NATTY OR NOT: Anthony Barone

[@kylerockwell1684]

Anthony has had ties to Shadow of Intent for awhile. Pretty sure he did the entire Melancholy album, and i know hes done multiple tours/live shows with them as well. Also, he has a youtube channel where he does playthroughs, and covers. Dude is an absolute beast!

[@frankseparator]

Yes he recorded the whole album. Drums are not programmed, they used a acoustic kit (except the Bassdrum).

[@l.sch.7545]

Yup but I think for a year or half a year now its bryce Butler

[@harveydjent_]

He was also the touring drummer for Babymetal right up to the start of the pandemic. Cheeky bastard worked some gravity blasts into the intro to one of their songs.

[@LOLMAN9538]

@@harveydjent_ He is still with BM, matter of fact

[@phillipgregory9671]

Kagarou ​@@harveydjent_

[@punchgod]

Anthony made me feel great when I was on too much molly on tour with a night in Texas. Best dude

[@AllShaaaallPerish]

He touch your pee pee?

[@okaight7248]

Maybe not natty but certified monster. He's covered insane songs since he was a kid. There's an old old vid of him covering The New Reign with no samples when he was young.

[@LOLMAN9538]

And now he is killing it as the drummer for both Beneath the Massacre AND the one and only BABYMETAL

[@Sacred_Silence]

@@LOLMAN9538 Fast forward, now with All That Remains

[@jamesadamgleason9471]

@@Sacred_Silence New ATR is going to be MONSTROUS

[@dmlcsan]

@@Sacred_Silence isnt he still in BabyMetal? I'm pretty sure he's still in the band, he's just not touring with them maybe since he's in ATR?

[@rkounnas]

Anthony has always been an absolute monster

[@asalas.photography]

Dude did a stint with Babymetal, it's a good way to pull in DW as a sponsor

[@slovak4life1991]

I saw him perform with them in NYC. It was amazing.

[@LOLMAN9538]

He's still with BABYMETAL, alongside his duties with BTM

[@___mg9789]

Bro covered not only the drums but guitar for Fallujah’s Cerebral Hybridization. Anthony is a beast

[@iAutodidact]

And was the original guitarist with Native Construct

[@HonkeyKongLive]

As a follower of strength sports this title confused the FUCK out of me. I was trying to figure out why we thought this dude was on PEDs.

[@reynlord666]

Musical PEDs

[@MartinBellamyMBDrums]

Thank you for that pause.. we all needed it

[@leagueofint7675]

Been a loyal follower since his second KZbin video he ever uploaded, followed all his music work too with bands etc. The guys gifted with the sticks, insane on the skins

[@Zrakow]

he was also the best guitarist at Berkley when he went there:)

[@mattkirkhamm]

5:17 that vein in his arm thicker than double cream

[@BlaZe0Star]

ABORTED@Cadaverous Banquet-Ken Bedene-live in Brutal Assault 2016 (Drum Cam) This one is sick Craig, and no doubles on the kick, just singles at insane speeds.

[@robinjohnsen552]

Check out him playing Underneath a sullen moon by Shadow of Intent, i think he has footcam the whole song

[@i.r.drummer]

My problem with doubles like this is the beater distance. David Diepold uses doubles, but his beaters are coming way back, and he switches his technique at the same speeds.

[@XxevanxXA7X]

Hey different "strokes" for different folks, right? 😂 David is undisputed king in my book but Anthony used to swivel back in the Slaves Shall Serve cover days to good effect. Even his doubles in the Cerebral Hybridization cover are respectable as hell. Man can get the beater distance when he wants it seems 🤘🏻

[@thomassmith1148]

Would love to hear 21st century fox theme played by this guy. What an actual machine

[@TomWolfDrum]

I love this video. He’s a great drummer!

[@iangauthier1594]

Good ol time when they were touring with Despised Icon and Ion Dissonance

[@Q1776Q]

He sounds pretty damn good in BabyMetal

[@metalheadmnw]

Keep in mind a generation of kids grew up watching the infant annihilator video not knowing it was fake at first and that was the standard we held ourselves to. Seeing guys do this now isn't even unusual to me anymore.

[@CFChristian]

Can we spend a moment to appreciate the underrated brilliance that is Legs Leger?

[@tulrid7550]

11:25 the way the sticks sounded makes it seem sped up 🤷‍♂️

[@DylanPottsDrums]

Anthony fuckin rules

[@finowa]

Why would you film at around 20 fps in this day and age when you know that's not enough for the visual information going on at these speeds, UNLESSS....

[@declanwhite]

I mixed a video for him once and the raws were super weird (in a good way)

[@declanwhite]

this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWPPcmeJiK-loMk

[@leomcclain_]

Man def drumming

[@CHRISCONTEPSS]

I play drums and analyze biomechanics as part of my job. Although I appreciate you wanting bass drum triggered doubles at that speed to be played open (singles?) and bigger as opposed toes up front and using triggers, but doing do something like that for that long a set, night after night on tour. . may be asking for that drummer to HURT THEMSELVES! You most likely would tighten your hip flexors to the point of strain. Continued overuse could possibly lead to IT band issues, and even eventually involve lower back, sciatica, etc. Overuse is no joke! He just finished a 2 year tour of 25 countries. This year over 100 shows. That does not include festivals, rehearsals, sound checks, practice, and recording other projects on off days. I think his long term health and triggers are just fine. . lol Rest well Kami Anthony-Metal. Saw him 2x! He was awesome.

[@LOLMAN9538]

And now Anthony primarily applies his trade alongside the one and only BABYMETAL

[@alessandrocampisi3766]

“No-hi o noh”

[@filetmignon4446]

Yes finally! Anthony! Beneath the massacre are my boyz.. shadow of intent is stilll amazing as ever

[@rhythmicbeast]

He also drums for baby metal he is a freak of nature

[@NabilKarsheh]

Started watchin’ this video when my wife looks at my phone: “is this Johnny Depp?”

[@rhythmicbeast]

Love your videos brother ♥️♥️♥️🥁🥁🥁🥁🔥🔥🔥🥁🤘🤘🤘

[@JamesSClapperton]

Surprised you didn’t comment on his vascularity from the floor tom angle blasts.

[@zaksmith6880]

Did not expect it to end there 😂😂😂😂

[@opiedrums]

Fuckin love this series mate

[@SJW82]

Even if it is…or not! It’s fucking killer to see them still pounding there unplayable (To the average jo) musick…coming from the old school 🤣🙌🏻💪🏻👴🏻

[@ClihtYeastwood]

Why is he always staring at his hand while doing the gravity blasts… only time he does this. Is he trying to make them look as legit as possible for the sample replacement?

[@udaman100]

If you look at his A Night In Texas live videos you can hear his feet. Dude is playing like 300bpm. Also if I had a drink for every time you pause the video, the entire country would be blackout drunk mate

[@reynlord666]

tell me you didn’t get to the end of the video

[@udaman100]

​@@reynlord666 I did

[@XanderVapulaBuehrer]

For the record: I am not sure I have ever heard a gravity blast that was actually natty sound good haha

[@nathandrums0]

I’ve witnessed Chris turner from OAA do one live. His are definitely natty and sound amazing.

[@Mitchfogartysessions]

@@nathandrums0 don’t compare Chris to regular humans

[@nathandrums0]

@@Mitchfogartysessions you have to give the robot humanoids credit too ;)

[@HonkeyKongLive]

@@nathandrums0 No they don't. Like, it's not possible for one to sound good. The snare will blend into one stream of white noise because the hits are coming too rapidly. Ever listened to a top level drum line player do a mega fast roll? The strikes have no distinction. No matter how perfect and clean your technique is, the sheer physics of the drum will turn it into static. It's like to a 300bpm double kick roll. Triggers and samples are there to make sure you can actually hear the individual strikes.

[@nathandrums0]

@@HonkeyKongLive ah yes, glad to know you were also there when I listened to to Chris do them and have formulated an opinion on it despite having no experience listening to him do it in person. You spewed a paragraph trying to sound smart and it just made you look like a dick lol. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6bNoaqcbpKCesk Grav blast before the final breakdown, doesn’t blend in and get buried. Oh, and there’s no triggers on that video either. Sounds even more distinguished live.

[@fimdrums]

Holy shit, Baroneyyyy

[@rynyghee]

yooo u needa check out joe pelleter from peelingflesh and strangled

[@bultronlagore4932]

So all you non musicians, beginner musicians, and biased/jealous musicians: triggers are not cheating in extreme metal. Triggers are for volume purposes/drum sound sculpting due to the high speeds being played. The drummer still has to play in time and at tempo with triggers and if the drummer messes up while using triggers you can hear the mistake much more clear than without triggers. Just because the sound doesn’t match up with the video doesn’t mean Anthony cannot play the song. This video is just to show the viewer how to play the song. Infant Annihilator has went to 100% straight up drum machine.

[@rv_drums]

dude is a freak, my lord.

[@ancientalien815]

What are the best tom heads in your opinion?

[@reynlord666]

Evans UV2 coated!

[@ancientalien815]

@@reynlord666 thanks brother

[@DEW1TT18]

Dear more informed humans in the comments, when he says "triggered doubles" on the kick, does that mean, its triggered so for every hit it plays twice, or does he mean its triggered so he doesn't have to play very loud allowing for more speed because the trigger negates the need for volume?

[@c0m8usti0n5]

There is a piezzo sensor (either on the Pedal or the Bassdrum head) which sends a signal to a sound module everytime it gets hit. „Doubles“ refers to his foot technique where he is not moving the entire leg for every hit you hear (singles). He has half of the leg movement and plays one note with his heel and one note with the toes (search for heel toe technique) which is easy to learn and to save some energy Hope i could explain it to you 😅

[@KvltKrist]

@@c0m8usti0n5 has the best explanation. Always good seeing some education going on in the comment section!

[@derrickseidwalk6423]

"doubles" is a form of hitting the pedal twice while using less body movement. Nothing wrong with it. Think of doubles with your hands. LLRRLLRR. Same with your feet. There are different methods (physically) of using doubles. Heel-Toe, Slide, Swivel, etc. Triggers are typically used for that speed to A)Make the sound easier to hear due to such insanely high dynamics at a wild BPM and B) Because of the speed, it equalizes the volume of each kick. A trigger on a kick is (usually) more like a microphone to a singer. It might change the sound you hear, but doesn't change what he's playing. (obviously there are exceptions to this. But the gentleman here, Anthony Barone, is shown here to be an incredible player, not using triggers to cover up any lack of skill) Obviously what we hear in a studio and what you hear in the same room with any musician is different. But it should still be "honest" in regards to skill. This guy is a great demonstration of that honesty within the studio.

[@drunkenyeknom]

His forearms are insane lol

[@cakeefe23]

lets see you do it mate

[@pockydoobles1767]

”It's Gotta Be The Shoes” slipping with not using the NBA Jam line pal!!! Come on, step up!!

[@theofficialdrumcovers]

unique

[@zombiesateourchannel]

"Meinl, fuck yeah." This one didn't age well...

[@rfyaaful]

i mean check out his live performance for instance kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKmodaRnna-IjJo clearly this dude is on another level

[@neonblack211]

confirmed natty hands no natty feet

[@sylvestercalzone1003]

I thought this was an infant annihilator video

[@reynlord666]

But real

[@morrislindroth7910]

Omg!! when we are having our foot fetish around 11;43 in, your 'Fuck Me!' is so flippin Honest.. I love it!! cause thats what I said almost simultaneously.. lol

[@poultriarchy]

Even more fucked considering this dude’s a shredder too

[@haukurhannes8626]

Pardon my Icelandic ignorance, but what on earth does "natty" mean?

[@segfault_000]

Not using quanitizing/sample replacement.

[@TheVajktoR]

Short for "Natural", originally used to describe bodybuilders who don't use performance enhancing drugs. That is also where "Natty or not" became a thing, videos where people try to determine if a person uses performance enhancing drugs or not.

[@haukurhannes8626]

@@TheVajktoR Ah, thank you! :)

[@fructosecoma]

Self exposed messy food feet kink

[@mackwaller5612]

I’m new to the channel, wtf natty mean

[@beerisdope7468]

Scroll down his Instagram, he has a video at 280 on his feet

[@Rob_0_Pierce]

Being not what?? @1:30

[@NoPainNoBrainNoShame]

I bet his gf is so happy

[@mikearsenault6313]

Wtf cares; the guy is an AMAZING ! drummer. The man has rhythm and groove. BARONE CAN SHRED, end of story!

[@GalacticCenterOG]

The timing is way off…

[@jxetv5049]

whaaaat the fuck...? I suck at drums.

[@nottrevorallen]

who is infinite annihilator

[@dmnscks]

I refuse to like or dislike this video

[@goingthroughthemotions]

Lmao I literally went on tour with the dude, he is 100% authentic with his playing and an even more solid homie of a human. His playing is some of THE best in death metal period. Only getting better and becoming a stronger musician, stop sleeping on my boy, probably why you're having your doubts. Dude has videos way back to being a little kid actually playing the fuck out of bands like behemoth hit for hit so probably check out his stuff first before you just try and get clout off of someone that's 100% self made. 100% authentic. STAY TRUE - AB

[@reynlord666]

he ain’t gonna fuck you

[@goingthroughthemotions]

@@reynlord666 your mom will 👉👌💦🤷‍♀️

[@felipe8511]

the thing is that, its so overproduced that it sounds fake

[@wezodrums]

Those gravity blast sounds not natty at all😂 a rim stroke will sound different than the head

[@grozbone]

this is not music