4:54 I'm the one who gave Paul Masvidal Chuck Schuldiner's phone number. I got the number from a guy at a concert in Miami Beach. It wasn't in '83 or '84, but 1987. When I gave Paul Chuck's number he told me he wanted to call him and see if they would jam together. I told him I that I thought their musical styles would clash. Boy, was I wrong, and I'm so glad I was. Sean Reinert rest in peace.
Thank you. It's appreciated. I thought the next Death album was going to be more Spiritual Healing vein. Then I heard Steve was going to be on bass and two guys from Cynic. I was like, who the heck is Cynic? I knew Sadus and was hyped he was on bass. When I heard the album, my jaw dropped. Unfortunately my dad wouldn't let me go see that tour in CA, because it was a school night. Still my favorite Death album to this day.
@@WhatGrenadeWhere Thanks. You know, I used to call Darren Travis, at his number back in 1987, but I had no idea that Sadus' bass player was going to join Death. I always wondered what Darren thought of the whole idea.
@@estebansteverincon7117 Well, Sadus did continue between Human and Individual I believe. Around when Visions came out. He was probably all for it. I would've been.
You literally changed the course of metal history ..in the BEST possible way. Holy shit. Sure Sean may have become known from just Cynic but being pragmatic about it being in Death fast-tracked establishing both him and Paul. This is one of the coolest things I've read in a long time.
usually I don't care, but this time it's different -- how can somebody downvote this video? why? if you don't like Sean then don't watch it. But downvoting a video about a deceased artist that means a lot to countless people? even for a low life troll this is absolutley tasteless
Drumtalk , thumb down should be taken off . You're right ! What kind of Human would 👎this very special tribute ? Thank You . Very special to fans , musicians all over the world. R.I.P. Sean and Chuck
It’s pretty easy to accidentally press a button when on your phone. With 19k views I’d say a 1/19k chance of someone hitting that by accident seems about right.
A thoughtful and beautifully executed and produced tribute to Sean Reinert. I am beyond humbled, honored, and fortunate, to appear in a couple photos with my brothers Sean and Gus within the video. Not to mention all the other amazing musicians (legends) that were featured. It truly is the most touching gesture I've ever experienced. My eternal gratitude to whoever included the photographs. ~Ian
@@drumtalkofficial Unfortunately that never saw the light. We do have a bunch of footage from the drum camp we conducted back in 2011-12 that has never been released. It will be someday.
Sean is top tier metal drummer. CREAM OF THE CROP, without a doubt. Everything I do, is Reinert influenced. And many drummers these days will think they're doing something groundbreaking by throwing in a double paraddiddle triplet ride groove, but Mr.Reinert broke all bounds for heavy drumming like no one. In my eyes. Sean Reinert is a Mount Rushmore metal drummer
I see many talking about Human. My personal "mindblown" experience by Sean was Traced in Air. The entire drumming is perfect. I highly recommend the Evolutionary Sleeper, Adam's Mumur and Intergral birth.
Lack of Comprehension landed on a mixtape at my brother's apartment when I was 13 or 14. It stood way out on it's own. I had no idea who it was, and neither did he. I told myself I must discover who this band is! I listened until I was 18, utterly mystified! I got an older, Metalhead drummer roommate, 3 of us living together at the time, and he happened to be listening to Death's Human one day. "WHO IS THIS?!!??" I demanded to know. He goes over to his tape collection, pulls out Cynic - Focus, hands it to me and tells me "If you love Human, you'll love this 10x more!".... Wanna say a really genuine and sincere thanks to all the participants and contributors and especially to DrumTalk. This tribute is as insightful and inspiring as it is touching. But I really never expect anything less from this channel! Thank you🤘💓🥁
I heard both "Human" and "Focus" around '95-'96 and they remain two of my favorite albums of any genre. Got to see Sean play on a bill I never thought I'd get to be at: Meshuggah and Cynic, in the late 2000's. Thank you to all who remain.
Sean is the only drummer that has made me cry with his playing, and I am mainly a guitarist. The "bridge" tom rolls on "Space for This" bring me to tears every single time. I can't help it. It's the PERFECT accompaniment, it accentuates the vocals in the most beautiful way. There's so much emotion in that section specifically. He always played in service of the song, first and foremost. For some reason, I thought about him again today. It still hurts. Same with Sean Malone. Thank you for this thoughtful, and beautiful tribute to one of the greatest Musicians to have ever lived. IN HISTORY. Thank you, Sean Reinert. Your influence and contribution to the world of music will live on in eternity, as will your Spirit. 💔🙏🙌💗🌎
I met Gus Rios at the Bay Strikes Back concert in Hard Rock Cafe Orlando this past April. He was at the bar, sipping his beer and I just went there, introduced myself and started talking about Sean. It was a 5 min conversation about the legacy of this wonderful beast. He gave me some awesome insights about his life, musical master craft and passing; Gus got quite emotional at the end, so I knew it was time to leave the guy alone. I closed the conversation telling Gus that he was a beast himself, and he replied, "thanks for the compliment, I had the best teacher life could give me." Thanks for your kindness, Gus.
So glad he is getting the credit he deserves. Hearing that intro to Flattening of Emotions changed the game for me more than anything else in metal--and I'm a guitarist.
As absolutely outstanding of a drummer he was, I don't think it can be overstated enough, how good a person he seemed to be. Always humble, happy and grateful. A shining example of a monster of a musician with a wonderfully beautiful soul. R.I.P. dude, thanks for everything. 🤘❤️
i am more of a guitarist then a drummer but i am a huge fan of cynic and his style of playing , i could watch him play for hours. when he passed i cried, sux to loose a hero. rest in power
My favorite drummer above and beyond. Human is my favorite extreme metal drumwork of all times; and I´m glad to hear that monsters behind the kit look a it the same way. What a terrible loss for all of us who enjoyed his masterpieces.
Heck YEAH! LEE HARRISON is prolly in my TOP 5 most influential Extreme Drummers of ALL TIME NO doubt! Ever since Millenium debuted, I have been a HUGE Big Lee fan. Pretty cool dude too, as he has signed all my Monstrosity stuff along with my retired Sabian Power Bell Ride with many other metal drummers signatures! Just DON'T ask him his real age as I did during our last conversation (Monstosity gig here) few years back....LOL! (Ohhhkay, I get IT) He IS a legend, NO doubt! Hails n HORNS
Can we all just take a pause here, a moment to appreciate that Chuck, back when he hired Sean and Paul into Death, that he let Sean have like "free hands" on what to do with the drumming? The fact that he came in with this sort of creativity, changed metal drumming forever, Sean is dearly missed and will be so forever, your influence stays with us man!
@@drumtalkofficial That's absolutely true. Any day is a good day for Gordian Knot. I remember grabbing Emergent back in '03, when I was still kind of new to prog metal. My only exposure to instrumental prog was Liquid Tension Experiment, so when I put on Emergent for the first time I had no idea what I was listening to. I'd had limited exposure to jazz, too, so some of it just sounded almost avant-garde to me. It took a couple years to fully appreciate it, but once it clicked, I couldn't stop listening.
THANK YOU FOR THIS! Sean NEVER gets the credit he deserves. That story about recording the intro to Lack of comprehension with Paul helping swap sticks was classic stuff!
Ok this is getting me ! I never “made it” like theses guys did BUT I was just under that Local radar of musicians in the Poughkeepsie NY area in 1990 1991 till now 2023 and I lived right down the street from Paul Masvidal didn’t even know it. I was younger than these guys just started 9th grade and they were already well into high school a few grades up. I played guitar pretty well but was too young to hang but on occasion would get the chance to jam with these guys at party’s and band practices and played and made relationships with almost every musician in that circle. Some I still talk to today. I was in 13 to 15 different bands in the NY area from 1990-2009. It is too nuts to hear that we ALL pros and the underlings like me heard Sean on Death Human in 1991 and it FREAkED us out!! When digital age came about I emailed Sean Malone and Paul masvidal about guitar tablature for Cynic because it was to advanced for me to hear and know the notes like a Metallica or My Dying Bride or Slayer songs where I can hear exactly where they are on the guitar neck . My ear let me enjoy the drums and I knew some pros on drums so I started messing around in the late 1990’s as I could understand the ride cymbals he was playing and the patterns ,grips and techniques he used so now I mess with drums more than guitar . Thanks so much for making this documentary/tribute it really brought back some shit for me.
Hearing that Gene Hoglan felt he had to sort of elevate himself to be able to follow up the Human album truly speaks massive volumes. This is an incredible documentary thank you. RIP to the innovator and one of the gods of drumming full stop!
Sean to metal is like Ronaldo r9 to football, everyone wanna be him, even established drummers like Gene like Steve said, he had it all, power, feeling, super musical, crunchy sound, super grounded character, my god I'll still sad. Miss you sean.
I had first heard Sean on the Cynic demo on the At Deaths Door compilation and I've been forever hooked on him. He revolutionized metal drumming and it has never been the same since. He was in a way the Eddie Vanhalen of metal drums. Just f'n changed the game! RIP Sean. The patron saint of metal drums. You will forever be missed.
Such a beautiful tribute to Sean’s legacy. Not just as a musician but as an amazing person, hope you would’ve been able to get Paul to talk a bit but even so, thank you so very much for this! ❤️
yeah I know. let's say I planned to have just drummers in it but then Steve was there at both Testament gigs I had my gear there anyways and it would have been idiotic not to have him in it since he was very close to him and who could better tell first hand stories from the Human days...?
The only guy that did some justice to Sean's drumming, in my opinion, was Richard Christy! His drumming on _The Sound Of Perseverance_ is mind blowing and so underrated!
he overdid it in my opinion. His playing is crazy and very musical and lots of great stuff, but sometimes it was too much ... and not 100% clean. I guess his approach was to record as natural as possible, but if you play Painkiller on a record, you better nail it....
@@harryhirsch2677 yes, you have a point there, but it was his first real gig, if I recall correctly, he had a TON to prove. BTW Death's Painkiller cover is so damn good and the guitar solo is so great that I made a ringtone of it! ^_^
@@jagzin6147 they can play their own flavour. But if you play the same drum fill (and a legendary at that), you should play it clean. Unfortunately Deaths version isn’t clean.
Jan 7th 2020 ... Neil Jan 24th 2020 ... Sean Earth's 2 best drummers ever, leaving us 17 days apart from one another .... This still disturbs my human head big time 🥁
everythhing Sean Reinert created is amazing. FOCUS will never not be one of my, or probably my absolute favorite album of all time. however, there was a lone track that i had gained from whoever i had aquired some other cassette of new goodies: 'pleading for preservation' 8-/ ...that song. all that energy. all the diversity, my view, love, and future of drumming in every way was forever changed for the better in a way i will never be, less than grateful for always, as the ridiculously understated recognition that it and he deserve. soon to be accompanied with everything else i could hear of his joint creations, his place in the top of my list would never change.// ,\m/ forever humbled and gifted by your talents and dedication. Thank you beyond words Sean.
I never realized how legendary he was to the drumming world. I had obviously heard his name but never paid close attention to his work. I'll listen closely to his albums. This video was so inspiring to watch and a beautiful tribute to him. Thanks Drumtalk !
goddamn it so sad ... I just for whatever reason got drawn to the Human album lately (mabe at early 40a I am finally grown up enough for it) and being a former drummer, when the first tunes turned up in my head already before I even played it there was this: fuck man this guy was so good, so brilliant in terms of thinking the musics ... and there I find out he is dead :(( godspeed brother
The intro arrangement of Sentiment shown @ 21:54 is still one of my favorite drum ideas ever. RIP Sean, thanks for making our world of music richer forever.
This video epitaph is a strong statement as to his character, drumming chops&influence, and the love friends had for the man. Who could ask for more than to be remembered like this?
When I saw Sean at the end waving goodbye to the camera, it broke my heart. You guys can't do this to me, man. It's too much. He was way too young to go and he will be missed. Rest in Peace Sean, you will forever be one of the greatest
Thanks Philips for celebrating this wonderful person's life! And thank you for celebrating the lives of the living too! I'm so happy that I was able to tell Sean how much he inspired me and my drumming via instragram. And with me many, many more people. I don't know if he read it, but I hope he did. We should celebrate each others existence more/ Without others, we would be no one.
I, too, was able to directly let Sean know how much he has meant to me. Way back in the Myspace days (yeah, those days), I reached out to him there, merely to thank him for the music and inspiration. I didn't expect a reply, but he replied with sincere appreciation. It seems to me like no fan was beneath him.
That one hit me hard.. Great video.. I have been a fan of Sean's since, Human as well.. Everything these legends(that I look up to as well)say about Sean is all true.. Sean being my favorite drummer of all thime.. That was much need and hits home.. Rest in peace Sean.. You are sorely missed..
I will never forget the first time when I listen to Cynic at my 15 Yo, i was a fusion guy... that was the day when i became a metal guy. Lovely 90´s memories...
It 1996, I was 19 and having difficulty with my feet going from Metallica to Morbid Angel. I found an add for drum lessons from Sean down south. I drove a little over an hour to the warehouse he was living a few times and had some really great lessons from him. He told me he wasn’t playing much double bass at the time, but gave me some great tips and information. A nice guy and a shame we lost him so soon.
Great upload. I remember picking up Human when it came out and being like "What the. Who is this guy?" I had to open the cassette insert to make sure Bill Andrews didn’t take all the lessons in-between albums.
The sadness I feel for his loss continues today and this rips that scab off in the best way. I never expected to see something like that and I'm so thankful to be watching it. I'll never look or listen to a drummer the same way since I first heard him on Human. What a sublime beast. Love to his family and loved ones.
great montage for honoring sean... I love Human as a record but that the bass is so buried is a damn shame... hearing the isolated tracks is like discovering whole new layers.
Everything he performed on, is pure gold. Sean was one of a kind, and also the first of a kind. His sound will always have a unique signature. Great tribute video. Thanks for doing this.
What a great tribute. I think I've spent most of the last year trying to not think about the fact that he's gone, and this is a great chance to remember him and celebrate his life and his monumental contribution to the world of drumming and metal more generally. Metal today would look completely different if he hadn't been around. I got so much of my (very limited) drum repertoire from his playing. RIP Sean.
As a teenager I was mostly into metal, when I heard human/cynic the first time my mind was blown. I had the pleasure to meet Sean playing with Cynic a few years later when they released Carbon Based Anatomy. They played a small shown in the Baroeg in Rotterdam and I watched him drum from like a two-meter distance. The best thing about this experience was that Sean was hanging out near the merch stand afterwards, and I got the opportunity to talk for him a bit. I got to tell him how much his playing made me look at the whole instrument differently. He was honestly one of the nicest people I met. Super open, really kind and really took some time to talk to me about drumming. I remember talking about the tom orchestration used in Carbon Based Anatomy. He introduced the concept of linear drumming to me and recommended me the book 'linear time playing by Garry Chaffee'. I also remember talking to him about his drum videos of Evolutionary Sleeper and Adam's Murmur and that I loved them. He said he was working on a DVD with some lessons, but sadly it never got created/released. Anyway, just wanted to share that. I got to meet someone I really looked up to, and he really took some time to talk to me. Was shocked to hear of his untimely death. Will be missed.
What an absolute monster he was... His work on Cynic and Gordian Knot stands out as some of the most elegant and flawless drumming ever - finesse and brutality at once... And the mesmerizing intertwining with Malone... Thanks for creating this beautiful homage! What a great musical editing, impeccably alternating studio and live cues!
@broquil thanks for your comment and thank you for bringing up the audio editing -- I wanted it to reflect Sean's fluidity on the drums as good as possible
This is an incredible documentary! My eyes really opened up when I heard Human and he was such a great drummer! I want to learn to how to play drums and his style is 1 I want to strive to learn. Again, a great documentary!
I had the luck to buy Human when it came out, i say "the luck" because i could experience what these guys are talking about here, that feeling of hearing something that sounds profoundly new and like 3 steps above everything else you ever heard. It was faster, groovier, harder and more insane than anything i ever listened to. What a legacy Sean left with one record ! 1 damn record and he changed the face of metal to a point people are still talking about it 30 years later. RIP Sean Reinert
Same, I was (am) the biggest fan of Death and literally counted the weeks until Human's release. I picked it up the morning it came out, just after the record store opened; I had never been more excited to hear an album in my life and I don't think I have since. Chuck, my idol, recording with members of Cynic and bass genius Digorgio - the stuff of dreams. I had a feeling when I first dropped the needle on to the plastic that I was about to listen to a classic and now, 30 years later, that expectation has been more than justified. Interestingly, I was the same age as Sean when he recorded it, though I didn't know that (I know now, thanks to this video). A fantastic tribute to the man and an absorbing insight into one of the greatest metal albums ever made.
This was fantastic. Loved all the interviews. Very well done tribute. I have been lucky enough to see one of my drum heroes play his Death era material on twitch, Gene Hoglan. You can really see/hear how Sean made Gene step it up on "IDTP".
IDTP was a game changer IN IT'S OWN RIGHT for me. And hey, IK EVERYONE loves/prefers the Reinert -Human CD generally (and in NO WAY would I discount it!). It's just that, for "me, myself and I"? I always preferred the Hoglan era Death material (with Symbolic being my favorite all time Death CD.) Maybe it's the actual MUSIC of the Hoglan era, OR maybe just that Hoglan was the more harder heavy player (as he described in the documentary) IDK but either way, THIS IS a GREAT documentary on Reinert, NO doubt.
As Ringo was to popular music, Bonham was to rock and Dave Grohl was to grunge, Sean was to metal. After Human extreme music changed forever. I love this tribute so much, really well done
Honestly, I feel BLESSED to have watched Sean R. demonstrate studio drum recording with Eyal Levi in 2013 for two days via stream, and then to see Cynic in 2014 with Sean Malone on bass for the first time in 20 years. Legends. RIP
R.I.P. Sean!! You have inspired so many in the music field and outside with your music that you have left on this planet. I know for me personally I will always look up to you as one of the best musicians.
The early '90s is the best era for death metal. Every band is unique with a real passion for making music. Analog recording is the way to go back then. I"m glad i've experienced the golden age of real death metal which can never ever be replicated. Horns up!
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I feel so unspeakably sad that I can never show this to Sean and let him know how much he and his work really meant to me
One can only tell if he's looking at it right now. Regardless, this is a great tribute to one of the most talented drummers in the world.
Very well done. Much love and respect!!!!
Thank you for your this
Thank you so much for this! Fantastic work
Dude I feel that! I remember getting Focus on tape at a mall and I think my mom took it away (for a while). Love this guys vibe besides his music too.
4:54 I'm the one who gave Paul Masvidal Chuck Schuldiner's phone number. I got the number from a guy at a concert in Miami Beach. It wasn't in '83 or '84, but 1987. When I gave Paul Chuck's number he told me he wanted to call him and see if they would jam together. I told him I that I thought their musical styles would clash. Boy, was I wrong, and I'm so glad I was. Sean Reinert rest in peace.
Thank you. It's appreciated. I thought the next Death album was going to be more Spiritual Healing vein. Then I heard Steve was going to be on bass and two guys from Cynic. I was like, who the heck is Cynic? I knew Sadus and was hyped he was on bass. When I heard the album, my jaw dropped. Unfortunately my dad wouldn't let me go see that tour in CA, because it was a school night. Still my favorite Death album to this day.
@@WhatGrenadeWhere Thanks. You know, I used to call Darren Travis, at his number back in 1987, but I had no idea that Sadus' bass player was going to join Death. I always wondered what Darren thought of the whole idea.
you are literally responsible for human. thank you
@@estebansteverincon7117 Well, Sadus did continue between Human and Individual I believe. Around when Visions came out. He was probably all for it. I would've been.
You literally changed the course of metal history ..in the BEST possible way. Holy shit. Sure Sean may have become known from just Cynic but being pragmatic about it being in Death fast-tracked establishing both him and Paul. This is one of the coolest things I've read in a long time.
RIP Reinart. One of the best metal drummers ever.
Not even just metal, one of the best drummers of all time. Dude transcended genre and broke down the walls.
@@Jeffmetal42 Hell yeah man.
It feels like even amongst metal heads, he isn't appreciated as much as he should be. He was so great.
Reinert... and yes, among the best ever.
@@Jeffmetal42 that is too much in opinion...
usually I don't care, but this time it's different -- how can somebody downvote this video? why? if you don't like Sean then don't watch it. But downvoting a video about a deceased artist that means a lot to countless people? even for a low life troll this is absolutley tasteless
Drumtalk , thumb down should be taken off . You're right ! What kind of Human would 👎this very special tribute ? Thank You . Very special to fans , musicians all over the world. R.I.P. Sean and Chuck
The world is full of idiots
I assume it’s an accident for videos like these. I did it by mistake on one of my fav vids and had to go back and fix it after some time.
Its just fucking pathetic, disrespectful sad.
It’s pretty easy to accidentally press a button when on your phone. With 19k views I’d say a 1/19k chance of someone hitting that by accident seems about right.
I hope someone would make a tribute documentary for the late Sean Malone as well. His influence and legacy was so enormous, yet very underrated.
Since summer of 1993 Sean Reinert, are #2 of my TOP Favorite Drummers of all Time 🫡🥰🫡
A thoughtful and beautifully executed and produced tribute to Sean Reinert. I am beyond humbled, honored, and fortunate, to appear in a couple photos with my brothers Sean and Gus within the video. Not to mention all the other amazing musicians (legends) that were featured. It truly is the most touching gesture I've ever experienced. My eternal gratitude to whoever included the photographs. ~Ian
thank you so much Ian! I put those in there and am really touched by your comment. take care my friend, phil
@@drumtalkofficial Thank you... Phil
back then when you announced the "It's about time" DVD I contributed a video question. Were you able to film anything for that project?
@@drumtalkofficial Unfortunately that never saw the light. We do have a bunch of footage from the drum camp we conducted back in 2011-12 that has never been released. It will be someday.
thank you for your answer Ian. looking forward to it.
Sean is top tier metal drummer. CREAM OF THE CROP, without a doubt.
Everything I do, is Reinert influenced. And many drummers these days will think they're doing something groundbreaking by throwing in a double paraddiddle triplet ride groove, but Mr.Reinert broke all bounds for heavy drumming like no one.
In my eyes. Sean Reinert is a Mount Rushmore metal drummer
I'm crying.
Imagine the first album you are ever on being f'ing " Human " by Death. One of the best Death Metal records ever. Insane.
Gene Hoglan: ”Goddam, I’m glad I’ll never have to play any of this stuff”
Tomas Haake: ”And then you had to”
😂😂😂
Bruh gene and Tomas in the same room together just talking about death and Sean. Wow. Rip Sean.
😂😂😂😂
Great tribute to the best "Death Metal" drummer of all times. You will be missed. RIP.
I see many talking about Human. My personal "mindblown" experience by Sean was Traced in Air. The entire drumming is perfect. I highly recommend the Evolutionary Sleeper, Adam's Mumur and Intergral birth.
This
Reinert and Malone, are simply, the best drum and bass section, individually and collectively, of all time. RIP. I miss them so much.
Dude same path here, the sound was so so crunchy. Crunchiest i ever Heard, , sean was classy as fuck
What a great documentary. You can tell this was important to the director.
thank you. and yes, indeed.
I’m crying man. RIP Sean. You’ll be missed..
Mastermind behind HUMAN and FOCUS, total legend
Lack of Comprehension landed on a mixtape at my brother's apartment when I was 13 or 14. It stood way out on it's own. I had no idea who it was, and neither did he. I told myself I must discover who this band is! I listened until I was 18, utterly mystified! I got an older, Metalhead drummer roommate, 3 of us living together at the time, and he happened to be listening to Death's Human one day. "WHO IS THIS?!!??" I demanded to know. He goes over to his tape collection, pulls out Cynic - Focus, hands it to me and tells me "If you love Human, you'll love this 10x more!"....
Wanna say a really genuine and sincere thanks to all the participants and contributors and especially to DrumTalk. This tribute is as insightful and inspiring as it is touching. But I really never expect anything less from this channel! Thank you🤘💓🥁
I heard both "Human" and "Focus" around '95-'96 and they remain two of my favorite albums of any genre.
Got to see Sean play on a bill I never thought I'd get to be at: Meshuggah and Cynic, in the late 2000's.
Thank you to all who remain.
I saw that tour. In Anaheim, CA House of Blues
to this day i can't stop listening to Human. its apart of my constant rotation.... Drums are INSANE STILL to this day!
we lost sean malone recently ....sad storys for such a groundbreaking band
Sean is the only drummer that has made me cry with his playing, and I am mainly a guitarist.
The "bridge" tom rolls on "Space for This" bring me to tears every single time. I can't help it. It's the PERFECT accompaniment, it accentuates the vocals in the most beautiful way. There's so much emotion in that section specifically. He always played in service of the song, first and foremost.
For some reason, I thought about him again today. It still hurts. Same with Sean Malone.
Thank you for this thoughtful, and beautiful tribute to one of the greatest Musicians to have ever lived. IN HISTORY.
Thank you, Sean Reinert. Your influence and contribution to the world of music will live on in eternity, as will your Spirit. 💔🙏🙌💗🌎
33:05 The Most Elegant and Powerful Drummer Ever❤
My favourite drummer of all time. Unimaginably talented and creative. 'Focus' is just something out of this world
if well Human changed the course of drummers into metal, Focus twisted it into form!
I say the world has never been the same since 1993.
@@anemonaloco I can agree! Sean was truly unique and one of a kind
I met Gus Rios at the Bay Strikes Back concert in Hard Rock Cafe Orlando this past April. He was at the bar, sipping his beer and I just went there, introduced myself and started talking about Sean. It was a 5 min conversation about the legacy of this wonderful beast. He gave me some awesome insights about his life, musical master craft and passing; Gus got quite emotional at the end, so I knew it was time to leave the guy alone. I closed the conversation telling Gus that he was a beast himself, and he replied, "thanks for the compliment, I had the best teacher life could give me." Thanks for your kindness, Gus.
So glad he is getting the credit he deserves. Hearing that intro to Flattening of Emotions changed the game for me more than anything else in metal--and I'm a guitarist.
As absolutely outstanding of a drummer he was, I don't think it can be overstated enough, how good a person he seemed to be. Always humble, happy and grateful. A shining example of a monster of a musician with a wonderfully beautiful soul. R.I.P. dude, thanks for everything. 🤘❤️
Portal is so underrated, Love that album
Human completely changed metal. It’s my favorite album of all time and won’t ever lose its place 🤘
i am more of a guitarist then a drummer but i am a huge fan of cynic and his style of playing , i could watch him play for hours. when he passed i cried, sux to loose a hero. rest in power
My favorite drummer above and beyond. Human is my favorite extreme metal drumwork of all times; and I´m glad to hear that monsters behind the kit look a it the same way. What a terrible loss for all of us who enjoyed his masterpieces.
One of the best tributes to music I've ever watched. R.I.P. Sean. Lee Harrison is a personal friend of mine, and this features amazing drummers.
Heck YEAH! LEE HARRISON is prolly in my TOP 5 most influential Extreme Drummers of ALL TIME NO doubt! Ever since Millenium debuted, I have been a HUGE Big Lee fan. Pretty cool dude too, as he has signed all my Monstrosity stuff along with my retired Sabian Power Bell Ride with many other metal drummers signatures! Just DON'T ask him his real age as I did during our last conversation (Monstosity gig here) few years back....LOL! (Ohhhkay, I get IT) He IS a legend, NO doubt! Hails n HORNS
Can we all just take a pause here, a moment to appreciate that Chuck, back when he hired Sean and Paul into Death, that he let Sean have like "free hands" on what to do with the drumming? The fact that he came in with this sort of creativity, changed metal drumming forever, Sean is dearly missed and will be so forever, your influence stays with us man!
Dirk played in Death To All tribute, he played all the parts flawlessly. Extremely impressive…this whole video is pure gold. Standing ovation!
thx mate!
thanks for making this. I wish Paul was in it and I wish Malone was in it. What a year 2020 was. Started with Sean R and ended with Sean M.
Today's a good day to listen to Gordian Knot.
why stop at "today" sir? those two records are so dear to me...
@@drumtalkofficial That's absolutely true. Any day is a good day for Gordian Knot. I remember grabbing Emergent back in '03, when I was still kind of new to prog metal. My only exposure to instrumental prog was Liquid Tension Experiment, so when I put on Emergent for the first time I had no idea what I was listening to. I'd had limited exposure to jazz, too, so some of it just sounded almost avant-garde to me. It took a couple years to fully appreciate it, but once it clicked, I couldn't stop listening.
THANK YOU FOR THIS! Sean NEVER gets the credit he deserves. That story about recording the intro to Lack of comprehension with Paul helping swap sticks was classic stuff!
Ok this is getting me ! I never “made it” like theses guys did BUT I was just under that Local radar of musicians in the Poughkeepsie NY area in 1990 1991 till now 2023 and I lived right down the street from Paul Masvidal didn’t even know it. I was younger than these guys just started 9th grade and they were already well into high school a few grades up. I played guitar pretty well but was too young to hang but on occasion would get the chance to jam with these guys at party’s and band practices and played and made relationships with almost every musician in that circle. Some I still talk to today. I was in 13 to 15 different bands in the NY area from 1990-2009. It is too nuts to hear that we ALL pros and the underlings like me heard Sean on Death Human in 1991 and it FREAkED us out!! When digital age came about I emailed Sean Malone and Paul masvidal about guitar tablature for Cynic because it was to advanced for me to hear and know the notes like a Metallica or My Dying Bride or Slayer songs where I can hear exactly where they are on the guitar neck . My ear let me enjoy the drums and I knew some pros on drums so I started messing around in the late 1990’s as I could understand the ride cymbals he was playing and the patterns ,grips and techniques he used so now I mess with drums more than guitar . Thanks so much for making this documentary/tribute it really brought back some shit for me.
thank you for your story!!
Hearing that Gene Hoglan felt he had to sort of elevate himself to be able to follow up the Human album truly speaks massive volumes. This is an incredible documentary thank you. RIP to the innovator and one of the gods of drumming full stop!
Sean to metal is like Ronaldo r9 to football, everyone wanna be him, even established drummers like Gene like Steve said, he had it all, power, feeling, super musical, crunchy sound, super grounded character, my god I'll still sad. Miss you sean.
The story about the intro of Lack of Comprehension is so beautiful. I kind of imagine them goofing around about that :')
yeah, that story got me emotional as well, that is why I paid some extra attention to get the intro tune in sync with Steve's humming
I had first heard Sean on the Cynic demo on the At Deaths Door compilation and I've been forever hooked on him. He revolutionized metal drumming and it has never been the same since. He was in a way the Eddie Vanhalen of metal drums. Just f'n changed the game! RIP Sean. The patron saint of metal drums. You will forever be missed.
What a video, that ending made me cry, the How Could I outro... RIP Sean and thank you.
Such a beautiful tribute to Sean’s legacy. Not just as a musician but as an amazing person, hope you would’ve been able to get Paul to talk a bit but even so, thank you so very much for this! ❤️
yeah I know. let's say I planned to have just drummers in it but then Steve was there at both Testament gigs I had my gear there anyways and it would have been idiotic not to have him in it since he was very close to him and who could better tell first hand stories from the Human days...?
The only guy that did some justice to Sean's drumming, in my opinion, was Richard Christy! His drumming on _The Sound Of Perseverance_ is mind blowing and so underrated!
I love hearing Richard Christy talk on the Stern after show about his love and admiration and drinking stories with Sean and Chuck.
he overdid it in my opinion. His playing is crazy and very musical and lots of great stuff, but sometimes it was too much ... and not 100% clean. I guess his approach was to record as natural as possible, but if you play Painkiller on a record, you better nail it....
@@harryhirsch2677 yes, you have a point there, but it was his first real gig, if I recall correctly, he had a TON to prove.
BTW Death's Painkiller cover is so damn good and the guitar solo is so great that I made a ringtone of it! ^_^
@@harryhirsch2677 They weren't trying to play it the way priest did, they did their own thing
@@jagzin6147 they can play their own flavour. But if you play the same drum fill (and a legendary at that), you should play it clean. Unfortunately Deaths version isn’t clean.
If youre a fan of Death Human or Cynic Focus..i highly recommend this video! thank you for making this!
Thank you Drumtalk for this great documentary
He is the greatest. There is no one else. He changed everything.
This is an incredible documentary. THANK YOU! And thank you Sean, for everything.
Jan 7th 2020 ... Neil
Jan 24th 2020 ... Sean
Earth's 2 best drummers ever, leaving us 17 days apart from one another .... This still disturbs my human head big time 🥁
Certainly one of my favorite drummers of all time. Underrated for sure. He will be greatly missed.
everythhing Sean Reinert created is amazing. FOCUS will never not be one of my, or probably my absolute favorite album of all time. however, there was a lone track that i had gained from whoever i had aquired some other cassette of new goodies:
'pleading for preservation'
8-/
...that song. all that energy. all the diversity, my view, love, and future of drumming in every way was forever changed for the better in a way i will never be, less than grateful for always, as the ridiculously understated recognition that it and he deserve. soon to be accompanied with everything else i could hear of his joint creations, his place in the top of my list would never change.// ,\m/
forever humbled and gifted by your talents and dedication. Thank you beyond words Sean.
I never realized how legendary he was to the drumming world. I had obviously heard his name but never paid close attention to his work. I'll listen closely to his albums. This video was so inspiring to watch and a beautiful tribute to him. Thanks Drumtalk !
you're welcome Dylan!
Listen to Human. As soon as you press play you'll be blown away by the drumming.
goddamn it so sad ... I just for whatever reason got drawn to the Human album lately (mabe at early 40a I am finally grown up enough for it) and being a former drummer, when the first tunes turned up in my head already before I even played it there was this: fuck man this guy was so good, so brilliant in terms of thinking the musics ... and there I find out he is dead :(( godspeed brother
Tomas Haake and Gene Hoglan....MONSTERS....remembering THE MONSTER....R.I.P.
The intro arrangement of Sentiment shown @ 21:54 is still one of my favorite drum ideas ever. RIP Sean, thanks for making our world of music richer forever.
Great tribute to a great player. You really did him, his music and his influence on metal justice with this beautiful video. Thank you.
A Cynic and Death version of Orion, such an apt description. Amazing Influential Drummer
That final hand wave broke my heart... One of the greatest musicians in the modern history.
Rest in power, Sean.
Sad to here Reinerts gone, he'll live on in the music he left for us.
This video epitaph is a strong statement as to his character, drumming chops&influence, and the love friends had for the man. Who could ask for more than to be remembered like this?
Focus changed my view on what metal, metal drumming and music in general could be and remains one of my favorite albums to this day. RIP Sean
Residents!
This is a truly beautiful tribute.
thank you so much, John!
Sean Reinert change the drumming metal world.He is next generation to Buddy Rich and Neil Peart.RIP Sean my heart never forget u Master 🤘
a beautiful soul gone too soon. thank you for what you left us
Thank you so much for this video. Sean will be an inspiration for generations of musicians to come. Immortal through his art.
Finally a documentary worthy of Sean.
My favorite drummer. Can’t believe it’s been a year since his passing. Very awesome tribute you put together
When I saw Sean at the end waving goodbye to the camera, it broke my heart. You guys can't do this to me, man. It's too much. He was way too young to go and he will be missed. Rest in Peace Sean, you will forever be one of the greatest
You know for most of my youth I had almost NO ONE to share my love for this album with. What a great video. Human changed my life.
Thanks Philips for celebrating this wonderful person's life! And thank you for celebrating the lives of the living too! I'm so happy that I was able to tell Sean how much he inspired me and my drumming via instragram. And with me many, many more people. I don't know if he read it, but I hope he did. We should celebrate each others existence more/ Without others, we would be no one.
glad you guys love it so much -- means a lot to me
Well said my friend. A metal heart is hard to tear apart- Hammerfall
I, too, was able to directly let Sean know how much he has meant to me. Way back in the Myspace days (yeah, those days), I reached out to him there, merely to thank him for the music and inspiration. I didn't expect a reply, but he replied with sincere appreciation. It seems to me like no fan was beneath him.
RIP My man. You really improved our lives with your art.
That one hit me hard.. Great video.. I have been a fan of Sean's since, Human as well.. Everything these legends(that I look up to as well)say about Sean is all true.. Sean being my favorite drummer of all thime.. That was much need and hits home.. Rest in peace Sean.. You are sorely missed..
One of the drumming gods of our time. I will always fondly remember him answering my nooby drumming questions via Facebook and Email. RIP Master
I will never forget the first time when I listen to Cynic at my 15 Yo, i was a fusion guy... that was the day when i became a metal guy. Lovely 90´s memories...
I took 4 months to have the courage to watch this, very emotional.
Sean may be gone, but legends never die.
It 1996, I was 19 and having difficulty with my feet going from Metallica to Morbid Angel. I found an add for drum lessons from Sean down south. I drove a little over an hour to the warehouse he was living a few times and had some really great lessons from him. He told me he wasn’t playing much double bass at the time, but gave me some great tips and information. A nice guy and a shame we lost him so soon.
Great upload. I remember picking up Human when it came out and being like "What the. Who is this guy?" I had to open the cassette insert to make sure Bill Andrews didn’t take all the lessons in-between albums.
hahahaha
The sadness I feel for his loss continues today and this rips that scab off in the best way. I never expected to see something like that and I'm so thankful to be watching it. I'll never look or listen to a drummer the same way since I first heard him on Human. What a sublime beast. Love to his family and loved ones.
I love Gene Hoglin. He was a huge influence on me in the mid 80's. And hes so humble 🤘
great montage for honoring sean... I love Human as a record but that the bass is so buried is a damn shame... hearing the isolated tracks is like discovering whole new layers.
Everything he performed on, is pure gold. Sean was one of a kind, and also the first of a kind. His sound will always have a unique signature. Great tribute video. Thanks for doing this.
What a great tribute. I think I've spent most of the last year trying to not think about the fact that he's gone, and this is a great chance to remember him and celebrate his life and his monumental contribution to the world of drumming and metal more generally. Metal today would look completely different if he hadn't been around. I got so much of my (very limited) drum repertoire from his playing. RIP Sean.
Best way to pay tribute to the legend himself
Sean was one of the most underrated drummers EVER. His drumming was so intelligent.
As a teenager I was mostly into metal, when I heard human/cynic the first time my mind was blown. I had the pleasure to meet Sean playing with Cynic a few years later when they released Carbon Based Anatomy. They played a small shown in the Baroeg in Rotterdam and I watched him drum from like a two-meter distance. The best thing about this experience was that Sean was hanging out near the merch stand afterwards, and I got the opportunity to talk for him a bit. I got to tell him how much his playing made me look at the whole instrument differently. He was honestly one of the nicest people I met. Super open, really kind and really took some time to talk to me about drumming. I remember talking about the tom orchestration used in Carbon Based Anatomy. He introduced the concept of linear drumming to me and recommended me the book 'linear time playing by Garry Chaffee'. I also remember talking to him about his drum videos of Evolutionary Sleeper and Adam's Murmur and that I loved them. He said he was working on a DVD with some lessons, but sadly it never got created/released.
Anyway, just wanted to share that. I got to meet someone I really looked up to, and he really took some time to talk to me. Was shocked to hear of his untimely death. Will be missed.
What an absolute monster he was... His work on Cynic and Gordian Knot stands out as some of the most elegant and flawless drumming ever - finesse and brutality at once... And the mesmerizing intertwining with Malone...
Thanks for creating this beautiful homage! What a great musical editing, impeccably alternating studio and live cues!
@broquil thanks for your comment and thank you for bringing up the audio editing -- I wanted it to reflect Sean's fluidity on the drums as good as possible
@@drumtalkofficial It certainly feels like that! :)
Now I hope someone does the same with Malone, such an enigmatic figure...
The human album is definitely a metal masterpiece with all the work involved.
This is an incredible documentary! My eyes really opened up when I heard Human and he was such a great drummer! I want to learn to how to play drums and his style is 1 I want to strive to learn. Again, a great documentary!
beautiful doc. sean is the man who got me into drumming, huge inspiration to a whole generation. never forget! Rest in Power!
Incredible video. I learned so much about my favorite drummer! RIP to the jazz fusion death metal goat
I had the luck to buy Human when it came out, i say "the luck" because i could experience what these guys are talking about here, that feeling of hearing something that sounds profoundly new and like 3 steps above everything else you ever heard. It was faster, groovier, harder and more insane than anything i ever listened to. What a legacy Sean left with one record ! 1 damn record and he changed the face of metal to a point people are still talking about it 30 years later. RIP Sean Reinert
Same, I was (am) the biggest fan of Death and literally counted the weeks until Human's release. I picked it up the morning it came out, just after the record store opened; I had never been more excited to hear an album in my life and I don't think I have since. Chuck, my idol, recording with members of Cynic and bass genius Digorgio - the stuff of dreams. I had a feeling when I first dropped the needle on to the plastic that I was about to listen to a classic and now, 30 years later, that expectation has been more than justified. Interestingly, I was the same age as Sean when he recorded it, though I didn't know that (I know now, thanks to this video). A fantastic tribute to the man and an absorbing insight into one of the greatest metal albums ever made.
Every now and then a one of a kind comes around. Neil Peart, Dave Lombardo, George Kolias,.....Sean Reinert. A master among rhythm makers.
This was fantastic. Loved all the interviews. Very well done tribute. I have been lucky enough to see one of my drum heroes play his Death era material on twitch, Gene Hoglan. You can really see/hear how Sean made Gene step it up on "IDTP".
IDTP was a game changer IN IT'S OWN RIGHT for me. And hey, IK EVERYONE loves/prefers the Reinert -Human CD generally (and in NO WAY would I discount it!). It's just that, for "me, myself and I"? I always preferred the Hoglan era Death material (with Symbolic being my favorite all time Death CD.) Maybe it's the actual MUSIC of the Hoglan era, OR maybe just that Hoglan was the more harder heavy player (as he described in the documentary) IDK but either way, THIS IS a GREAT documentary on Reinert, NO doubt.
@@jamescon55 I get totally hooked by that fretless bass on the ITP, every time I listen to it it is literally the only thing I hear.
@@nomadr1349 YEP.....Glad I AIN'T the ONLY one ......lol
As Ringo was to popular music, Bonham was to rock and Dave Grohl was to grunge, Sean was to metal. After Human extreme music changed forever.
I love this tribute so much, really well done
I love that Sean played bass and liked Level 42! 26:08
Honestly, I feel BLESSED to have watched Sean R. demonstrate studio drum recording with Eyal Levi in 2013 for two
days via stream, and then to see Cynic in 2014 with Sean Malone on bass for the first time in 20 years. Legends. RIP
He restructured my vision on playing drums, changed my approach, affected my playing very-very-much. Thank you, Sean. Thank you for great video
R.I.P. Sean!! You have inspired so many in the music field and outside with your music that you have left on this planet. I know for me personally I will always look up to you as one of the best musicians.
All my respect to Sean work. All my respect to one of the greatests drummers
The early '90s is the best era for death metal. Every band is unique with a real passion for making music. Analog recording is the way to go back then. I"m glad i've experienced the golden age of real death metal which can never ever be replicated. Horns up!