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  • In MY very own, humble, opinion, Romain is on par with Kollias

  • Quelle beauté!

  • Thumbs up if you think Romain beats Kollias any day!

  • @Bultjaevel George is an incredible drummer, I don't think you can compare them really. Maybe Romain has more coordination and control but Kollias is faster and has more endurance, plus each of them has his own style...

  • @Bultjaevel Sorry i dont think so ... kollias cant be never defeated

  • 14 People didnt like the fact that they will never be that good

  • once ive showed this video to my friend and he said that romain s got a fooots like igor cavalera and snare like that dickhead from blink 182 ... i laughed my ass off :D

    sorry for bad english

  • @bzuco2 Ha1ha! tell your friend he has no brain! And romain does use triggers, he uses the same technique that daniel enlarsdon uses-Live sound and triggers mixed to create a more stable sound to mask the overall trigger and low noise effect.

  • i dont know.. if you see the beaters.. they are hiting the head VERY hard.. i can see the beaters flying to the head.. but well like kollias says.. at that speeds if you dont have a trigger you wont be able to hear what you are playing on the bassdrum.. jajaja i dont know what to think.. (sorry for the bad english)

  • wow

  • O.O

  • One of the best drummers for sure.

  • The ankles method Romain is using is the only way I have found to hit at a decent volume when playing 250 or anything around it.

    Hitting lightly with triggers to get up to 270 isn't what I would consider cheating, because very very few humans can actually do it acoustic and loud enough at those speeds.

    I think many drummers that use triggers could play acoustic, they just don't really care since triggers sound so awesome on a recording or live.

  • Holy fucking tits

  • Every drummer needs to use triggers at a certain speed the sound isn t clear so triggers clean it. Only few drummers are "abusing" of triggers but romain doesn t

  • Damn non triggered kiks, but he is freakin brutal as ever. 1 footed blasts

  • Damn non triggered kiks, but he is freakin brutal as ever. 1 footed blasts

  • Damn non triggered kiks, but he is freakin brutal as ever. 1 footed blasts

  • @NMBR1FERRARIFAN off course not joey jordison isnt even on romains level

  • AMAZING!!! dude!!!

  • HO-LY SHIT!!!

  • Holy fuck, to play that fast AND extremely tight...It's gonna be exciting to hear what he has come up with on the new Necrophagist

  • Love Romain hes so under appreciated. So cool how he gets more beater distance the faster he plays hah!

  • is a fucking machine \m/

  • hiohio ==> sorry, but no, it's all acoustic sound....

  • @Blacklorigine Nope.

  • This afternoon i've show this video to a guitarist and he has say "jordison is faster"...I think I'll kill him tonight...

  • Holy Fuck!!!

  • god damn its almost funny to watch how fast this fucker is. its amazings. a great fucking drummer. necrophagist hell yeah

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  • nice foot tecnique, but i think it needs lots of power, especially in the stomach muscles..

  • LOL you must be dead after playing this!!

    hahaha... nice man!!

    necrophagist ftw

  • when you play with only ankle motion i guess you must lose lots of power? right? can you play without triggers?

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  • there are no triggers in this video o_o

  • @andresitox666 at the beginning u can hear that there is triggers

  • you must be fucking deaf dude!

  • at 0:01 you can hear there the real sound + trigger, listen carefully

  • it is there i hear it.

  • @andresitox666 look at 1:57 you can hear triggers. Im not saying he needs triggers to play im a huge fan of romain im just saying u can hear trigger sounds. seems like he could mic his bassdrum and we could hear his bassdrum just as well as with triggers, hes amazing

  • @andresitox666 there are, halfway through.

  • @andresitox666

    actually there r triggers here but with sample from acoustic bassdrum, thats why it sounds so naturall.

    I even see trigger clipped to the top of left bd. But it doesnt change the fact that he has insane foot technique

    which gives him a lot of power - and im sure on pure acoutstic drumset we would be able to hear every stroke too but not as bright and clean as on this vid.

    Anyway - this drumming vid is my top 5 on YT - Awesome solo, very fast, technicall + amazin sound quality

  • @andresitox666 Actually, you can hear the triggers quite clearly in the beginning of the second part. When the small window disappears, check the top of his bass drum, there's a ddrum trigger.

  • @andresitox666 ....

  • 4:01

  • ive never seen anyone get that much beater with axis at that speed. romain's the man.

  • GOOD GOD!!! how many pieces did he hit at 2:17???

  • 0.o oh dear god! om my fucking god! that is just amazing!

  • 0:25 to 0:28 so sick

  • awesome drumming

  • oh...my...god...0:42

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  • I'm a fan of Romain, he is one hell of a death metal drummer. The power he gets with his feets is amazing for sure. I just want to point out how on the very first second of the video his bass drums sound really clicky to me. I'm going to be alone on this but I think there is a trigged sound in the mix :P

  • ofc there are triggers!!!!

  • doesnt sound like it on this one

  • I wish my kit sounded that good :(

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  • Cool that he doesn't do swivel. Swivel is actually bad for your knees unfortunately... But Romain just straight up does that shit :) He kicked ass live with Necrophagist!

  • ive also heard about swiveling being bad for your knees, why is that?

  • it's an unnatural motion for your knees if you over accentuate it..

  • oh right, so whos knees been messed up by using this technique? I heard about it being george kollias but dunno for certain?

  • George told me himself when he did a clinic... He said he could feel it taking strain on his knees...

  • oh wow. Man that sucks, i always swivel my feet at high speeds this mean i gotta change ma technique.

  • I changed to heel toe :/

  • i see, its a good method but because there double strokes they dont sound like single strokes at higher speeds but they do sound really awesome at high speeds

  • someone said triggers are cheat? heres your answer.

  • Haha he's wearin vans. That's sweet I can almost go that fast.

  • I just want to cry all the tears of my body when I see the speed ---- And control --- he got with his feet :|

  • I cant even begin to imagine being that precise :P

    \m/

  • Great power to a ankle motion!

  • ohhhh my god he is so fucking good

  • Yup, it's definitely ankles and nothing more, but the beater distance is phenomenal.

  • God what a beast! i want his snare!!!!

  • Holy beater distance!

  • One of the current top metal drummers, as you can hear :) Romain Blaston!

  • what do you meqn one of?

    As far as playing a drum kit goes ... he does it better than onyone in the world :P

  • oh my god! this foot technique blows my mind

  • whats the name of his band?

  • He's currently with Necrophagist. They couldn't have picked a better drummer in my opinion.

  • another band is Disavowed

  • spot on double bass. some of the best i've ever heard.

  • romain also uses triggers live. but not in this vid. the reason why you can still hear his kicks here is because he plays alone. you would't hear it with the band and that's why he uses em live.

    i also think he's killer. but everyone in here who says that he's soo good because he doesn't rely on triggers got it wrong.

  • But still, his heel-toe strokes are just as loud as his single strokes. He's not soft tapping like the guy from Beneath the Massacre.

    Don't most metal drummers use triggers, anyway?

  • sorry but i don't think that it is heel-toe...for me it looks like a kind of swivel...i don't know :D XD

    but anyway this guy kicks some ass !

  • he's just straight using his ankles.....swivel is a way to keep your ankles steady. either way he's got strength in his hits

    he usually uses triggers, but this is a studio solo, and he really doesnt need them

  • wtf?? what technique is that? its like swivel technique except he doesnt swivel his feet. he just uses his ankles basically. wtf?

  • i dont even know either dude, hes just a tank

  • Maybe a french version of the swivel, "Le Swivel". Good control anyhow and almost absurd strength in his ankles.

  • yea dude, i dont get caught up in technique, i just play fast and what ever my feet want to do to go fast i just let em do the work lol

  • awesome foot technique

  • Absolument monstrueux ! Bon, certes, ça "groove" pas des masses, mais putain, quelle technique ! ce mec est un extraterrestre.

    Awesowe! Of course, there's no much groove in it, but hell! what a speed! This guy is not of this earth.

  • Really weird aspect ratio, but my fucking God can he kick some serious ass.

  • he's an exceptional death metal drummer, much better than John Longstreth, anyone else agree?

  • yes. Longstreth Cheats with e-triggers. he hits the double with a small rebound. his hands are good tho!

  • yeah, I dig Longstreth, he's really good, but something about his style is lazy... just not totally SOLID and ON it, you know? I think lately he's becoming better at being more solid but Romain is a drummer that can play the fast intense shit without relying on triggers and just knock it out.

  • i agree! he writes some pretty techy intense shit, i think however, Romaine is more creative in his style as well. Longstreth goes for endurance, but Romain goes for creativity. both have their pros and cons. i think Romain makes it look easier than Longstreth, i.e - plays more fluently

  • cant stop cumming!!!!!!!!!!!

  • yoooooooooooo romain is the truth lol

  • c le nouveau derek roddy haha

  • Sauf qu'il tape moins fort sur la grosse caisse :)

  • I noticed he wears chinese shoes like the ones used to do kung fu :D

  • just look at his hand when he does his fills its sick!!!!!!!!!:O

  • everyone of you GAY drummers ! stop jerking your cock while watching This ! YES He is awesome drummer but You can be the better if you only start to WORK ON HARD ! ... :D:D

  • OMFG, beater distance... i Jizzed in my pants

  • I want to stop playing - he's unreal. What a gift to watch someone play like this...wow...

  • I think I just blew all of my load and then some.

  • I love this guy !! :)

  • you know whats weird..his feet barely touch the pedal when he plays fast. it all comes from the ankles. i've never seen this before, his legs are barely moving..

  • romain is one of the most talented sick drummers

  • INSANE

  • Look at his feet... it's amazing how far the beaters are at those top speeds.

  • really fuckin good drummer.

  • necrophagist drummer!!

  • wow!! i really need some boat shoes!!!

  • shut up fag, just TRY and play this

  • no... hahaha... it's not random at all, it's just fast and technical

  • there's definatly a beat here my friend, this is a mix between extreme death metal and a lot of groove and progressive metal... And Romain is a hell of a drummer

  • nonono... see that's what I said at first, "anyone can just randomly band", if you had an ear for it you'd be able to tell that there is most definitely a beat

  • He`s using angles only?

  • Damn, this is one of the best drumvideo ever! Romain kicks ass. Mounier, Roddy, Kollias and the other guys don't have this dexterity. Incredible!

  • This guy is really good, but at the same time ridiculously fast.

  • He's using Axis pedals but i don't know what kind of beaters, maybe iron cobras beater, is common that extreme drummers are using Axis, but in beaters are many diferences, its subjective,.. i love Trick beaters :)

  • who knows what kinda of pedals hes using in this video??

  • He always uses Axis - I think he is using them there.

  • alright thanks for the info man

  • Gotta love the ankle speed!! that's how to heel up at mucho tempo!!! ;D

  • I would love to hear that solo through a PA with some good bass

  • fuuuuuuuuuckinh great, but cymblas sounds horrible!

  • this guys inhuman

  • fuck dude did he snort an 8ball rite b4 this or what?

  • i liked the one foot roll at 1:05

    ahah sickkkk

  • i think this is like his relaxed playing, i dnt think in the veils of misconception vid, hes playing his fastest,i thinkh he can play much more, i respect this guy :D

  • Wow !

  • u guys are fucking idiots i swear... especially lanaar u obviously are not a drummer... all I have u have to do is listen to it, or then if not there play the snare with ur hand and compare it to other drummers U IDIOT

  • no no non è umano però ce l'ha la faccia da alieno

  • so fucking amazing

  • javoue

  • lol-lol-lol-oh my God -he is not human

  • This video is for those idiots, who think romain cant play without triggers. Really nice video!

  • wow

  • Killer technique, some of the best ive seen. If he keeps working at it the way he has then who knows. wow

  • are his bass drums triggered?

  • @callum0123456

    in this video the bass drums are not triggered! but in the studio he use them for the sound.

  • It's hard to compare Goulon's speed to Kollias or Roddy, we would need a BPM counter. To me, they are all pretty much at the same speed... I find Goulon to be a bit more creative than Roddy, but I can't comment on Kollias due to lack of solos available on him.

  • lanaar u are not a drummer, dont try to be, if u cant tell speed between drummers ur a fuckin poser

  • I'm an amateur drummer...

    And I still think you can't tell the difference at those speeds. Take flo mournier, george kollias, derek roddy and romain: You can debate all you want on speed, but the only way you'll know who is fastest is with a counter. I'm sticking with that statement, obviously you won't...

  • I'm a drummer too and i'm not agree with you. You can hear the speed difference between those drummers even if they're all very very very good. You just have to listen when they play and you can tell who is faster than the other.

  • i think roddy is much more creativer than romain if you compare songs like faceless one and I monarch (hate eternal) to songs like veils of misconception.

    i also think derek is better at stuff at slower speeds (jazz etc.) like he plays in his video "derek rddoy groovin"

  • he is flying about the pedals he is a beast one of my favorit drummers

  • his shoes are spiffy.

  • anyone know where romain has his VDL setting on his pedals?

  • blast'em all

  • Awesome.

  • A lot of power dudes:)

  • haha ...mmmyess...agreed ...i find he's better off with disavowed ...but still interesting to see him with necrophagist...

  • flutter feats!

  • we are about to see if he is good enough:)

  • The new Necrophagist drummer

  • he's not in necrophagist

  • he is now :)

  • ah seriously? he left disavowed? i thought he had refused to play with necrophagist at first so that he stays with disavowed...

  • i dont know if he left disavowed but it was announced at necrophagist myspace net that he is the new official drummer.

  • this week he was introduced as the new necrophagist drummer

  • Really?!? You sure about that? I was lokkin forward to see them play with that big band guy...

  • yeah its official...There is a video of Romain playing a medley of necrophagist tunes

  • give this man a medal already

  • hello iam trying to do the ankle technique but i just cant seem to get it clean!

    can you give me any tips

  • i do this technique too but i cant do the 5's with my feet my left foot just doesnt want to get inbetween my right when it comes to short bursts of 5 or 4... any tips?

  • Sick!

    What I love about guys like Romain, Derek and Kollias is that they make it look soo easy whent it's almost impossible to play like that. At least for a normal mortal :D

  • I'm practising that foot technique now, but my fucking right ancle doesn't want what I want. Anyone got a tip?:P

  • had the same problem a very long time.. fixed it by playing at least slower, like 180bpm, but more accurate and put more power into the first stroke. Putting an accent on some stroke helps too i think. And I played much of 3 fast bassdrum hits in a row. If your comfortable then raise the tempo.

  • Thanks a lot! I'll try it.

  • Another tip is to practise you ass off! I had problems with my left foot. I did practise my ass of.. I've done it for a short time and it goes good! It needs a good warmup though... :P

  • Same here, I need to just play really slow double bass for a few minutes, then wait a little and THEN I can get started.

  • Yeah, but I warmup at full speed (if I can), why are we talking english? I'm swedish too..

  • Fuck blasts sound crazy without triggers

  • Fuck blasts sound crazy without triggers