LOCK UP@Accelerated Mutation-Nicholas Barker-live in Poland 2017 (Drum Cam)

[@nickbarker4180]

Shame about the usual haters and opinionated keyboard warriors.. I’ll be the first to admit this wasn’t my best performance on the drums. Unfortunately I’m only human and I was hungover as hell that day besides pulling double duty with both Lock Up & Brujeria on this tour... Please accept my sincere apologies for my mediocre efforts.

[@Kensloos]

Hey Nick, if it's really you: something wrong with your left hand? I've seen you shake it between songs in a couple of videos, like it's hurting. Nonetheless nailing it in the songs. 😎🤘 Always amazed by your speed, ever since I saw that Blessings part of the Dimmu DVD years back. Keep on being awesome!

[@admlnrd2756]

Nick! If you happen to see this, I just want to send my love and appreciation for you and your drumming! Words cannot describe how influential you are to me and so many others. You are a rare icon!

[@matthewbaumann630]

Hey Nick. What is your alcoholic drink of choice? Do you have a Post Office box for fan mail? I published an album you might dig. Greetings from Thunder Bay, Canada.

[@krakenturdz]

Fuck these internet trolls! Keep on keeping on.

[@lucillesantiago961]

Nick Barker Apologize for nothing. You're Nick god damn Barker! You're a fucking legend! I'd love to see any of the people criticising you try and play this or anything else that you can play for that matter. Always have and always will love you.

[@d.r.p2139]

Everyone who came up with drumming in the late 90's has to admit that Nick made an huge impact. Still love that oldschool kind of playing. No fancy movements and straight forward.

[@szithaanu9934]

Nick was the reason I was into Cradle of Filth back in the day. I'm not a drummer but I can't get enough of his work on the early CoF releases. Queen of Winter Throned is a masterclass in Extreme Metal drumming

[@deathkill1982]

Can't believe some of you haters. Triggers doesn't do nothing more than just enhance sound. Want to say Nick Barker is a bad drummer? He would drum circles around all of us.

[@martinrice5113]

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[@CamiloMoyaBaterista]

he's not a bad drummer but he had a strange sound, very low, amazing speed, clean and creative fills but his punch it's regular

[@Compendyum]

It's 2017, why is this retarded debate coming back again?

[@fartsare2023]

deathkill1982 i agree. My kit was mic'd, compressed and gated to hell with a 24 channel presonus mixer. And my kicks were double mic'd. And still, behind walls of distortion my kicks at certain speeds were muddy. Triggers give you that much needed note separation at certain speeds.

[@Dirtydog562]

deathkill1982 no, he wouldnt.

[@meters_and_madness]

If only footage existed from the studio recording the Puritanical album and Death Cult Armageddon.

[@Morkeskrig]

Yes or Death Cult Armageddon . Or both :D

[@arsssis]

Or just playing the intro to “black seeds on virgin soil”

[@CamiloMoyaBaterista]

Jack dimmu have Many videos, no doubt

[@louman2342]

Nick’s best was with the Filth Dusk and her Embrace

[@meters_and_madness]

@@louman2342 Dusk and her Embrace is insane, excellent album.

[@bat__bat]

Around 2000-2004 in my last years of High School I made it an absolute requirement to play Dimmu Borgir or Lockup as loudly as possible while driving away from school. Nick Barker was nothing short of God to my musician friends and I growing up. I have tremendous respect for Nick as a drummer and for his trail-blazing in the European black metal scene over the last 30 years. I remember reading that Nick recorded most of the tracks for Dimmu's Puritanical album in a single take. It's mind blowing! And in this video he doesn't even bother with an in-ear metronome! Metronomes need him! I see drummers on KZbin these days receiving praise and followers far beyond what they deserve simply because their audience is ignorant. Metal drumming today would be as aggressive as Ringo Starr without Nick showing the world how death metal and black metal were meant to be played. From a loyal Louisiana, USA fan, I salute you Nick! 🤘🥁

[@Kr91s28]

Nick Barker is a legend!

[@satricon]

fucking legend! who cares if he doesnt hit hard, he plays really effin well! I'll never forget the first time i heard Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia. shit blew me away! still love it.

[@joshualawn8721]

Yep, that's where I first heard him. I heard him on the demo they released before the actual album. He changed what I thought drummers could do. Nick Barker, Les Binks and Bobby Jarzombek are probably my favorite drummers of all time!

[@satricon]

@@joshualawn8721 Exactly, his playing on that album took drumming to a whole new level imo!

[@lonelysoul11718]

That’s my favorite dimmu album.

[@panzerwaffen2873]

He hits hard he just does it without effort

[@chayannecastoire5859]

Finally Nick drum cam !!!!!

[@endlessgrind6951]

Great to see him smiling and having fun! Nick is truly an inspiration!!

[@tomasguerrero905]

2017 and he still rips like it's 20 years ago, damn!! He is still with Hellhammer hands down the king of black metal drummer and will always be!

[@k.5308]

so good to finally see Nicholas again! my god.

[@justinsmall4306]

Never clicked on a video so quick.amazing

[@peterphoenix6471]

fucken aye!!

[@alexanderqbe]

No further questions about the next.. Nick fucking Barker

[@shanegriffin2215]

Whether you like this music or not- admittedly, I am not a fan of this extreme stuff, you cannot deny this mans greatness behind the kit. Always awesome to see him perform! And he said he was having a bad day?

[@honeybadger1755]

Can’t get enough of nick barkers style, so effortless

[@jacktraveller8290]

I suppose all of you people crying about triggered drums can't stand amps and distortion pedals either. It's just a tone shaping device. If anything it makes playing harder because it highlights every mistake.

[@chobe78]

Sadly, not true. If you ever played guitar yourself, you now that distortion masks a lot of stuff. Playing sth. with hammering and pull-off is (basically) extremely easy.. the same stuff without distortion and with picking at the same time is a _completely_ different level, you'll hear even the tiniest impreciseness. Of course you DON'T use distortion for that reason, it's a matter of style and sound, not for hiding inability. :) but yeah.. nevertheless it does. The same with drums: Whenever you go to a studio, the first thing you'll notice is, that you have to be able to play your stuff LOUD (at least for heavy music). Every drummer I know that went professional in some way, heard this kind of advice at least once from their audio engineer. So you practice more or have to simplify things to play it right. And a trigger almost immediately takes that part away from you. Of course you need one at a certain speed you wanna play.. but still, the most valuable job a trigger does, is making your played stuff sound like a perfect hit, at perfect loudness. It's not just a "tone shaping device" - a sample of a perfect drum hit isn't necessarily what you produced while hitting your drum.. so it does WAY more than "shaping" something. Sure, if you're playing perfectly.. it's not. :D

[@cristianinternationaltrade9227]

That's right triggers are like the active pickups, just differents the tone and sensitivity but doesnt make you play faster or better.

[@cassiusgaio9524]

Finaly a decent drum cam from lock up.

[@arcinterrupter]

Listen to his work with old man's child on "in defiance of existence" completely mind blowing! This dude is what got me into black metal.

[@TheAmazingMrDead]

Man there's some dick comments on this vid. Nick was playing 2 sets a night on this tour with both Lock Up AND Brujeria, just playing with one of those bands would be enough for most people. Barks is a fucking bona fide extreme metal legend and deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Hoglan, Sandoval and Lombardo, all of whom use or have used triggers at some point in their career yet are considered legends. Jealous weakeners will always be the first to mouth off about shit they don't know the first thing about. Barks deserves respect from everyone in the extreme genre and beyond.

[@unkind78]

I don't think Lombardo have ever used triggers

[@TheAmazingMrDead]

nroks what's that got to do with anything? Gene Hoglan does yet he's still mentioned as one of the greats. As does Pete Sandoval.

[@unkind78]

You mentioned him so I'm just clearing this out. But I don't have any problems with triggers.

[@TristanJCumpole]

It's always hilarious that the people who understand triggers the least are the loudest and most opinionated.

[@Jashtvorak]

They are triggered.

[@TristanJCumpole]

Doesn't matter. They still have to be played live ;-) Triggering just provides an alternative or supplemental audio source to the acoustic sound of the drums. Triggering doesn't quantise hits unless you're recording and do this after the fact.

[@Jashtvorak]

@@TristanJCumpole My reply is a pun ;) triggered people are loud (and one of the possible function of a trigger is to even strokes with different power to the same volume... soft to loud)

[@TristanJCumpole]

Very nice ;-)

[@Lupine.]

They're not cheating, just take the soul out of an acoustic drum. Leveling it with mic output gets the best of both worlds... unless you've got your heads at marching-snare tightness, and pillowed all to hell

[@alexanderqbe]

No further questions.. Nick Barker ladies and gentlemen

[@palladino2043]

Even bored, plays like a beast!! Greetings from Brazil!!

[@TheAmazingMrDead]

Nick also uses a kick drum microphone alongside the triggers and the sound guy blends the two. Nick only has the triggers in his monitor which is what we're hearing on the video.

[@Batsinthebelltower]

Nick barker also known as hells alarm clock, raising the dead with double kick majesty , an absolute steamroller

[@panzerwaffen2873]

My idol

[@levijunior6251]

Melhor baterista do mundo!!!

[@johnmcaulay5938]

Totally amazing.

[@hkja99]

Amazing drumming!

[@Kieron-g6b]

One of the best ever

[@JamesAllDay420]

Just goes to show, you don't need a fucking 400 pc drum kit to drive a band. Well done Nick!.

[@MrShenron89]

The dudes a tank and people expect him to hit hard? He WILL run out of steam if he did, just enjoy the impeccable timing this man has. There's a reason he's recorded so many studio albums.

[@renatolarsen]

Amazing! Any effort to play! Nicholas rules!

[@ONENEON]

Always one of the greatest drummer :)

[@IvAncientJ]

Old school master. My favorite sound of Nicholas is on the song funeral in Carpathia be quick or be dead version. I love that mix between triggers and analog drums.

[@fadlikoboi71]

Hell yeah..i love him so much

[@Bryan2528]

This guy makes it look so simple....

[@chrislowery1582]

Sounds great brother.

[@BlackVirtue]

Lockup is fucking napalm, and I love Nicolas's drumming. Any band he played in, fucking insane rythms and rolls.

[@PlayerTennis]

Nicholas Barker Means Drums 🥁 I love like piano 🎹 every sound he makes 🎵

[@jeffratz]

Phenomenal drumming

[@ELK1989612]

That is an infectious smile.

[@ricklieffering]

Fuck yeah, awesome band, awesome drummer!

[@user-lb1bh4df6b]

Barker is the man

[@khaaosink]

Brutal performance. Respect.

[@guitarstorms]

Very cool drumming

[@manduheavyvazquez5268]

The best ever. Greatness.

[@agentaxe]

Damn it ! I should buy these Fila to play like this double bass! Air Barker's!

[@deimosdrummer3080]

The best Metal Drummer Ever. I Love Nick.

[@donnamoffitt7720]

what impresses me are drummers like nick gene holgan and ben from infliction of txdm fame being so heavy and still having the indurance to play like this

[@ricklieffering241]

Donna Moffitt indeed it is, but you get used to it. You can bet those guys are beat afterwards, but during the show "musclememory" and adrenaline is what keeps you going.

[@midwintergates]

When I saw Lock Up last time it was on their Euro tour with Napalm Death and Brujeria. Nick played double sets for almost 2 hours that night with Lock Up and Brujeria. You have to have a pretty damn efficient playing style to be able to pull that off

[@Ravnkel]

The triggers saves them

[@Ravnkel]

The idea behind death metal is speed. What a load of horseshit.

[@Ravnkel]

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[@billysouth4698]

For me there's gold standards, Dave Mustaine for guitar and Nick Barker for drums!

[@peterphoenix6471]

nicholas barker is king!

[@hasanuddinmz7591]

now..LOCK DOWN🤘🤘🔥

[@dejanilic9249]

King.

[@Nefville]

He makes it look so easy. Just awesome!

[@ffp08]

Because this isn't shit to him lol, look at his track record.

[@T3hderk87]

For real, The speed he attained on the track "The Maelstrom Mephisto" is unreal. Seriously one of my drum idols!

[@Dirtydog562]

Its just blast beats? And with triggers

[@D2ezbmu]

Sad to see him get old honestly.

[@dima.jiharev]

Apparently his time has come and gone. Grab onto some old CoF / Dimmu records, they're still gold.

[@T3hderk87]

Still damned good though!!!

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

Nothing of it. What in fact needs to happen is the guy needs to shed some pounds. Nearly all musicians get better with experience. You can see something holding him back. Well, maybe two things. His weight, and the lack of Lock Up's regular touring schedule. I suspect he's in that "not playing enough to really keep the chops clean and tight" zone.

[@eRoNNNNNN]

Dmitry Jikharev dont forget old mans child too

[@BlackVirtue]

He's still fucken on point though

[@Bar-Maley84]

Лучший👍🔥

[@dandanby101]

Great video on such a huge influence to metal drummers worldwide. We need more !!!! I'm sure this won't descend into one of those 'are triggers cheating' things either.......oh wait.............. FFS !!!!!!

[@exattmorbid8426]

master

[@balrogDCLXVI]

Love Nick's approach to drumming! He looks damn old though, but he is only 44.

[@jangcop6790]

balrog Weight makes people looks much more older...

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

Needs to drop a few dozen pounds.

[@hellbillyaustin6883]

Thats what being in a band with dani does to ya!!lol!. Nick's a top bloke, yes he's a big lad, but if he's not playing he's on the road drum teching for others, so he has some sort of fitness, i think he does well, we all can't be sticks in ladies t-shirts and jeans!!.

[@Montana_paws]

love nicolas

[@carolinavalencia8017]

Fucking amazing! Greetings from Chile!

[@__2561]

one of the most skilled technical drummers next to Jimmy DeGrasso

[@XMorbidReignX]

He is not aging well and it disappoints me. I also can't tell if he's smiling or if he's out of breath. I Guess it's just weird seeing legends getting old.

[@WhirlwindDrums]

Need to bring up the snare mic a bit. Barely here it in the mix

[@Mrcopperjohnson]

Viva el Hongo Jr!! Eres a toda madre viejo 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@readbooks6370]

Pure rage 👿

[@josedias1387]

Niceeee!!!! 💯🤘🤘🤘

[@ezrryyuzal]

🤘😍🤘

[@simonettacarsonelli]

Nicholas' best performances were on the albums 'Vempire' and 'Cruelty' in the late 90's with COF. Truly epic drumming and very VERY creative.

[@alexhvr5365]

Yeah, but not to forget Dimmu´s Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia :) his fills on that albums are incredible and so good executed

[@AlfonsoCorace]

drums on Vempire, Dusk, and Cruelty are smthing else. Still one of the best drumming EVER

[@pierremaillet2099]

Nicholas Barker me donne la pêche!

[@carlosrobertosouza5861]

Cabuloso! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jesusgilpuga6743]

El grandísimo Nick hizo un trabajo fuera de serie en el primer álbum de lock Up junto con el amo absoluto del grind core Jesse pintado hicieron un álbum brutal mezclaron lo mejor de napalm death i terrorizer i Nick supo llegar a esas cotas de velocidad

[@Chillidog650]

i want that drum set and the ability to play like nick barker ahah

[@SoySeba-zy1ct]

Precision!!

[@borislamar6103]

Hongo jr.. is amazing drummer.

[@Michael_Michaels]

I miss this guy on COF...

[@horvathbence4582]

What a fuckin legend...

[@justanothertuber5497]

Nicholas Barker - Hellhammer - Derek Roddy. My top three.

[@shane727]

Trym, Gene Hoglan, Inferno, Trey Williams, Tomas Haake... 3 isn't enough. We're going to need a bigger list

[@ryanbillings3605]

@@shane727 Yeah thats fact..the list is far to distant.

[@M4n1Acal1]

Shitting on this guy. He ain't the groups he helped make anymore. And second off he's older now man. Guy still giving tears it up

[@BigTastyRat98]

Oh my fucking god

[@salazarwarlok2244]

Nick looks like he lost some weight! Fucking killer drummer\m/ always been a favorite

[@luis160slz4]

Pra mim um dos melhores do mundo

[@wljkefntgvnkj]

Uno de los batacos mas bestias del metal junto con Hellhammer

[@alexanderpankratov5019]

Круть!

[@S0L0R1D3R]

Fucking beast!!!

[@keinchu]

They talked about using triggers as something wrong, but go to some EDM gig after that and enjoying music that have been played by an USB 😂

[@stianthijsen4784]

He looks exactly like my neighbour, hahaha! Am I the Neighbour of the beast???

[@lokokatzz2798]

hallucinating

[@diegoborgir24]

What sneakers is he wearing? Fila wath model?

[@Lethalblaster]

Una pinga

[@TheLordGoat]

Superb drumming.

[@thedrowned8924]

He's grown old and his conditioning has been better... Poor Nick. Loved his drumming with Dimmu.

[@sguerilla6142]

@The Drowned Nick was born on April 25, 1973, I was born on February 2 of the same year. I am 2.5 months older than him. Am I old? It depends on how old I feel. Don't say "poor Nick", look at yourself and live your life ... Nick is the king, he moved the standards in extreme metal. Be happy if you had the opportunity to see him live because you saw the Legend !!!

[@SantanaGoveia]

Nice shoes! What Fila is this?

[@joseaugustodossantos6488]

LEGAL; MUITO BOM. ABRAÇO.

[@e.santana8092]

Nick Barker and Roger Taylor Best drummers.

[@maksimosokin4917]

our favorite metal winnie the pooh

[@aluisio_x.x]

Muito louco 👏

[@panzerwaffen2873]

The whole drum set more expensive than my car

[@derricklogarta2677]

He is the drummer of God Seed?(Gorgoroth)

[@СергейГорбачев-я3г]

It's Shane Embury on bass?

[@lukasbeter6156]

Everyone that plays live uses triggers. Would you rather hear a muffled combination of rumbled bass with no definition? It would literally just be constant blaring with no detailed sound. Literally 90% of extreme drummers use triggers, and it’s not for the purpose of quote on quote, cheating, but for quality of the overall sound.

[@behindthen0thing]

Lukas Beter I saw dirk with soil work and he was triggerless

[@ryanbillings3605]

Is it really up to 90..that sounds a bit high..Like my self...but fuck it.As long as it sounds ear friendly.

[@ryanbillings3605]

But you do have talent and are a good drummer..your far better than myself...and most other people out there.