Nils "Dominator" Fjellström - Dark Funeral - Nail Them To The Cross (Drumcam)

Drumcam from Dark Funerals concert at Blastfest, Bergen. Friday 20.02.2015.

[@wanjanechtangroeger]

Huge inspiration for everyone who likes to play blast beats!

[@yogaaris9288]

Wanja [Nechtan] Gröger i love your video bro

[@alterblink6546]

Indeed he is an inspiration for quick blast beats

[@matthieuf9869]

Double stroke are not brutal enough

[@almostmatt1tas]

I know this is a typical comment that you get Wanja.. but I'd LOVE to see you cover this song.

[@matthieuf9869]

No problem with double stroke, the problem is double stroke only, just my taste

[@Mr.Manga85]

This song should be renamed:"Nils them to the cross"...Holy Shit!

[@MasQueVencedorEnCristo]

😜👍🏽

[@spreiczer]

🤣🤣🤣

[@EPKKC]

...from Nils them to the cross to Nail in my Man Bun.

[@DOOMBREEDERTV]

producers programming drums try to achieve what this guy does in real life. truly amazing...\m/

[@v0lrath1985]

It's such a pleasure to watch this caliber or drummer. Like, yo can rely in his machine-perfect timing, and just enjoy the showmanship.

[@DaSakMan]

I don't think anyone can blast as fast as this man does and not only fast but consistent as hell

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

Janne Jaloma has him covered … and has live videos playing this exact track with DARK FUNERAL in 2023. Check him out and see for yourself.

[@sexypoulpe]

@@Virvum_Juggernaut indeed, Jalomaah is something else really. Seeing other monster drummers struggling on this song show how inhuman Janne is.

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

@@sexypoulpe Finally, someone else who is up to speed with Janne’s God tier abilities. Respect brother! 🤘🏻

[@Miguel-mr7wk]

@@Virvum_Juggernaut the blows of Janne Jaloma are very weak, none of them maintains the dominator blow at those speeds, clean blows and no rebounds

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

@@Miguel-mr7wk “No rebounds” LMFAO! Thanks for announcing that you’ve never drummed in your entire life. You can’t blast without them. Janne is one of the cleanest ever. That’s the one aspect that the legend Nils lacks in comparison. His strokes tend to fluctuate at speed in consistency re : timing and power. Edit : I also rate Simon Schilling as superior to Nils.

[@Danalmagrodrumsnbass]

Besides his speed, he has some really tasty grooves in this clip

[@Antarath]

Definately, and that makes you appreciate his playing even more. I like the way he uses the tom tom's and cymbals. Many black metal drummers are good at that

[@AUM_-po9sc]

Coincidentally, he is credited with songwriting on this track.

[@achudrastudios6391]

hihat part was fire

[@Villehakkinen87]

Drumcam cant handle the force of Dominator !

[@thebigmoosy9706]

God Emperor Dominator. Sounds legit

[@FreeOffers07]

I regularly watch so many guitars and drums cover on youtube. i sacrificed a lot of nights watching Guitars and drums cover. I discovered this drumcam 3 years ago when it was uploaded ,till now no others drum covers can amaze me like this. Everytime this video makes me drop my Jaw. And also without Dominator No Others drummer can Be This level of BEAST. Probably, this video is one of the most watched video Of me.

[@fizzarolig69]

lal bro only drummer I could think of is better than him is Aaron Kitcher, dude is a beast incarnate on the drums. His bands coming out with a new album which should be their best one yet.

[@xiami11]

@@fizzarolig69 i love IA but i doubt he can play these songs live, their songs are made to be over the top and impossible to do live

[@hallamalla98]

@@xiami11 Yes, and no one who plays this type of music comes close to the force and power Dominator has. Drummers like Brad Wilk, Eloy Casagrande and Dave Ghrol play with incredable force, they hit hard, but they don't play as fast. I dubt Aaron Kitcher could play his songs without triggers and actually sound as hard as he does on record.

[@rolllimbo973]

Thy Oblivion_ loool You realize all of infant annihilators drums are programmed right and all of Aaron’s “covers” are fake. Go watch what 66samus had to say about him. The ONLY HD video of him playing he has terrible technique and it’s clearly speed up alone with his cuntcrusher play though. Why do you think they don’t play anything live and Aaron has never made a video showcasing his foot technique isolated

[@rottenroth]

@@fizzarolig69 Absolute disgrace of a comparison! Nils has been groundbreaking in the extreme metal scene for decades and you compare him to a guy who programs his drums? Nils don't fake anything.

[@kloggmonkey]

i love it whenever his right arm is like completely still while blasting away, makes it look like he's got cybernetic enhancements or something

[@franciscofjellstrom2638]

My Biggest Influence On The Drums!

[@nolife66666]

***** You can try it. I think play drums like this is unbelieavably hard.

[@SinisterSkip]

***** Depends on what you think is hard haha. In half a year to two years, you can learn to drum like 80-95% of the songs you hear on the radio, somewhat decently. I'm a drummer and I'd say, compared to guitar, it's relatively easy, because with a BIT of talent, you can play dozens of songs by ear, just by trying, trail and error, while guitarplayers have to fuck around with tabs etc. It's not as clear what string and fret a guitarplayer is playing, but it's damn clear if a drummer's playing the bassdrum, the snare and/or the hihat. Just keep in mind you have neighboors etc. There's no volume button on drums, unless you buy an electronic drumkit :)

[@franciscofjellstrom2638]

***** Try it bro! Just practice and practice! :)

[@odhinnsandin4133]

soundcloud.com/hordeofhel/ont-mix-m4a Horde of hel new material with odhinn and dominator

[@pedromacedo4107]

Look for Francesco Paoli

[@jancicleyrodrigues8353]

but this man really rocks, his endurance is amazing, totally brutal

[@pleasuretokill]

....at one point, I thought George Kollias was the king of extreme drumming... then I saw this dude. Holy fucking fuck.

[@love4life559]

agi+crit+light armor.

[@zaedrah3378]

lol with unlimited magicka regen

[@letthevoidb7608]

@@zaedrah3378 magicka regen for unlimited aoe,dot chaos damage around his drum kit.

[@wannafex]

Dark Crystal Leather Armor, grade A light armor.

[@alex.t8910]

This blast beat is the sickest out there this fast this hard. Wow

[@SarahAParis]

I am wild about that outfit He's wearing..love the armor!😍😍He's cute too!

[@muaythaibeatdown1]

Lightning fast AND hard hitter. You never see both in a drummer.

[@pedromacedo4107]

Elloy casa grande!!!

[@Totenlieder]

If you have heard him you should check out Dennis form Macabre, one of the few out there that also does both

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

James Stewart of DECAPITATED is super fast and even more of a powerful hitter than Nils. Check out his LAST SUPPER playthrough.

[@vaclavkolar6750]

0:27 snare just became one solid note

[@apothecurio]

Yep, it called a drum roll, in this case a super clean double stroke roll.

[@glion69]

How is this even possible..!!!!!!

[@detnyeriket]

This dude is a beast...

[@imrantonmoy4615]

he is awesome... i just think about his strength, accuracy, perfection. He is superHuman . (y)

[@TacoCrisma]

Let's just talk about that paiste ride for a second.. damn that thing is awesome. Looks like a signature series.

[@jasperjenkins7729]

Are you positive it's a pAisTe?? Looks like a novo over hit hat too.

[@jarrodosborn5063]

Jasper Jenkins I think that china is TRX like those hats. That ride sounds like a Sabian to me. Who knows 🤷‍♂️

[@UntouchableEqualizer]

Looks like a signature series Paiste yes

[@jonathangrigg2728]

It’s a Paiste Signature Heavy Bell Ride. Unfortunately they’re discontinued

[@serpenthate7419]

Esse cara é o cara.... musicalidade no sangue.. profissional ao extremo.

[@kuutisenkiloahiivaa]

0:59 machineguns xD

[@SimonB.]

that escalated quickly

[@NublarLodge]

Guess why I don't find any drums cover of this on KZbin hahahah That man is amazing 🤘🏻

[@DeadGlassEyes]

What a fucking monster, holy crap. Look at him go!

[@nj1255]

Definitely the best full-time drummer both Dark Funeral, Aeon and Sanctification has had. It's a shame he's been struggling with some personal issues.

[@CamiloMoyaBaterista]

faster, clean, and amazing, few drummers can play at this security

[@javiermb6253]

Un auténtico especialista, capaz no solo de tocar rápido sino de darle a cada tema su sello personal. Realmente increíble.

[@panzerwaffen2873]

this isnt real....only a demon can play like this ... lol

[@panzerwaffen2873]

@JuggernautCorp I know right? Lol

[@watchlistenlearn]

Thats right ;)

[@matthewevans1185]

I actually was thinking that myself and I don’t know just how aware you are of how close you may have hit the nail on the head with that one, I mean that is just almost humanly impossible !!!

[@panzerwaffen2873]

@@matthewevans1185 exactly

[@7th-Son-Of-A-7th-Son]

Either he's a demon, a celestial entity, or the cocaine in Norway is of unrivaled quality lol

[@Aaron_Gentry]

Nils Fjellstrom is undeniably one seriously badass drummer especially when you consider he's right handed playing a left handed setup

[@AlexLancia]

Damn that's crazy. Where did you hear he was right handed?

[@Aaron_Gentry]

I could have sworn I've seen a few videos where he was playing right handed...? Maybe I'm wrong. Regardless of what handedness he is though he's still a kickass drummer :)

[@Pontahyo]

Nisse is lefty

[@Mustis1524]

Aaron Gentry He's not right handed though...

[@v0lrath1985]

He definitely is a lefty. They are a rarity amongst drummers, for some reason.

[@TRENLORD]

Holy fuck...a minute in and i realized my jaw was literally dropped. Spectacular.

[@atlantika3667]

Holy shit !! Love this guy, the song and the band... totaly insane !!

[@harolmen]

Simply a god of drums.

[@KORNBG]

Domifakinator is out in space with this drumming !

[@anthonykester3058]

Amazing performance I love where shadows forever reign album!!!

[@holgerhansen855]

Damn i love this guy!

[@christianeasley767]

I love the marching drum rudiments at the beginning!!!! Super awesome my friend--not sure if you ever went to school but it shows in your playing how educated you are... 😀😀😀

[@christianeasley767]

When you leave the high school marching band and decide to go play for a death metal band!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

[@ktaadnbm7475]

*black metal

[@jcs6881]

Awesome ...... Hail from Colombia.....

[@caustichymnproductions]

Nil Them To The Cross

[@UncleSamy93]

i like the way he composer his beats/grooves, cheers Mr dominator \m/

[@KORNBG]

Starting blast beast always give me fkn shivers! FKN Dominator HAIL!!!!!!!

[@downtuned9000]

There is blast beats and there is dominators blast beats.... Master of the dark arts of metal drumming i would give my left nut just to have 20% of that ability awesome to hear and insane to watch

[@SinisterSkip]

Even though you can see that Fjellstrom's got some problems keeping the blasts up fulltime, i'm still insanely impressed that he actually went full blast at least half the time. Consider that this this is (recalculated for triplets) 285PBM !@#%^. That almost 10 hits per second, with BOTH hands. That's absolutely, fucking insane. Kollias eat your heart out :)

[@slayer8273]

lel its not all about speed. This guy couldnt play a song like anihilation of the wicked from nile or cast down the heretic

[@SinisterSkip]

+TheSlaying Slayer Indeed it's not all about speed, Fjellstrom's stamina actually is sick, that's one of the things he's known for... As far as I've heard, Nile blasts have a lot of breaks in between every x seconds, because he can't keep it up otherwise.

[@slayer8273]

+SinisterSkip anyway, maybe this guy is faster but in my opinion george is still way mire skilled when it comes to doublebass and other techniques

[@chuzzman42]

+TheSlaying Slayer I feel like Dominator could easily play any of Nile's drum parts honestly. This guy is at least as skilled as Kollias. Flo from Cryptopsy tho, his drumming just borders on absurd.

[@slayer8273]

Alexander Simmons Well yeah if you compare nile songs to other bands like fleshgod, origin or dark funeral you could think there are better drummers than gk. for me they arent better because they use heel toe technique and they're blasts arent that powerful as gk's are. but yeah, i think this guy could play almost every nile song, maybe he would struggle with aeons of burning galaxies xD

[@Alexbollerstudio]

pure beast mode

[@zenchan332]

AMAZING MIRACLE

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Inspirational for any musician! 👍😘🇸🇪

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Nils regerar! Tack!!

[@bucknasty5374]

SUPER CLEAN!

[@xProShoter]

Love you DOMINATOR THE BIG DRUMMER IN THE WORLD

[@marciorodrigo4891]

The best of blast blaster

[@NecropsY1]

This is awesome :D

[@blainepeters1638]

Nils is one ov my favorite drummers when it comes to speed but has no one also heard ov Lord Marco?? He to is one hell ov a beast.

[@omarsalvadormolinararambur8885]

damn all my respects to him !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheTrinirocker]

love it!

[@endowednigerian]

way better than their new drummer's recent drum cam. dominator will always be the king of the blast

[@mariandolabel3190]

miss this guy

[@metaldrummer7163]

It's even more amazing at 2X!

[@thorragnarok7690]

The fps on the drum cam cant handle his speed! Goddamn!

[@deathfan2002]

Who needs a metronome when you have dominator?

[@jakedrum1289]

Absolute machine.

[@dustinmorris8235]

God damn, Nils is just incredible. I'd love to know what series Paiste ride that is, it sounds great.

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

PAISTE Signature Heavy Bell Ride, but I believe they’re discontinued unfortunately man.

[@ClassicalMusicOnline]

He nailed it.

[@brandonkleiber1161]

His gravity blasts would be so fast, our minds couldn't process the bpm and would just be perceived as a full static sound.

[@doerubi1]

Madre mía, que rápido es el cabron 👏🏻👏🏻🤘🤘

[@hezblast1675]

Can anyone tell me what ride he uses? A paiste signature series maby?! Very articulate! It kills 🤘🤘

[@paytizzle]

Drums go BRRRRR

[@thewildbunchASD]

0.58: 0-333 bpm in 0.0666 seconds. Dark Funeral got me into Black Metal in 1993, they where there real deal and the still are! Doesn't matter who plays in the band and adds his own element, but the music will always be Dark Funeral!

[@blacksygar]

Behold The Master !

[@catto3458]

this guy is a beast

[@metalflower9543]

Sick as hell! 🤘🏻🔥

[@danielkarlsson1193]

Fucking hell, this is extremely impressive to watch, I'm exhausted by just looking.

[@palmerjacob9294]

Phenomenal

[@omramoryth]

Dude, what? I can't even program drums to blast beat that fast. The hell man?

[@ECC79]

Holy shit ! This guy is a monster

[@kevincannon2269]

Mesmerizing

[@julianotalora2364]

That Paiste Ride is Lucky Nils chose him.

[@ricardomoreno6353]

Impresionante

[@christianeasley767]

How many notes on this drum kit can I fit into these riffs!!!!! LET NILS SHOW YOU!!!!!! Hahaha!!!!! SICK DUDE!!!!! 2 beat blast beat for days Ha ha ha!!!!! Great job with everything on the song it turned out very very well my brother!!!!! 😊🇺🇸💪❤️🙏😎🥁🎶

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

Aaron Kitcher, take notes

[@GusArchievs]

Take notes to program a faster blast beat maybe.

[@omramoryth]

All respects to Aaron, but he can't even touch this with his programming let alone playing skills :D

[@omramoryth]

@Malware I did and it's not nearly as good or close to what he can program for IA. Don't get me wrong, he is an admirable drummer, I especially like his work with Black Tongue and his parts on IA are really amazing, but he's nowhere near as clean as he should be on his faster parts.

[@omramoryth]

@Malware Oh for sure. For me, he's killing it at mid tempos regarding the groove, accents and his syncopated hi-hat and cymbal work. I'd wish he has a band which is tempo wise somewhere in between Black Tongue and IA :D not too fast but not too slow either.

[@RedCityFormat]

Nils is the fucking black metal John Bonham. I know people who don't get metal don't understand there's still a groove factor. Man I would kill to record music with this dude on drums

[@TheKierensaysmaybe]

Insane.

[@desTroyeth999]

Master class, level 50. Wish i could hear the kick drum.

[@jancicleyrodrigues8353]

this is not about practice, it can be considered a physical endurance linked to personal choose of playing

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

WRONG! It’s precisely about practice. It takes years to nail the necessary techniques required in order to play this fast. Nobody just jumps onto a kit and instantly manages 300BPM on the double bass. Extreme metal is one of the most difficult genres of drumming on the planet to master.

[@GusArchievs]

190bpm! That's literally the fastest I've seen anyone triplet blast!

[@MarcelH666]

I think you need to recount ;-)

[@MSEdits_MaxScEditing]

More like 280-285 triplets :)

[@pedromacedo4107]

You meen 890bpm

[@Ileogra]

Unreal

[@xenophagia]

Holy fuck.

[@mayhem1438]

В моих глазах,полопались капеляры, и на шее пульсирует вена!

[@maxeypad]

Dominator almost glitching the matrix on his triplets. Fast would be an understatement

[@kotekutalia]

In today's metal mixes drumming gets lost in compression. Happy to see the actual performance from another perspective.

[@AgentFour]

Is that acoustic drum audio, or from the soundboard?

[@JonnyJungle77]

I've watched this and The End of Human Race almost every day for three months.

[@AydanD666]

why can't I be this man.

[@ryanbillings3605]

HOLY FUCKN SHIT,,,,Tbats a devastating blast beat,,,,,,

[@danielgoncalves6594]

LOL LIKE A BEAST

[@Alexbollerstudio]

What's the cymbal setup here ?

[@raymondcrespo4886]

So when u blast beat like that, are the sticks hitting at the same time or is it alternating ?

[@danieljordison0793]

Raymond Crespo alternating

[@sultankosmitov6293]

Depends on a type of a blast beat. In "bomb blast" you hit everything on "one".

[@florianwroblewski4499]

Damn, this blast beat at 0:59 ... not common for all blasters. Fucking constant and powerfull.

[@b1on1cturtle]

As a drummer I really love this fill @ 3:26. 😈

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

Same! As a drummer also, I really love the tone of his PAISTE Signature heavy bell ride.

[@phantomb8832]

Fierce as!