John Boecklin (Devil Driver) - Horn of Betrayal

[@julianmiguel3781]

this guy IS and forever WILL BE the authentic drummer of Devildriver...

[@lstarbuck20]

100%! He brought the rhythm that made DD awesome

[@NintenDub]

​@@lstarbuck20 yep. Without a doubt

[@freddyleal1756]

This guy was Devildriver, definitely made the band , without him its just blah

[@richharris9489]

Freddy Leal agreed sucks he left not a fan of the new line up

[@colonelcorpse7260]

this man was 3/4's of DD..damn I Miss this kind of drumming on trust no one..

[@KwizatsHaderach8]

Amen. From Fury through to the end (and to be fair, there were great Grooves on DD), rest assured there would be epic drumming. He had this knack of interchanging brutal simplicity with intricate and sensitive touches. Brilliance!

[@jaredklock8754]

I do agree, I miss John's drumming, but Trust No One is a decent album.

[@j0hn3ntwistle]

couldn't agree more. his drumming is outstanding.

[@draculiciouscoffinlove7122]

trust no one's drumming was insanely technical but still not his sound/style. D'amond doesn't suck as a drummer at least. we'll see how his writing is and not just being a fill in when the cowboys album releases this summer

[@Kushfury]

I miss his drumming too, but TNO is amazing too. These days I've been stuck on the drumming of the intro of 'For what it's worth'!

[@somberdrums]

triggers aren't a cure-all. triggers do not fix or hide mistakes. A good drummer will sound good with or without triggers a bad drummer will sound bad with or without triggers. period. he is a damn good drummer

[@joshcochrane4382]

Beast. I have always loved devildriver. I onky just realised that the last album he was on was rhe last truly great album in my mind they did. So just like lamb of god when adler left, the dynamics of these 2 drummers really changed thhe sound of the band. It doesnt matter how talented or skilled the bew drummers are. Something huge changed in the sound thats hard to put into words. Just a feel that i loved. Going down the rabbit hole of watcjing all his vids now. 🖤

[@lstarbuck20]

Most underrated drummer. This guy could easily piss over anyone else. I know Jay Weinberg got voted high but man John is fucking awesome

[@OX1994AU]

Joey Jordison has risen from his grave

[@btownshreds1]

You see the dude sitting on the stair well to his left? That is me. I was his drum tech on this tour. No triggers. He uses those click pads. Think before you speak buddy.

[@careyblake4522]

Rotfl sure sure bud

[@insertmetalusernamehere]

Best job ever man lol wish i had a fraction of John's talent. I cant even get my toms tuned correctly and yea, i realize this comment is from almost a decade ago.

[@hertzu1062]

@@insertmetalusernamehere doesn't matter. It's still valid :)

[@hertzu1062]

I was gonna say that it doesnt feel like a trigger. I mean, yeah, it sounds clicky, but that can easily be achieved with a kick in mic plus pads. And more, if we are hearing the triggs on the kick (presumably from a drum fill monitor) why is there only kick in the fill? At the end of the video you can hear some low intensity building to powerful kicks. That is very hard to achieve with triggers even in a controlled enviroment. You still touring with metalheads? :)

[@1Colts18fan]

I love this .. my hubby plays it all the time and it’s spot on .. I love me some talented metal drummers !!!!

[@insertmetalusernamehere]

Urge to get better intensifies

[@TrueCalavero]

KZbin recommending me this video after 11 years 😍

[@madbadhatter]

Phenomenal drummer. In my top 3 favourites for sure. DD isnt the same without him in!

[@sergioRR3073]

I don't care if he's using triggers or not, it's a great drummer who writes cool beats. That's all.

[@bilal59446]

one of the best drummers !!! Boecklin u Rock !!!

[@sirFACELESS]

Every time I listen to DevilDriver I become enraged and in love. I am in love with the beautiful music I am listening to, but I am fucking pissed because John is such an amazing Drummer and I can't comprehend what the fuck he is doing.

[@careyblake4522]

At 5:17 that has got to be one of the best beats I have ever heard, and you can tell he loves it by bobbing his head to it haha

[@claytonleonard8364]

I'd be happy with half of John's drumming talent!!

[@5885kurt]

dudes, john boecklin is the greatest metal drummer alive.

[@AgustinGiordano]

Mí baterísta favorito. El final espectacular..saludos desde Argentina

[@AIWA666]

Kickass drummer, kickass band!

[@Ub3rSk1llz]

John is fucking godlike. John Boecklin and Dirk Verbueren are my favoruite drummers, I'd love for DevilDriver and Soilwork to do a compilation some time :P

[@JakeTheDrummer18]

a trigger is a tool used to sound replace. All it does is sense a vibration on the drum head...that's it. It doesn't make it sound like someone is playing faster. Triggers are common in bands that play at higher tempos because eventually when you reach a certain BPM the kick just sounds like a wall of noise, so they trigger it so you can actually HEAR EACH SINGLE KICK STROKE...or you can have an amazing tech like this guy, and not need 'em(triggers). Now stop fighting and enjoy the dang video!

[@TheZac1994]

he uses click pads on the bass heads instead of the regular Kevlar bass head protectors, he also uses the danmar beaters on his pedals. when you put the bass mic right up against the batter head inside the bass drum, it will give it this sound. and as danieljordison said he does hit very hard.

[@deathmetalml]

This guy is a beast, a fucking machine. I don't know why is he now out of the metal world

[@JakeTheDrummer18]

Thanks dude. If you're right...he has some really good foot work!That's crazy!

[@BavarianDrumsMetal]

What you're hearing here is most likely the mic'd bassdrum sound coming out of the monitors, EQ'd and amplified. You can get a pretty consistently clicky bassdrum sound out of a monitor when the kick is EQ'd enough. Boecklin does NOT use triggers.

[@Villex93]

He doesn't use triggers but a mic with some amp, compressing etc can make it sound and feel like a trigger. But it's not as easy to play.

[@n2961p]

Thank you

[@DDarkwoker]

Man, look at those biceps. So get a drum set and play Devildriver, and I will never again have to go to the gym.

[@f3r0m0n]

what you hear is monitor mix which has a high end bost on the kick, so it cuts' through. thats all.

[@vrb444]

Magic,amazing.

[@BavarianDrumsMetal]

Also, when he does those faster double bass runs, you can hear the volume of the kick drum slightly decreasing. If he was using triggers, MOST LIKELY there would not be any dynamics, hence the strokes would all be the same volume.

[@hertzu1062]

Exactly! Not mention double/false triggering

[@Tirano-hc1xq]

Ótimo baterista!!! DevilDriver!!!

[@dimensionshattered]

You still have to have control over the pedals and play the drums. He's not tapping the kick. You cant tap a bass drum and expect to play that way with those triplets. You still have to play with power to keep it clean and even. That is ALL

[@Simon53188]

He uses Danmar patches on his kick drum. No triggers. Hence the click sounding.

[@iganbarelytohg]

All the people who say he uses triggers haven't seen DevilDriver live.

[@stevenmontana6696]

He isn't using triggers. Even though he has that click sound doesn't mean he is using triggers. I get that click sound when I play, but I don't use triggers. Also Vinnie Paul`s kick had a click but he doesn't use triggers. Also with triggers you wouldn't be able to hear the click as well as you do in the video. When you use triggers you can't hear the kick drum from the back end. But when you use a mic you can. So he isn't using triggers.

[@OdysseyDawnMusic]

dude dont bullshit. just cause someone says something doesn't mean they're always telling the truth. Musicians lie about stuff all the time. plus I've dealt with sounds engineers at shows and i can 100% guarantee that he using triggers here. there are no dynamics with the kick. its all one volume. it it weren't triggered, and all mixed up. i'd hear the difference in volume even with consistent kick patterns.

[@btownshreds1]

I'll straighten this out for mr Michael Moore here. I was his drum tech on this tour. He uses gibralter click pads. So shut up now.

[@btownshreds1]

Ps I'm sitting right there to the left of him ;)

[@stevenmontana6696]

Yeah. I use a Gibraltar kick pad and I get the same sound. So I believe that.

[@3Roel3]

How can anyone forget the godfather of the double bass! Dave Lombardo!

[@afm-unpluggedunderground8270]

Awesomesaurus yes Dave is An Exceptional Drummer for sure But I must admit that Mike Portnoyle is definitely top 5 or higher! That mug is crazy! And John is just out this world

[@alexandrejunior6881]

Monster!

[@JakeTheDrummer18]

Oh, I was just asking if you brought it up in the audio mix so we could hear it.

[@mrdubachery]

was that Alexi in the hood during the first song?

[@JakeTheDrummer18]

Is his kick really that loud or did you just bring it up?

[@danieljordison0793]

What i love about john is that he hits so fucking hard i mean yeah he uses triggers but look at a footcam of him and he plays LOUD

[@Draftmist]

he's starting something called "I of Tongues" check it out

[@juscred1]

Fucking beast

[@btownshreds1]

You are correct.

[@btownshreds1]

I am sitting right next to his left. I teched the whole tour for him he does not trigger.

[@careyblake4522]

That beat at 5:20 should be the whole song, its so sick.

[@jose97148]

Que genio

[@dpng6573]

WHAT A FUCKING HERO. END OF TRANSMISSION

[@chronicdisease1722]

The dude in the background had my reaction

[@Absolex2000x]

Fuckin beautiful

[@btownshreds1]

I am sitting right next to his left. I teched the whole tour for him he does not trigger. Gibralter kick pad.

[@danieljordison0793]

i use plastic beaters too, every single hit sounds exactly the same that's why i think he used triggers here

[@danieljordison0793]

my bad then, thanks for the detail

[@CJHEPWORTH-t5o]

BEAST RUDIMENTS

[@chaseorta666]

is that jeff kendrick sitting next to john?

[@Villex93]

Surprising how he does the bass drum part at 1:35. He only uses one leg in the slower parts. It's easier but when you can do it with 2 legs it's easier imo. Well I think he just likes to do it that way.

[@DeathColdBeer]

@ 3:20 the hair on my neck stood up...

[@levizagata7400]

God Level Shit

[@dawnoftruth1]

Yea, I think devildriver went all FreeMason Luciferian, unfortunately they replaced some of the amazing talent they had. Aside from that I just came here from watching Lars in some metallica videos TRY to drum, the contrast here is incredible, Boecklin is a fking legend. Lars was an inspiration to Boecklin, but he surpassed him by a long shot.

[@Necron3]

Lars Ulrich is a basic stock drummer and not very technical either. I like Lars however, John is way better!

[@zmanbrody]

He uses a redwood beater and a click pad for his kick. Wood gets the click.

[@btownshreds1]

Its actually a gibralter click pad.

[@ButteredToast32]

Dat crash cymbal height ._.

[@btownshreds1]

No its me. I teched for him.

[@danieljordison0793]

well that doesnt sound like the natural sound of the bassdrum

[@Dambie5592]

He completely sped up

[@AnvilJeff]

ur aware this kid has one foot. right?

[@btownshreds1]

He def didnt.

[@teopi700]

like vinnie paul of pantera... \m/

[@btownshreds1]

Ya no triggers. Im sitting to his left in this video drum etching for him. Gibralter click pad.

[@btownshreds1]

Nope. Just a gibralter kick pad.

[@j0765admin]

He does not normally use triggers. I think he may have just for this video. Obviously he knew it was going to be recorded.

[@matt121242]

no triggers lol

[@johnjones7216]

Jesus christ.

[@davidstewart461]

maybe the best drummer in the game

[@DeepSouthPal84]

David Stewart no way, you crazy man?

[@LiamTheDrummer911]

buddy this bassdrums triggered, its a fact, who cares what he "says" cause its triggered. way too much high end and clicky electronic sound.

[@Fearis]

not triggered lol

[@2012isRonPaul]

sounds weak fur sum reason