Francesco Paoli - Fleshgod Apocalypse - The Elegy - Multi-Angle Drum-Cam

[@toolband1992]

I don't understand people's f***ing problem with this guy? I saw them in london earlier this week - sitting about 10-ft from the drummer: I can tell you he didn't flam once! He was amazing! One of the best dm drummers I've seen and I've seen a lot. Don't think he was doing 300bpm; more like 270-280. Thank you, FGA, for the amazing experience and incredible albums. :)

[@samblakeley6924]

toolband1992 crazy thing is he’s only been playing for several years! Like no joke!

[@aditwani6562]

Several? Not more than 10 years. And at the time of this vid, not more than 4 years.

[@fionaokeefe1906]

not everyone loves Italians and Francesco comes off as “self righteous”🙄he’s since quit being the little drummer boy now he’s the singer!

[@redfielduniverse]

@@fionaokeefe1906 how does he come off as self righteous?

[@jmetalskinz]

Francesco has super human speed and plays unbelievably clean considering the tempo at which he's playing as well as the precision that comes with it. One of my favorite death metal drummers in one of my fav death metal bands!

[@WybjornVR]

That's actually what made me notice him at first. At the Wintersun concert I had never heard them before and when he started playing I was like ":O! Man that's tight playing for that tempo".

[@jmetalskinz]

WybjornVR Damn dude, I definitely envy you. I wanted to see that show so bad! I love both bands and I've heard they're both amazing live as well! The tour never came through my town.

[@KingSilk33]

I could watch this guy drum all day

[@penguincamp]

Sometimes he goes so fast I'm not even 100% sure what he's even doing..

[@jmetalskinz]

This drum work is absolutely incredible! Just pure musicianship, speed and precision. The new album is insane and they noticeably improved in their writing as well! Can't get enough of Fleshgod.

[@root01-b4q]

the funny part is that it doesn't seem like a big deal to him

[@root01-b4q]

i bet he is thinking about breakfast

[@insertname8889]

SurfsideWhistle like Dave Lombardo

[@rafaelalmeida3653]

Play drums it's like children stuff for him...

[@ofadetergentsud]

It's like he's the conductor of an orchestra.

[@Leftyotism]

Watch through our scars then. : >

[@OpticalDelusionOfficial]

I love how the piano player just doesn't cut through at all.

[@mrgherkin4901]

I laughed at this so much I missed the point of the video 😂

[@Compendyum]

Can't have too much of this. I'm still waiting for one Paoli drum video that could be playable by humans.

[@dulsrules]

Finally a good footage of him with clear sound.

[@bladelazoe]

Don't care what anyone says his drumming is fantastic in my opinion

[@_ravnarok]

Adore this band. Paoli is a bloody MACHINE!

[@riketdrummer]

Awesome Francesco ! Finally a video with a great vision of our work..

[@MrRav1990]

Such a talented drummer! Hope he gets the best endorsement deals a drummer could ask for!

[@fionaokeefe1906]

nope he was booted off of drums and now leads as a singer

[@bandwizard]

@@fionaokeefe1906he was never booted. Their previous vocalist left, so he just switched from drummer to guitarist/vocalist.

[@emperor5257]

Seen Fleshgod live in Melbourne Australia.......great band, he is amazing to watch!!! Love the guitarist aswell...........

[@bwestby1]

so much fucking talent resides in this band. Unbelievable stuff

[@rasecthebloody]

After this I feel better to be alive, sick drummer.

[@julienhelwindrummer2387]

really fast and precise he is increasing his drumming through the years !

[@yamman222]

saw Fleshgod last night in London ... holy F*k !! Francesco is one of the few Drummer Gods !!!!

[@3scape4rtist]

As a producer myself, I never felt the guitars were too low in the mix. It comes down to understanding which instrument (vocals included) need to take primary role during a given portion of the song. With the case of Labyrinth, the mixing is spot-on. Guitars are raised for the bridge when they're the primary instrument. Otherwise, the whole mix is dominated. This is a very well "shared mix" album.

[@AgeofJP]

as a guitarist who tries to know what exactly they're playing it's a bloody nightmare though...I agree for listening purpose I think it's absolutely perfect but Labyrinth is *by far* the hardest record to transcribe I ever encountered. Pathfinder, Elegy, Kingborn, Fall of Asterion, Minotaur...so many songs I would love to play, I'd give a kidney to get my hands on the score

[@woodenhoe]

much better than Agony in terms of mix

[@moploplus]

i find the lack of foot cams disturbing

[@taylort123]

other videos have them with the same speed

[@Mustis1524]

Do you mean that you might think that he isn't actually playing the bassdrum parts? I know that there is at least one video of him with a foot cam but since pretty much all the videos of him are by sickdrummer I guess that it is to be expected as they hardly ever seem to use footcams in their videos. At least I don't have a reason to believe that he isn't playng it but I have noticed that when he is using the double stroke technique on the faster parts that the second hits are hardly audible

[@taylort123]

Mustis1524 I think in this video, if you look at the setup around him, you can see the floor is far more congested than in other videos with foot cams so they just did an overhead cam instead instead of entirely blocking his walkway out

[@MattWeismiller1994]

Why do people freak out about double bass in extreme metal?

[@Mustis1524]

I really don't get it either. People seem to have a hard time grasping that it actually isn't impossible to play fast.

[@KilldroidWasTaken]

The new album is what they wanted to sound like since the beginning, I think the new album exceeds the previous ones and thats is one of the reasons why Fleshgod Apocalypse is still my favorite band ever!

[@85Aheadstix]

i fuckin love these guys!!! they all dress like 17th century renaissance classical composers.

[@DineshC]

Now that's next level of SICK..... really love the tone and the fillings \m/ !!!!!!!!

[@peroxideman5292]

every singel hit looks like a reflex

[@oriell003]

The problem with thinking while playing this kind of music is that it fucks you up

[@2BAvalon]

paoli is simply awesome

[@01234567897982]

Francesco Paoli you are RIDICULOUS !

[@insidespiral8]

..and he 's also an amazing vocalist

[@fionaokeefe1906]

you’re just saying that cuz you think he’s pretty

[@Drum2TheRythm]

That is such a beautiful kit.

[@Sickdrummermagazine]

Yes, coming soon...

[@fionaokeefe1906]

to a Walmart near you

[@SpartanCarver]

Listen to it with decent headphones, sounds surprisingly well mixed for the sheer amount of stuff going on. Unless you're talking about this video specifically, the audio is intentionally drum heavy in this one.

[@JakeShields09]

Love the fills! Good stuff.

[@SinisterSkip]

Very nice vid quality!

[@ACardFan]

I cannot believe how clean his rolls and blasts are.

[@zenchan332]

AMAZING MIRACLE

[@Simon-fj2wn]

that fill into the blast at 1:49 !!!!!

[@toolband1992]

Amazing drumming as always. Love the sound of the kit. Playing was fast, creative, tight and the endurance is wicked. I couldn't hear the kicks hardly at all. It would of been nice for a foot-cam, seeing as I wanna see - and hear - what's going on. Seeing them in London in October with Hate, so hopefully gets a good trigger sound by then. Cheers! :)

[@fionaokeefe1906]

hate is never a good thing!

[@matthiaswellingmusic8708]

I can't imagine what I'm hearing now...Holy sh** ! This man is a genius ! *-*

[@irvvinrodriguez9104]

Really Awesome!! Cheers from México!! (Y)

[@lamb440]

Francesco sei un grande

[@jwildman95bamf]

That is indeed some sick drumming

[@Evergreen_Juniper]

1:48 - 153 blew my damn mind

[@TorinMizenko]

Incredible!

[@82nddave38]

the sound doesn't do his double base justice!!!

[@buwumet]

He triggers the Kicks and uses Double Strokes, so the acoustic sound will lack the consistent kick hits because there is no triggered sound for us

[@archomes2515]

Amazing

[@XBLJohnX117]

He's dressed very formally for a death/metal drummer, kudos.

[@sachikomine7789]

The whole band's attire is meant to be formal looking. Look at the pianist and the vocalist and everyone else.

[@v8cool231]

He's playing at a wedding thats why ;-)

[@fionaokeefe1906]

@@v8cool231 it was his own

[@miroslav73]

OMG... he is just fucking LEGEND !!!!

[@hasbyacil]

MACHINE DRUM !!!

[@Sickdrummermagazine]

Yes we did ;)

[@fionaokeefe1906]

did what exactly

[@theSnaredrumde]

What extreme hammer drummer!

[@ElMario189]

That‘s so fvcking CRAZY 🫣🫣🫣🫣 Godlike 😊

[@CamiloMoyaBaterista]

MORE FOOTAGE PLEASE SICK DRUMMER

[@alozuldo]

Fucking blast machine!

[@johncrahan586]

I don’t know this song, but the only thing I know is he is amazing

[@MaxwellJacobFriedman_MJF]

Amazing under rated drummer!!!! Fucking Awesome!!!!

[@markvserik]

they have similarities in the production style. both emphasize the symphonics over guitars.

[@leandrost5474]

mind blown

[@KevinTheSkullAnderson]

Francesco Paoli, you are a GOD!

[@fionaokeefe1906]

Nah he’s just a pretty boy with granny panties!

[@ph0b0rz]

Nice sound! :)

[@jonmeriwether9213]

never stray from your destiny......might surprise yourself

[@pamansaru327]

now he back as the band's frontman

[@ScorpionCore]

it has so many other instruments thats true, but none the less it is a compositional masterpiece!

[@MauroGD]

where is the second hihat he used to had on his set?

[@stormblazt90]

those 3 seconds starting at 1:50 tho.... jizzed my pantalones

[@marquinhosdrumsbatera9234]

veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy goooooooooooooooooooooodddddddd !!!!!.

[@passionoflovers]

How does his snarre to sound so good!?

[@andrewharrison9321]

passionoflovers the power of a DW snare

[@xfernydrummerX]

i wonder how long it took him to build that endurance and speed. i need some videos to learn more about technique, any recommendations?

[@Mustis1524]

Some of the most helpful things for me technique wise was to, after learning french-grip or "flying fingers technique" or "flying spaghetti monster technique" or whatever people like to call it, watch this video and practice the things that he says. This is the best video I've seen when it comes to blast beat technique, hands down! (if you've already at least started to learn french or german grip as I said) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHm3oZKmmJuMfK8 . When it comes to foot technique I pretty much just tried to find every video of John Longstreth with a footcam in it and talking to him on twitter about pedal settings and bassdrum skin tightness and stuff like that which can make a difference. Here is one video of John Longstreth showing his feet that I very much enjoy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2TTkqKfadyGepI And remember that the heel-toe and the double stroke foot technique aren't the same thing. Hopefully this will get you started. I hope this helps! I know it did for me anyway. Good luck! :)

[@Mustis1524]

Mustis1524 But of course there are different ways of going about it. Francesco uses more wrist like George Kollias while the first video that I linked to you shows a drummer that mostly uses his fingers when blasting, which is the way that I prefer to do it, both for speed and endurance and if you decide to follow that route, the first video that I linked can be extremely helpful. If you've got any questions, feel free to ask :) I will do my best to help because I do think that I have some valuable information that could help even though I'm no well known drummer or anything, things that might be hard to find the top drummers tell you. Just ask away and I'll might be able to answer, not that I don't have loads of things to work on and learn. Here is another video that might help with double strokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2jZgX9saM-Ahtk Oh and there is another one that I completely forgot about that I'm sure will help a lot or at least clarify things a bit as it becomes very apparent that there is indeed a difference between the heel-toe technique and the double stroke technique that you'll see in the video. Skip to about 6 min and 40 sec. From there on out you'll see a great close-up of great double stroking in action and even in slow-motion :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/eInYgJ-mlLyVhcU Don't give up if you don't get these techniques at first. They are all very doable once you get your head around them. I learnt french grip on my practice pad and had some real difficulties in applying it one my kit but I managed it after a while. And my early double-stroking wasn't exactly great either. One thing that you'll probably have to do for that technique though is to tighten up both your spring and you skin to understand the technique at first and so that you get lots of rebound for that second stroke. After time I've loosened my skin to make my bass drum sound at least decent again though that second stroke doesn't cut through nearly as well on a really tight and stuffed bass drum. I hope that you'll at least spend some time to read all of this through as I do think that you should be able to get something from it even if you just did ask for some videos. I'm not basing all of this on nothing you know and all of this took some time to write as well. ;)

[@drumsdistortion]

jojo mayer moeller technique

[@erickvalencia2016]

According to a lot of comments I did read, it took him 3 years from zero to the level he's at.

[@fionaokeefe1906]

He listened to a lot of Bad Bunny songs and that’s how he developed his endurance!

[@Skylabz604]

Whats his BPM? ?? 2K something? lol

[@MinecraftGamerful]

270 i believe

[@marciochiabotto590]

The Violation goes at 270. I think this one is around 250~260.

[@CamiloMoyaBaterista]

250

[@insertname8889]

Blackrose 78 270

[@pikik100]

With some tools found online, I got an average of 250 bpm. It may not be exact, but it seems to fit the song

[@deadasfak]

I was talking about the new album

What's that piece of equipment right next to Paoli on his right at 1:10 ? we can see it better at 1:38 :)

[@MattJFilms]

That's the drum module from a Roland TD-9kx drum kit :)

***** thanks ! i'm no drummer so sorry for the noobish question : what do you think he uses it for ?

[@MattJFilms]

Don't worry about it! I'm a drummer myself and I honestly have no clue what he could be using it for. I don't see any electric drum pads or cymbals so I'm at a loss lol.

[@MattJFilms]

Actually now that I think about it he could be using it for the built in metronome.

***** thank you very much ^^ i thought about the metronome but i wasn't sure

[@dethflip23]

would have also appreciated a piano cam

[@matka5130]

yaaaaaay that china slaps, brutal...great drumming

[@CamiloMoyaBaterista]

perfect!! the flesh god boss

[@xRhychux]

Pretty sure he's referring to the production quality of the album itself. Fleshgod's always had the guitars too low in the mix

[@ChimichangaGuy]

I love the snare head he uses. I bought the same one it's pretty expensive for a snare head at $60 USD but well worth it. The most durable head ever.

[@andrewdoud9861]

evans hybrid?

[@ChimichangaGuy]

+Andrew Doud Yeah their amazing

[@FlintMarshall]

this is epic.

[@laurentweislo4113]

This guy is GOD !

[@ninjosolo1624]

This guy has some killer stamina and really good cymbal work. That one china sounds different anyone know what it is or is it just broken lol.

[@Skylabz604]

Every limb in his body is playing the drums....

[@BurnTheNuance]

Blackrose 78 No shit, lol.

[@dariobiagiotti871]

Can't explain what makes this guy such a monster if not invisible cthulhu like tentacles stroking the snare like the sound of a million demons on too tight bongodrums emergin from the most abyssal depths of earth

[@johnrajswami5938]

He is sick....🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@RobertoTorre96]

Bestiale! ;)

[@MudMonki88]

is it only me or does it sound like sometimes when he does euro blasts /alternating blasts he fails with the bassdrum by hitting the bassdrum and the snare at the same time when he's supposed to follow the bassdrum with the ride?

[@herusaleron6793]

@JMetalSkinz Ah, thanks for letting me know. :)

[@Eleutherarch]

You can like it, dislike it or nothing it. But everyone should be allowed to voice their opinion.

[@fionaokeefe1906]

yet nobody does though

[@NecroZeno]

Good drummer and all but i must know do they lug around that piano everywhere they go or is it just a keyboard with attachments to make it look like a larger piano?

[@fionaokeefe1906]

it’s an optical illusion

[@mendezbigniew]

wow

[@metalvocalistwanted]

great video \m/ it does change frames alot but i think its nice editing

[@dethdrummer88]

Oh damn, did you get any footage of Kai from Wintersun?!

[@fionaokeefe1906]

Who?!?

[@Vicente810]

and he is relax..... Italy

[@fionaokeefe1906]

he ate a bowl of pasta before drumming

[@МихаилГазпромыч]

Genius

[@RafaelOliveira-go1iw]

there's someone living in the past, changing your present and your future he could be your best friend, he could be the worst enemy

[@fionaokeefe1906]

you the best friend or enemy Rafi

[@RafaelOliveira-go1iw]

@@fionaokeefe1906 best friend, I guess haha

[@mossis666]

Well, to be fair, his drumkit wasn't entirely backlined so they had to set the camera's and drums up pretty quick, probably didn't have time to do one

[@fubeer]

i can't agree you calling it a noisy mess

[@Villex93]

So fast that the bassdrum(and many other things) is unhearable without proper audio

[@selbi182]

"The" Elegy? I'm pretty sure the title goes without an article. Awesome video regardless!

[@VertigoGTI]

I was lucky to see them in Columbus a week before this video posted up. They played an incredible show. Wintersun was good too... but I think FA upstaged them a little.

[@erickvalencia2016]

Who fronted the band when Francesco played drums?

[@fionaokeefe1906]

Bruno Mars

[@buggy-sama397]

Tim Yeung vs Francesco Paoli.. Who win?

[@fionaokeefe1906]

Francesco cuz he’s got the bigger banana!

[@labidcremation]

did you know, francesco paoli is a former vocalist of hour of penance ? and he became a craziest drummer i've ever seen

[@fionaokeefe1906]

then went back to being a singer….full circle dude

[@mareknaplava8325]

Which series of UFIP cymbals is Francesco using?

[@fionaokeefe1906]

same ones Stevie Wonder used in all his live performances