The Iconic Drumming Behind "Laid To Rest" | Lamb Of God Song Breakdown

[@DrumeoOfficial]

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[@TheKneezee]

Easily the best music KZbin channel. And I don’t play drums

[@the6ig6adwolf]

This video is a complete disgrace and everyone @Drumeo should be ashamed and embarrassed.

[@Eric-cj8sb]

He should have talked about a song he helped write, not any of Chris Alder's songs.

[@Drew2ub]

When are the Chris Turner vids going to be posted?

[@SeanKernan]

Kinda fucked up that Chris Adler gets no credit here. At least have Chris on your channel some time. He wrote these drum parts.

[@shadowthagreat]

Chris Adler is and will forever be my favorite metal drummer..

[@ELY-MIRANDA]

X2

[@derekblackthorne]

He was the God of the band. Now they're just lamb.

[@shadowthagreat]

@@derekblackthorne 😂😂 fr

[@helltrack876]

💯 % my bro dude 😎

[@serkansengul3]

Chris Adler should come to Drumeo !!!

[@brunofarina3391]

YEAHHH! I would love it!

[@bretmarzec2385]

💯 percent Chris should be

[@TomFooleryTattoos]

Would love to see Chris Adler play through and breakdown one of the Protest the Hero songs he did

[@rijoraghvan5493]

Strange, how Chris Adler is never even mentioned or credited even in passing, in contributing to such iconic parts in metal drumming history. Must be such bad blood...

[@EstebanQuintela]

Maybe there's some legal issues in between or something like that. that's why they can't say his name The only thing that we can do is enjoy

[@tziizuz]

THIS !!!

[@AlkanetEXE]

If you watch their longer video with Art Cruz, he talks at length about how much he respects Chris's drumming and knows he is filling some big shoes.

[@Eric-cj8sb]

​@@AlkanetEXE he is failing.

[@Ruleof2Review]

I was going to say the same thing. I don’t blame Art for they but I hate to see it. Feels wrong and unfair.

[@KratosIsSick]

Chris Adler made the As the Palaces burn and Ashes...Killadelphia.. His Drumming was great and absolutely kills on so many songs. 11th Hour, ATPB, Vigil, Ruin, Bootscraper, Purified, Devil in God's, Defense,

[@Eric-cj8sb]

Yeah it took bad we have an inferior drummer playing those songs now.

[@jonny555ive]

Anything Chris plays is going to be a banger guaranteed 🤘🤘

[@krisstout2347]

@@Eric-cj8sb Art is still a damn good drummer. hes just not the legend that is Chris Adler

[@scottfenloch7331]

You have to give mention and respect to Chris Adler in this situation.

[@reginaldalmazan6933]

true

[@afgaafif]

He just say "the record" without saying "Chris Adler" 😩

[@singastorm]

FFS he does in the full segment, in fact he goes out of his way to explain how a lot of these rythmic decisions were NOT his. this is a supercut of a longer video. He's extremely respectful about where the material came from and is a very capable drummer in his own right,. Stop needlessly trashing the guy who's doing a perfectly good job in the role.

[@davidsalas6874]

It's in the first line of the description...

[@SuperRoo_22]

This might sound strange, but i lost all interest in LOG after Chris was let go/left/fired. Still listen to all of the albums with Chris on them though.

[@jasoff666]

Cool Chris Adler drumming

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Remember that Metallica gig when Dave Lombardo sat in for Lars? Well, it's probably time to get Dave on Drumeo to break down the iconic double bass parts in One or the time signatures in Blackened.

[@edwardgogo8066]

Loll

[@GerkoRodriguez]

You are just proving why Adler left, this is TOXIC, art is actually the Drummer, you like it or not, he didnt just fill in for a gig

[@dimitripapadinikolaus]

are you stupid? dave filled in for a single gig whereas art's chris' permanent replacement

[@pieflies]

@@GerkoRodriguezwhile it makes sense that they couldn’t get Chris to do it because it’s the current band that owns the song, but they could have easily chosen a song that he wrote instead of one he didn’t. Criticism isn’t automatically “toxic”, and is a valid part of doing things better next time.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

@@pieflies 😉🤘

[@joeberger3737]

Get Chris Adler on Drumeo please!!!!

[@JayCord00]

I respect Art but Chris Adler is such an iconic drummer that have written such classic drum parts, that its hard to just forget how it used to be played by a such an influential musician. Again for me in the drumeo video, the snare tuning isnt doing it, dosent fit the LOG sound imo 🤷

[@keithwoodcrest]

Yeah I love me a big fat snare drum but part of the reason the drumming on the earlier LOG albums, in my opinion anyway, was the high pitch of Chris's snare. And that tight crack with the deeps bass drums and toms is what I expect when I hear those songs

[@traviskilroy3648]

true but not every drummer tunes it so tight to the point of a piccolo snare.

[@EvanBiser]

Chris Adlers drumming was iconic, so many catchy and memorable grooves. I love Art, he’s a great fit, but man do I miss Chris

[@bendaniels1213]

This has got to be my favorite song to drum on, the fills are so satisfying

[@Julzespartan]

bring chris adler to drumeo !!!

[@Jeremoid]

I really love Art, he is great, and hope he stays in LOG for as long as possible. Now, since he didn't write the song in the first place, I don't think is appropriate having him trying to explain it. Like in 1:26

[@TelesPlayMetal]

Well if you don’t think it’s appropriate, then I guess it isn’t.

[@Littlesuburbia]

No lamb of god without Chris

[@Jokeniv]

I've heard the same with Sepultura and the Cavalera Brothers. Would you have preferred that they hade ignored all the problems and continued playing?

[@Dennis19901]

@@Jokeniv Idc what they do. I just don't listen to any new LoG stuff.

[@rob879]

Agreed, huge LoG fan since High School, will listen to nothing they put out without Chris Adler and won't see them live either. No Chris, No LoG.

[@derekblackthorne]

lamb of god without Chris is just a lamb.

[@bassmasta9117]

I remember hearing Laid To Rest in 2004 when I was 12 and me and my brother and dad were literally laughing at it because we didn't know what this screaming and crazy heaviness even was! Lamb of God turned out to be one of our top favorite bands to this day!

[@itsdokko2990]

Legit, Laid to Rest was one of the very first metal songs i've listened to, back when i was 10 or 11 yo back in the late 2000's. It still feels like it's the firdt time everytime i listen to it

[@ogwally739]

That scream after the breakdown is iconic and both the arrangement by Adler and Art's playing now underneath it fits so perfectly. You can tell Art is feeding off the emotion of that scream when he's playing.

[@adriantomo5688]

i love what drumeo put out, but this song should be broken down by chris adler. art cruz should breakdown his own drum part on new lamb of god album.

[@GerkoRodriguez]

Yeah maybe you should teach them how to do content 😂😂😂

[@arikichu]

Even though they don't wanna mention the Absolutely fucking insane Legendary Drumming God Name here BUT we all know Chris made lots of kids pick up those Drum sticks. Absolutely killer arrangment by one and only CHRIS ADLER. NICE COVER DUDE.

[@gregchapdelaine4889]

Art Cruz seems like a good guy with a great vibe and attitude. Monster drummer, too. He was the best possible choice to replace Chris Alder and keeps the band moving forward in a good way.

[@Eric-cj8sb]

The band would of been better off just stopping or at least no longer playing Adler's song because Art can't hit it.

[@gregchapdelaine4889]

@@Eric-cj8sb thanks for sharing your opinion.

[@GerkoRodriguez]

@@Eric-cj8sbdude you a hater hahahaha you are pathethic, you just prove why adler left, so toxic, i bet you cant even play the verdes of this song and yet Here you are criticizing a PRO Drummer, if you simp adler is fine, but thats not art’s fault

[@TronciM]

​@@Eric-cj8sb What's wrong with his drumming?

[@mrhyde2250]

@@Eric-cj8sbyou have no idea what you are talking about.

[@mariolongtin8271]

Chris Adler is one the best drummers to ever live.

[@hobojungle1]

Man the finish on that kit is friggin gorgeous.

[@WorstPrinciples]

Maybe Art should’ve done this for a newer LoG song, but Laid To Rest is a Chris Adler track

[@metallurgico]

On another Drumeo video he says he "plays drums for LoG", so he is not even part of the band.

[@reginaldalmazan6933]

true, it felt like a disrespect to the original drumner

[@ralphwiggum6385]

​@@reginaldalmazan6933 and wears gloves to protect his nail polish

[@t_bone12571]

Art nearly laid himself to rest falling off the drum throne, hahaha. Be careful, dude! Nice work with the LOG song, a classic heavy tune.

[@felipemotorhead]

I'm stoked, I practiced it today for 5 hours in 0.5 speed and now I actually can play it! I can't believe it I can play it!!!!!

[@papasilver]

If you wanted a true breakdown of this song, you should've gotten Chris Adler, the man himself who literally contributed to the making of this song, to play it. Having Art here when he doesn't know much of anything about how this drum tune came about is ridiculous.

[@sameaux]

Maybe do a song he wrote. Great drummer but he can’t hold a candle to the work and genius of Chris Adler.

[@SamGrantOfficial]

anybody else immediately switch to one of chris adlers drum clinics the second this guys started to play? cause same.

[@keysersoze9511]

1:52 this double bass pattern sounds different from chris part. is he playing it different or does it just sound different?

[@egoogl]

he is hitting those toms with such power. triplets are always a good choice for catchy and original metal madness

[@percyrevollo708]

What a different sound and feeling! Chris🔥💪🤘

[@Metalmania82]

He does a great job playing Adler's music. It was always awesome to see Adler play the songs like it was the easiest thing to do.

[@hectormendoza7261]

Art has such a cool personality and great talent, I wish we get more videos of him with drumeo. Man is a beast!

[@BunsenMusic]

At 4:00 when they show the breakdown build-up.. then Art explains about how the next beat changes up by just moving the snare... but Drumeo shows a clip of the section AFTER the part he was talking about lol. He was talking about the weird snare hits in the breakdown.

[@brendensiebert3518]

Chris Adler should be explaining how this song is played considering he wrote the drum part to begin with. Where did he go. Why isn’t he in lamb of god anymore…..he wore the most iconic drum parts.

[@MeNtZe9]

Danger place to be drumeo! We can feel and see the difference. We the lambs of god love Chris and we are all hurt from his absence from the band!

[@cyberhorst]

This is bs af. Art is the hell of a drummer and is doing a great job in Lamb of God.

[@PavelPerez]

Excellent performance, my only complaint is the snare doesn't sound like a can.

[@alexschneider8494]

Trash can sounding snares are annoying and need to get by the wayside.

[@diegopeart]

that is actually a good thing. this is no st anger.

[@falkhorn0915]

LOL

[@PavelPerez]

@@alexschneider8494 yeah but this song, just like St. Anger, is enshrined in my skull with that particular annoying sound. It's part of its soul really.

[@PavelPerez]

@@diegopeart sure, but if you like these songs the way yhey were originally conceived, removing the flaws just takes away from the magic.

[@MRRVADrums]

This song is super fun to play. I think the hardest part of it is just the triplet kicks are pretty much constant throughout most of the song. It’s not fast, but after a million bars of it, your legs are wanting a break. Good shit.

[@DrumsetManiac91]

Am I crazy or is the notation wrong at 3:53 ? The last 4 notes should be one eighth note triplet earlier. And in the next 2 bars at 3:59 , the second bar should be 5/4 with an extra quarter rest at the end, and the last 2 eighth note triplets should again be one eighth note triplet earlier.

[@suranakshay]

Chris Adler🔥

[@aiocara]

Wish I could see Chris Adler on here Drumeo

[@leayhgbbrvxzwaxhyunrxeaXgy]

He should breakdown his own songs. This belong to Chris.

[@GerkoRodriguez]

Dude if you were right they wouldnt even do the song, its a LAMB OF GOD song, art is the LAMB OF GOD DRUMMER, maybe you simp too much adler, but thats not art’s fault, the songs are from THE BAND, not from a single member

[@drob311]

​​@@GerkoRodriguezChris wrote it though. Have Chris give us the run down of it as he wrote it and he can explain the theory as to why it is the way it is. Have Art do it for the L.o.G. songs he wrote himself. He's a kick-ass drummer with his own style and application of theory.

[@motorcycleboyreigns]

@@GerkoRodriguezdoesn’t make any sense to explain a song you didn’t come up with the part for

[@MarcusFenix50]

​@@GerkoRodriguez Chris wrote the drum part you Muppet. A good 15 years plus before Art had anything to do with the band.

[@truuuupR]

@@GerkoRodriguez Absolute minus IQ take.

[@the_minimalistic_adventure]

He gets a lot of shit, mainly from people comparing him to Chris. This man is a solid drummer. Super powerful and solid. He fits the band.

[@hellvic3]

Fun fact to yall: in my young ages i had an acura integra with a big ass subwoofer and this song was unofficialy name "the massage song" thanks to this epic steady double bass drum

[@stevewilson9778]

Chris Adler is one of my all-time favorite drummers. His feel is incredibly laid-back, which is ironic considering the style of music he creates.

[@DimidrolTravels]

Chris Adler is a monster. Art is doing Chris justice. Beautiful drumming

[@ParisChristianne]

I'm really quite sad about the lack of any credit or mention of Chris Adler. It's like he was never in the band and Cruz was always their drummer. Creepy.

[@abiraggarwal3316]

his control over the kick is absolutely amazing damn

[@Ro700Repeater]

he fluffed the intro though haha

[@kevinbick1234]

And your point is? He has said right at the start its not his song

[@kevinbick1234]

Maybe he has but no ones perfect. If i was good as he is I wouldnt be bothered.

[@JayCord00]

​@@kevinbick1234chill out bud, no need to get offended over it🤦

[@yigitdoganay3528]

haha absolutely no. he compensates for his weaknesses (which is totally fine) but acts like he is ''that guy.'' i don't respect him at all for not mentioning chris adler even a single time these whole sessions.

[@reinebantube]

No one can recreate Chris Adlers feel, it’s why I never went to see them again after Chris left.

[@Eric-cj8sb]

Same here brother. 🤘

[@872463051]

I felt that way after the s/t record, but I think Art came into his style on Omens. It's a little more straightforward/less groovy, but it's a solid LoG record. Plus Art is a very good live drummer - brings a solid energy to Adler's parts, playing them pretty faithfully. It's certainly not exactly the same as before, but I don't know how you think seeing LoG with Art is worse than staying home.

[@ChickenJoe-tq6xd]

Just like Charlie benante can’t recreate vinnie pauls powerful groove playing, they are very technical but the feel is impossible to replicated

[@brettneedham88]

Love lamb of god because of Chris Adler buy Art Cruze tears it up man. You gotta see him. His energy is fucking awesome. He is a bad ass drummer.

[@sicklettuce]

You wouldn't know the difference.

[@monkeywrench0265]

Chris Adler absolute GOAT

[@rayizm3]

ART CRUZ is KING KONG on drums hands down, but something about the way Chris Adler plays this song just does it for me. That ROCKS!!! 2 badass drummers with 2 different styles.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@kuriousstylez]

Still my go-to song for warming up

[@SchteeKx]

This song is what started my metal journey!

[@indrathemaggot]

Cruz is super cool, but there's something in Chris that is not replaceable. not only the tone, but the "groove", especially in the bass drum part. Also there're moments when we're listening to the new songs, and we're imagining in our head the sound of Chris' drumming that will make it different. Anyway, we're happy to see Lamb of God now! Cant wait to see them again in Hammersonic 2024

[@muhammadramzi8937]

Very smooth and accurated, creative and powerfull!!! Great… Chris Adler

[@mitchellcambron2440]

Badass, thanks for sharing. Art Cruz is awesome!

[@splitsecondblackswan]

Not his song.

[@omardiecast64]

Chris Adler 🤘🔥

[@ismailb7874]

No LOG without Chris 😢😢

[@Littlesuburbia]

Nobody has the feel that Chris has

[@jarred901]

My most favorite band of all time!

[@jackfish1990]

Great breakdown of an epic song.

[@RasputinPrime75]

Art Cruz & Mike Portnoy, two of my favorite episodes thus far. Great job guys.

[@wonuandostudio]

Love you chris adler 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@SheeshMaGeesh]

Me: Mom can we have Chris Adler? Mom: We have Chris Adler at home. Chris Adler at home:

[@johnstone4936]

Lamb of God would never be Lamb of God without Chris Adler. The foundation he made with this band is phenomenal. One of the most melodic, creative and skilled metal drummer. Chris brought us something that is totally unique. I give him full credit for that. Art is also a good drummer but the sound of LOG mostly means Chris

[@einsteinalexander7187]

You killing it !

[@asarsalari]

God damn, that set/lighting is fantastic

[@kooskansloos4834]

This is the first song from LOG I heard & saw, on their tour in Europe while I went initially to watch Devildriver. Hooked ever since.

[@lazyartist08]

I really like his drumming and that headbanging upwards...

[@disliked1390]

One of the first metal songs I learned, if you never played double kick it can look intimidating but I swear one weekend and you can learn it. I'm not good at all at double kick and i can do this.

[@trigb0y]

no mention of Chris Adler bums me out big time. guy is my drumming hero

[@juandavidlucero]

John Dolmayan should be a guest in drumeo

[@thedude4672]

First song that I ever heard from LoG. Made me an instant fan

[@AlkanetEXE]

Y'all in these comments saying TALK ABOUT CHRIS ADLER need to watch their podcast-length ep with Art; he talks a LOT there about how much he respects the position he's filled. Stands to reason that after having a whole discussion about that, they'd just focus on talking drum parts for these shorter films.

[@Crowbar11115]

We don't need to watch a damn thing. Chris should be credited right here.

[@MrDick-kz8qc]

@yourDoom8 He can't. His short attention span is why he can't have nice things

[@Dietrichard]

@@Crowbar11115 Came here to say this.

[@Dietrichard]

@yourDoom8 He does actually, because this is a separate video and therefore a separate entity. And he wrote the fucking subject of the video.

[@Dietrichard]

This does not solve the problem.

[@CactuarTheGreat]

“The part you air drum along to every time you hear it” “No I don- oh, yep, no, he’s right.” Called tf out 😂

[@paulknowles6433]

Art is a truly amazing drummer but Chris Adler is whats missing from Lamb of God for me right now. His unique groove and dynamic was an integral part of what i loved about the band 🤘🤘

[@brodieangerfist6601]

Chris Adler needa to be recognised for sure. Hes a b3ast

[@chadknapp5170]

This wasn't a breakdown...the way Chris broke down the solo from Ruin in Killadelphia was a fucking breakdown🧐🤘💯

[@Zoliansanga1983]

Chris Adler's drumming is just tight...his fills cannot be compared and cannot be replicated... Listening the original one, this video is just nothing to it...Chris is the GOAT !!! 😮🤘🏼🔥💥❤️🤘🏼

[@Joseph_Leysath]

What Drum Kit does Mr. Cruz use? I know he uses a ludwig. But what material and what's the whole kit called?

[@endyarinata9753]

I think he shouldn't talk about this song because Chris Adler made that iconic drum part

[@Kinglouie666]

The first time I played it all the way through I had goosebumps the entire time.

[@richardharvey216]

Dude Every time i hear this song. I air drum threw most of the song. Freaking Killer

[@roelofbekelaar874]

Art, I love you man, I wish you all the best and I understand you joined LoG, but damn do I miss you with Prong. You are my favorite drummer. Hope to see you some day, somewhere, all the best from The Netherlands.

[@EMCproductions]

Video 6 of commenting until Drumeo makes a "Best Rudimental Drummer of the Year" award category

[@stephencooper3920]

Art is an awesome dude and drummer!! I remember when winds of plague played a show in bend at a little grange and they stayed after and cleaned up the venue.

[@arnolddsouza6964]

The snare really gets hit so hard in this song sometimes on of beat and sometimes on the beat🤘🏻

[@lasagnahog7695]

Art Cruz was in the first video I saw from this channel. The dude is a ball of charisma and it's super impressive to step into another musician's shoes and keep a band going.

[@tomys6125]

i'm sorry but this song belong to chris adler

[@deaf3326]

why are metal fans so weird bruh. no one said it didn't, this guy is just playing it

[@CarolinaBassHunter]

🙄

[@brianjohnson9890]

Well Chris ain’t here so what else ya got?

[@cvblaylock]

Shut up.

[@Mari000]

Well yea he wrote the drums😂

[@tamarockstar09]

I played in cover bands from 2001-2010 and I wish I had these videos to help me learn. But I did it the old fashion way just listening to the song pure of sound. And maybe some visuals from a live performance or dvd live performance. We didn’t have this kind of luxury

[@HantuLaut-p8k]

Chris adler has to explain his masterpiece ❤❤

[@yashit66]

I hate either the tuning or the mixing of the snare drum. It’s missing the ringing sound chris’ used to have. It’s not the character and sounds like someone else is playing the drums instead of lamb of god’s drummer. It’s incredible how just a snare sound can make so much difference on their music. Chris adler is a genius.

[@PunkRock03]

Yo Art, I saw you last night in Tampa . Amazing show 👏

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

What an astonishingly beautiful drum kit. Mmmm … LUDWIG! 🤤

[@VisariDaBst]

It's a sad day when they can't even recognize Chris Addler anywhere in the video. Dude should have played something he made up and not something from time before him

[@doisenwadzinski6171]

One of my go-to songs while practicing. So fun to play, just wish I had the cymbal array you do. lol

[@kaimaitland4068]

That intro beat is my fav in the whole song

[@adamprefol7012]

Sounds just like the record to me Art! 💪

[@X5E70MJX]

Chris Adler will always have a special place in my heart. No one can fill in his spot

[@jerryh.nintendoplayers]

First time I seen Lamb of God was at Ozzfest 2004 and they kicked ass.