Mike Portnoy - The Dark Eternal Night

The Dark Eternal Night From DVD "SysDRUMatic Chaos"

[@spyrospets5813]

This is one of their hardest songs for drums, guitar, and bass. Why isn't it more popular?

[@Longdogsilva]

Cause people cant tell a masterpiece when they hear it \m/

[@spyrospets5813]

@@Longdogsilva True.

[@nothadnotbad]

because it's written on paper. Composed. That's not rock n roll.

[@spyrospets5813]

@@nothadnotbad Indeed. Thank God it isn't.

[@ahacks7692]

And also the groove is catchy as fuck

[@gabrielgomer]

Came back for this... never disappointed.

[@TheMUSICFANATIC67]

one of the Greatest Heavy Metal Drummers Period!!!

[@AgustinRodriguez-Bdm]

Mike Portnoy and Chris Adler are my favorites c:

[@snowboardmastr45]

Dave Lombardo too

[@meszuga6824]

Mike is a God. Dave and Adler.... sorry

[@germanwojtek3576]

He showed a TON of love for Neil Peart when he passed away . They must have been real bros.

[@090nj2]

Facts Beside Dave Lombardo, Joey Jordison and the one and only *Lars Ulrich*

[@jonahm3121]

1:10 I love how he looks over and gave the “what do you think of that?” Look

[@chibichobi]

I love how his body language shows how much fun he is having while playing! It makes the song even more exciting

[@DiegoLima-qz8bt]

The best drummer of all times. Ok?.

[@christopherharv]

I never realized he was ghosting on the snare at 3:40

[@sandansaiyan5675]

Danny Carrey, Tomas Haake, Matt Garstka, Louis Cole, Neil Peart(who was inspiration for Mike and Danny), Buddy Ritchie. One of for sure but goat? There are a lot of goats

[@Hgulf]

I'm still impressed that with all this power he didn't destroy the equipment!

[@brettsenzer5902]

Hgulf Hit your cymbals correctly and they won’t crack Mangini uses heavier sticks and his cymbals last years

[@iurigrang]

@@brettsenzer5902 I mean, in the studio you should be hitting your cymbals very lightly pretty much no matter what, so it's less about knowing how to hit them hard without breaking them and more about directing your power to the kick and snare.

[@stixnfeet7818]

Thousands of notes n strokes over this nearly 9 minutes piece and while him play all of them realizing that if he repeated a second run thru it he would pretty much perfectly accurately repeat all those thousands of moves. Amazing.

[@ViralFormofLife]

One of the best of the world

[@nirmalpaul13]

nah bro but he's among the bests

[@elpulento7205]

listen to Gene Hoglan, albums Individual thought patterns and Symbolic, let's talk later

[@kevinmeli]

Nah, MP is better.. Love the dude

[@ManoleteLete]

@@elpulento7205 el gordo hoglan es bueno pero es incomparable a Mike portnoy, es unos de los 3 mejores del mundo, por lejos. Pondría en el mismo podio a Neil pert y John bonham

[@aluandcache7336]

@@elpulento7205 nice joke

[@TheOrangeFondler]

I really enjoy seeing the instruments being playing in sync with the studio recording of the song. It just shows how extremely intricate Dream Theater songs are.

[@yushululangat]

Mike Portnoy is the best drummer in the world.... he is damn good!!!!!1

[@matthewarms3786]

MP is back in the battery my friends, in this year of our lord 2023.

[@de5150]

I love when he fit the beat with the main riff. Mike has definitely moved the drums from the 'kitchen" to the "living room".

[@gkdrummerboy]

He has so much energy in prog drumming, it hard. It's easier to have that musicality in funk and stuff, but Portnoy has a lot of feeling.

[@raylgonzo]

He makes all his drum work look effortless. Almost like it's too east for him! Still the best!

[@rendog92]

I thought it would be, I mean, he is one of the greatest drummers in history, next to Neil Peart. I would hope he can play this whole song perfectly.

[@user-hk7hz9cn7v]

Don’t forget about Dave Weckl and Virgil Donati

[@user-hk7hz9cn7v]

Mike always takes command of his kits like it’s a part of his own body. So comfortable, so familiar and just owning it. Like he could just close his eyes most of the time because he knows every drum and cymbal so well. He makes it look so easy when in reality it’s crazy difficult

[@TugBoatTheGoat]

Dad showed me this about 8 years ago come back to watch it every few years, mikes the goat

[@manojbairwa2853]

he also have great backing vocal in this song

[@chrisboragine2826]

Whos glad hes back in DT as of today?

[@jorgenricardo]

*everyone liked that*

[@sourceeee]

love the power at 4:00 the conga sound at the beginning followed by that keyboard riff makes the whole part have a sinister and evil vibe to it

[@ankihansen2489]

Conga? You don't know shit about congas.

[@bvq330]

Sounds more like a vibraslap than a conga.

[@davida6889]

Alright one more time ..mike is the uncontested heavy weight champion in heavy metal drumming ...takes the gold

[@TimElfring]

his style is so great. as if he is conducting a classical music concert and his kit is the band.

[@windberpa1220]

Amazing, stunning...love watching Mike play. Truly awesome!

[@ericksambudi8833]

the way he swinging the drum stick is just.....amazing!! so portnoy..

[@ahacks7692]

He is having fun playing stuff that is hard af

[@ucrang]

2019

[@kozi-corner]

2021

[@apetape5461]

MP nails this so perfect - it is just great. And when You look LunaPark dvd, MM is far away...:)

[@woodenhoe]

it's portnoy's song, duh

[@TheJakePoole]

In my opinion, there's not been a "bad album" from them. So whatever year an album comes out from them, I can already say it's probably the album of the year, at least to me... My favorite band, I want to be like that someday... I just gotta find the right people to take with me. Not saying I am as good as them, but like with anyone, it takes years and years to get that good.

[@resynthesizer4565]

Love this album. Parts of it are like a B movie horror flick.

[@RASA_VanilLa]

The best drummer of dream theater ever

[@ronlussari]

Masterpiece!

[@chayun3075]

2024 and it's still epic

[@hipongo7074]

Magnífico

[@alecneevel2897]

There's no one quite like Portnoy. God damn.

[@whodoes3481]

he's back!!

[@ghani0128]

Mike portnoy is the best drummer of all times

[@user-gj5sk9lj9v]

Eternal Night Destroyer

[@user-gj5sk9lj9v]

Jammingzs😮😮

[@anash258]

Mike Portnoy the best drummer! i like this song too! and constant motion.. its awesome! His one of the god of drum!

[@sp1epiphany]

mike portnoy is a damn good drummer.

[@78GVA]

you are God Mike!

[@johnpapatattoo]

theres anyone equal.... hail portnoy

[@FanaticDrummer]

Fuck these sessions were legendary. Always have to click back on when they pop up. Makes me want to play!!!

[@MrEdwithdreadz]

currently pinching a log enjoying this gem

[@extremevamp]

Mike is magic.

[@superfly16465]

sickest drummer ever

[@MrVoorpal]

If there ever was a technically master of his instrument as well as with the greatest "feeling"

[@davida6889]

Mikey is god on drums ..best drummer ever ...the,guy is blessed

[@gkdrummerboy]

His movements are so uniform, every hit or strike looks almost the same, which makes him look so damn good when he plays. lol

[@stefanobasso617]

Figata ❤ messi bene

[@Kantich]

the song is soooooooooooooo cool an mike portnoy is a god

[@johnstandingready7903]

Still coming back for more!

[@xXxDOWNERxXx]

Most Important and best drummer 3-DVD set set I own

[@henrimichealflorece4456]

The GOAT

[@MrJay7777]

Sooooo much better than the drum machine on loop that they have now ... mangini makes sound ....Portnoy makes MUSIC

[@VulgrimOfficial]

Oh please, fuck you too man

[@thenecropolis_ov_former_lo3396]

so true

[@stybur19]

Wow. Couldn't have said it any better. I'm stealing that one brah.

[@tdwz1652]

yea I agree, Portnoy has way more feel and groove in his playing

[@Alec987]

i love this song so much

[@MrSpritem]

Amazinggggg

[@iSamxx19]

My favorite drummer always

[@tomzexo]

Mike portnoy from me is the amazing drummer, only he for the metal progresivo, he's times in order,only he and aaron kitcher is my Best drummer Whit my likes

[@christopherharv]

1:11 at .50x speed hits damn hard Also, if you watch that fill at 2:30 in slow mo you can see that he hits the second rack tom in the video when in the audio he hits the snare. Each of those triplet runs starts and ends with a snare hit, but in the video he's only hitting the snare at the end of each run. I don't think he's playing the toms at al in the audio recording right there.

[@ajdr666]

men it wasn't for you my comment, It was for the guy back there named i4danny about the comment he left saying that the hole album is bad..my respects and thanks!

[@danielsquiresproduction]

there doing what they want to and their enjoying it. if you dont like it dont listen to it

[@RumoreTheFolf]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[@Shaun2Prawn]

mike's da best

[@danbrown4life]

why thumbs down? that is a great part of the song!

[@Zackathor]

he is soooo badass!

[@MrBamcito]

Tanto tiempo que salió el Systematic Chaos? como pasa el tiempo! sin dudas The Dark Eternal Night tiene el sello del gran Portnoy.

[@nicky43559]

mike foley :D

[@murphymoerf]

nicky43559 great, now I can't unsee it 😂

[@halabowsky]

He's like a fucking machine!

[@andreaberetta6918]

Insane

[@Diegojlrl]

8:54 wtf!? awesome!

[@Shadowrunner340]

There used to be a version of this that had video of all the band members, but it seems to have disappeared. Does anyone know what happened?

[@davida6889]

Mike is just too good it kills,me ...

[@fireball676]

HELL YEA!

[@rafatutors6367]

very good !!!!

[@LightningTrident]

Agreed, It's because that was when Derek Sherinan was in the band.

[@CianEGallagher]

AMEN 2 that my brother

[@lordinvex1406]

It’s the mixing of styles for me

[@DixieXwolF]

Ha I laugh when I play guitar around the RH and GH kids... There always like, "Is that Six by All that Remains? I though it was played here..." XD

[@benvcarlson]

DREAM THEATER!!!!!!!!!! FUCK YEAH

[@sp1epiphany]

Yep.

[@winaldo79]

GOD!!!

[@Drkcriz]

I love the fill at 1:08 ...and of course i love MP

[@nimitzjr1]

Made my fucking day! "Totally! Thanks Mike!

[@Yomanx25k5]

seeing them in may :D

[@ordinaryman2749]

HAIL PORTNOY

[@francobustamante3441]

este tipo es el puto amo

[@WhatsGoinOnMate]

OMFG thats all

[@wesseldeboennie]

He plays Pro Marks TX420N. They are the length as the Vic Virth Extreme 5a. Or as the sticks used by Dave Wickell.

[@MRIM-ox7oj]

Portnoy: "let's make the music" Mangini: "let's play the music"

[@Drummingrules1]

2 petals ftw!

[@CKjuao]

amen

[@Diegojlrl]

a ok man dont worry!, my respects and thanks

[@Pyrofries]

I just noticed how low the cymbals are in this song... Wow!

[@Thystonius]

In that sense you can call everything a piece of bullshit. Not like the financial / business world isn't made of politics and bullcrap stories. Portnoy is a kickass drummer.

[@trex1949]

Anyone in 2020?

[@cardinalclarkie5249]

woah man

[@MetalJaska]

of course is was put together from different clips, thats the studio record, an studio records are always in different parts...

[@dakkaza]

I tried to cover this, with my own kit. and I though, hmm, Maybe I should give it a try. Since It looked so easy, and I am so stupid, to think it's so bloody hard to learn this, when you first give it a try. :P Mike Portnoy forever!

[@K31R616]

Ooooohh yeeeeeaaaaahhhh.... :D