Metal Drummer reacts to Aric Improta

[@66Samus]

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[@KJL356]

Pleaseeee look up: El estepario siberiano on KZbin samus!

[@widerobbe325]

@@KJL356 he already did a reaction video of him

[@timmiscloset]

pls react to BLASPHEMIAN By INFANT ANNHIALATOR

[@timmiscloset]

and 66samus, i challenge you to learn the song blasphemian by infant annhialator

[@ccrDan]

The guy has put more energy into one drum solo than my entire 38 year existence. Holy shit balls

[@PeeDeeJay]

Aric is a true artist. He obviously likes to wail on the drums, but he’s bursting with so much creativity. There’s no box that this man is trapped inside of. Always inspiring.

[@tricky48]

True, even the artwork on the drum heads is his... definitely one of the best of this generation of drummers!

[@matty2495]

This guy is bustin those drums!

[@nickhajek]

I'm glad you started with the Drum Off, cause Aric has progressed more in 10 years than anyone I've ever seen. He was good then, he's absolutely insane now.

[@Infurno924]

Aric Improta is personally my favorite drummer of all-time, like hands down. He's just a complete package on what you want in a drummer. I just can't put into good words how insanely innovative he is as a drummer. He will come down as a modern great not just a drummer but as a musician in general. I made up my mind on this completely seeing a nearly 40 minute solo Aric did on the Meinl Cymbals channel. Genuinely one of the greatest things I've seen on KZbin. 🤘

[@76mescalito]

A saw that video too. Truly the best, most creative, most insane drum performance I've ever seen in my life. Nothing I've seen comes close honestly.

[@Infurno924]

@@marting.9613 I never heard of him until I read your comment here and I searched him up on KZbin. Greatt suggestion dude, I'm really impressed with how technical and smooth Kenneth is! Doesn't miss a damn beat, that's for sure. Thank you for that, dude. That totally kicked ass.

[@Not-Rob]

aric is my aunt's friend. He gave me one of his custom heads

[@ThierryLaborie]

I am one of the lucky 150 drummers who played with Aric (at 11:24 - the first "hey !"). He came during the rehearsal for the Rockin'1000 show in the Stade de France on the May 13 2022 to make this video. It was really fun to play with him, he is an amazing drummer.

[@janeames1513]

i'm not even a drummer and i am so jealous....he is so full of creativity and energy...he looks like such a nice fella as well..all of his social interactions seem to show him as that ..and congrast on being able to rehearse/practice with a musical god

[@doyzmusic9604]

🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Respect to you and your balls

[@Chonsu247]

Aric is an animal. That said... there are so mayn great drummers now visible for us all to see from all kind of directions. Aric. Alex Rüdinger, El Estepario Siberiano etc. It's just awesome.

[@shungite3446]

Kashikura takashi

[@The_KlaVra]

This is nothing he has a 40 minute drum solo called "Aric Improta - "Blur-Lights in the Videodrome", if you read the description of that video, he practiced for 100 hours to account for every mistake that could happen and be prepared and that equivalets to 66 and a half hours... He also did "ZHURMË (A Noise Experiment) by Aric Improta Feat. Munky & Ra Díaz" that is so nuts... He is impressive to say the least...

[@karlwoodward1]

Blur-Lights in the Videodrome is one of the best musical accomplishments I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing.

[@tricky48]

IIRC the original was recorded live or all in one take and the recording was lost or corrupted, so HE DID IT AGAIN! Is definitely an amazing piece of music that any drummer can appreciate. I don't think any 4 bar pattern was repeated, once. \m/

[@magrildz]

"Aric, what kind of crazy shit are you doing with the drumkit today?" Aric: "Yes"

[@acgm046]

Both his levels of stamina and innovative technical prowess are off the charts. Just mind blowing.

[@jethroco99]

Animal was only a drummer on The Muppets..........this guy is the real life version .............

[@TheKillerspoon2]

The muppets*

[@adamj.russell5968]

@@TheKillerspoon2 Bruh, The Muppets is a title, so they’re both capitalised. If you’re gonna be a grammar policeman then know your grammar.

[@BIGDADDYBALLZ420]

@@TheKillerspoon2 bro Muppets is a trademarked name so it’s capitalized

[@rottingemptiness]

Absolutely 🥁👌

[@rogeegarney2105]

Actually the Animal was a very talented drummer called Ronnie Verrell whose skills have been admired and commented on by many Jazz greats including Buddy rich etc.

[@luigizanellato2959]

Amazing drummer! Never heard of him until now. What I really like about his playing more than the energy and technique, is the groove feel he incorporates with his approach!

[@luigizanellato2959]

I have seen Aric in the video jamming with Chancellor from Tool.

[@fissi0n470]

No way! I was at that show at 9:10 in Holmdel, NJ. He was playing with The Fever 333 opening for Slipknot with Killswitch Engage. Aric is a monster.

[@skaruts]

His teacher: _"Drumming is only a subset of percussion."_ Aric Improta: _"And I took that personally!"_

[@bjs001001]

This guy has to be from a different planet. His skills and creativity are off the charts. All I can say is wow, just freakin, WOW!!!

[@tbaudio3310]

You haven't experienced Aric Improta proper until you've sat through the entirety of Blur Lights in the Videodrome.

[@Nickolaars]

Stumbled on Night Verses by chance. Then I looked up some live footage of the band and Aric.. Dude's madly insane. 😅👍🏻

[@TheEternalElir]

The collaboration he done with Justin Chancellor is something else

[@kchez5586]

Might be time to revisit him for part 2 of having your mind blown with some Night Verses stuff

[@jeffbeegle794]

I saw Night Verses (one of Aric's bands) play in Grand Rapids a few years ago. During the middle of a song, he grabbed the rigging for the lights and was doing pullups and stuff!

[@Useful-_-Idiot]

I come back and watch this from time to time, and “go on Justin get outta here”, makes me bust out a laugh every time 😂. Love your drum reactions, so entertaining.

[@N1NJ4P1R4T3]

His solo "Blur-Lights in the Videodrome" is like 40 minutes of amazing.

[@RanterInShades]

Night Verses is such a criminally underrated band.

[@DrewishAF]

I love the little random ad he left on the batter head of his snare drum. "Listen to Night Verses Let Live and Floor of Red"

[@ericfrank4991]

LOL!! Great video, love your humbleness and great respect for other drummers. That is were you shine as a person, which is more important than anything else in this world. Also, you’re also a fucking phenomenal drummer.

[@66Samus]

thank you Eric!!!

[@dftns]

Have to Second that! ☝🏼

[@coreytaylor6857]

He reminds me of a young Tommy Aldridge. The high energy and crazy fills. Much love and Oh Yurrrr from Louisiana 🤘🤘

[@cliffdaddy126]

His song "My son, the leopard" with Cameron from Protest the Hero is one of my favorites

[@tmolne117]

This is my favorite all time solo. Been years and I still go back to watch it

[@quacc_]

I love that the beginning shows his snare that says “listen to letlive” and he ends up with Jason in Fever 333

[@skywalka02]

Oh this a classic. This one of the first KZbin drummer videos I saw when I started playing.

[@Riff_SpliffPod]

Love the Neil Peart callout! Miss that man and the band. Great video, Samus!

[@andybabb2410]

New Samus video + Aric Improta = INSTANT JOY!!!!

[@lunatik3904]

The KZbin Gods decided I was way pas due on discovering your channel. And I'm definitely grateful for that. Your energy is awesome, your reactions are so fucking genuine and your sense of humour is so fucking ridiculous. I love everything about your channel. Definitely subbed!

[@66Samus]

thank you so much!!

[@karlwoodward1]

Someone already mentioned it, but you should absolutely check out his video "Blur-Lights in the Videodrome". Even if it's on your own time, as a drummer it's more than worth it!

[@dameonwilson4612]

The backflip over the drums is crazy.👍

[@ericdravenX00X]

Mr.Improta.. Is a Very Significant and talented drummer with amazing different drumming styles.. This was a SICK review Ohh Yurrrrrr!!!!💀🤘

[@jonataneloy]

love Samus, from Argentina!!

[@TheNightDweller666]

This dude is a drum ninja.

[@711brofist3]

Aric plays for fever 333 and they went on tour with slipknot this I saw his he was insane he stepped on his drum throne and jumped from it back on the Thorne that was amazing

[@roelfo]

Thank you Samus, thanks to this vid I came to know about Aric and Night Verses and now I can't stop listening

[@DarthRichard]

@66Samus MY EYES at 8:55 WARNIN NEXT TIME BUD! I LOVE YA MAN

[@listereeene5397]

I waited for this forever

[@padroncabron9338]

Love yr reviews. This guy is beyond.

[@magrildz]

"OK, let me stop my drum solo for a while so I can 360-shove-it the throne" Then, he backflips from one kit to another. THEN dude "Tom Morello"s a drum rim. THEN the fucker gets 150 drummers to play Simon Says with him. What a beast!

[@mAbrex2751]

I was waiting for this all day long😍

[@polyesterspecter]

Your reaction videos make my damn day. OHHH YURRRR!

[@Coastfog]

This is someone who knew what he was destined to do and did everything to achieve it.

[@Jansson1985]

I saw Fever333 in Sweden before covid hit the world. That show was so sick! 🤘🏻😎

[@musicisthecure6934]

2:37 yeah I remember this “ ahhhh !! “ It was so sick🤣😂

[@DragonJ-ui9gg]

WOW F-N insane what a talent. I could watch this guy play forever

[@willybe6427]

you really ought to check out his video he did with the (at the time) bass player from protest the hero. the song is called "My Son, the Leopard" probably one of my favourite jams with him

[@dgomez6778]

I was lucky enough to see aric in the 2012 in the guitar center drummoff. His energy is radioactive!

[@sanjikun39]

I remember watching this for the first time , and I was like °0°. Like literally my mouth is wide open the whole time

[@ozunkeskin2380]

Omg i have been waiting for this moment for the all time dude

[@leonrosser183]

I can sense capoeira or something the way he plays with any sound and make it amazing . The acrobats the drum part in stadium reminds me of capoeira the way he positioned the stick reminded me.of maculele from brazil . Amazing video

[@swedishZ0mBi3]

out of this world drummer

[@SOMNIPHOBIA666]

Dudes insane been a fan ever since I seen him with Night Verses. Then seeing his solo work is just insane what this dude pulls off!

[@leonardrockstein2700]

Aric is the world's first mad scientist parkour drummer videographer. Oh, and his art is incredible, too. You can buy his custom printed drum heads and they are dope as hell 🍻

[@zacharymicah]

Now that's what I call a Drumgasm!

[@astrozombie138]

Aric makes killer art work as well

[@meatsuit6922]

You should react to Gabe Serbian from The Locust! He passed recently and he was one of the most unique, ridiculously talented, underrated and simultaneously one of the most influential drummers of the 90s underground music scene and I think he really deserves more shine in this little section of KZbin, would suggest reacting to the drum cam AOTKPTA video or the video of the Locust live at Che Cafe

[@Swollen_Goat]

I so wish we could get a new Night Verses album. From the Gallery of Sleep is so damn good and they haven't had a follow up yet. His drumming on Copper Wasp is always so impressive to me. The little stick clicks he does as part of the rhythm are just wow.

[@prankE69]

this guy got me rewinding this shit like every ten seconds love the balls to the walls energy

[@Bultish]

hadn't seen the 150 drummers thing, got awesome tears in me face

[@hugemetalfan6664]

This guy is a beast on the drums!!! This guy is AMAZING!!!!

[@DaLoveDonkey69420]

Recently discovered Aric and instantly fell in love with his playstyle and talents!

[@brendapaulicelli8862]

Wow! Amazing

[@l0af_o]

I swear Aric Improta is the Andy Anderson of drumming

[@sonus289]

Aric is one of the most inventive drummers ive ever heard!

[@kornknot2726]

Don't know if this'll make sense or not but when I see Aric Importa play, I want to pick up my drumsticks. He gives me that same energy Joey Jordison and Dave Lombardo do.

[@66Samus]

hell yeah!!

[@restojon1]

Thank you for bringing this wonderful human being to my attention, it's hard to find words to describe what I've just seen tbh. Sidenote Samus get a sponsorship deal from the Beard Struggle. Your beard is looking superb 👌

[@patricksumner2109]

Favorite drummer of all time LISTING TO NIGHT VERSUS

[@M4RCM0NT31R0]

2:37 *"WAAAAAHHHHHH!"*

[@mattlathandrums]

Heck yes I’m so glad a suggestion I had happened. Obviously other suggested but either way heck yes!

[@connormccartney2953]

There needs to be a drum battle between El Estepario Siberiano and Aric Importa. (with dave grohl on the triangle)

[@True_Rarity]

Samus you should check out the music video for T2JD by Cavs. He's the drummer for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and has unreal stamina. Almost everything he does is odd time, and mixes psychedelic with retro heavy metal. Very different and very entertaining

[@tanerkr8713]

Thanks for the video. I genuinely enjoyed 👍

[@Nefville]

I liked him before I saw the Emperor shirt, now I fucking love him. Trym must be so proud.

[@timmypanigale]

Seen this guy years ago he goes off🤘

[@DrCrimp-sg5pb]

You definitely should check El Estepario Siberiano playing one handed. It’s NUTZZZZZ

[@yep-that-happened]

22 drum techs had heart attacks watching this video. Cheers from Kentucky! OHHH YURRR!

[@asierodriozola759]

For me this is one of the best drum solo ever has been seen and probably one of the most difficult one by it's energy. Importa is a super drummer. As a curiosity, he ranked number 2 in that contest

[@hakanpersson3717]

OMG!!! That dude is from another planet

[@Jamie6029]

The guy is a beast. This comes from playing alot of jazz and progressive music. There is more to drums than blast beats. That's why I never got into death/black metal

[@RobertT1999]

I remember discovering the first video in 2015/16 and kept listening to it during school. The only other thing I had seen of his up until now (If I recall correctly) was him playing drums on a live performance of Superman by Goldfinger. I was like "Oh wow, it's that dude from 7 years ago".

[@kunk8789]

My guy choked the hi hat like it had gambling debt

[@IanDaniel-DataAnalytics]

Wow - only 3 minutes into the video and so much has happened. It felt like a life time

[@cjxj2202]

I want to see outtakes from that backflip. He had to have frog splashed on to the rack toms of the back kit a few times. 😣 That little beat with the bicycle wheel was probably my favorite. Amazing drummer!

[@missorliedrums4506]

OMG! i m on your video with aric with all the drummers 😁

[@mikulusaurus]

His energy is unmatched 🤯

[@Trey_Johnson11]

66samus is such a nut! 😂What a personality. Love his reaction videos

[@corynash8570]

I’ve seen him play a few times and the guys’d creativity is unmatched. He reminds of Tom Morello but on the drums.

[@blablabla2076]

Tom Morello? Lol

[@corynash8570]

@@blablabla2076 yes, Tom Morello.

[@blablabla2076]

@@corynash8570 The pentatonic scale is really high level huh?

[@corynash8570]

@@blablabla2076 are you trying to demean me because I compared his creativity to that of Tom Morello? Not a good look for you.

[@blablabla2076]

@@corynash8570 Meh. It's a bad comparison. Morello plays really basic guitar. Whereas Aric Improta is an extremely high level drummer more akin to a Tim Henson or Tosin Abasi if you want to compare him to a guitarist.

[@markpino1508]

Samus you do look like you can do some of them tricks haha! I do love your door knocking video it's my favorite cuz I still do that. 🤘🤓🤘

[@calebmanders6696]

Bro did a 360 shuv with the chair

[@scottdrithum7988]

I discovered this guy thru his Attention Deficit Drumming on his insta/youtube. Disgusting skill

[@irrsinnrainer]

Yeah, it's a bit over the top but god damn it's clean and tight. And his dynamics are frickin amazing. And that damn creativity...

[@markpino1508]

Most creative drummer wow!

[@13lood13ath]

Check out the song "Copper Wasp" by his band Night Verses

[@dannycummings3095]

Wow!

[@mohdizzuddin5466]

I would suggest you to react Matt Greiner from August Burns Red..