Drum Teacher Reaction: SIMON SCHILLING | Bloodhammer | DARK FUNERAL | (2021 Reaction)

[@SimonBLOODHAMMER]

Hey Andrew, thanks for checking the video and of course for the fun reaction!! Just a little side note. Sport/lifting weights is helping to somehow manage to make it through the years while playing that fast. Cheers

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey Simon! Thanks for taking the time to comment man! Good to know. I also find a really obvious parallel between exercise/progress/commitment and the drums also. ie One big hero work out session lasting 6 hours is neither sustainable or going to make you Look like Arnie. All about the consistency yeah? Thanks again man. We should talk sometime for my podcast bro!?

[@MGBlast666]

Thanks, Simon.

[@bringerovlight8412]

hes really good did our drums

[@kasperchristensen8416]

It's like watching a medieval precision archer reacting to a guy with a rotary autocannon :D

[@driftwood4625]

I get lactic acid buildups just by watching this.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Me too! These guys are insane

[@maximeleminter8408]

Kevin Paradis from Benighted is someone you should check. He made a “competition cover” video with him playing with music and then drums only, and it’s also quite impressive :)

[@nmac3718]

It's not impressive its bloody ridiculous whewy

[@mushroomcloud222]

"Stamina + speed". Perhaps together it abbreviates to "stampede".

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA YES Lukas!

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

Simon’s skill has exploded in the last few years. The impact/power he achieves each stroke at breakneck speed is phenomenal. Love his technique. Edit : I reckon Simon has an outstanding posture when blasting.

[@seb79]

Another amazing drummer is Prosciptor McGovern of Absu, a very talented musician! 👍

[@blindguardian1979]

yeah, I'd definitely want a Proscriptor video...unfortunately there really aren't great drum cam videos of him. I think there is a decent Manannan and Highland Tyrant Attack but neither close to HD. Might not be quite a fast as Shilling or The Dominator but more variety and he does vocals at the same time

[@seb79]

@@blindguardian1979 I agree with you. 👍

[@D1ssilience]

He's great but not really considered special because he isn't a modern drummer

[@blindguardian1979]

@@D1ssilience well, I wouldn't say that any drummer who isn't modern can't be special. yes, he doesn't have outrageous blast beat speed/stamina as someone like Simon Schilling but he still had a very unique style and his double bass in Tara is as fast as any modern drummer. There aren't many albums like Tara where the drums are almost the focal point of the album

[@michaeloehmen6989]

He sang too 😲

[@speedchopperbass]

Me and my boys play all types of music, but we LOVE playing extreme metal. There is nothing that feels better than the mastery of this type of music. Its just like anything else that people master. We just have a passion for the intensity. I have been in the scene for some time and there is no escaping it. We play it because we love it. Most of the guys I have known through the years arent pigeonholed into listening and playing only extreme metal. We might be one of the few genres that take inspiration from everywhere. Napalm death got me into Cocteau Twins and shoegaze music. Exodus got me into bluegrass. We all listen to virtually everything, but there are few things better in life than playing and executing this challenging music live while entertaining fans.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Awesome comment Ben! Great to appreciate all kinds of stuff!

[@Kerosian1]

Dude same. Its epically hilarious to play a crushing extreme metal set after you just got out of the car listening to A Love Supreme by Coltrane, or hell rocking out to Katy Perry on the radio. We love it all, especially if you have chops!

[@speedchopperbass]

@@Kerosian1 love me some love supreme

[@Kinheimr]

Yes! I've been waiting for this to happen!

[@Kelly1976]

The toll taken on the body nust be extreme, imagine playing this 4-5 nights a week in a live-set scenario!?

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I don't want to imagine it... LOL

[@danieljordison0793]

Plus the fact that most of these bands don’t have a big crew to help with equipment, if they even have a crew at all ://

[@drsmith1231]

Love watching your reactions and interesting take and view points of all these drummers and songs you listen to X) Thank you for starting and maintaining your channel!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Too kind Derek! Thanks for watching and subbing bro!

[@legendaryrat]

The orginal drummer for this track was Matte Modin. Some drummers in this style, like Hellhammer, have been playing this way for 30+ years. I wonder what they've been doing to keep themselves able to play all these years.

[@zenchan332]

AMAZING MIRACLE

[@reeread]

The guy reminds me of a wind up toy drummer that spits everything out mechanically perfect at inhuman speeds. The music is not my cup of tea, but I have to respect the technical performance. Amazing! Thank you for the video. Very enjoyable

[@jio5341]

For those who don't understand bands like dark funeral they're black metal band most traditional black metal bands style revolve around certain melodic and classical notes played in a repetitive and Atmospheric manner there's definitely a lot of skill and musicianship in the composition of the music in fact a lot of black metal bands use a lot of classical scales

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks for the info!

[@jio5341]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums anytime Mate keep up the good work

[@nmac3718]

I noticed zero mention that hes nailing nils from dark funerals material as loud or louder and afew bpm faster and doing it grossly on point Andrew lolol I discovered this crazy fellow a few yrs ago myself jamming to belphagor from Austria and his career has been heading up hill ever since and now hes in marduk a class act of this genre== kudos to him !!! I'm damn proud of his effort and this music is my realm but he shocks me too

[@LycanthropicArt]

This song (The Arrival of Satan's Empire ) was originally played by Matte Modin on the Dark Funeral album Diabolis Interium. But, yeah, Dominator is a fucking beast! Skål! - Wulf

[@amorpatriaenostralex3822]

Bloodhammer 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@OdinTheUnderwhelming]

Would love to see a reaction to Lille Gruber from Defeated Sanity, a classical guitarist who, strangely, also happens to have the best drum chops in all of death metal. Not to mention his compositions are always mind-bendingly complex.

[@tornoutlaw]

Everybody is talking about lactic acid and exhaustion xD My observation: He hits with less power than Dominator (former DF drummer), which I suppose is not a bad thing, also his sticks seem to be a tad lighter. And then look at his blastbeats: No wrist movement, using the thumb/index grip as a fulcrum, bouncing the stick with his small/ringfinger as relaxed as possible = efficiency of movement. Of course I'm not denying that it takes a lot of stamina, but I think he does the extreme speed the right way.

[@snefansson]

Dark funeral... that's a name I haven't heard in a long while... looking forward to this!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Great!

[@kaozdrums]

Also don't forget about Simon's current band Marduk. They're insane too.

[@hughneutron5303]

as a drummer with a double kick and short arms, a remote hi hat stand SAVED MY DAMN LIFE! you can clamp the arm to your snare stand, the pedal is on a cable and has its own feet so just set it where you want and forget it. hell you could even put it next to your right foot if you wanted! i know gibraltar makes one but im sure pearl and dw do too

[@aboutthemetal8783]

I get the talent and athletic ability it takes to do this, I used to play like this for years, but I find it so boring now , but what a talent this guy is.

[@wolfman8785]

Amazing stick control

[@trias418]

love that 'spicy' analogy. So true. Just like a chili-head can't explain to someone who likes medium salsa but has no desire to continue. Nailed it.

[@lexbeltran1354]

Simon is the perfect drummer for Marduk \m/

[@susannebass5503]

Dude is a beast!!👏👏👏

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Oh no Susanne. I've turned you into a metal head! Not my fault BTW!

[@susannebass5503]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums yes it's taking hold darn it🤪

[@lostopportunity4701]

Changing hands on the blast beat at 4:30 is insane. Showing off indeed. Jealous? And I literally was flexing my hands cuz it does make you sore just by looking at it. It also inspires you to be better seeing someone with raw talent dump everything into Thier craft. I always wanted to play faster and I barely got the finger technique down for blast beats before I gave up music forever almost 15 years ago. Still haunts me to this day. Edit: my back.... MY BACK

[@mattvdh]

It's all about technique and energy conservation. It may look like he's hitting them hard, but it's quite controlled so the dynamics are even

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Nailed it Matt!

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

He is hitting them hard. Simon has developed an insane technique over the years and his stick control is second to none. The impact he gets at speed on his strokes is mind blowing.

[@MortPure]

Jamie is an amazing drummer. I guess we'll be seeing Ulcerate drumming videos reactions soon :O .

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Need to ask him nicely first :)

[@MortPure]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Of course :) . Have a good one dude! Thx for the upload.

[@Jezcrusaderink]

Simon in incredible drummer. Definitely up there with the best of them. From a technique perspective, the leaning forward acts with the fact in extreme metal drumming you must sit on the entire sit instead of just the end. This is because at such fast tempos for double bass you need to have less pressure on your legs going from up to 170bpm with full leg motion and more upright, then maybe up to 220/230bpm with just ankles and beyond 240bpm the swivel motion. And for ankle and swivel motion you almost need to be hovering with only pressure on the balls of your feet because swivel is made from pressure to motion. Everything is acting as a moveabke counter balance at such extreme tempos

[@Thinn3rs666]

You definitely need to do a video for these songs. Despised icon - unbreakable Shadow of intent - under a sullen moon Slaughter to prevail - demolisher

[@taylormeares7801]

Love the metal drumming you've been featuring here lately. I know you did some Opeth songs already but if you check out their song Lotus Eater it has been blast beats and jazz inspired "pocket" style drumming. For me, songs that feature a range of metal and other drumming styles are the most fun to play.

[@hammersmashedspud4345]

Yeah it's a great song

[@sstrick500]

HAHA. I have double bass with 4 toms. My hi-hat is almost behind me. The high-hat out front is foreign to me.

[@musiteufel]

4:40 he's switching the snare from off to on beat, I guess it's a bit easier that way...

[@EEJJ2011]

Watching from Rotorua, NZ. Good stuff bro.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks for watching bro!

[@rushzil2112]

Check out Nicholas Barker, Gene Hoglan, Dirk Verbeuren, Hellhammer, Flo Mounier, George Kollias, etc. They've all been doing it about 30 or more years.

[@ostravia]

You should never crossover and always stand up. I am a multiply signed Death Metal Drummer. Simon you are right and you can go hard and fast and preserve you back.

[@LionMetalMusic-videochannel]

want to see Nicko McBrain drum solo reaction... one of the best drummer ..

[@robertvarga5788]

Iconic drummer! Playing single pedal

[@amorpatriaenostralex3822]

Man, every black/deathmetal drummer plays his set one handed.

[@m.w.3093]

Highspeed-Blasbeats = sacrificing your skills to Satan. The faster you can play, the more precious is you sacrifice. Or something like that...

[@__unwavering]

I've always wanted to see one of these big strongk stamina and speed drummers stick a drum stick right thru someone.

[@amorpatriaenostralex3822]

Did u react to the Dominator, Nils Fjellström?

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes Jan! A couple of vids on him :)

[@amorpatriaenostralex3822]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums thanks for the fast answer. Lets check it out!

[@SauceBoss69]

Andrew, you should do a “Top 5 Olympics of Drumming” for each year! Choose your top 5 and discuss pockets, creativity, mind-blowing first impressions, etc.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I did think of that. I meant to do a top 10 of what I had seen so far!

[@SauceBoss69]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Great idea! It can help condense all your material and overall ideas into a good quarterly/annual summary.

[@992ras]

Murdak is actually pronounced like merdoc. There is actually a lot tricks like fly finger which most of them do, instead of using your forearm muscles. Heel up is the easiest way to play the double bass parts or there is heel toe technique which I can’t do pretty much it’s the technique you learn with your left foot on the hi hat but you use it with both feet which makes playing double stroke rolls easier. Black metal is in your face with overly satanic lyrics the inventors of the style were Bathory, Hellhammer and Sacòfago.

[@sarcastixx74]

Can't make out the song in the background, is it by Marduk? Dark Funeral? Belphegor? *edit* Found it: Dark Funeral - The Arrival Of Satans Empire. Original vid here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp-xkJaveMqhp5Y

[@drummer4hire12]

Trust me, it will catch up with the body......and when it does, it is game over. Enjoy it while you can. I speak from experience.

[@steve.hoffman]

Ready for some prog-metal again! I suggest Ray Hearne from Haken playing The Architect, or Josh Griffin from Caligula's Horse playing Rust. Or both.

[@kraterkop]

Yes both. Add Jay Postones also

[@666Deicide]

Love it!!!!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

🥁👊

[@aboutthemetal8783]

Check out Steve ashiem, the drummer of deicide, hes around 50 and he still smashes it like this, its so impressive.

[@wolverine669]

Oh you gotta see Marco Pitruzzella aka Lord Marco

[@troublednamed8054]

I think that Dominator Fjelstrom first played that on df album 🤔

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Right on

[@LycanthropicArt]

This song (The Arrival of Satan's Empire ) was originally played by Matte Modin on the Dark Funeral album Diabolis Interium. But, yeah, Nils "Dominator" Fjellström is a fucking beast! Skål! - Wulf

[@silafuyang8675]

Lol, welcome to the world of real drumming.

[@SargonnasIncarnate]

Well... That was an unearthly performance. 😲

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

I wonder how many of these extreme drummers joints will have just been reduced to sawdust by the time they hit 50.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA!

[@lostopportunity4701]

You need to react to Romain goulan from necrophagist. Warning it's super fast metal. Speed metal if you will.

[@andrecastro8387]

I checked if I had selected the right speed in the video

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA Andre!

[@jio5341]

Let's go Mate Anothrr dark funeral

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup!

[@ekmanadventure]

Andrew. If you listened to more metal, you would know the true beasts that are out there!!

[@stormshadow2k]

I can do the ride part at 3:53. Other than that I'd have to practice a wee bit more.

[@paulitanpaul4]

You always apologize for stopping and comments,,,,,,, I like it ,,, I wanna hear what you think

[@kara7197]

5:56 was that intentional? :D

[@fleischmutze2159]

This playing sounds like a Machine Gun

[@jaytracks]

I think he removed this from his page and how sad because it's so badass

[@soul146]

Never been able to get into this norsecore stuff so much when comes to black metal. It's extreme stamina etc, but i just feel gets old quickly when entire songs are blasting and speed fills

[@EPKKC]

Then you have to use "tic-tic" magic as you ride cymbals. We once had a "tic-tic" Lord in Fredrik Andersson. Opus Nocturne is a tic-tic Masterpiece of Art. So wish there was drum cams when this guy was around.

[@bobbydigital8111]

How many shillings does he charge an hour for lessons?

[@doertedev]

He's also fun to drink with

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I bet!

[@danollerenshaw8410]

the black metal tendinitis is real

[@lordbelvederepatsbosox7688]

I think a refreshing and very needed reaction from you is a song GOAT by Polyphia! I apologize as I can’t be a patreon but their drummer clay is an absolute animal and has such a unique style and sound. Please check out the drum play through following this! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGKvgYN7pbCpm7c

[@sauhu2201]

You are funny guy.

[@michaeloehmen6989]

It's technique, he is not even straining, I would say it is sustainable indefinitely. The funny thing is the more you obsess about speed, the harder it is to acquire. Anyways, I am a black metal drummer.....but I practice all kinds of stuff......speed is by far not all there is to mastery of drums. I think many of these drummers could probably play anything you throw at them. I am practicing blues double bass right now, not the fastest stuff in the world, way way harder than playing straight singles at 200+bpm....for me anyways 😂 A lot is lifestyle too, take proper care of your machine and it will perform. When I say proper, I do mean do what works best for you as an individual.

[@jio5341]

Nils Dominator might be faster

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Both are machines!

[@jubeji100]

Mr.Universe....but i miss the Groove...the Groove rule`z!

[@jio5341]

I'm pretty sure Simon Schilling said something along the lines of Vobiscum Satanas! Hail Satan!

[@mcmlxxxviimcmxcvi8641]

Oh, long time no see... 😂 Just in case you didn't read my answer on the last Harrison video, here's another video you might find interesting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joakkKFmaahkmNU

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks man!

[@Wolfiecolada]

are you trying to say metal is an acquired taste?

[@JohnSmith-hl7kd]

You cant hear the music in these df vids

You could react to Miloš Meier

[@likeaBLAP]

Crazy stamina, great drummer, extremely boring to listen to though...

[@x-Gingerbeard-x]

Not as tight/consistent and powerful as Dominator. He is slowing down and speeding up in places. Still a great drummer though!!

[@TheReverent90]

It´s absolutely crazy how those Black Metal guys and so on can keep on blasting for a whole live set, but I still think it´s sooooo boring to watch or listen to. If I want to see and hear awesome metal drumming, Alex Rudinger or Chris Adler are more entertaining and fun to listen to.

[@NarMattaru]

This video is not that good. He goes slower than the song, misses some parts, lazy hits on the hihat. His fills are very good, but the song is too much for him. (Look at 3:33, where he starts with those lazy hits on the hihat, so he can speed up the hits on the snare). He definitely couldn't play it as fast as the original version (which is the one that plays in the background)

[@Backpflaume666]

Dude what are you talking about? There are some minor imperfections here and there (maybe, it is hard to tell by the overall sound quality) but always keep in mind that this video is more or less unedited. There are no cuts at all, he plays this song in one take and even adds some fills. It is his own take of the song and he changes the drumparts here and there, but I don't see any problem with that. What is really impressive, is Simons consistency and the fact that he nails super fast songs on live concerts: Many KZbin drummers often have troubles with that due to the fact that they can't edited their recordings until they are perfect when they play live.

[@michaszczucinski3609]

Stamina and speed - sure, pretty impressive. But otherwise it's boring af. There, I said, I meant it, I'm here to represent it.

[@krenwregget7667]

oh boy.... no thanks.

[@AshTooAsh]

I admire the ability to do them with speed, consistency, and precision, but god I hate blast beats.

[@fjoesnisse]

fast but boring

[@undeetanne7884]

This is very boring music.

[@CoreDian]

Have you ever wondered... one thing is to cover on drums this stuff. Other is.. who the f**k composes this???

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

100%!

[@CoreDian]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Andrew you need to check this drummer out.the video is live, the sound is from the recorded album. chap doesnt miss a single beat...