikemoney]

Did a bunch of people show up to this theatre to see an Opera and then the curtain dropped and It was Brann ripping drums. Is that what's happening?

[@PanasonicTooth]

3:45 whoops lol. Brann fucking rules though

[@zachm705]

Brann fills the metronome of chaos role

[@YuriSveira]

Amo essa música \,,/

[@beatrizgalan964]

❤🥁🤘

[@nikito0o988]

Was there a drum cam where he plays "The wolf is Loose", or am wrong ?

[@nercopolis99]

approx. 8000 cal burned. get that man a pizza!

[@davidelobue1979]

GREAT!!!!!!!

[@3cani]

The "bpm discussion" has annoyed too much now, please stop rant and enjoy the Brann's performance. And WTH is Cajub?

[@Ifayle]

Cajunb is a pro Counter Strike player. Plays for a team called North.

[@jasonthacker5844]

Exactly. If you've ever played in a band, then you would know the drummer plays at his own speed live. It's a given.

[@patrickolivier1]

Ehhhh no

[@StevenJS89]

He didn’t use a click in the studio so that’s what’s up

[@jamesjones9528]

well said

[@bigdog517]

Love his work, still very much sounds like much of the drumming here could have been on Today Is The Day's 'In The Eyes Of God' LP

[@jeffreydavis5506]

Fucking king!! All hail!!

[@Builtlikekevinhart]

That snare and ride. Though

[@dannybhattacharjie6461]

imagine this guy in whiplash.. please hollywood make this happen for the sequel :D

[@edisonmustainethrash6662]

*-So Fucking And Most Underrated Baterist Of Metal......Stay Brandon.*

[@aarons720]

Brann Dailor is the best part of Mastodon.

[@aarons720]

IMO of course

[@master877]

I was very confused with this video, because he seems off, specially towards the end. It does seem to me that the backing track has some issues

[@lolalela93]

I counted 3 glitches at the very least. That backing track was beyond fucked, if you dont know the song would make you think that he's fucking up but he's not. He's constantly compensating for that stupid glitchy backing track.

[@thomasnieman7086]

Is he not playing with his ghost ride in this?? Also, I notice he has no sound dampening on the ride in the video? How does he get such definition in his strokes without a wash of overtones? Does he have the felts cranked down around the ride?

[@willingtotry]

ghost ride wasn't out yet

[@franfaugal996]

God !!!

[@heinzblassen4446]

Why did they slow the song down?

[@rickylopez6925]

Are you shitting me?! Why didn't anyone tell me he was this good lol

[@DRUMSandBUBS]

Wish my home city would FILL the potholes as much as brann tosses FILLS around

[@drock3913]

He defines precision

[@juhnu95]

Wheres the moshpit?

[@gromitxd2227]

What ride is that?

[@Builtlikekevinhart]

GromitXD sounds great

[@dzre2087]

YA THINK THE SUPER-CAMERA RIGS MIGHT BE OVERKILL?

[@leonelvolpatti4696]

Brann's drums be like: "oh no he ghosted me"

[@Darylrb1983]

Someone commented in another video that he does alot of fills. Reminds me keith moon a bit

[@bdn8161]

Yes he is quite fond of the flams.

[@CaptainGimp]

How the fuck do you even time that? Class as fuck.

[@bertvsrob]

extra buttah on them rolls

[@negativezero3107]

if you;ve played there is no discussion

[@applejuice5635]

He played the song pretty damn well, all things considered.

[@Ozymandias88]

I am not worthy... I am not worthy...

[@sundaysunday3221]

Top

[@iann23]

Descended from Gods...

[@yunusblood]

Bill Bruford on Metal

[@Greencheese333]

King Crimson is pretty heavy.

[@yunusblood]

Greencheese333 i say that person no Band...

[@mitchellwilliam95]

Bill Bruford on Metal is Bill Bruford on King Crimson(some songs)

[@Papabude]

Lo adoro ! Ma qui corre troppo , la musica resta indietro più volte

[@zemaneiro292]

Didn't know cajumb could drum so well

[@radiopinkzeppelin2]

Organised chaos!

[@dreamywtf]

WHEN I SAY CAJUN, YOU SAY

[@theLGf]

+DreaM B

[@wakeupmixy]

+theLGf WHEN I SAY CAJUN

[@Violence1320]

HELL

[@wakeupmixy]

B D:

[@gojira8249]

dreaM CULO

[@Procyon58]

Song is slow its not the original bpm and clearly that throws him off. You can see that he is just trying to catch the click and not play the song at all. Damn that sucks.

[@tomsxe]

+Bora Kaplan How? The original song is 04:26, check the duration of the video

[@MagicSkeleton]

Sounded right to me.

[@Tdrummer888]

He's just a drummer that was used to playing the song faster live and since it's a live setting, he was prolly screwed by muscle memory

[@ChaplainDMK]

Actually it's on beat through the whole thing except from around 3:50 on for a few seconds, he totally looses the beat there. I think it's due to him not being very good with double bass and it kind of threw him off it seems.

[@InTheDecay]

+Žiga Auer I noticed the exact same thing. he didn't lose it by much but it was still kind of sloppy. just as you said, may have been the double bass. lord knows how hard it is to do both simultaneously. especially if you're not consistent with double bass, song to song.

[@infowazz]

once they show the drums i have new respect for the craft. just not into the screaming stuff but great musicality.

[@ryanbates362]

so fuckin technical dewd

[@manuelceballos11]

amazing. 1:28 rushing a little but what a drummer,....

[@Venturestarx]

Lots of folks making comments on here about the BPM of this song. It's exactly the same as the album.

[@dralol]

It slows down slightly just after 3:50. It's barely noticable but it's enough to throw you off.

[@zachm705]

Caught one of his sticks at a show. Clutch played the next act. Yeah

[@coreyroberts47]

I caught one of his on the hunter heritage tour! Best show ive ever been to

[@YeahBoy1019]

Brann probably wondering what was going through their brains when they wrote this. Oh yeah, LOTS of acid!!!

[@reaverofsouls]

It really is a toss up between Brann Dailor and Mario Duplantier for who is the best modern drummer...

[@L0ngfellow9]

reaverofsouls I love them both but for me Billy Rhymer takes the cake

[@dralol]

I think it's pretty ridiculous to declare someone as 'the best' metal drummer as there are so many good ones nowadays. Best you could do is a top-5 list I think. To me that would be, in no particular order, Brann Dailor, Mario Duplantier, Tomas Haake, Billy Rhymer and Gene Hoglan.

[@AlexGW]

Out of time toward the end but come on, this is no walk in the park

[@Towern96]

The song is slowed down for whatever reason. Not Brann's fault.

[@ChristopherRoss.]

Brann never recorded with a click, so the tempo of the tune moves around in the recording, which is hard to duplicate perfectly in a playthrough like this.

[@KingWTFuck]

The song is not slowed down, check again sod

[@beotos18]

Yes the track slows down... compare it to the same point in here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5WaZn2XlrqJq7c

[@Formanian]

V

[@danielgreen2788]

the drum kick!

[@huguebouchard9673]

le snare pete en christ.

[@AntonyLanni-e5m]

Schoen Hills