Me : How many similarities do you want belongs to original one? AAXplosion : YES! AAXplosion : Ah, I did a little miss at 09:43 Me : No matter dude, you did a great work!
Thanks buddy! Well I don’t want to play my cover exactly like the original any more. I more wanna add some personal touch and also keep the original spirit from Portnoy. 😊
Learning a piece like this by-heart is difficult and time consuming. Especially when trying to emulate a live performance. Not only do you need to memorize the parts, but also the nuances of time / pulse shifting. Even Dream Theater speeds up and down during a live performance. You made me remember learning RUSH drum parts from live performances coming out of a cassette tape. Good times. Great job sir.
I got recommended this video by youtube and holy shit.. The drum sound, the playing, everything is TOP QUALITY and perfect. Great job, dude, new sub here.
😃 I was busy doing some album recordings for a band called Ivanhoe and played a show for the trash metal Band Godslave. Both bands from germany. Hope having more time to make some more cover.
Mathias, i have been following you for many years.. i have watched in real time as your drumming has evolved to this absolutely insane level. Congratulations on your beautiful new Tama kit, which i'm sure has been a lifelong dream for you. Everytime i watch you play it confirms to me that you are the absolute BEST Mike Portnoy cover drummer on TH-cam. keep killing it man, can't wait for the next video! P.S if you were wondering - Learning to Live (Live Scenes from New York) would be my no.1 request> haha.. ROCK ON DUDE! YEAAAAAH!
Superb performance!!! Sound outstanding as all the latest videos i've seen! Congrats my friend. Just curious, the part on 6:25 did you just memorized it or made a click on a separate track (which we don't hear) to know when to start next section?
As good as their live version. Congrats, I’ve been a fan since this Budokan dvd, or might I say vhs 📼 (that might very well have been the last thing I watched in vhs) I think that’s the song I’ve listened to the most. Top 10 songs live for sure. You’ve been rocking for ages! Do never stop!
I remember your first A Nightmare to Remember, the first version of THe Count of Tuscany and breakdown tutorial videos from 10+ years ago. Thanks to the YT algorythm, I discovered you "again" :) What a nice surprise. Checked on the comments - indeed your drumming, drumsound are killer! Keep on goin! Awesome and solid covers and uploads!
great drumming!!!! perfect! ,,,By the way would it be possible to borrow the backing track, it sounds much better than the version available in TH-cam..
Awesome job! I noticed you hold the sticks like Mike Portnoy from their edge. I asked on TH-cam about this and people had no idea about its effects. In fact, they said Danny Carey does the same. How does it affect bounces? Does it make them harder? Also do you get any wrist fatigue? Etc. What's it's positive effects other than more powerful hit? I always wondered about how MP did not get any wrist problems from holding the sticks from the edge. Thanks.
Hmm I think I use it for the only reason to get more powerful hits. I have no problems with my wrists. So it works good for me and I just like this feeling. 😅
I can't believe how well this is done. It's unbelievably tight, so close to how MP would play it. That's an absolute insane amount of talent.
thank you very much! :)
This song really demonstrates the genius of MP and the execution of Mathias.
Me : How many similarities do you want belongs to original one?
AAXplosion : YES!
AAXplosion : Ah, I did a little miss at 09:43
Me : No matter dude, you did a great work!
Thanks buddy! Well I don’t want to play my cover exactly like the original any more. I more wanna add some personal touch and also keep the original spirit from Portnoy. 😊
Man, that hells kitchen ending hits me right in the feels every time. Very well done, sir!
Best drum cover pf DT instrumedley. Sei un mostro
One of the THE best drum covers I've ever heard on TH-cam. Seriously amazing.
That Snare and those tom sounds -- Respect from one drummer to another.
I have never seen any instrumedley cover this clean!! Just perfect!
Learning a piece like this by-heart is difficult and time consuming. Especially when trying to emulate a live performance.
Not only do you need to memorize the parts, but also the nuances of time / pulse shifting. Even Dream Theater speeds up and down during a live performance.
You made me remember learning RUSH drum parts from live performances coming out of a cassette tape.
Good times.
Great job sir.
what a gargantuan beast of a track to play, wow. nailed perfectly, too. hats off my guy. amazing work.
I jumped so high when i heared that YTSE JAM !!!
I'm impressed by your talent and quality of your videos. This is literally insane dude. Extremely talented ! keep it going !! love it
Excellent cover of the Instrumedley !!!
Very good man. Very very very good. Your technic, your sound, images, feeling. Excellent
that snare sounds amazing....
Fantastisch. Wie viel Arbeit steckt da drin. Einfach klasse.
really great playing. You look relaxed and nailed it. Great job.
Those toms sound beautiful
You're tunning sound is awsome 👏👏👏
Einfach klasse! Ich muss mir auch mal wieder Zeit nehmen, mehr meiner Lieblingssongs zu üben und zu spielen.
Danke! Es zahlt sich aus. Man lernt ungemein dadurch. 🤘
OMG!! finally you made it :) A big applause from south korea. I'm your fan! Keep going bro
Great job man, solid through and through
This is just perfection, the execution and of course the genius of Mike Portnoy
MAJESTIC!
Perfection doesn't exi....
OUTSTANDING
Sounds ridiculously perfect! I love the color of your drums. I haven’t seen you in a while. Good to see ya with a new kit!
Superb ..another 10/10 ...❤
Impecable!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Amazing my friend, just amazing!
Fantastic work
Top shelf sir!!
Wooooow well done... Great job man...
Daaaaaayum! It's always a good day when AAXplosion gets a new video out!
Man, it was awesome!🎉 It's always a pleasesure watching your videos.
I got recommended this video by youtube and holy shit.. The drum sound, the playing, everything is TOP QUALITY and perfect. Great job, dude, new sub here.
Thanks man! :)
same here... wow...
Unreal dude!
Amazing job! I was beer can drumming the whole time! 🤘🤘
Kinda amazing that it sounds so similar, yet you can hear you added some things and made others a little different.
Hours of practice to play this track perfectly. Sounds great, u are great!!!
DUDE!! I love this! ❤️❤️❤️
Outstandingly well-played, bro!
Well fucking played Mathias!! Loved your take on this!
He’s back! Finally!
And, perhaps, better than ever.
😃 I was busy doing some album recordings for a band called Ivanhoe and played a show for the trash metal Band Godslave. Both bands from germany. Hope having more time to make some more cover.
You made it through! Huge respect 🫡
Brooooo this cover is awesomeeee 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Excellent job
Mathias, i have been following you for many years.. i have watched in real time as your drumming has evolved to this absolutely insane level. Congratulations on your beautiful new Tama kit, which i'm sure has been a lifelong dream for you. Everytime i watch you play it confirms to me that you are the absolute BEST Mike Portnoy cover drummer on TH-cam. keep killing it man, can't wait for the next video! P.S if you were wondering - Learning to Live (Live Scenes from New York) would be my no.1 request> haha.. ROCK ON DUDE! YEAAAAAH!
Thank you sooo much! ☺☺ I will make a note for my next cover plans.... 😁 cheers!
Superb performance!!!
Sound outstanding as all the latest videos i've seen! Congrats my friend.
Just curious, the part on 6:25 did you just memorized it or made a click on a separate track (which we don't hear) to know when to start next section?
Nailed it bro!
Awesome! 👏😍
fantastic drum tuning, fantastic performance, and that drum mix is flawless!!
dude. HELL YEAH. you make it look so easy lol flawless as usual! can you do an updated Stream of Consciousness cover?
Ok 😊
You may laugh but I went to the studio after reading your comment and I‘m right done with the recordings of SoC. 😂
@@AAXplosion lmao! you are the man for real. can't wait to see it!
As good as their live version. Congrats, I’ve been a fan since this Budokan dvd, or might I say vhs 📼 (that might very well have been the last thing I watched in vhs) I think that’s the song I’ve listened to the most. Top 10 songs live for sure.
You’ve been rocking for ages! Do never stop!
Just wow
It sounds like isolate drum track from Live at Budokan, cover level master 😁😄
Bravo!!!
Great job man
Amezing bro! Congratulations!!
👍 from Texas🤘
why is it that every time I listen to this instrumental song, I always can't wait to go straight to the ending, hell kitchen has a very different vibe
UHUUUUUU... SHOWWWWW.... AWESOME... HI FROM BRAZIL... METALLLL 🤘👽🤘
Been waiting for this for so long.. hope for N.A.D.S after this
Great job my friend as always !!! Keep it coming!!!
perfect as always man, your setup sounds great!
Wow that’s excellent drumming great job and the kit sounds really nice 👍👍👍
Perfect very good 🖤🤟💣
gracias por compartir tu amor por Dream Theater y tu admiración por Mike Portnoy con nosotros hermano, siempre es un agrado escucharte crack!
Great work, dude!! Also, very nice drum sound!!
Amazing!!! Congratulations!!!
Sensacional. Muito bom👏👏🥁
I remember your first A Nightmare to Remember, the first version of THe Count of Tuscany and breakdown tutorial videos from 10+ years ago. Thanks to the YT algorythm, I discovered you "again" :) What a nice surprise.
Checked on the comments - indeed your drumming, drumsound are killer! Keep on goin! Awesome and solid covers and uploads!
Thank you so much! It’s been a long time on yt 😃
Very nice!
Genio !!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Nice man!!! Awesome cover
Totally epic!
Excellence!!!
Amazing man!
Cool man always a pleasure.
Can u do a cover for the alien and aweken the monster please?
Awesome ❤
great drumming!!!! perfect! ,,,By the way would it be possible to borrow the backing track, it sounds much better than the version available in TH-cam..
Great job 🎉🎉
Buenísimo
Great Tunning and great execution.
This Tama are birch/maple?
thanks! Yes, it's a performer birch/maple. 🙂
Its almost more tight than MP himself! just wow
Dude absolutely incredible! We should fuse your version and my version into one video 💪🏼
you're insane. wow
I don't know how many takes that took you with all the camera switching....but regardless...that was great!
perfect sound man! great played as well... What china cymbal you using above your ride cymbal?
Its a Sabian AAX Xtreme China 19"
Awesome job!
I noticed you hold the sticks like Mike Portnoy from their edge. I asked on TH-cam about this and people had no idea about its effects. In fact, they said Danny Carey does the same.
How does it affect bounces? Does it make them harder? Also do you get any wrist fatigue? Etc. What's it's positive effects other than more powerful hit?
I always wondered about how MP did not get any wrist problems from holding the sticks from the edge.
Thanks.
Hmm I think I use it for the only reason to get more powerful hits. I have no problems with my wrists. So it works good for me and I just like this feeling. 😅
Fantastic cover. What kind of cameras do you use?
I use a Panasonic HC-V777 Camcorder for the side cam and an iPhone 14 Pro for the front cam.
@@AAXplosion Thanks!
excelent.....🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Epic
Sounds great - awesome song! For how long are you playing drums?
whooohooooh!!!
Brutal.!
You look like an old man now. I remember seen You playing 6 oclock like 15 years ago 😂 we r getting old
I AM an old man :'D
@@AAXplosion we all are man haha iv Been playing drums for almost 20 years lml
bruhhhhhhhhh wowowowowowowow
YES
can you make an "another won" from Score cover??!. that would be freekin awesome...
This song is on my list for a long time. Think I record it within the next weeks 🙂
@@AAXplosion you better...🤣😉
broo verry sick love you stile you mix your drums yourself?
Yes I make all by myself. Thanks 😊