Drum Teacher Reacts: DAN FOORD | Sikth (Instrumental Masterclass) Bland st Bloom | (2021 Reaction)

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[@edwardrummer]

Thanks for reacting Andrew 🤘Hopefully someday there will be some higher quality play throughs from him 🤞 (and I’ll request those too 😅) cheers! 🍻

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey Edward! Thanks so much for the pick.

[@edwardrummer]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums *Van damme dances *

[@casperolivier9519]

​@@AndrewRooneyDrumshave you checked out Alex Rudinger's cover of this? Does it justice.

[@little_bigtone]

Sikth is one of the most influential progressive metal bands in the early 2000s. They were waaaaaaaaaay ahead of their time. This album would still hold it's own if it were released today.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Excellent Anthony. Happy to have discovered them albeit late!

[@slipknot95maggot]

Criminally underrated band I can't fathom it Two metal vocalists can be overwhelming for some, but even if you don't like that.... there's just so much good stuff in this band

[@kerrgrey148]

Sikth are underrated heroes. Been ma fav bands for around 20 years and big Dan is an absolute master behind the kit!!!

[@emilolsson91]

A lot of people attribute Sikth and Meshuggah to be the forefathers of most modern progressive metal bands, as they both were quite early on the scene with this style of metal.

[@byronbrimstone5163]

Yes, there's a lot of newbie ignorants in metal, the kind who also thinks Rush was inspired by Dream Theater.

[@emilolsson91]

@derp derpin Music is subjective, so "better" is a questionable term here. Both Sikth and Meshuggah were active a number of years earlier, and that's why I attribute this to them. Although, Fellsilent also gave birth to two of my favourite prog-metal bands: TesseracT and Monuments. My short answer is: Fellsilent was surely influential but in a later stage.

[@emilolsson91]

@@byronbrimstone5163 Yes, it's quite baffling what people come up with since that would also be considered "time travel" 🤣 Both "checking facts" and "checking sources" seem to have been lost to the ages...

[@MrDanmjack]

Meshuggah out date sikth by quite some time. Like maybe 20 years.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Love it!

[@iangrant8290]

So glad someone suggested Dan Foord and Sikth. Truly ahead of their time when Death of a Dead Day came out. Edit: Btw, Dan's youtube channel has some chest mounted gopro videos including Bland Street Bloom.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey that sounds great Ian!

[@Profmillar]

Hey! Dan Foord teaches at the uni I'm going to be attending next year. He's a beast. They were a huge influence towards the djent scene. I know the guys at Periphery cite them as one of their biggest influences. The vocalist for Periphery also did a song with them on their new album. They were one of the first push djent.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Oh wow! What Uni is it!?

[@truttzi]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums BIMM Institute (British and Irish Modern Music Institute)

[@Scotty515]

@@truttzi Have fun dude! I just finished my degree at BIMM Manchester!

[@JakeHowsamLowe]

One of the best, most underrated and influential metal bands of the last 20 years.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Great to hear Jake!

[@zackgalldrums2445]

Holy , what a hidden gem ! That was crazy good and really heavy . Great pick

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes it was Zack!

[@intherapy1]

Now we're talking. Dan is such a talented drummer and paved the way for a lot of the prog metal movement. His style, drumming and metric modulation was so original for the time. Excellent he gets some exposure.

[@intherapy1]

The only shame is they didn't request the go pro cam for this, you can really see and hear what he's doing

[@edwardrummer]

@@intherapy1 I only thought of the go pro after I sent the request 🙈 but you encapsulated everything I wanted to say about him 👏

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks Richard. I'm sure I'll get to them again!

[@TheElergy]

One of my favourite bands. They were desperately underrated due to being so ahead of their time. Let the transmitting ep was released in 2001 if I'm not mistaken and completely blew my mind.

[@21centdregs]

sikth is on my top 10 favorite bands of all time list. they had a quirky style (and dual vocals!!) that a lot of modern “djent” or prog metal bands dont possess. mikee’s bizarre spoken word poem tracks and the harmony choices between the two guitars really hit the weirdness sweet spot

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Excellent!

[@Jinglis]

Really wish there were more higher quality vids of Dan, such a great drummer.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

AGREE

[@t3hgir]

Sikth's Death of a Dead Day. Hugely influential album (as well as early Meshuggah) on us tech & djenty cats.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

EXCELLENT!

[@falsemcnuggethope]

Did you pay attention to quintuplet kick drum at 6:11? Quite unusual, especially at the time.

[@lepermessia4]

Man! Check the Instar The True Article played by Travis Orbin. It's very complex but very interesting composition.

[@mikemike-yw3pn]

You definitely need to watch just a drum video of his and not the whole band. The stuff he does is actually incredibly intricate

[@Silentghos]

Was listening to Sikth all day yesterday than BOOM. Thanks so much Andrew 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Silentghos]

And to add some more info on the band Andrew, we used to watch them a lot in the Uk i feel they were easily 10 years too early maybe 15 years haha. The shows were always amazing but felt like everyone there were musicians or were soon to be. You should check out a few of there songs on Spotify.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

You know when the serious musos are attending, it's... well it's serious stuff!

[@peterpetrov7073]

Nearly five years ago I was on the verge of giving up on drumming due to tendinitis. A 30 minute 1 to 1 tutorial with Dan helped me overcome it and keep going.

[@riffnastyhubanks5714]

Holy hell that's a band I haven't heard anything about in over 10 years. Had a friend give me a burn CD of theirs back in the day LOL it was mind blowing.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

GREAT!!!!

[@MrDanmjack]

I’ve met all these guys. I used to be involved in a festival In my home town (Uxbridge) called uxfest. It was held at a youth club called fountains mill in the car park on a truck trailer. over the years I watched them climb the bill until they head lined. Then they were too big to play our little festival. Mikey (one of their lead singers). Was involved in the festival from an early stage. Great memories of my youth. Loved every minute of it.

[@MrDanmjack]

They got pretty big in Japan. I’d be surprised if they didn’t tour NZ in the early 2000’s.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Oh right on! Great info. Thanks!

[@MrDanmjack]

No worries.

[@MrDanmjack]

You might even be able to look up uxfest on the kerrang website. They have given us very good coverage over the years

[@951258tike22]

Sikth influenced bands like Periphery and Animals as leaders - they're the GOATs lol. can't believe i missed this reaction! Love me some Sikth and Rooney

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Love you too 😘

[@chrisbatt-throneofexile9567]

I definitely agree with this pick! This is the only song I know by Sikth but I love it and I’m delighted that there is a setting like this on KZbin with it. Fantastic drum tune!

[@insay1909]

When your head finally moves at 7:26 you can't not ! Incredible drop down

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

YUP!

[@kaynesantor8136]

They are definitely considered of that pedigree. I would call this a pretty straight forward piece. Just to show the basics of heavy, syncopated, well written out stuff. When they came out, there wasnt much to compare them to. It was a big thing. I still wouldn't put him up to some of the best nowadays, even though I love the effing shit outta them. It's still heavy as hell and I can jam out all day. They were sick-th. Cheers.

[@Pattison1]

I was there !! That was a guest masterclass at ACM in Guildford UK. They played a bunch of songs and explained different parts of interest on the different instruments and did a q & a. Very cool guys and great musicians (especially Dan). Shame the video quality sucks ass but it was a long time ago for online media :-s

[@MrPaull1989]

I feel like people need to make sure their suggestions are mainly drummer based. Happy enough to see live videos as long as it's a drum can heavy video.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Fair enough!

[@joeoneill9098]

The chorus drumming is one of my favourite bits of drumming ever. Holding down the groove, hitting the cymbals on the accents and slipping In all those bells in the empty spaces are amazing

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Couldn't agree more Joe! I need to check out more Joe!

[@ripret1317]

Please react to Krimh he is incredibly!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thank you!

[@michaelknight9663]

So glad that tgia song was requested… I have all of Sikth's albums, and they are indeed "sick." 🤙 These guys are certified predecessors of the heavy grind/prog metal movement… I wish they included the vocals on this song because the singer is both hilarious and incredible at the same time.

[@seandlacey]

Dan the man! Pleased to see him featured. One of the best gigs I ever went to was Sikth in a wierd New Orleans themed venue not much bigger than that room, in Birmingham, England. A shame the video (or more importantly, sound) wasn't great, hopefully sometime in the future you'll cover a much better example. Really enjoy these videos!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup I'm sure I'll get to a more hq vid of him Sean!

[@TheDeathofswing]

For sure an influential band, especially their first two albums. I think many prog metal and more adventurous metalcore bands would draw from them as an influence, and I remember people hearing them for the first time in the 2000s being pretty consistently blown away by their originality and technicality.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Great to hear!

[@chriscrim751]

The video quality is poor, but Yes, Sikth are progenitors of the Djent movement in Metal music. Would love to see a review of a better quality video. I'll see what I can do to find a better video to share

[@blizzerdreieinssechs7401]

PLS react to "Tony Royster Jr. crazy metronome practice with the TD-30.". This is so mind blowing , Im sure you will enjoy this a lot!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

That sounds good!

[@blizzerdreieinssechs7401]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Niceee :)

[@barleymepodcast2301]

Sad this was just the instrumental version because I really wanted to see what face you made when the vocals kicked in lol

[@lungfulldrummer8921]

Dans a great drummer. The PayPal contributor could have maybe picked this bodycam vid of him playing the same track. Might have given you a bit more to go on. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5iop5-Zp8mahqc Sikth are one of the daddies of the tech metal scene. Influential on bands like periphery & protest the hero.

[@Thisnamesalreadyused]

Sikth is such an awesome band! 🤘

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

YES Kyle!

[@xBREEEEx]

Have you ever reacted to Jamie St Merat from Ulcerate?

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

In the works.... :)

[@kumquatmagoo]

That section in 5s in the middle hurts my brain. 6:10

[@welderdude1]

Check out Scarve. Dirk Verburen is a killer drummer and a nice dude.

[@nicklittle2413]

DAN THE LORD FORD!

[@lockey88]

Sikth have been one of my favourite bands for a long time, and I've been lucky enough to see them a few times. Check out their first three albums if you can. After that one of their two vocalists left the band and their new stuff just doesn't have the same magic for me anymore unfortunately.

[@chrismendez7163]

Fantastic song. Saw the clip doesn't do it justice.

[@Psyphonyx_Life]

This needs a revisit with a MUCH better view / footage of the drummer.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I hear that! It's what got picked and serves as a very real intro!

[@Psyphonyx_Life]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums ..Incredible band. Fore-runners of the Djent era (imo) Timing and creativity.. unparalleled. Truly inspiring contribution to this craft.

[@ryanguy372]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Alex Rudinger did an amazing drum cover of this. You should definitely check that out.

[@rahbeat9785]

should have done the studio version tho

[@djentcallery8647]

I think this was the wrong video for this....there is a drum cam video which I think you would appreciate more

[@bart8988]

I got so excited when I read he was going to react to Dan Foord. Freaking audio sucked what a waste

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I'm sure I'll get to more Bart!

[@oachna9061]

Check out “Viscera Infest - Drum Playthrough“. I watched it 100 times. I really like it. Your reaction would be interesting :)

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thank you!

[@ryanrivers1259]

Bailey's mate!

[@waynelynch9557]

" " "😬🤯" " "

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hey there Wayne!

[@waynelynch9557]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums hay Andrew hope things are well.

[@theophilusthistler5885]

Oh, apparently he never heard of Sikth.... ???? at all? not in passing? Hold my finger.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Been holding it for ages now.

[@iwatchyoutube9610]

Too bad the sound is rump on the vid.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Very raw indeed

[@ryanmacc4709]

Bad enough this was filmed even worse it was shared

[@emobandito]

I want to slap whoever sent this video link. The sound is garbage and does no justice to the band or Dan. Scent of the obscene should have been the song too

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I'll get to more Ryan

[@GrahamMurphy525]

This band has less stage presence than that Japanese robot band

[@t3hgir]

some bands don't really need stage presence, IDK.

[@TheDeathofswing]

It's a workshop for nerds with sheet music in the background...

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yeah I think it's real math time stuff. Very in it for the music vibe for sure!

[@charliekirkpatrick695]

Totally not their case for their live shows, they are crazy and still super tight