Brann Dailor plays Capillarian Crest (Mastodon)

@ Modern Drummer Festival 2006

[@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.

[@wllmmttwht7240]

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

[@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!

[@Rondo2ooo]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 ...

[@edvinicombe8404]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@birkharju1270]

cajunb going ham even back in 2006. good times

[@nevercroxx]

+Birk Harju to the top,REDDIT ARMY

[@-Window-Licker-]

You two are both pathetic losers.

[@egorsozonov7425]

My favorite song. Pure awesomeness.

[@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!!

[@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

[@m.n.goodbye9481]

Well said sir

[@CaptainShitacularAVL]

His snare on remission is the best crack ever

[@jcout25]

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

[@BallsDeepInDahl]

Thats a joke right :3

[@metalhead9577]

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

[@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

[@d.leon.pedro.26]

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

[@fliexvolkovan6704]

This is one of the craziest songs ever

[@TroutLizard.]

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

[@ThrashRoC]

This is FANTASTIC Drumming

[@mrc942]

Absolute beast!!

[@designercaolho]

His drumming style is so chaotic that even when he goes out of tempo, he just gets back into it with a few rolls lol. Amazing durmmer.

[@assemcrghannam5920]

Fav mastodon song

[@arschflugkoerper007]

First drummer, I became a fan of. Awesome shit!

[@nickshymansky787]

The Best!

[@jakemertz2660]

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

[@davidelobue1979]

GREAT!!!!!!!

[@zachm705]

Brann fills the metronome of chaos role

[@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

[@Builtlikekevinhart]

That snare and ride. Though

[@beatrizgalan964]

❤🥁🤘

[@nercopolis99]

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

[@PanasonicTooth]

3:45 whoops lol. Brann fucking rules though

[@dannybhattacharjie6461]

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

[@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

[@erkanerenoglu1355]

2:43 was wild speed.

[@edisonmustainethrash6662]

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

[@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?

[@sundaysunday3221]

Top

[@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

[@nikito0o988]

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

[@bdn8161]

Yes he is quite fond of the flams.

[@DRUMSandBUBS]

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

[@iann23]

Descended from Gods...

[@radiopinkzeppelin2]

Organised chaos!

[@bertvsrob]

extra buttah on them rolls

[@leonelvolpatti4696]

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

[@Ozymandias88]

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

[@CaptainGimp]

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

[@juhnu95]

Wheres the moshpit?

[@gromitxd2227]

What ride is that?

[@Builtlikekevinhart]

GromitXD sounds great

[@infowazz]

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

[@irguygunt33chul3sson]

Bruh!!!

[@huguebouchard9673]

le snare pete en christ.

[@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

[@petemarchetti3444]

He's no Lars.. bahahahaha

[@Sir_Catnip]

Mr. Anon yea thankfully hes not lars lol

[@onics]

I lold.

[@ga8rielsMsg]

Single stroke anyone?

[@manuelceballos11]

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

[@b.fridge1723]

you know drummers always want to be front of stage. But when the time comes they get nervous hahaha. that's why we like back of the stage

[@jamesjones9528]

omg...some ppl....dude, he's another fucking Neil Peart, get over it.

[@ThevideOoLoadeR]

4:00 - 4:06 What the fuck was that...

[@evilbabaroga]

he lost it for a second

[@chalresleavenworth2490]

Love this guy, but that was a bad take for sure.

[@dreadslayer6723]

There's no denying he still showed he's a very skilled drummer.

[@rustygrant]

It's gotta be tough playing to a pre-recorded track with so many changes like that.

[@proteoid]

Track slowed down towards the end. Tech issue.

[@mikeg3950]

Right around 4:00 he lost his place but recovered pretty well I guess. Still one of my favorite songs on drums ever

[@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

[@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.

[@rudijoris9555]

Love watching great drummers!

[@AttilatheThrilla]

Drumgasm

[@jocool7370]

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

[@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

[@ezequielbortagaray4018]

This is perfect, awesome!¡!

[@user-fn2wo6rd2d]

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

[@johnnydaggers7649]

So jazzy and clean ..impeccable rolls

[@roasticle]

Outstanding! :)

[@iflewbeyond]

Love this! 😁

[@YuriSveira]

Amo essa música \,,/

[@JaffarDS]

Song *clearly* slows down at 03:50

[@georgemccaffery3260]

Holy shit! Such technical precision.

[@xrezzerreckedx4226]

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

[@franfaugal996]

God !!!

[@drock3913]

He defines precision

[@aarons720]

Brann Dailor is the best part of Mastodon.

[@aarons720]

IMO of course

[@jeffreydavis5506]

Fucking king!! All hail!!

[@rickylopez6925]

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

[@applejuice5635]

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

[@dzre2087]

YA THINK THE SUPER-CAMERA RIGS MIGHT BE OVERKILL?

[@negativezero3107]

if you;ve played there is no discussion

[@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

[@ryanbates362]

so fuckin technical dewd

[@heinzblassen4446]

Why did they slow the song down?

[@Darylrb1983]

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

[@dreamywtf]

WHEN I SAY CAJUN, YOU SAY

[@theLGf]

+DreaM B

[@wakeupmixy]

+theLGf WHEN I SAY CAJUN

[@Violence1320]

HELL

[@wakeupmixy]

B D:

[@gojira8249]

dreaM CULO

[@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)

[@zemaneiro292]

Didn't know cajumb could drum so well

[@Papabude]

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

[@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.