INSANE Drummer Learns DREAM THEATER In 5 DAYS

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[@freelyspeaking3629]

@@DrumbleCo Blackened by Metallica - 1 day

[@drummerboyjosh8260]

@@DrumbleCo yo please interview abouy how he became the drummer he is!!

[@dalatina911]

Yoooo 🤯 Mike HAS to see this! The fact he played the last third of the song with ONE pedal is crazzzy. This dude is an amazing drummer!!! 🫡

[@joeldrummer23]

Right?

[@jkls369]

#mikeportnoy

[@jkls369]

God Bless this man on his amazing talent.

[@Imrighttho]

That's exactly what i was thinking , this was incredible.

[@coreymapps5934]

Who Mike Mitchell??

[@mkastnerdrums]

Now we just need a video of Mike Portnoy reacting to this. That was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@PS-ys9yg]

i guess Mile have contract with the competition....haha

[@Victor-ox1no]

DUDE, destroyed it! A broken double peddle and IEM's kept falling out, kept playing through it without missing a beat. Pro.

[@xmjd4x703]

Dude his double kick pedal came unattached and he still crushed the rest of the song with a single kick. This dude is a BEAST!!! I loved every second of watching this and I will probably be watching this on repeat for the next 6 months. I love this channel, rock in brothers! 🤘🏼🥁

[@ISsantos0]

THIS IS THE BEST COVER I SAW OF DANCE OF ETERNITY ON INTERNET! Such power, style, creativite and respect with the original. Congrats brother!

[@DavidMartinez-mi8ng]

This is the most INSANE cover I've ever seen of this song. The original is such a complex masterpiece, BUT ADDING CHOPS TO IT? Bruh, I can't. Amazing.

[@Jordarr8994]

Man pleaseeeeee get Mike Mitchell on here. Him and Xavier Ware are their own species

[@coreymapps5934]

Bro that's who I said would def blaze too!!

[@tarriverrunningco6665]

Thanks for recognizing Mike Portnoy by name in the video. He’s ultra skilled and equally kind and willing to share his talents. Xavier killed it.

[@genki_walflower]

Bilmuri is so lucky to have Xavier, such amazing chops!

[@neon_end]

the amount of one handed parts while fixing his in ears without missing a beat, hot damn.

[@berkecanturan9629]

I'm mesmerized. This is great! Mike really has to see this.

[@hawkeye1680]

Dude played it drumless and without a click?! And the second half with one pedal?!?! 🤯🤘🏻

[@mikosoft]

The last part looked like it was actually on fast forward! Crazy how cleanly Xavier played at that speed.

[@sramredd9856]

All I have to say is WOW. That was crazy. I am a big fan of Dream Theater and MIke and seeing someone that is outside of metal play their song is so cool. Xavier is a BEAST of a player. I hope Mike gets to see him play it.

[@fatihcoskun8613]

He did not just learned, he improved the drum parts. Hats down, legendary performance 💪👏🙌

[@TheRakanow]

Improved the drum parts, no disrespect but you can not improve on Mike Portnoy masterpiece he worked on for years

[@King-Gilamashur2758]

I think it's a different interpretation. But a goddamn amazing one for sure.

[@friendofWangYu]

i agree dog. he’s so good.

[@Ash_Hudson]

@@TheRakanow Apparently you can 😂

[@Usiv101]

Improved? Wtf😂

[@warpticon]

Whoever left the comment in the beginning of the video mentioning Arch Echo, I love you.

[@mattgomez115]

I had chills through pretty much that whole play through. Incredible!

[@Kabz8]

Huge DT fan, bro you CRUSHED it. That was so impressive holy smokes

[@ghostlui77]

This man's ability to play the drums and the creativity he has to reinvent fills and chops is simply phenomenal, I'm blown away.

[@wongsakornwattanavekin7328]

Bro added his own flares and elevate the feels so great! He could have been one of those in the audition room 12 years ago!

[@CapOlimar]

@@wongsakornwattanavekin7328 14, but close.

[@drewashington7414]

Oh my this finna break the drum internet

[@DavidCannales]

OMG!! This is the best drum cover of The Dance Of Eternity without a doubt, Xavier is an amazing drummer!! Congratulations to Drumble and Xavier, thanks for making this video, very inspiring!

[@SuperCheesyMan]

woooooo that was absolutely killer amazing! the fact that he added his own flavor to this song made it so refreshing. brb I'm gonna press that replay button

[@geoffnolan1053]

I got to meet Xavier during his tour with Bimuri and he was so nice! He even let me show him my favorite fill from my phone. Super patient dude and couldn’t be more humble.

[@tusotusin]

AWESOME! On the sections he was comfortable and added his own sauce it was so good! I will tell you thi right now, this will be the most watched video of this channel

[@jeffers0315]

Wow Xavier is the real deal. Learning any Dream Theater song in a week is insane, but Dance of Eternity is extra gnarly. You have all my props and respect for all the work you put in to get to this level.

[@jaredmedina833]

The stick flip at 12:26 while playing that part is absolutely crazy work! Shows he still had time to play around and still had another level of locking in, if he needed it. Truly incredible talent!!!

[@shimahdnb]

this is amazing. The improvisation over the original parts is first class. really made it his own considering how difficult it is in the fist place. Blown away!

[@DoutorBreja]

Duuuude!! What a drummer!! He was able not just to play it, but to spice it up!! Loved his version!! So smooth!! Cheers from Brasil!

[@jonathanmercredi3364]

Best of luck to Xavier! This is pretty close to the top of the mountain of drum parts. I'm sure he'll kill it!

[@Imrighttho]

This was INSANE . My guy not only learned how to cook pizza , but he put some more cheese on top, the right amount ... my God this was crazy . MIKE HAS TO SEE THIS.

[@vledermaus]

I have heard some Dream Theater songs but not too many and this one sounds and looks so fun to play, well done Xavier.

[@coolduke3000]

WHAT??? What just happened? How did that happen?? I am speechless.

[@The_KlaVra]

For me this was so sick, because you can tell how comfortable he was. He was adding little flares here and there, this was so sick to see after hearing Dance of Eternity being played so many times, how he added new stuff and it didnt sound out of place. It had like Thomas Pridgen energy to the whole track, it was so sick to see.

[@olimpicus]

Imagine him in DT auditions

[@clyde24skywalker]

10:31 what the hell is that man 😮, its pretty awesome in the original and here you up the level, you are insane !!!

[@SafirLamkhantar]

Love this jazz fusion drumming take on Dream Theater. It synergizes amazingly.

[@AngelFaceVA]

THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING and HE IS AN INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN wtf like how?!?!

[@supersapphire]

love the fact that this dude just rolled up in slides and socks and slayed this shit lmao!!

[@Ruleof2Review]

Dang! The poor guy couldn’t get a second take after the double pedal came apart. Brutal! But he KILLED it! Absolutely insane. Bravo. 👏

[@guitar_noodle]

True professional

[@SGTmixon]

This guy is the Victor Wooten of drums

[@NOISREVIEW]

Dream Theater is one of my fav band and I've been listening to them since I was 14, never thought I'd listen to a dream theater song with a literal "stank face".. this is an amazing cover, so much energy and FEEL

[@Sacred_Silence]

Dude, putting your own sound into and still sounding like DT is pretty solid work. Edit: It would've been cool if your shirt was 6:00 instead of 9:30 cause that's a DT song lol

[@IgorKindred]

I heard this song so many times that i could see all the improvisations and little things he did diferently, and it was AWESOME!

[@davidduker4441]

My goodness that dude is incredible. Someone show this to Mike immediately

[@mattnormandrums]

Wow 🤘🏼🥁 Mikes got to see this. I grew up on this song as a young drummer and never imagined hearing a version of it this great. I’ve seen this man on Meinl play throughs and really enjoy his playing there but this was some of the sickest drumming I’ve seen 🤘🏼🥁

[@antoniosandoval7065]

10:32 the best this parts ever been interpreted imo

[@darylllanier2591]

Dance of Eternity. One of my favorite songs. He could actually get the gig, lol.

[@ReeceLujan]

I'm not one to comment too much on KZbin, plus I'm a pretty big Dream Theater fan so i had low expectations for this cover. This was amazing. I love knowing current generations are still listening to real music. Tip of the hat to you.

[@somewhere-else]

with one pedal!? legend. whew don’t kill yourself for it!!

[@joepplaysdrums]

Hooooly shit! That’s amaaaazing! You’re a monster, dude!

[@MiUnited]

Let's be clear. About 10000000 drummers played covers to this song, about 100 played it well, about 10 nailed it and this dude managed to add stuff to it as well. I'm speechless

[@tamekagodette5836]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! You betta play! I loved seeing you overcome the technical and equipment challenges all while having a blast smashing those drums. Keep playing from your heart, Son! I see your gift making room for you! 😉 ❤

[@Space_Chief]

Portnoy's gonna steal some of these parts man. In 20+ years of loving Dream Theater I never would have thought the drum parts to this song could be improved but WOW.

[@paulakindolie5135]

“Let’s go ahead and meet this alien” 😂😂😂

[@Niest0Drummer]

11:00 is pure insanity, i have CHILLSSSS

[@Niest0Drummer]

also the speed and precisions of the fills at the end GAWD DAYUM

[@freelyspeaking3629]

You’ve gotta get him to play “Change of Seasons” by Dreamtheater. It’s 25mins long & we need him to play it in 4 weeks. This is the quickest way to 1 million views

[@edwardfanningjr]

I love this song! Used to listen to it all the time when I was younger. Clicked it immediately after I read the title 🤣 Xavier is too good !

[@AlanKey86]

Love how he comes out of the ragtime section!

[@Dxco31]

he dodge the pneuma, good decision

[@danielarteta3775]

Good FOR PNEUMA!

[@DrumbleCo]

Right🤣

[@curranissimo]

Mike Portnoy learned Pneuma, Xavier Ware learned Dance of Eternity, now all we need is Danny Carey to learn a Xavier song for it to come full circle

[@PrinceGrey]

@@curranissimo I second this!

[@viking_nor]

@curranissimo mike didn't learn it. He played the parts separately and they edited it together. And he didn't play it note for note either

[@MichaelAE]

Holy. He absolutely nailed it! You have a new fan. Incredible.

[@deolse]

This is EASILY the best cover i’ve ever heard of this song!! He still had so much extra to add to the song which is just nuts! What a machine 🤘🏻

[@gonabiolrait]

Refreshing, creative, musical, funky when it needed. Maybe the best cover of this song I've seen.

[@serroche]

that was CRAZY GOOD!! I'm speechless dude! BRAVO!

[@yvancluet8146]

did this guy really just make the song harder

[@soundgallerybydmitrytaras]

very worthy work, perfect!

[@adamtrask6556]

What the fuck. That was insane, and he learned it in 5 days without access to drums. That's phenomenal.

[@Wadebrowndrums]

This drummer is so on point and fills are deadly great drummer damn great job

[@QuirkyFactos]

I repeatedly checked the video speed to make sure its 1.0, but dang the visual of him doing it looks so fast!

[@oceanwoe]

What next level drum-sorcery is this?? Oh, it's the chops for beyond centuries-guy😃 Xavier Ware is not gonna stay unknown for much longer. Keep em coming😊

[@theiscuros]

Agregar dificultad a una ejecución que ya es compleja... es de otro planeta 😰

[@PabloHenriquezV]

Tremendous professional, what a way to take the song to another level, congratulations!!

[@forytvanz8493]

he's a beast of a player. another favorite from this series. I want to know the whole process of how he learned that while driving and played it on the spot

[@tezukamado1704]

Did all that flawlessly in flip flops🤦🏽‍♂️ What a fucking Beast🫡🤘🏽🔥

[@kallmewill]

this is "IF Dream Theater was a church band" THIS DRUMMER IS CRAZY !!!

[@osfa73]

Hectic! That was epic dude! Nice playing!!!

[@michael_angelo]

Amazing song selection for Xavier. God protect him at all costs!

[@alessandrovandersluis8915]

Man, this was amazing pffff. You’re such a beast!

[@TATANX]

for me it is the best drum cover of dance of eternity song !!!!!. this dude is BEAST!!! 🫡

[@ghazikamrulabedin2787]

Much appreciated brothers. You guys kept your promise. ❤

[@perception_twin]

Far out this guy is the real deal! That was so awesome to watch

[@joaspeixotoneto9416]

niiiiiiiiiiiice! Congrats, Xavier!

[@codyrichardson4419]

This dude is incredible 💪

[@frais]

wow!! this is the craziest dance of eternity cover that i've ever seen!!

[@osmarhofman]

That was legendary!

[@FelixdavidIsturizCamacho]

Wow.. Brutal, it's impressive

[@andykwolfpunch919]

Absolutely incredible!!! Completely mind blowing stuff!

[@KuBaYa87]

What a beast! Fantastic performance!

[@King-Gilamashur2758]

Man, this was 🔥 I loved all the personal details added. Crazy interpretation of this kind of music. Totally insane. Hope Mike sees this.

[@HawksNHabsPC]

Absolutely incredible performance!!

[@daryldcagol7696]

The fills and the hi-hat parts Man! Deym!!!

[@omchavarium]

Hands down, this is probably the best The Dance Of Eternity Drum Cover ever!!!! Great job man!! Mike have to see this & react!

[@carlosleiva2825]

He’s one best drummers of humanity in history probably

Amazing performance!

[@addamsgomez6903]

Mr. Xavier Ware has just been declared to UNESCO world heritage due to this performance! I'm speechless...

[@matthewobrien1473]

Wow!! Damn!!! Super impressive!! HUGE PROPS!!!! That was absolutely incredible. Well done man. Damn.

[@Nevermind2004x]

This was frickin dope! Loved every second of it!

[@MrgoneDjentleman]

ohhhh myyyy goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh absolutely amazinggggg !!!!!

[@ImRENAGE]

New song - Best drums cover of eternity