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Subrick's Picks: A look At Up & Coming Drummers - Pick 11

Written by: Richard “Subrick” Lowell

 

Salutations, fair internet readers. It is I, the fat man himself, the World’s Ugliest Drummer, Subrick here with another soothing round of video picking that will give some lucky person some extra notoriety.

 

Before we begin this magical romp through the bowels of the internet, however, a matter of importance has come up that must be addressed. Back on October 27th, a drummer by the name of Duane Timlin, who many may know as the former drummer for Dying Fetus as well as one of the top candidates for the then-vacant drummer position in Forbidden, was ejected through the windshield of a car and thrown onto the pavement, suffering a cracked left orbital bone in his eye as well as massive amounts of soreness. Like many people, he doesn’t have insurance, so rather than let him get buttfucked by his medical bills, Sick Drummer Magazine’s founder Ian MacDonald has set up a donation page for Duane. The goal set is $3000, but I want to make sure that the page exceeds far beyond that goal. And Duane, if you’re reading this, let me tell you that I hope you get better as soon as possible. Just a little over a year ago, I myself was in a horrendous car wreck, one that left me with a broken shoulder, broken pelvis, and I was unable to walk correctly for almost three months. I know exactly how you are feeling right now, and it sucks more than anything that can possibly suck now, then, or in the future. You are definitely a sick drummer, and I wish you the best of luck in your recovery.

 

If you want to donate to Duane’s fundraiser, follow this link and give as much as you possibly can: http://www.giveforward.com/giveduanetimlinahelpinghand

 

For your chance to be featured: All you have to do is post a video of you drumming to YouTube, Vimeo or whatever video site you prefer, and embed the link on this website in the SD Videos section. Nothing more, nothing less, but you do need to be a registered member of our site to post.

 

There are three categories on which I base my selections: Playing Ability, Production Value, and Kit Sound. All three are pretty straight forward, but here’s what I specifically look for with each category. 

 

Playing Ability: I look to see if a player is technically sound; timing is good, endurance and power are up to par, among other, more miniscule things. 

 

Production Value: I prefer to watch video from a good quality camera, or studio quality. By studio quality, I don’t mean the greatest production sound ever recorded. I classify studio quality as a drumming performance recorded with microphones and/or triggers. Electronic kits are very much encouraged (especially when using less conventional samples). Now, if you have sound quality that isn’t as good, that doesn’t mean you won't be included in my selection process. Everyone is eligible to be featured. 

 

Kit Sound:  One of the most important characteristics! We all have read Eyal Levi’s article about why drum performances are always sound replaced these days. For those who haven’t, the basic gist of it is because drummers don’t know how to tune their drums. Considering that many drum videos I see on YouTube involve players that have really bad sounding kits, it seems rarer and rarer that drummers actually tune their drums. Meet all three of these criteria, and you have a shot to be featured. You could be playing the most radio friendly Disney pop imaginable, but if I feel your video meets these criteria, you could make the front page.

 

And now, let us move on to the picking.

 

Today’s pick is literally one of the fastest drummers I have ever seen in my life. His name is Nolan Weber, and he drums for the death metal band Garoted. In this particular video, he is playing along with Garoted guitarist Drew Frerking. Something that I’ve always really liked about Nolan is that he is ambidextrous to the point that both his left and right sides are perfectly equal. Very few drummers I have seen are like that, with other examples being Alex Jadi and Alex Rudinger of Threat Signal. Nolan plays on a relatively small kit for this kind of music; two rack toms, one floor tom, two kicks, and a snare. His cymbal setup is a big larger; two crashes, two rides, two chinas, hi-hat, and two splashes. Normally in extreme metal you’ll see a drummer who has a kit that’s straight out of an 80’s hair band video, only with even more stuff on there that makes lugging it around without a road crew a fun exercise. My personal favorite thing about this video however is that all the double bass used here, no matter how fast, is all single strokes and not doubles. And that’s coming straight from Nolan’s mouth too, as I had asked him a few things pertaining to the video without letting him know that I was writing about him (oh the joys of surprises).

 

 

 

Nolan’s links:

 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Garoted/91942668849?sk=info

http://www.youtube.com/user/Nvllin

http://www.facebook.com/Esbjorn666

 

That does it for this installment of Subrick’s Picks. Don’t forget to like this article, leave a comment, subscribe to my and Sick Drummer’s multiple pages and channels, go back and read all my other articles, and like me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, and sadly I do not have a Broski t-shirt, Broski headband, Broski sunglasses, or Broski scarf for you to buy (fans of wrestling and the internet show Z! True Long Island Story will get this). Subrick out!

 

 

And once again, please give to Duane’s donation fund. He needs it right now:

http://www.giveforward.com/giveduanetimlinahelpinghand

Subrick's Picks: A look At Up & Coming Drummers - Pick 10

Written by: Richard “Subrick” Lowell

 

Welcome, one and all, to the house of Subrick. I shall once again inject the readers with a lethal dose of drumming excellence in the form of Subrick’s Picks. A few items on the agenda before the picking can proceed. Firstly, there’s the matter of cheaply plugging my new band. The name of the band is Nemesis Engine, and while we have no music up yet, we plan on getting that remedied in the very near future. In terms of musical styles, expect our sound to be extreme metal leaning into black metal with some industrial elements sprinkled on top of the grim sundae. Our Facebook can be found below. Like our page for further updates and for when music is uploaded.

 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nemesis-Engine/269586743060708

 

And with that said and done, let us move on to the picking.

 

For your chance to be featured: All you have to do is post a video of you drumming to YouTube, Vimeo or whatever video site you prefer, and embed the link on this website in the SD Videos section. Nothing more, nothing less, but you do need to be a registered member of our site to post.

 

There are three categories on which I base my selections: Playing Ability, Production Value, and Kit Sound. All three are pretty straight forward, but here’s what I specifically look for with each category. 

 

Playing Ability: I look to see if a player is technically sound; timing is good, endurance and power are up to par, among other, more miniscule things. 

 

Production Value: I prefer to watch video from a good quality camera, or studio quality. By studio quality, I don’t mean the greatest production sound ever recorded. I classify studio quality as a drumming performance recorded with microphones and/or triggers. Electronic kits are very much encouraged (especially when using less conventional samples). Now, if you have sound quality that isn’t as good, that doesn’t mean you won't be included in my selection process. Everyone is eligible to be featured. 

 

Kit Sound:  One of the most important characteristics! We all have read Eyal Levi’s article about why drum performances are always sound replaced these days. For those who haven’t, the basic gist of it is because drummers don’t know how to tune their drums. Considering that many drum videos I see on YouTube involve players that have really bad sounding kits, it seems rarer and rarer that drummers actually tune their drums. Meet all three of these criteria, and you have a shot to be featured. You could be playing the most radio friendly Disney pop imaginable, but if I feel your video meets these criteria, you could make the front page.

 

This week’s pick was recommended to me by Alex Lancia of Lecherous Nocturne. The drummer in question would be one Alex Jadi, a groove master who definitely has a firm grip on extreme time signatures and limb independence. In the particular video I chose, he plays a groove he wrote in 87/8, alternating between his left and right hands to lead. What amazes me even more is that halfway through the video, he repeats the groove again, only this time leading with his left foot. Now all he needs to do is make a video of himself playing in four different time signatures at once. Then we’ll know that he’s actually a robot built to make every other drummer feel sad about their own abilities. The best part of all of this is that he’s only 19. I’m 18 and I’m not even on the same lawn as him, let alone the same playing field. Someone find Ukri Suvilehto and put these two in a cage with two drum kits. Film it, put it on Youtube, and watch the awed teenagers attempt to replicate what they’re playing.

 

 

Alex’s Links:

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/AlexJadidrummer

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1633847152

 

That will be do it for this version of Subrick’s Picks. As always, subscribe to me on Youtube, follow me on Facebook and Twitter, and check out my bands Pandora’s Toybox and Nemesis Engine. And, in a first for these articles, I’m gonna take a page out of Dross’s book (by the way, congrats on the TRX endorsement dude!). All recommendations, inquiries, and hate mail can be sent to skin.ticket9[at]gmail.com. Until next time, Subrick out!

 

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http://www.facebook.com/Pandora’sToybox

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nemesis-Engine/269586743060708

Written by: Richard “Subrick” Lowell

 

Guess who’s back? Back again. Subrick’s back. Tell a friend. Hello goys and birls, your benevolent diety Subrick here. I have returned from my hiatus (I came from Valhalla where I slumbered and fed) to bring you (yes, YOU) the very best of unknown, underground, and all things starting with the letter “u” that make kvlt black metal kids sever the head of a goat in the world of metal drumming. Firstly, since I’ve been gone, it appears that Forbidden is in need of a new drummer. One to replace both the excellent Mark Hernandez and the legendary Gene Hoglan. I threw my hat into the proverbial ring and uploaded the first of my audition videos, that being Forsaken at the Gates.  If I were a betting man, however, I’d put my money on Duane Timlin from Dying Fetus. That man is a machine, and definitely deserves to be in a band the caliber of Forbidden. Now that my cheap plug is finished, let us move on to the best part of the article: where I pick the pick that was pickiest enough to be picked.

 

Try saying that three times fast.

 

For your chance to be featured: All you have to do is post a video of you drumming to YouTube, Vimeo or whatever video site you prefer, and embed the link on this website in the SD Videos section. Nothing more, nothing less, but you do need to be a registered member of our site to post.

 

There are three categories on which I base my selections: Playing Ability, Production Value, and Kit Sound. All three are pretty straight forward, but here’s what I specifically look for with each category. 

 

Playing Ability: I look to see if a player is technically sound; timing is good, endurance and power are up to par, among other, more miniscule things. 

 

Production Value: I prefer to watch video from a good quality camera, or studio quality. By studio quality, I don’t mean the greatest production sound ever recorded. I classify studio quality as a drumming performance recorded with microphones and/or triggers. Electronic kits are very much encouraged (especially when using less conventional samples). Now, if you have sound quality that isn’t as good, that doesn’t mean you won't be included in my selection process. Everyone is eligible to be featured. 

 

Kit Sound:  One of the most important characteristics! We all have read Eyal Levi’s article about why drum performances are always sound replaced these days. For those who haven’t, the basic gist of it is because drummers don’t know how to tune their drums. Considering that many drum videos I see on YouTube involve players that have really bad sounding kits, it seems rarer and rarer that drummers actually tune their drums. Meet all three of these criteria, and you have a shot to be featured. You could be playing the most radio friendly Disney pop imaginable, but if I feel your video meets these criteria, you could make the front page.

 

Septimiu fucking Harsan. What more can be said about this week’s pick? He is a beast. He is a monster. He is downright amazing. Seen here playing “Symptoms of General Decay” with Code Red, Septimiu (or Septimus as he’s known on Youtube) is blasting at about 300 BPM. Even better is that he throws in various other little surprises other than blasting. If any one thing is set to bore me, it’s non-stop blasting the entire song (Dark Funeral and Fleshgod Apocalypse’s “Agony” not withstanding). Septimiu is also playing this style of music on a basic five-piece kit, which I find commendable due to the security blanket dependence many death metal drummers have on using 80's glam metal sized kits (four toms, giant wall of cymbals, etc.) His technique is both superb and surprising; on his left hand he’s blasting with his fingers only. On his right hand, he’s using push pull. Push pull at speeds that great is astounding, and I’m surprised that he’s yet to contract arthritis of the wrist by doing so. Still, better than Steve Asheim’s “technique”.

 

 

Septimiu’s links:

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/SeptimusDrumz

 

That will just about do it for the return edition of Subrick’s Picks. If you feel so inclined, subscribe to my Youtube channel, follow me on Facebook and Twitter, and become a fan of my band, Pandora’s Toybox. Well, not really my band. It’s Morte’s band, I just drum in it. Until next time, Subrick out!

 

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Written by: Richard “Subrick” Lowell

 

It’s a very good day in the neighborhood my little pretties! Why, dare you ask? Well firstly because I, the one and only Subrick, have returned to grace (or defile, depending on your outlook on life) the digital landscape of Sick Drummer Magazine with a grandiose dose of verbose said in prose. In other words, time for another Subrick’s Picks. 

 

For your chance to be featured: All you have to do is post a video of you drumming to YouTube, Vimeo or whatever video site you prefer, and embed the link on this website in the SD Videos section. Nothing more, nothing less, but you do need to be a registered member of our site to post.

 

There are three categories on which I base my selections: Playing Ability, Production Value, and Kit Sound. All three are pretty straight forward, but here’s what I specifically look for with each category. 

 

Playing Ability: I look to see if a player is technically sound; timing is good, endurance and power are up to par, among other, more miniscule things. 

 

Production Value: I prefer to watch video from a good quality camera, or studio quality. By studio quality, I don’t mean the greatest production sound ever recorded. I classify studio quality as a drumming performance recorded with microphones and/or triggers. Electronic kits are very much encouraged (especially when using less conventional samples). Now, if you have sound quality that isn’t as good, that doesn’t mean you won't be included in my selection process. Everyone is eligible to be featured. 

 

Kit Sound:  One of the most important characteristics! We all have read Eyal Levi’s article about why drum performances are always sound replaced these days. For those who haven’t, the basic gist of it is because drummers don’t know how to tune their drums. Considering that many drum videos I see on YouTube involve players that have really bad sounding kits, it seems rarer and rarer that drummers actually tune their drums. Meet all three of these criteria, and you have a shot to be featured. You could be playing the most radio friendly Disney pop imaginable, but if I feel your video meets these criteria, you could make the front page.

 

This time around the drummer of choice is Rolando Barros of Portuguese death metal band Grog. In this video, Barros is performing the very bluntly titled “Sicko” (in terms of bluntness, nothing beats Cannibal Corpse’s “I Will Kill You”, but this is pretty blunt as well). Having been around for 20 years, I’m surprised Grog hasn’t gotten the same recognition that a lot of their peers do, as they make exceptional death metal. Rolando’s using a seven piece kit here, with only one kick drum. For cymbals he is using a variety of different brands, although I can only make out Sabian and Istanbul. This is a studio video, so the quality is top notch on both the audio and video ends. Musically, Grog is grind influenced death metal, with indecipherable vocals, rapid fire guitars and machine gun drums.

 

 

Rolando’s links:

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/absint69

http://www.facebook.com/grogpt

 

That shalst be it for this edition of Subrick’s Picks. If you enjoyed this article at all, or if you just wanna read about me getting pissed at animal control, subscribe to me on Youtube, follow me on Facebook & Twitter and follow Pandora’s Toybox on Facebook for show and recording updates. Until whenever my fair readers, Subrick out!