This is a Japanese drum line!

[@Neldidellavittoria]

I'm in awe. They don't just play the drums but do a choreography. They all follow the rhythm with no conductor wagging a baton in front. Amazing.

[@johokeen1]

Neldidellavittoria Just watched this video! I too am in awe!! What an amazing thunderous performance and syncronized as well! Encore?! 👏👏👏💓

[@erincorcoran5936]

If you like this sort of thing you should check out the Top Secret Drum Corps. They're from Basel Switzerland and they're phenomenal. Their drills are beautiful and their marches are so in sync. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHm7f5SPpMyohLc (One of my favorites)

[@Fiskarfred]

Imagine being a soldier in the Japanese Army in the late 1500's, and hearing these drums while marching towards the enemy. Quite some morale boost.

[@aksalunke]

japanese culture is so disciplined........need to learn from em

[@raymondweaver8526]

We need a mix of discipline and individualism

[@akhbarmohammed4902]

i come to this video every few weeks. man, it never fails to give me goosebumps.

[@reho7387]

I was just imagining being there in person and how the vibrations from the drums would reverberate right through me. Cool. Kudos to whomever choreographed the drummers.

[@TheLajackson]

This is amazing. The big Thunder drums in the back are awesome!!! A strong heartbeat.

[@Shiranui115]

Dude, the air in that room must have been reverberating so hard. Those guys were screaming at the tops of their lungs, and the drums were still five times as loud. Those drumbeats literally make your bones shake, even if you're sitting 50 feet away. I know, since I've been to a performance utilizing about 10 taiko drums. I can only imagine what hundreds of those would feel like.

[@Aiyana25]

I've always loved this kind of drumming, since I was a kid and saw a performance at a Japanese cultural center. It made a big impression on me 20 years ago and I still love it!

[@StephanieFulcher]

Wish I was there...such discipline and coordnation. just beautiful.

[@jokervienna6433]

I both love the clarity and the drums here. It states "This is a Japanese drumline!" and it IS a f***ing big Japanese drumline, just as it states! I´ve been drumming for over 30 years and I simply love these kind of things! Thanks for sharing!

[@03blaird]

These are the drums you go into battle with! You can literally feel the power!

[@kevinshane85]

This just opened up a new realm of music for me. Literally changed my life.

[@jennifermeighan2536]

They say "don't mess with Texas" but I wouldn't mess with these guys...wow. Discipline, grit, grace.

[@upkchaazaqimad7197]

Those three words perfectly described their performance.

[@forrestrobinson2754]

Their so efficient with switching to each drum, it's truly spectacular.

[@Jbm0230]

Wow those base drums sound like thunder!!! I would love to be there!!!

[@jayzev5672]

This Is Definitely The Best And Awesome Taiko Drum Line Video 😍😍😍😍

[@Dina-812]

i could absolutely cry if i was there in person this is just awesome!! wonder how those men most feel being apart of this

[@Rondadoreronda]

Japanese drums or Taiko seem to be sound of human heart, in other words, joy, sorrow, love, anger etc. This performance has really touched me. Thank you for your nice video

[@paimon9999]

Crying~ this deserves better sound quality :'(

[@angelatrinh1156]

And better camera work : (

[@nickryan6787]

Well, it's posted on 2011

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

Japanese drum line posted by AMANO Jun ichi Can't post the link but try that.

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

@@angelatrinh1156 .. see my above post

[@bethroesch2156]

Now THAT'S a drum line!!!!!!!Thanks for sharing. I've never seen anything quite like this. Incredible!!!!

[@saintricardo8746]

Going to a Taiko concert is definitely in my bucket list. i want to feel that power coursing through my body

[@VEC7ORlt]

Heh, I've seen this video probably ten years ago, and recently during local Japanese culture days there was supposed to be a concert with Taiko drums, in the end there was a single small drum, that was cool but disappointing...

[@donlawrence5818]

This is so incredible and a testament to the greatness of the human race and the precision, dedication and heart that makes Japan such a fantastic nation!

[@xPanzerschreck]

0:44 - I love how the small drummers on the right bow down when the bigger drums came in

[@maiorn]

Went to the Yamato "Drummers of Japan" about a week ago in Budapest and man all I can say that they are amazing!!! If anyone has the chance to go to these events, I would strongly recommend this kind of show! Will be above your expectation. You see it, hear it, but definitely FEEL it !!! :)

[@nicolasgoldring7128]

Close your eyes. Just the sound of this resembles thunder. Japan's culture is very powerful, indeed. 😌🇯🇵

[@ZATennisFan]

It's more than that.. This type of music taps into something primal that links human beings together across cultural boundaries.. Its like the Maori Haka in that sense...

[@segura2112]

That was AWESOME! Must have been incredible to see in person.

[@kikiza123]

If i ever raise an army im hiring these guys

[@alvinkoay1629]

this music makes me motivated to go wage war somewhere

[@meridethmia]

alvin koay po

[@diggerkran]

I'd love to have a go at the actual drumming :)

[@keyonhutson1539]

That WAS the original purpose. Taiko drumming originated as a way to both motivate and order troops.

[@martinmartin8666]

Keyon Hutson not true..taiko drums were made for prayer..

[@CIVIC170]

Absolutely spectacular. I have no other words.

[@grayson-bubbles-light5025]

American drumlins would have a heart attack when they saw the guys step off with their right leg to play on a different drum.

[@ihatenjoi]

***** Not the Cadets though!

[@grayson-bubbles-light5025]

true...

[@jonahfranklin3760]

drumlins sounds like chicken legs wrapped in dough and boiled into a dumpling.

[@samwallaceart288]

That isn't percussion ... that is thunder manifest.

[@mltnr290]

Imagine being on the receiving end of an attack by a few thousand Samurai with these drums behind them. And all you have to defend yourself is a sword or spear in your hand to defend yourself! Screw this, I'm leaving!!

[@donswearingen9805]

Now imagine snare drums and the skirling of pipes.

[@dwada8043]

Zharra Vreedmunn your a weirdo I'm japanese I find that offensive screw you

[@popepop8227]

More like an earthquake!

[@samwallaceart288]

Pope Pop too soon

[@minotaur818]

Imagine having this in your warband, the enemy will tremble in fear

[@NueThunderKing]

Django Fandango or be encouraged, fuck if I heard my enemy use this I would be exited as hell to face such a foe. Like our duel would be the thing of legends.

[@ibu207]

@Phoenix Why are you even here?

[@aliceranger8681]

The Japanese make everything they do look so easy. This was truly awesome. Bravo!

[@eileenmitsui9162]

Best Taiko on a massive scale I have seen.

[@pntbtr]

What is it about the drums that is electrifying! Doesn't get boring! This would be the place for a cranky baby to be enthralled!

[@darlenehoover6577]

I'd have LOVED to have been there in person hearing all that!

[@ensemble88]

So many of them, and their movements are perfectly in sync, especially when going from formation to formation. what skill.

[@AlphN008]

It's things like this that makes me realize my school days were shit.

[@lokmanhaziq4588]

so true..

[@skyejacques]

So awesome! Would love to see this live!

[@gshicks]

This is known as Taiko drumming.. The best known group that does this is Kodo which means heartbeat in Japanese but is truly stunning. It is a sport, a music, a profession, a life choice and it's wonderful!

[@USMCISiSter]

It takes so much strength and passion to play something like this. It's very well executed!

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

I would totally want to be the "bass drum" player. That drum is thunder.

[@subduedsuperdude]

Are you kidding us? That is the loosest drum line I've ever heard. I mean there are so many it would be difficult to sound tight, but this is SO bad from a technical standpoint. Listen to some drum corps.

[@inouelenhatduy]

drum corps lol :) joe kemple go to a a kodo concert or go to japan selfdefense force military march festival and wait until the end to heard all those drum :) ( airforce,ground force , navy , province or division taiko work with each other in this type of huge drum line )

[@rootedtogrowwny]

No, it's the quality of this video that is shit not the drummers.

[@galestrand7050]

Steve Steele iii

[@phyllisbentley5067]

Wow. Just look at those BEAUTIFUL Drums ! ! ! Are we talking "RICHTER SCALE" and what incredible tone qualitys ! ! !

[@colliecandle]

Just ONE reason I love the Japanese !

[@richthenative]

WOW. Awesome performance. Amazing perfection. Love the artistry and discipline. Wish I was there to actually feel the music and ambience.

[@Catseye713]

Can you imagine what it must have been like to hear this live?

[@alexisteague4134]

It’s magnificent! The sound hits through all your organs and hits your spine! I was transfixed at a street fair many decades ago: the larger drums take TREMENDOUS strength(& 2 drummers because it simply not possible For one person to hold for long)

[@tencz57]

Those bass drums are crazy good at low frequency . Great drum line .!! ...TY poster , enjoyed the show and sound .

[@LavaLampBlob]

Agree completely - a big fan of Kodo which is a group that does Taiko druming like this and they have guys who basically do a half-sit up and hold that position while playing the drum, its insane.

[@tyrabaerner8041]

This is stunning!! I can't move my sight away from those drums!!

[@kev3d]

Fools! You've summoned Godzilla!

[@TheSoprah]

ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!!

[@jamestownsend6657]

kev3d harharhar best line on here kev.

[@nickdelarosa8713]

Godzirra!

[@psychobunny32]

Gojira-san!!!! Godzilla totally rules!!

[@nickdelarosa8713]

Itsumo!! Always!!

[@merigoalex]

Where perfection works wonders, great to see and listen, hard work pays off and its a delight to see and enjoy, keep the good work up, congratulations.

[@cmtutorials2227]

HOLY CRAP LOOK AT THE SIZE OF DAT BASE DRUM!!

[@lindada1111]

SO AWESOME RIGHT

[@gomezesmorticia]

I'm all bout dat bass.

[@muchwow5782]

Its a Kodo ( used on ancient war fields during samuraï battle, they were sending messages, encouraging soldiers and others stuff ) , go see "Kodo - "O-Daiko" - HD japanese drummers - Taiko" on youtube, its fucking awesome, they only get furious at 2:00, they're just warming up before )

[@mrapexunicornhunter661]

r u kidding me? bass drum? its a taiko drum

[@gomezesmorticia]

Thank God that you are so goddamned smart!!!!!!!!!!

[@candace8182]

wow!!..The precision and coordination is amazing!!!

[@JoseLuisOchoaPadilla]

o_O this is one of the most impressive things I've ever heard!

[@vickyschnorbus4166]

Fascinating! Perfection!

[@roncandelaria3703]

...beautiful sound!

[@katanamevynel8327]

Martial Arts has a big play in this. The forms. Yells. Strength. Discipline. It's impeccable.

[@DextrusSB]

Imagine you are in the opposit army and hear that. I would run away

[@born2war1]

especially when the sound became near and near

[@nondorian]

blueray1969 Just like any other nation with strong warrior traditions in history like Spartans, Huns, Mongols, Aztecs, Tatars, Scandinavians (in viking times at least) :)

[@DeltaSilver88]

nondorian And Russians. Most of their war prisoners were sent to Siberia and people can die of cold out there. The daily average in one Siberian village is −46.4 Celsius in January. AVERAGE.

[@tenhirankei]

That's not enough! I would want a combination of Taiko drums and bagpipes! Those enemy troops not running would be paralyzed in fear.

[@jimmyjackson7157]

So you'd be scared by a few drums? Sorry but that'd be nothing compared to a few regiments of men with muskets at the ready fearlessly marching towards you in a neat and orderly long line to the tune of drums, flutes or bagpipes. Plus you'd need a lot of people playing a lot of Japanese drums to have the affect to make you run away, the more people drumming means the less people fighting.

[@MestisoHapa]

My God, I can only imagine what this is like live. I have been to both Yamato and Kodo performances live, and you don't just hear the drums, you FEEL them. But this...wow. What I wouldn't give to be there live

[@Kurokubi]

taiko are the only drums that should be war drums.

[@mexicayolotl]

There is the reason why Japan was never invaded by European occupiers even when they combined forces! It only happened when the USA dropped the H bomb. I highly admire their samurai spirit and they are the most civilized citizens of the world today.

[@iloveOxmo]

To be completely honest, Europeans never really tried to conquer them ... but the resisted the mongols, and twice! Unlike any other people in history. Might be these drums triggered the Typhoons ^^

[@TerriYoshida]

Completely surrounded by ocean, largely isolated might have been a factor too 😆

[@NangongReng1973]

I guess they will probably show Taiko drums performance in 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

[@keikeiasako]

Like Beijing Olympics ???? I hope not...

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

yessss please!

[@maribelbarquie]

Amazing culture! Amazing talents! 🙏🏼💜

[@2calvaria]

must have been absolutely intense live.

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

Kodo, Yamato, DADADADAN Tenko and other do regular world tours... a real experience to see them live! I've seen Kodo and Yamato twice, and DADADADAN once here in Holland in the past 5-6 years.

[@TheBoobTube5]

one word comes to mind... discipline

[@andrenathaniel7180]

Thats taiko... its not a game they play what they live.

[@sketchied]

Literally brings tears to my eyes.

[@The_Mimewar]

Must have sounded AMAZING in person

[@linedanzer4302]

Just wow! That large bass drum is huge! I totally respect the discipline and synchronicity of these warriors.

[@ometdd]

That's why so many earthquakes on the rising sun…

[@ViktorVZ-ro]

+2 Diseño Yup, that's what happen when you challenge God in his own language.

[@ViktorVZ-ro]

STOP INTIMIDATING ME ! :(

[@Qardo]

Not just A God but GODS more than one. Though they are not Gods per-say. They are Spirits that maintain the flow of life in Japan. You piss one spirit off. Your life may turn to misfortune. At least with that spirit. Now if you tick off more than one. Well...your afterlife will be terrible.

[@arslanmgl9421]

ha ha ha

[@jessicachuon6689]

Is that a joke?

[@overbank56]

I can't imagine the amount of noise from all this, yet, Outstanding!!

[@reneandre1174]

Imagine an American High School Band with a drum like this! I LOVE LOUD war drums and tribal drums from the Pacific Islands. The Japanese Group KODO is fantastic. American schools would do themselves a favor if they took lessons from the Japanese. Other tribal druming I like is Native American Indian drumming and chanting- singing too. But it is nothing like this! This is also the problem with the military today - NO HUGE LOUD WAR DRUMS to let the enemy you're coming and you're about to kick their ass!

[@YukioPeterShumi]

This is so great. I cannot think of any word.

[@christianmunsch5590]

sounds like it comes from a thundergod!

[@ampires1976]

That's the point

[@SHAWLATIF]

Love the thunder and vibration and cant listen to music i feel it on my skin, what a great performance.

[@kimberlyhuynh5487]

Goosebumps ~

[@paidofftruck]

there are moments in time around the world i wish i could have seen, this is one of them

[@TheWoundedNinja]

Sounds like an army of horsemen galloping towards the battlefield preparing to demolish and execute anything they call foe

[@daveching]

precision drumming in unison and awesome timing fantastic drumming

[@kissmeraas]

Needs more drum.

[@noooddle]

+Wotsma Naym I don't know. Maybe some cowbell?

[@jonathanljohnson]

Glockenspiel

[@vet2640]

Simply excellent!, my favorite is the big drums, the deep sound of “thunder” coming at you!

[@tinthanhnguyen1543]

Japan is healthy country .japanese is a healthy and brave people mother nature damaged them so many times .they are still survive .and grow .

[@marcgdrevich1587]

several years ago this was sort of done at an Olympics, but it was smaller and they had only one large drum. it was very very large . . .

[@mrs.garcia6978]

0:42 NOW THAT'S A DRUM

[@AlastairClarkUK]

I got chills watching this. Especially when the big drums at the back got wheeled in. Must have been an experience seeing it live.

[@gerardmourits8709]

imagine this mixed up with a New Sealand haka.

[@bonniebarbee5401]

WOW! Totally Awesome ! I've never seen anything quite so wonderful!

[@mirkowolvyx9296]

FANTASTICO! !!!

[@michaelsexton7956]

It's like martial arts with drums! AMAZING!

[@judoxca11]

Another Japanese Martial Art

[@IshmaelPattersonSr]

absolutely fantastic

[@shanefistell8890]

It's life-it makes me feel the beauty and the magic,and the spirit of a Japan that I never visited!

[@nabertown]

What you are seeing is NOT a Japanese drum line. It is a Taiko drum performance. Again, NOT a Japanese drum line. Get the nomenclature correct.

[@MrFallapit]

PURE THUNDER, love this drumming...

[@OMEGa3FattyAcid100]

so thats how japan get earthquakes.

[@sylviarichardson8759]

Absolutely Brilliant performance

[@valerieselau7384]

What a full house!!! I have never see like this before .. totally bloody amazing. It reminds me of making new things but it's different rather than other drumline teams in the world. But at the moment, Top Secret is the best team in the world right now because they're also talented too.

[@EmorySimsDrEmoryCarlSims]

Wowwwwww!!!! I just love it. This is the best I ever heard! Spectacular!!!

[@kaoruancafe]

Stunning ! Amazing ! OMG ! I can't stop watching them ;)

[@suesturges1570]

I have great admiration for this National Treasure!

[@Nine-Signs]

Suffice to say, I am kind of glad Japan stayed inward for as long as it did, those drums alone would have terrified many an army of Europe and I don't fancy a pikeman's chances against a Samurai. Epic display.

[@jensen2000dane]

Wonderful. I get goosebumps just seeing Taiko Meantime in Farnham in the UK. Wish I had seen this first hand. You can actually feel it in your bones.