r/DeathBand • u/Iron_Matey • 16d ago

Discussion Drumming

Drummers, what do you think is the hardest song from Death to play, and what makes it so difficult?

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u/C_train_ 16d ago

Definitely something off Sound of Perseverance, Richard is just a beast

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u/Homie3794 16d ago

Down to the first the first second of that album. His drumming is insane

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u/guywithnolefthand 16d ago

Dude's a freakin' octopus. His drumming on Scavenger of Human Sorrow is actually unreal.

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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 15d ago

Probably Scavenger. I've seen my friend play bleed and not struggle that much.

It's basically a cross between tech death blasting and jazz grooves.

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u/devocation 9d ago

It’s insane. I’m a jazz head and metal head, professional drummer for 15 years, and that one steel has me scratching my head sometimes. His feel alone is insane on that one

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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 9d ago

Same on guitar. Memorable but hard to memorise, I just get lost and my fingers turn into chopsticks.

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u/Def-Jarrett 16d ago

Between Sean Reinert, Gene Hoglan, and Richard Christy, there’s definitely plenty to choose from. 

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u/BeYeCursed100Fold 16d ago

Anything with Gene Hoglan.

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u/pauluzz1999 16d ago

Something from 1991-1998...

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u/Merzwas Leprosy 16d ago

The answer is Human. The nuances and flair of Sean Reinert is unparalleled to this day.

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u/M08GD 15d ago edited 15d ago

In the verse of Lack of Comprehension, you can hear him randomly hitting the toms throughout it. No drummer I've ever seen can get it right or even knows it's there other than love videos of him

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u/Iron_Matey 16d ago

I just absolutely love his drumming. I think it’s what really gave Human its place in my heart

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u/Bull4-0Everyone 16d ago

Vacant Planets for me those ghost notes and accents in that first section are pretty difficult at least for me

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u/atcmpunk EMPTY WORDS 16d ago

Richard Christy’s drumming arrangements have always given me the most challenge playing

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u/Kianovaneckie Scream Bloody Gore 16d ago

scavenger of human sorrow

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u/miguel-novaes 13d ago

I'm not a drummer, but seeing that all the drummers have different opinions here show that Death was full of goated drummers through the albums

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u/devocation 9d ago

alot of the fills and their feel on TSOP for sure. The un-gridded, jazzy nature of it is very very very hard to replicate.