He's the Buddha of drumming. He sits there in his enlightened fatness and plays lightning fast with godlike technique. I love this guy. The bald dude is cool too.
Devin Townsend plays with so many different musicians these days. But, I’d love to hear just a Devin and Hoglan album one of these days. They were great together.
I love City and the self titled album. Everyone really seems to dig Alien though, which I would have to put as 3rd for me... Though I do love Imperial and Zen.
Hes best work to date was on Symbolic. I never liked SYL since its musically poor and sounds cold(My opinion), but Death´s Symbolic is a completely different story, amazing riffs, melodies and Gene´s drumming is phenomenal.
You know, I love most, if not all of the bands Gene's been in, but none of them have really allowed him to stretch his legs and explore the outer reaches of his talents the way SYL did. It really was the perfect band for him and his style.
@@iLLuzion1st Hate to say it, but Death was pretty restrictive for a guy like Gene. They were great and all, and groundbreaking for the time, but nowhere *near* as heavy and unconventional as SYL
Interesting viewpoint. Are saying that even though Death were out of the box and new at the time, that Gene's skillset is even further in that direction in terms of odd time sigs and experimental sounds and overall speed? @@MFKR696
@@StanleyRodgers Thank you, I don't think I've ever seen a pair of flamed Doc Martins. Personally I play barefoot and for the life of me I don't understand how anyone can carry a bass drum beat, let alone one like he plays in the video, with shoes on.
Gene is inhuman, but it's also cool to actually get to hear what the guitars are doing without being buried under all those layers of synths!!! Gene & Dev were un-fucking-real.
Yeah, it's always sad to see musicians who look at their instrument for an excuse as to why they can't play a certain thing, like: "My pedals are shit, thats why i am not fast enough. I need this 900 Dollar Trick-Pedal" or "my fretboard isn't slim enough, that's why I can't play this - with a better guitar i would totally be able to play this". Sure, there is a limiting factor in the grade of your instrument. But you can always even out a crappy instrument/crappy hardware with good technique. That's why a good musician can make a 100 Dollar guitar sound awesome and a good drummer can show you his speedy double-bass fill on a 50 Dollar pedal.
You completely hit the nail on the head, dude! Exactly what I was talking about. It's always the gear's fault on why they can't play something. I've been hearing these excuses since 6th grade, as I'm sure we all have. Haha. Everyone is always worried about upgrades instead of getting better.
I mean, if you really hit a wall and can't progress because your crappy pedal would not allow you to go beyond a certain point - go ahead and buy yourself a new, better pedal. But at least try to go as far as possible with the gear you have. Most of the time you struggle it's not the gear - it's you. To be aware of this can save you a ton of money.
I hunted and hunted for drum playthroughs of that song and not one single person I found got it 100% right. If they could get the left-leading funkiness of the verses down they couldn't do the blasts right and vice-versa.
The first time I saw Strapping Young Lad was when they opened for Meshuggah in 2003 on their Nothing tour. It's the best show I can ever recall seeing.
@@fromthesky1050 Devin is very open about his mental health aswell as the status of only being addicted to coffee and being awesome. Actually helped a lot with my own mental health to hear him talk about it in his vlogs
He never had bipolar in the first place, he said it turned out he was misdiagnosed. It was simply a reaction to abusing psychedelics, alcohol and weed, which he probably didn't tell the doctor he was doing such.
I think if you take the keyboards and other effects it becomes way more clear. I've always struggled on what's really going on with the guitar too. this is badass.
This song kicks so much ass. Alien is such a great record. Devin and Gene is probably my favorite drummer songwriter pairing in metal history. Man they made great music together.
Am I the only one that began to sing as soon as the part kicked in? Like years of not listening to this track I still remember the lyrics and odd ways Dev sang on this. lol
Yeah his wife jumped his shit after he came back from a tour in Brazil weighing like 410. Doc told him he had type 2 diabetes. He got his health in order. He covered it in a dean delray podcast.
I've seen a lot of videos from Gene playing... I know he enjoyed every song that he plays ( otherwise he wouldn't do that) , BUT everytime he plays a SYL song, he looks like he enjoy those more than others...
@@nerothosthe fill is: Kick-kick-RTom-LTom-snare-snare-Rtom-Ltom Kick-kick-RTom-LTom-snare-snare-Rtom-Ltom Kick-kick-double crash And right back into the 1/4 note skank beat. Beautiful fill
I saw him play with Death in 1993 on the Individual Thought Patterns tour in San Francisco. Unbelivable drummer. I could not believe how someone so big- He was much larger than now, could be so fast, technical and precise. I am not making fun of his size, either. Just an incredible player!
Been watching this video for 3 yrs,still one of my favorites, if I could hit like every time I watched it,it would have another 1,000 likes!!!..Gene's the Man!!!
Nothing but sheer awesomeness and mad creativity displayed here. Skeksis is a monstrous song and Gene does just what he does best : make those jaws drop like flies.
So I've seen this particular video about 100 times. I never noticed it until today, but at around 2:19-2:20, his right hand crosses WAY over his left stick when he plays his left hand on the tom. That he was in that awkward position and still didn't stick click. A complete drummer is everything, even little things like that. Hoglan is incredible, and so is this song.
Did you also notice that the kick drum cam was recorded at a different time. His drumheads are clear but for the kick cam they are coated...as well as the floor tom is removed on the kick cam so they can get a tighter camera shot and it looks like it is done with a hand held camera that is moving.
Devins music is great to listen to because it’s so rhythmically driven. It’s why his drummers are always so killer. For me Gene and Morgan agren are the kings of that hill. Terrific playing.
I came here from the crappy Halloween. Haven't seen devy that excited to play a song since that video. Devy gene jed and Byron will never be beaten as group as far as I'm concerned
I realized while viewing this as an "instrumental" the part near the end actually is the music from the dark crystal and I never put 2 and 2 together. All the more respect for mean gene and Syl.
@@trevorphilips9484 Which happens to be Devin's favourite movie, and inspired him to create the Ziltoid puppet because he wanted to be a puppeteer as a kid after watching that film.
@@Bizkit9d8 Thank you for the reply and the link. I thought this might be the part you were refering to. It's easier to discern in Gene's Skesis playthru ^_^
Gene the machine!Love his beats, so very inventive and original. Too bad SYL doesn't play anymore, that was one grooving fat badass sounding metal band.
The machine-like sounds of the guitar and the perfect representations that the music creates make it an absolutely essential album one can always return to.
A masterpiece of metal. Hogland goes beyond what drumming is, that's why him and Dev could write this masterpiece. What ever means necessary to express what's in your mind.
Gene - if you're reading this, PLEASE do the whole album on camera..(!) Much as I'll always think you're a genius, I miss seeing you challenge yourself like you did here (& with Chuck). Much of your latter day stuff is...well, we've all got bills to pay, but jeez, seeing you like this reminds me of just how gifted you are...
TheCund The Devy Hoglan dynamic was special. Gene's new material he has worked on has come across as a bit flat in many ways. Tried listening to new Testament and found it to be rather generic.
gringochucha ehh. The last Testament album I really loved in its entirety was The Formation Of Damnation. Didn't think anything after that was bad by any means. Just wasn't super interested in it. I also love the Legacy to The Ritual era testament to death. Guess I can only take so much thrash.
gringochucha Also I'll repeal what I said about Gene's drumming. Drumming is fantastic on new the new Testament stuff. It's just the songs as wholes I find myself getting bored with.
What I enjoyed most about this video is actually watching Gene enjoying the shit out of this while playing it and having so much fun, it's probably been more than 10 years since he last played this song and it just gave me the vibe that he liked the idea of playing the song again for an official DVD. Although we all know Strapping is not coming back, this makes me think that if it were for strapping to come back, Gene would be the first one to hop in.
Seriously, Gene Hoglan is awesome. And it's so cool to watch the liberation of someone who learned to play southpaw. I really wish I learned to play left-handed. That looks like it just opens up the entire damn drumset!
Gene play us a couple of song of pantera i want to see something . Because if youre listen closely the song you play i can hear some vinnie beat and sound . Thank men youre one if the greatest
Syl was waaayyyyy beyond anyone's comprehensive at that time. I saw them live right after this album came out and everyone was so stunned the crowd just stood there in awe and could do nothing but clap. Years later everyone finally realizes how in fuckin credible these tracks are sadly long after the band split ways
I bet it's harder (Meshuggah), but that "band"/guy has a unique style of creating nearly perfect representations of an idea, or a perfect "form", which even if it's not the most technical stuff ever (partly due to being a very clear form), still stands out for its creativity or the "power" of certain sections (while being close to purely technical stuff).
Ah, good times, I remember getting Alien in a store on the first day of sale in the early morning when they haven't even unpacked the boxes properly. :) Imperial Skeksis Shitstorm combo just slayed my ears. Gene blew us all away with the info on how he prepared to play Shitstorm live: by playing the entire set with weights on his calfs and when Shitstorm came towards the end of the set, his drum tech stripped the weights off of him and the legs just flew at that 230 bpm madness! I ended arranging Shitstorm for my mandolin orchestra and when Dev came to Ljubljana years later with DTP, I met him and gave him the score and had him sign one for me.
Fuck is this brilliant...my favorite SYL song (of many greats...)...thanks for sharing Gene! And, yes, as someone else said...amazing to hear a different mix of the guitars. You're a fucking legend, sir. Carry on.
Ever since I heard Gene Hoglan play on Individual thought patterns when I was 14, i'm a fan of his style. It doesn't get more funky in Metal than with Gene Hoglan.
Your technique is immaculate. I cannot imagine playing in that footware! Those double-bass triplets under the “reggatón” ostinato is …”tasty”😁 Kickass song too! I love everything about this, so much.
Saw this and had to check in. SYL was so sick, and Gene is the only guy who can play this. He makes it look like he is assembling a ham sandwich with four arms.
TH-cam is full of great drummers' performance video, but most of those videos satisfy me by watching one or two times. This video keeps to make me click its link over again.
He's the Buddha of drumming. He sits there in his enlightened fatness and plays lightning fast with godlike technique. I love this guy. The bald dude is cool too.
Ya he’s pretty good.
this comment aged well , considering how much weight he has lost now
@@stiliyo37 It actually amazing how much weight he has lost, I'm glad for him he looks much healthier now too
@@fedora997 I couldn’t believe, he looks amazing!
He ain’t overweight anymore
The Atomic Clock still got it. Those shoes from 1947.
What? No way.
he likes to go bowling after he drums
@@shamadana1 Haha, made one year before Fluvog was born.
Those shoes helped an old woman cross the road safely in 1947. Now they are retired, time to party against some kick drums
I've seen many great comments on youtube during my years, but this takes the price... seriously
Devin Townsend plays with so many different musicians these days. But, I’d love to hear just a Devin and Hoglan album one of these days. They were great together.
Hoglan used to be in Death for chrissakes! A legend among men
This man approached me and shook my hand...back in 2016...one of the greatest moments of my life
Haven't washed it since...
@@Erotified I have a live drumstick from him. Have worked as a security in the HYDE PARK in Osnabrück, Germany in the 90th. Such a nice guy.
Strapping Young Lad was a supergroup in its own right. Devin. Jed. Gene. Byron. Every single fucking one of them. Fucking incredible musicians.
sounds like i need to check out more of strapping young lad
Mr yeah you do.
City, it's fucking mint!
Mr Yes, check out City. That album is the epitome of extreme metal!
I love City and the self titled album. Everyone really seems to dig Alien though, which I would have to put as 3rd for me... Though I do love Imperial and Zen.
ALLL HAILLLL THE NEWWWW FLESH!!!!!
When the drummer starts head banging, that's how you know it's a good song
I love this guy. Made death symbolic one of the best metal albums that will ever exist!
Can't agree more. Total masterpiece.
Love that album. Saw them at the Astoria 2 in London on the Symbolic tour. Best concert ever!
Yes!
Hes best work to date was on Symbolic. I never liked SYL since its musically poor and sounds cold(My opinion), but Death´s Symbolic is a completely different story, amazing riffs, melodies and Gene´s drumming is phenomenal.
You know, I love most, if not all of the bands Gene's been in, but none of them have really allowed him to stretch his legs and explore the outer reaches of his talents the way SYL did. It really was the perfect band for him and his style.
What about Death? Feel like he went ham on those tracks
@@iLLuzion1st Hate to say it, but Death was pretty restrictive for a guy like Gene. They were great and all, and groundbreaking for the time, but nowhere *near* as heavy and unconventional as SYL
Interesting viewpoint. Are saying that even though Death were out of the box and new at the time, that Gene's skillset is even further in that direction in terms of odd time sigs and experimental sounds and overall speed? @@MFKR696
@@MFKR696 are you kidding?
Damn his flame boots are still holding out.
The flame boots ARE Gene Hoglan. The guy is just there to hold the drum sticks.
How long has he had those things anyway?
Flame boots, thanks for clearing that up. I thought they were OAF bowling shoes but what do I f'ing know!
@@teedub127 I believe that they are specifically Doc Marten's with the sweet flames on the sides.
@@StanleyRodgers Thank you, I don't think I've ever seen a pair of flamed Doc Martins. Personally I play barefoot and for the life of me I don't understand how anyone can carry a bass drum beat, let alone one like he plays in the video, with shoes on.
Gene is inhuman, but it's also cool to actually get to hear what the guitars are doing without being buried under all those layers of synths!!! Gene & Dev were un-fucking-real.
This is way harder than it looks
Pericles Underhill ..... as is often the case making it look easy is the hardest part ! Great musicians often make hard as fuck stuff seem easy !
Then it must be basically impossible lol
Pericles Underhill well it looks pretty hard haha
Doesn't look easy to me 😂
it looks hard but he's very good so he makes it looks easy and boring by his face expressions
His playing, foot technique and choice of pedals proves that a lot of people are full of excuses.
He's called the atomic clock. It's not like evryone has that nickname
Camcos haven't been in production for like 20 years right? Dude has used marching sticks in the past too
Yeah, it's always sad to see musicians who look at their instrument for an excuse as to why they can't play a certain thing, like: "My pedals are shit, thats why i am not fast enough. I need this 900 Dollar Trick-Pedal" or "my fretboard isn't slim enough, that's why I can't play this - with a better guitar i would totally be able to play this". Sure, there is a limiting factor in the grade of your instrument. But you can always even out a crappy instrument/crappy hardware with good technique. That's why a good musician can make a 100 Dollar guitar sound awesome and a good drummer can show you his speedy double-bass fill on a 50 Dollar pedal.
You completely hit the nail on the head, dude! Exactly what I was talking about. It's always the gear's fault on why they can't play something. I've been hearing these excuses since 6th grade, as I'm sure we all have. Haha. Everyone is always worried about upgrades instead of getting better.
I mean, if you really hit a wall and can't progress because your crappy pedal would not allow you to go beyond a certain point - go ahead and buy yourself a new, better pedal. But at least try to go as far as possible with the gear you have. Most of the time you struggle it's not the gear - it's you. To be aware of this can save you a ton of money.
I really wanna see him play "Almost Again" from Strapping Young Lad.
interresting track drumming-wise
That's my # 1 youtube drum video wet dream.
same.
His drumming compliments that song so well, seconded.
I hunted and hunted for drum playthroughs of that song and not one single person I found got it 100% right. If they could get the left-leading funkiness of the verses down they couldn't do the blasts right and vice-versa.
The first time I saw Strapping Young Lad was when they opened for Meshuggah in 2003 on their Nothing tour. It's the best show I can ever recall seeing.
Remember that tour two of my all time favs, it was sonically almost too much to absorb in 1 night 2 beasts of bands
that must've been a tremendous experience, having Gene and Tomas, Devvy and Fredrik with their respective amazing bands in the same show
He's truly a human drum machine
The atomic clock
The album where Devin fell off the meds then wrote with a seven string.
Behold skeksis
mushrooms bruh
@@fromthesky1050 Devin is very open about his mental health aswell as the status of only being addicted to coffee and being awesome. Actually helped a lot with my own mental health to hear him talk about it in his vlogs
He never had bipolar in the first place, he said it turned out he was misdiagnosed. It was simply a reaction to abusing psychedelics, alcohol and weed, which he probably didn't tell the doctor he was doing such.
@@Salomon_G Shit I never knew that :/ thank you
this is also really interesting for getting to clear so much clearer a mix of the guitar work in this song.
Deet Cologon Definitely. I heard things I've never really noticed before and I've listened to 'Alien' a lot.
+Carbin Monoxide totally! All the other ambient wall-of-sound elements mask so much of what's going on with the guitars.
I was just saying this same thing! there's so much going on with any Dev song... some parts were like I was hearing them for the first time!
Finally some help for trying to transcribe and learn this madness!
I think if you take the keyboards and other effects it becomes way more clear. I've always struggled on what's really going on with the guitar too. this is badass.
This song kicks so much ass. Alien is such a great record. Devin and Gene is probably my favorite drummer songwriter pairing in metal history. Man they made great music together.
100%
Alien is the best SYL album indeed
incredible to here this minimalist mix, the guitar parts are wild
The ending of this song is the most powerful thing I've ever heard
Dear Atomic Clock, I would like to watch you play _Aftermath_. PLEASE
It's absolutely nauseating how easy he makes this look. He could at least have the decency to not be so damn casual.
If he did, he wouldn't be Gene Hoglan.
Nothing beats watching the master perform his own work. Especially one as glorious as Skeksis.
5:13 his facial expression is like: "bitch i'm fabulous"
Am I the only one that began to sing as soon as the part kicked in? Like years of not listening to this track I still remember the lyrics and odd ways Dev sang on this. lol
Yes.
It's like I'm automatic.
Automatically drawn!
I'd like to say I'm sorry
I do not know the words
4:44 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
This music controls My awkward soul.
Realising a multiverse in just one day!
Gene looks like he lost a bunch of weight. Good for him, that's awesome.
Hahaha, I was going to say the same thing.
i cant imagine how he could put it on, his legs just burned like 2k calories.
He stated in an interview he's off the energy drinks and onto health food now. Good on him.
Yeah his wife jumped his shit after he came back from a tour in Brazil weighing like 410. Doc told him he had type 2 diabetes. He got his health in order. He covered it in a dean delray podcast.
He has Hog in his name. It's hard to imagine him being thin.
He did lose a lot of weight though. It is a pat on the back for him.
Wish there was more SYL covers! I love how I can hear the guitar tracks too, I found out some new things about this song
Right?!
This is no cover, gene was the drummer for syl. The mothafuckin atomic clock.
Lol cover. Tard
I love how he drops behind the beat about halfway through.
I've seen a lot of videos from Gene playing... I know he enjoyed every song that he plays (
otherwise he wouldn't do that) , BUT everytime he plays a SYL song, he looks like he enjoy those more than others...
Because Devin unleashed him, he wasn't held back at all or had to fit any style
True, I think SYL has been the only band he's had complete freedom to do what he wants with his drumming and it clearly wasn't a mistake
Imagine pounding through an insane section like 4:00 - 6:00 with a relaxed smile of contentment on your face. What an absolute machine
That fill at 4:17 is nuts
Glad I'm not the only one who freaked out there. What the heck even was that? 🥶
@@nerothosthe fill is:
Kick-kick-RTom-LTom-snare-snare-Rtom-Ltom
Kick-kick-RTom-LTom-snare-snare-Rtom-Ltom
Kick-kick-double crash
And right back into the 1/4 note skank beat. Beautiful fill
I saw him play with Death in 1993 on the Individual Thought Patterns tour in San Francisco. Unbelivable drummer. I could not believe how someone so big- He was much larger than now, could be so fast, technical and precise. I am not making fun of his size, either. Just an incredible player!
When you see Gene Hoglan smiling while playing, you know the song is kicking ass!!! He's the best.
Such an epic song from such an epic album. SYL was so good
I never get bored of watching this performance
this is my favorite SYL song. thanks Gene! way awesome to see it played.
Been watching this video for 3 yrs,still one of my favorites, if I could hit like every time I watched it,it would have another 1,000 likes!!!..Gene's the Man!!!
Nothing but sheer awesomeness and mad creativity displayed here. Skeksis is a monstrous song and Gene does just what he does best : make those jaws drop like flies.
I don't know any extreme metal drummer that has more feel and flow in his or her playing than the Atomic Clock. So fluent, omg
So I've seen this particular video about 100 times. I never noticed it until today, but at around 2:19-2:20, his right hand crosses WAY over his left stick when he plays his left hand on the tom. That he was in that awkward position and still didn't stick click. A complete drummer is everything, even little things like that. Hoglan is incredible, and so is this song.
Did you also notice that the kick drum cam was recorded at a different time. His drumheads are clear but for the kick cam they are coated...as well as the floor tom is removed on the kick cam so they can get a tighter camera shot and it looks like it is done with a hand held camera that is moving.
Devins music is great to listen to because it’s so rhythmically driven. It’s why his drummers are always so killer. For me Gene and Morgan agren are the kings of that hill. Terrific playing.
I came here from the crappy Halloween. Haven't seen devy that excited to play a song since that video. Devy gene jed and Byron will never be beaten as group as far as I'm concerned
Damn I miss SYL!!!
Wanted to like that post, but I can't.... It has been liked 66 times....
Gene is making this look easy. I guess that proves that he is a truly great drummer. I dont even play drums but i Still enjoy watching this.
I realized while viewing this as an "instrumental" the part near the end actually is the music from the dark crystal and I never put 2 and 2 together. All the more respect for mean gene and Syl.
Skeksis are a species in The Dark Crystal.
@@trevorphilips9484 Which happens to be Devin's favourite movie, and inspired him to create the Ziltoid puppet because he wanted to be a puppeteer as a kid after watching that film.
Do you recall which piece of music it is? I was thinking of listening to the OST.
Pretty much from 5:20 on is the main theme just slightly faster.
th-cam.com/video/aPdowP_aBXY/w-d-xo.html
@@Bizkit9d8 Thank you for the reply and the link. I thought this might be the part you were refering to. It's easier to discern in Gene's Skesis playthru ^_^
Gene, just wanna thank you not only for putting these out but also just being the backbone of some of my favourite songs. Rock on, brother!
Gene the machine!Love his beats, so very inventive and original. Too bad SYL doesn't play anymore, that was one grooving fat badass sounding metal band.
ca fait 100 fois que je l'ecoute meme plus
This song grooves so hard.
It's always fun watching you play Gene because you make it look sooooo damn easy!!! 😅
You can't fuck with this one of the best drummers out there
The machine-like sounds of the guitar and the perfect representations that the music creates make it an absolutely essential album one can always return to.
so glad to see Gene keeping it real after the tragic loss of Chuck
A masterpiece of metal. Hogland goes beyond what drumming is, that's why him and Dev could write this masterpiece. What ever means necessary to express what's in your mind.
Gene - if you're reading this, PLEASE do the whole album on camera..(!) Much as I'll always think you're a genius, I miss seeing you challenge yourself like you did here (& with Chuck).
Much of your latter day stuff is...well, we've all got bills to pay, but jeez, seeing you like this reminds me of just how gifted you are...
TheCund The Devy Hoglan dynamic was special. Gene's new material he has worked on has come across as a bit flat in many ways. Tried listening to new Testament and found it to be rather generic.
Don't know if you're a Testament fan. I am, and he brought their sound to a whole new level. His drumming on tracks like Native Blood is sick as fuck.
gringochucha ehh. The last Testament album I really loved in its entirety was The Formation Of Damnation. Didn't think anything after that was bad by any means. Just wasn't super interested in it.
I also love the Legacy to The Ritual era testament to death.
Guess I can only take so much thrash.
gringochucha Also I'll repeal what I said about Gene's drumming. Drumming is fantastic on new the new Testament stuff. It's just the songs as wholes I find myself getting bored with.
Yeah, not all the songs on the last two albums are interesting. But there are a few killer ones.
Can't believe I only just noticed that he's not just ambidextrous but also ambipedal - this man is built different
Absolutely fucking insane. Just like the entirety of this godlike album.
Thanx to the editor"s and camarmen"s teams for the showing of the greatest master at the work. TUSM ladies and gent men!
Just amazing! So much admiration for drummers; the skill involved just blows me away! 😊
What I enjoyed most about this video is actually watching Gene enjoying the shit out of this while playing it and having so much fun, it's probably been more than 10 years since he last played this song and it just gave me the vibe that he liked the idea of playing the song again for an official DVD. Although we all know Strapping is not coming back, this makes me think that if it were for strapping to come back, Gene would be the first one to hop in.
He is the only person on the planet who could play a SYL song and look totally relaxed doing it.
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Gene is just perfection. You just watch him play and you know everything is exactly as it has to be, and it's so satisfying.
I miss the SYL. I never got a chance to see them live.
Seriously, Gene Hoglan is awesome. And it's so cool to watch the liberation of someone who learned to play southpaw.
I really wish I learned to play left-handed. That looks like it just opens up the entire damn drumset!
The KING of double bass!......PERIOD!
Lars invented double bass so he's still the King.
and george kolias
@@jeremycubs8331 I love Lars, but pretty sure double bass was invented back in the jazz days.
f...g cardio!! never seen anything like that, super super high level performance and his precision is just impeccable
Gene, you rule! So powerful, intense and emotional drumming. One of the greatest metal drummers ever.
Gene, The Man.... So brutally groovy
He makes it seem so effortless!
Maybe the most satisfying drum playthrough ever. Damn.
Gene play us a couple of song of pantera i want to see something . Because if youre listen closely the song you play i can hear some vinnie beat and sound . Thank men youre one if the greatest
I watched him play in the rainy season on twitch it was awesome
2 weeks later: I watched him play skeksis live on twitch
I wish SYL performed again. Their intensity is unmatched.
Syl was waaayyyyy beyond anyone's comprehensive at that time. I saw them live right after this album came out and everyone was so stunned the crowd just stood there in awe and could do nothing but clap. Years later everyone finally realizes how in fuckin credible these tracks are sadly long after the band split ways
He plays like how all great drummers want to play
Damn. This sounds incredibly difficult. And I thought Meshuggah was hard...
Alden Legge it still is
@@tylerdrainville1136 both are fruits, both bands heavy as fuck
@@tylerdrainville1136 How's it apples and oranges. Wouldn't that be more like comparing metal drumming to jazz drumming?
I bet it's harder (Meshuggah), but that "band"/guy has a unique style of creating nearly perfect representations of an idea, or a perfect "form", which even if it's not the most technical stuff ever (partly due to being a very clear form), still stands out for its creativity or the "power" of certain sections (while being close to purely technical stuff).
@@bfkc111 most of Gene's stuff is harder than most of Meshuggah. Look at 1995's Symbolic, Gene's playing blows everything away.
Reminds me of Bleed. Crazy patterns on the kick.
Gene Hoglan is a massive influence on Tomas Haake’s (Meshuggah) drumming
What an amazing player, so fluid...
Thank you! I've been practicing this for ever and could never quite get the footing down.
And now I know how to take over the world.
Ah, good times, I remember getting Alien in a store on the first day of sale in the early morning when they haven't even unpacked the boxes properly. :) Imperial Skeksis Shitstorm combo just slayed my ears. Gene blew us all away with the info on how he prepared to play Shitstorm live: by playing the entire set with weights on his calfs and when Shitstorm came towards the end of the set, his drum tech stripped the weights off of him and the legs just flew at that 230 bpm madness! I ended arranging Shitstorm for my mandolin orchestra and when Dev came to Ljubljana years later with DTP, I met him and gave him the score and had him sign one for me.
Now I need to hear your mandolin orchestra version
It looks so cool and relaxed when Gene Hoglan plays his drums that he could almost perform it in his sleep.There's no one better better him.
Fuck is this brilliant...my favorite SYL song (of many greats...)...thanks for sharing Gene! And, yes, as someone else said...amazing to hear a different mix of the guitars. You're a fucking legend, sir. Carry on.
Ever since I heard Gene Hoglan play on Individual thought patterns when I was 14, i'm a fan of his style. It doesn't get more funky in Metal than with Gene Hoglan.
Such an underrated song, love it!🤘🔥🤘
I am hypnotised by this song, the drumming is just perfect!
Seen him with Dark Angel live wow what a show ..in the 80`s
Your technique is immaculate. I cannot imagine playing in that footware!
Those double-bass triplets under the “reggatón” ostinato is …”tasty”😁
Kickass song too! I love everything about this, so much.
I love how he seems to go into a zen state when he plays.
My new favorite drummer and inspiration to start playing again
It's not only tight, but extremely musical. I could just listen to the drum tracks off the album and be just fine.
Saw this and had to check in. SYL was so sick, and Gene is the only guy who can play this.
He makes it look like he is assembling a ham sandwich with four arms.
well this video just made my night.
Amazing on multiple levels. How can you not love that?
Doug Steele being a moron, thats the only way to not love
We need Gene and Dev back together 🤭 miss SYL 🥺
They did on Devin's Crappy Hallowen
TH-cam is full of great drummers' performance video, but most of those videos satisfy me by watching one or two times.
This video keeps to make me click its link over again.
I love how Gene gets so much by doing so little.
Gene monster Metal drumer god bless you..
5:02, listen REALLY carefully with headphones. You can actually hear vocals.. Might be easier to hear them at 5:45.
@Davide Bonvicini thats was not my point.
That was f**king badass awesome, didn't realize you were the drummer of lots of my favorite bands no wonder.
my only complaint is that my phone won't turn up any louder!
Chris L ...
download a sound booster app, but don't blame me when your speakers explode from a brutal metal overdose 😊
Hearing this on a phone speaker? Good riddance.
I could listen to that outro on loop for hours 🤘