Nile - The Inevitable Degradation of Flesh Drum Cover by David Diepold

[@roberthunt1540]

Recorded in November. He started setting up the kit in January.

[@user-qm7bp4ul5t]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah thx 4 the laugh man

[@rudiyanto3498]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Chy13slaver]

Bajingan.. 🤣🤣🤣

[@magwence]

🤣

[@fernandosouzaribeiro5351]

@@user-qm7bp4ul5t x

[@brythecracker]

Who’s here after seeing Diepold on Estapario’s channel? Diepold is insane 🤟

[@blqckcoffe2075]

me! hahaha

[@adriansidewinder4660]

me me me

[@TerdFerguson]

@@blqckcoffe2075 Same

[@cynwraeth1943]

Anyone who questions what the point is for playing this type of music: "has no groove", "soulless", "lacks rhythm" etc. Do yourselves a favor, at least once in your life no matter how young or old, go to a real metal show - not some huge amphitheater, a REAL show in a rundown venue with a couple hundred people - and *experience* the energy. Even if you hate the music, or hate the atmosphere, you will at least understand why this genre appeals to people. This kind of music is not meant for radio play, or streaming on your phone. This type of music is meant to be *experienced* live and in person. The energy is indescribable. It appeals to and unlocks those primal, feral emotions most people keep suppressed in modern society. And the comraderie in the crowd is unique in the music world. Again, if you truly wonder what the point of this music is, go *feel* it for yourself.

[@immermitderruhe]

New point on my bucket list :D! Im usually listening to Hip Hop and Psychedelic and progressive rock

[@joenunez2880]

I agree 100 percent...

[@christinagustin3468]

I love this.

[@Speedster1977]

A superb comment I agree 100%.

[@ryanmeeks6232]

I mean, I'll play it on my phone too. Fuck you. Lol

[@HappyChrisTaylor]

i dont think I've hit the drums that often in 10 years!

[@Bones12x2]

His skill is so good it overshadowed how badass this kit sounds.

[@tfwnoyandere]

the power of samples

[@jhojho1679]

@@tfwnoyandere excuse my cluelessness /ignorance . But what do you mean by that ? What are samples ? Like sampled sounds / beats ? Explain if you can please lol .

[@tfwnoyandere]

@@jhojho1679 yes

[@agentsmith413]

@@jhojho1679 yeah, not to take anything away from david as he's an insane drummer, but he's absolutely using samples in his recordings. it just helps the recording sound cleaner but doesn't take away from his ability at all. Dude is a beast.

[@yannickguitar1539]

You missed one note

[@MA-qh5fp]

Shit I thought I'm the only one noticing! Kinda ruins everything >.>

[@pleasuretokill]

Yeah. I caught it too! It was that one cymbal splash that should have been a splish instead. I could show you how it's done, but.... ummmm.... I don't have the time right now...and ummm....I have to go to work.

[@metalfilms6660]

Yannick Guitar Where is it?

[@yannickguitar1539]

God only knows...

[@lazyjackass77]

1:11 to 1:13 His stick got hung up on a cymbal, zero fucks, show must go on :) I'm really pissed off that I can only like this video once.

[@ndzick718]

How self-important does somebody have to be to dislike this video? Holy shit. You killed it, man.

[@F3PIZZA]

Someone who watches KZbin as their main source of entertainment and doesn’t want their feed too clogged up with a specific topic.

[@BCapelas]

Hi David welcome to planet earth. How is the weather in Jupiter?

[@vinodtiwari4282]

Bruno Capelas hahaha lol 😂

[@jarska5098]

Stormy af I guess

[@amnikchannel1212]

🤣🤣

[@joshsteffen]

Jesus Christ man!

[@dragracingpainter4462]

Josh Steffen ...your a bad ass too Josh

[@victorrodrigo1455]

Josh steffen this is incredible, professional, creative. ...

[@edmasterson4588]

no its Ra... ha

[@revsharp777]

I can see it now. Josh plays George like Lars! 😆

[@druidmeats]

Josh??? the fuck you doing here??

[@keironstoneman6938]

This guy is a total machine. Awesome stuff. The thing that gets me is how he does this with barely any movement. He's is like the drumming version of a ventriloquist.

[@fishingfonzi5655]

dude is a human atomic clock

[@iLLuzion1st]

@@fishingfonzi5655 are you familir with Gene Hoglan? Dudes same

[@MorlokKurak]

That's how you know he's doing it right. Maximum movement with conservative energy. Who's playing mostly with his hands not his arms. If you tried to play this with normal technics, your heart would explode.

[@mattnormandrums]

This dude has put the time in and has sensational technique and relaxes when he plays. Love watching his playing.

[@35057]

I still go back thru watching his old videos…. But I’d imagine this is just minimizing wasted energy. Yeah he’s a Machine.

[@buckbuster2577]

I bought my kid a drum set and showed him this. I'm not sure if I should have done that.he is tripping ball right now

[@MEOWMEOWCATSCATS1010]

hahaha. that's awesome man. inspiration

[@panzerwaffen2873]

buck buster lmao good job

[@musenw8834]

That's great! He's learning quite a tight style, but at least it'll give an advantage of sustenance and precision

[@noblych9953]

good job bro! just keep showing him this so he will stay motivated

[@cx777o]

show him also a lot of different drummers. i mean this style of drumming is technically top notch no doubt but (this is only my opinion) this kind of music itself is pretty much with little to no real variety and most of the fills and grooves (if they can be called as those) sound mostly the same. in jazz, funk, fusion, progressive metal you find a lot more variety and diversity so that a drummer can be versatile in all those styles.

[@BigEBigs]

Why they not showing his incredible foot technique?!

[@wickedwoodshaunt]

this is one of the best drum covers I've seen...

[@FockeWulfFW200]

WICKED WOODS fucking indeed, I was thinking the same

[@donjohnson5653]

Lol. You guys ain't seen shit Then..

[@wrcz]

@@donjohnson5653 enlighten us dude

[@donjohnson5653]

@@wrcz kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKLdi6CEpsmKmc0

[@donjohnson5653]

@@wrcz that dude you posted is very fast. Nothing personal bro✌👊😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@lameemo]

That double bass is cleaner than I've ever been in my entire life and I shower at LEAST twice a week

[@Vampire_born_in_2006]

it's not real, read description

[@Simon-fj2wn]

@@Vampire_born_in_2006 He said the sound isn't natural, because his basedrum is triggered. Its impossible to hear Double Bass at that Tempo that loud with normal microphones, but he's still playing every note. Triggers don't make it sound clean when you're untight, they just make sure you can hear what he's doing with his feet at all.

[@watchlistenlearn]

@@Vampire_born_in_2006 its not real 🤣🤣🤣🤣 David is the real deal...

[@bengedrumming5089]

Vampire_born_in_2006 man I ain’t trying to be an ass but read up on triggers. I can assure you homeboy is playing every note.

[@seanbdrums]

@@bengedrumming5089 It's fucking 2020. How is 'triggers are cheating' still a fucking debate. My god.

[@Feel777]

You know, when I listen to some blast beats songs I don't give it all the credits it deserves. When I stop to watch these guys playing I'm like "How the hell can a human do this?!"

[@Iano180]

I wonder can he play Enter Sandman

[@twelvelookslike]

Lars cant

[@panzerwaffen2873]

Ian Canning lmao

[@euemeupaiful]

Ian Canning I know i can... bet im better than him, did u see he missed a note?

[@Geewunner4life]

Ian Canning my cat can play enter garbageman...er...sandman.

[@kamiwouter]

hahahahahahaaaaa

[@jarrodconnolly4004]

After seeing the intro logo, all I can think of now is a bunch of music professors and old folks sitting in this theater watching him play this with very serious and discerning faces.

[@dchmtl1]

mankind could not manufacture a robot that could play faster, more accurate and look so relaxed while doing it. David is incredible.

[@scottbromage2210]

except George Kollias!!!!

[@scottbromage2210]

he who wrote the percussion to this song is a genius ( thanx George K)

[@TheCymbalProject]

This is by far the tightest drumming performance I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot)

[@icerodtv155]

This guy is definitely a machine. Amazing how fast he did spin the stick at 1:29 haha

[@ddGrandahl]

I hate the way that you make this look so easy.

[@dzre2087]

he makes it look TOO easy, like he's at his temp job answering phones in the reception cubicle!

[@whoareyou221]

It is easy, just takes practice. If you don't practice enough its gonna be hard obviously.

[@huffingfarts]

Nothing about this is easy, he's just that goddamn good.

[@anthonyperkins5856]

yeah he as smiling while he was playing to.....DANG!

[@CH-rs7cm]

That's because he mastered one technique I (as a guitarist) and all other musicians seek to attain: letting the music play through you as it's vessel, giving yourself over to it. . .

[@CanMetan]

Pff... I can play this until 0:04. Just can't do the rest.

[@grannywalter]

I think i could go to 0:07 lol

[@ARescueToaster]

I could reproduce this up to about 0:10 ... when I play it at 25% speed, that is. Seriously, try listening to this at 50% speed. It's still pretty impressive.

[@cynwraeth1943]

@@ARescueToaster Makes it sound like regular death metal lol.

[@HiVoltish]

I injured myself just watching this kid. Amazing!

[@gregorioribeirojr]

This guy is a monster!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@erichvonglahn5314]

Diepold is the best drummer on the planet. This guy just amazes me. Unbelievable what he can do. Faster with one foot than most drummers with two. Absolutely amazing.

[@Compendyum]

It's so flawless, it's even sickening.

[@jacktoy3688]

I think this kid is cleaner than George Kollias, fucking effortless!

[@chacehart7286]

Kollias is super overrated imo. He’s such a soft hitter at speed and Diepold’s tone is super consistent throughout.

[@michel4743]

Which is nothing but normal. Kollias is an early pioneer in speed drumming with speeds up to 280bpm. That's one reason he got famous for almost 2 decades ago, along with other mentionable drummers such as Derek Roddy. But these techniques they precedented have meanwhile been taken up and optiomized to perfection by people like Diepold. The new generation of drummers have long surpassed their idols, and in another decade they will have been surpassed as well by the next generation.

[@noneck9008]

@@michel4743 very well said, fastest drummer 2 decades ago could play at like 280 but now there are drummers who can play as fast as 360

[@Leo-yn5fx]

@@michel4743 Bro Roddy actually is a student of making the snare being heard when playing. MF plays hard as shit for how fast he blasts. Kollias is overrated.

[@NympoGaming]

@@noneck9008 You kids keep amazing me with your level of ignorance. BPM has nothing to do with how many notes you can play within a certain interval of time. You can absolutely play faster and produce 1/8 of the hits in this song or you could play to a song with a slower pulse and go absolutely bonkers on the double bass and snare. Why did I even read those comments, honestly? And that absolute plonker Chase Hart saying Kollias is a soft hitter has probably never even touched a drum kit in his life let alone play one. Swivel is literally the technique that produces the hardest sound at such speeds with heel-toe being the quietest. David's playing heel-down in this video which is loud but not as loud as swivel or heel up. All the deathcore punks crank up their volume on the triggers to sound loud because doubles are incredibly quiet and people are like "Oh wow, so fast and precise". Of course it's precise and noisy when you've handed all your life savings to the sound engineer to fix your mess.

[@musicisthecure6934]

0:13 dude… That ride sound is legendary…

[@robd3529]

Not sure weather to give up playing drums now or just practice harder 🤔

[@timbaker6159]

go harder brother! hard work pays off. just play it slower until it comes to you!

[@chacehart7286]

Just practice. This type of stuff, musically, isn’t that difficult. It’s just PHYSICALLY very demanding. It’s a straight sprint drumming like that so just get your muscles in working order.

[@timbaker6159]

What i recommend practicing after getting speed down is double bass into triplets in and out. do that a couple times and it will burn your legs, but it builds endurance pretty quickly

[@watchlistenlearn]

Stick with Slipknot because this shit is 90% impossible and hard on the body to even attempt 1 min of

[@iamdono]

and he could still throw a smile in between rolls. *slow clap*

[@tooalienforearth5638]

blasting with one foot? christ.

[@DeadGlassEyes]

How you're supposed to, yes.

[@TaveGarcia]

Really? It looks nice, but you're not like forced to do it with one foot, I do it with one foot when I got no double pedal. And yeah, peep are like, wow! But I like it with double cause it hits louder the bass imo when you're not using triggers.

[@DeadGlassEyes]

Tave Garcia Or you could just set your triggers louder. Volume has nothing to do with it, more clarity.

[@TaveGarcia]

Yeah, I know, thats not what I meant. I don't have triggers, I was talking when playing in a show or something, depending on the place where I play sometimes they use triggers, so Im not that intro triggers, not that I don't want to, its just a matter of economics, unfortunately, lol.

[@01234567897982]

Shannon lucas does it a lot also ;)

[@drumcoversbydick]

This is mental. I'm never going to complain about having to play 210bpm again :D

[@richmondyayarea]

That was perfect. George is also a huge inspiration to me as well, but I'm no where near as good as you two. Are you in your own band? I would love to hear some of your own work.

[@nesaragesara9855]

It's obvious that this is a labor of love. You need patience, persistence, passion and downright technique to get your muscles to play this fast and be relaxed at the same time.

[@disasterpieces333]

Kollias doing this for an hr straight. Its something out of this world. mans not human Geez 😳

[@kamilsliw19941]

So good! The technique, omg! I think even someone doesn't enjoy this genre, I think they should be able to appreciate the preciseness of your playing. 👍🏻

[@shadow12348]

Someone call the Pentagon he needs to be put back in Area 51!

[@nickforshaw4286]

This kind of drumming is not my cup of tea but I can appreciate this guys pure technical skill. Crazy

[@aplus1080]

Whats your tea?

[@rocamontana]

It amazes me that there are two people in the world that play at the same level, the original drummer to each of these played songs and Diepold

[@deimos2k6]

this video proves once more that George Kollias has succeeded in inspiring drummers all around. Keep up the good work man!

[@DrakosLord]

I'm also kinda fan of Kollias and damn, dude. This is amazing! I like the tone of your drumkit, and the cymbals are incredible. Also your technique, very clean and precise. I hope you are proud because you should be. Very fucking good.

[@totty2524]

How many notes does this music have? A million?

[@Kain_R_Heinlein]

Mariana Perreira Give or take 100k

[@NarednikLobanja]

technical death is a very very hard type of music to remember all the notes.

[@NarednikLobanja]

Even of you look at a tab you are still technicaly reading music.. Reading sheet music has nothing to do with love for the music. I can't read sheet music, many of my musicaly educated friends can, but there is no difference between us.

[@Kain_R_Heinlein]

Narednik Lobanja Most Technical death isn't hard to remember, a lot of them have the same generic patterns, fills and speeds. And you don't remember tech death drumming note by note. You remember it by parts and structure

[@NarednikLobanja]

FutileExistence while that is true, i think that the point of the comment was that the music had like a milion notes, not the drums. I do agree with you on the patterns, but have you tried to listen to Brain Drill? Try remembering something like that.

[@BigDees19]

Your drums sound awesome ,toms sounds amazing and the whole kit woah just awesome tone on your drum kit great job man!

[@GeminiWoods]

That spin at 1:27 though...

[@andrevth]

I love the fact that you totally keep your body and head still while playing! Found it hilarious! Awesome drumming

[@BurnTheNuance]

God damn I love your covers

[@anas_moto]

You are brave to cover Nile, I salute you 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@7stringcat]

I watch it every day. It's great!

[@Captain-Mayday]

Thanks for the cover, I've added this to my easy listening playlist.

[@LanceCampeau]

Great work dude... impressive left/right dexterity. Cymbal kit sounds great too... that ride bell is proper beastly!

[@zachb250]

I didn't know voldemort played drums Kidding, you're amazing.

[@saulleeman2494]

1:02 I love your smile :D Like "Yeaaah here comes the machineeee!!"

[@khemaichen]

this was the satan in him...

[@theegg-viator4707]

Absolutely MIND BLOWN…..

[@gubachmann]

My legs hurts just imagining playing an whole concert at this rithym...

[@lionelvillahermosa653]

Excellent beautiful immortal sublime, amazing.

[@TheGravenlord]

Só esse ano já ouvi esse vídeos mais de 1000 vezes acredito.

[@MrTomkat030]

Good Gaawd that was smoother than a gravy sandwich 😳

[@matthernandez777]

If he kicks a little faster on the pedals, the entire platform will take off in flight. Pure perfection

[@HybridSpektar]

The precision and the concentration. Makes it look so easy

[@hugohinojosa7646]

I love that you had played a Nile song with a Dredg t-shirt XD

[@Michael_Michaels]

This machine really looks like a human!!! Bionics these days!!!!!!

[@jobzagudn]

If he loses his hands he has a promising tap dancing career ahead of him...

[@AlexandreXavier81]

You are an x-man. What a technique. It is possible to clearly hear the sound of each drum part, in addition to the incredible speed and precision. Congratulations on the great job. You are on another level.

[@nogodsnomasters666]

Just saw Nile the other week, very impressed.

[@ThePakio666]

I think there is a place in there I could totally cover. The intro with the hihat.. im all dope on that

[@Lizard-of-Oz]

This drumming sounds as powerful as a helicopter in battle

[@EmberGyaru]

Is it weird the biggest thing I'm wondering is how he got to record in that room?? Oh, never mind. Just scrolled up and read the description. There's a lot of info in there! Nice ^_^

[@NyCardConnect]

I don't think it gets better than this.

[@brucesimian3743]

I saw Nile open for Morbid Angel right around 1998. Killer show! I went and bought my double pedal the next day!

[@desertfox7478]

That bell is an audible climax

[@stevebrown2557]

In oceans of notes, grooves present themselves to those who listen with their minds wide open. Steve Vai knows it, Gene Hoglan knows it...David Diepold knows it.

[@blackhatch46]

Its sad how amazing kollias is but he always uses the same fills. He could sound a lot better if he made more unique fills.

[@FastHands1504]

+blackhatch46 It all sounds the same at this speed really. When it comes to single stroke fills that is.

[@Kain_R_Heinlein]

+ransisua Yet Jamie Saint Merat is able to pull them off, that dude is crazy. Also I recommend you all to check out Kollias's work without Nile

[@mickeysheehan5635]

Its just his style, its not that he cant do different variations, but those single stroke rolls from the snare to toms take incredible endurance as its across the majority of the drums and even for me, thats what I love in brutal metal

[@uraharamitchell7250]

blackhatch46 You try finding a more "unique" sounding fill, whilst playing at 600,000bpm

[@Looktowardsthesky]

Simon Mitchell hahaha 600 k bpm lol shit is so fast !!!

[@kenny8948]

Absolutely outstanding drumming. Blew me away! Looking forward to checking out the rest of this channel.

[@yoshi_tk3779]

Just unbelievable.

[@MarcoLorea]

really cool but i just asked you to play "come together"

[@pyromaniacmatt]

Needs more cowbell.

[@Gblonkers]

Not. Enough. Cowbell.

[@VanTempest]

Love your drumming, love your style, love your quality, love your shirt, let's make internet-babies! :v

[@Paradis80]

thank you, i've watched this at least 30-40 times... so pleasing to the eyes

[@richietorrance9933]

This is absolutely amazing... much respect from Atlanta my man!!

[@metalblood8724]

Do a Rings of Saturn cover, say Senseless Massacre?

[@erikwallin9146]

dudes a fucking beast!! holy fuck!!

[@edgarviernes2532]

No sweat drumming. This sick drummer looks like just came fresh from the shower and started playing. There is not even a single miss....Good Job!!!

[@blowonengineer7648]

Almost a hundred times i watch this video since it's uploaded... Many drum cover i've been watched but Diepold is the best...

[@carinae2035]

How to be good good at drums: Step 1: find drum set Step 2: lay on it Step 3: have seizure

[@sekhmet7774]

And also practice for years to have perfect timing and coordination

[@StalwartSpartan298]

Had to come here to watch after my gf tried arguing rap requires more talent

[@7StringBlazer]

As a fan of both rap and metal (but not them both together) that's really an apples to oranges kind of comparison.

[@cynwraeth1943]

Dump her, she dumb.

[@fountane]

There's a top tier for everything. The top tier for whatever it is takes immense skill no matter what. If someone spends 16 hours a day playing drums, and another person spends 16 hours a day writing rap lyrics and rapping, they're both going to reach top tier skill within whatever they're doing. To be the best rapper in the world, and the best drummer in the world takes the same amount of dedication and time. Unless you're talking about something more obscure, like fencing. The best fencer in the world may not have to work as hard as 16 hours a day to become the top tier best fencer in the world because there's less people to compete against. Random thoughts.

[@JohnDoe-rs4fl]

Please point me in the direction of a rap artist that shows as much skill in his respective art as this drummer. Between the stamina, memorization, and maintaining a beat, I think players like this are objectively more talented than anyone who "rhymes" about bitches, money, gangs, partying, and drugs. You can like that genre, but it's a different culture that doesnt reward technical skill.

[@raoulprivatebusiness6240]

Dalton K show her Archspire

[@TheGmoneyless420]

Sick man! I can't believe I never seen that before, unbelievable speed and consistency! Great work man!

[@jasonpearce6968]

hi David I'm a drummer myself but I must take my hat off to you bro . . your skills are top notch . . in my opinion you are second to no one . . you are awesome !!!!

[@prettynoose8497]

I wonder if Terrence Fletcher would throw a chair at him?

[@omgmaster9985]

Third Herd surely.. that's not jazz ;) ahaha

[@vladmihalca6402]

I think he would have thrown the chair at Fletcher ;))

[@stevebrown2557]

Congratulations on a million views! \(^ ^ )/

[@kaydawgy1999]

He needs more cymbals

[@halsinden]

absolutely incredible. your single stroke rolls are stunning.

[@RapiDEraZeR]

I wanna know what drummers in a thousand years will be capable off. Unimaginable. I think till then we'll keep seeing what pops up.

[@miked5487]

Now we just need to clone him and sell him as a VST.

[@demonocusmetalocus3558]

camera switches views to often ,makes me dizzy

[@Randomuser44446]

Most precise drumming ever… Dude

[@FonPacific]

But can he play doom metal? 🤣

[@geraldwalshjr694]

needs more cymbals! I can still see the toms!

[@pobrebatera3165]

The timing is perfect, for sure, one of the best.

[@mitsay]

Nice title: "The Inevitable Degradation of Flesh Drum Cover by David Diepold" ahahahaha

[@danialmuhamad6400]

im a big fan of GK but honestly bro...u are better than him...

[@blastoffintoinfinity]

Danial Muhamad way "cleaner" (no sarcasm) for sure. i wonder who "wrote" the drum parts? was it sanders or kollias?

[@danialmuhamad6400]

***** obviously its GK...but the drum parts arent that complicated...its just alternating blast beats played in 250 bpm with some fills and simple groove in the middle...but this guy he play this tune way cleaner than GK...

[@bartnapi]

Danial Muhamad editing!!! this is edit so you can hear the DRUM COVER, how the guys plays it, ory song is edited with guitars vocals bass so....

[@blastoffintoinfinity]

Danial Muhamad ive also read in the notes that Sanders writes some of the drum pieces i think... but yeah i guess what i was getting at was its good drumming who actually thought up the orchestration of the music and more specifically the drum pieces.

[@danialmuhamad6400]

+bartnapi im aware of the editing...but im talking about the acuracy and the tone...he is way better regardless of the editing...