Drumrecording for Soilwork upcoming album.

[shutdownimminent]

Damn Dirk! Probably THE best metal drummer out there!! Fuck...

[AItemusPrime]

this is such an amazing song i just wish they recorded it with better quality

[Audard]

@AItemusPrime they did, its just this video sucks. it was on the DVD for the making of this album

[DenizB92]

that intro fill is fucking insane

[lupine73]

It's crazy how low he has his snare. I never realized it 'til I saw a pic of him playing from a more flat angle.

The guy is a freaking beast.

[phreestylesk8r]

what song is this?

[Ub3rSk1llz]

@phreestylesk8r Pittsburgh syndrome

[do0mwiebr0t]

pittsburgh syndrome :D

[A7Xafterlife94]

....dude my dick just got fuckin blown off as soon as he touched the drums

[fady904]

how come he is not fat!

[erlandlidholm]

thank god there are drummers like lars ulrich, just to show how a bad ass metal drummer shoule sound like. this a metal drummer!

[DaPackage88]

That was so sic I threw up a little in my mouth.

[assassthenation]

Is he using gravity rolls on some/all of the blast beats? It's hard to tell because of the low quality.

[cheapshotdrummer]

@assassthenation Nope, it's all fingerwork, and as you can see, he's actually quite good at it ^^

For those who don't know: gravity blasting is also known as the one-handed roll, in which u use the rim of the snaredrum as your fulcrum.

[kasPWI]

How will I clean my screen? This stuff will never go away, too godlike drums right here.

[jakeallin]

FUCK 

[PaulAJCMoreau]

"haha..."

*trashes the hell out of that drum*

[Cboisen10]

its the beard

[cheapshotdrummer]

I just love the fact that he's almost on 3/4's....

Bjorn: "ERRRRRRRRRR! WRONG!!! Alright, again ^^"

Dirk: "aaargh!!"

[MrJoeyMonster]

Have i just died and gone to heaven?

[drumming2hell]

@MrJoeyMonster Nope, way better. This is HELL \m/

[Ainigma]

haha the laughter in the beginning cracked me up!

[hairlesstalkingape]

THE PIIIITTSBUUURGH SYYYNNNNNDDDRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOMM­E

[Th3Congregation]

what song is this?

[sebbimon]

@Th3Congregation The Pittsburgh Syndrome.

[Destructerator]

"haha... BADIGGGADIDDADIDDLYDIDDLY"

[jakeysevenfold]

What just happened...?

[ultrawaregamestudios]

LOOK AT THAT HI HAT GO O__O

[thispagesux]

needs more snare drum!

[Sturla99]

I only have three words to say about this video: Holy Fucking Shit

[UserNo666]

fucking hell

[tsirosgoddammit]

if the video and audio recording was better, it would be perfect

[eRnsthendrixon]

Ojojojojoj! Eller wow, typ. Kind of fast. Impressive! Good job, Diggler...

[yellowmegavidz]

THE PITTSBURGH SYNDROME........

[tehrizen1]

HAHAHA...

BRRRRRDRRRRRRR

[jona280893]

VEEEEEEEEETEEEEEEE A LA VERGAAAAAAAA NO MAMES A ESTE WEY SI LE LAMBO LOS WEBOS HAHAHAHA NO CARNAL ERESUNA VERGAS!!! xd

[Hellcoam]

The beginning is sick I love it

[illspirit1965]

ESSE CARA É O KAPETA.

[evilretard14]

I think I just came. No... wait I did.

[dropless2002]

The 27 the rated down on this video obviously have no talent themselves.

[tsirosgoddammit]

@dropless2002 no, see, i have a scientific explanation. after watching the video, they were shaking so hard from the shock that they couldn't control their mouseclicks. they tried clicking (like) but couldn't aim properly.

[MrZantso]

Great!

The Pittsburgh Syndrome

[ErrorCreator]

HAHAHHAHAHAHA 0:0 <<<EPIC LAUGH! HAHAHAHAHA

[Samm3x]

I've always wondered what song this was! Now I finally know, I realized that it was The Pittsburgh Syndrome just now cus I listened to that song and I could recall that I had heard the drums before! He is a good drummer indeed. Quite versatile

[nitropropain]

The Pittsburgh Syndrome  ? =))

[laserjik]

If anyone in their right fuckin mind saw that unbelievable amount of skill would ignore the sound of his fuckin snare. Quit pointing out the negative because of your fuckin jealousy, stupid fuck.

[GenessisLintuna]

Oh my God, what a master!

[outremer79]

THE PITTSBURGH SYNDROME!!!

[bulistrelko]

Blind Eye Hallo :) best drumms :)

[MrPsychoCB]

never knew how FUCKING AMAXING HE WAS!!!!

[Trian1993]

Drumrecording ohh now I see why is this so perfect

[hubbytweaked]

Antwaaaarpeeeeuuuh City

[Xatalion]

It's The Pittsburgh Syndrome

[dnzpro23]

@Xatalion dcking awsome song! :D

[thedrumbeaterguy]

Aside from having a completely different intro, and instead of playing on the ride he plays on the hi-hat. Yes, yes it does.

[PaTZi300]

and u think it jesus is cool?

[FaithIsAccidental]

" Hahaha. *destroys kit* "

[BuryYourWeakness]

CHECK OUR NEW EP!

//BURY YOUR WEAKNESS

[pimpitlarge69]

the fucking man!

[Sanath15]

NiceNiceNice!!!!!!

[Zedalza]

The Pittsburgh Syndrome

[QUAKESNAKE007]

MACHINE MAN IN ACTION

[Achilles411]

Thought so. Thanks!!

[MrMoojo]

Incredible!

[Achilles411]

What the hell song is this??

[Bunbox360]

The Pittsburgh Syndrome

[RiChNeSs101]

Dirk is GOD

[JoeblowscaryO]

So fucking Badass!!!!

[captainkunty]

so this is what it feels like to get my face melted

[Camasdrumline]

I've noticed that a lot of really fast drummers use a certain grip to get a lot of speed. Anybody have any insight into this? (other than just "loosening up" :P)

[FadeToBlack455]

alot of drummers that play this fast play on the top of the hi hat hitting with just the tip of the stick, instead of hitting with the shaft on the side of the hi hat where there is no rebound, mike mangini plays the same way with his right hand as dirk except mangini actually has his hi hats tilted in so hitting the top of the hi hat is easier and both play using their fingers not wrist, but than again lombardo does it the old fashion way so yah either way works i guess

[Beebop666]

fuck ing sick stuff

[e633xx]

Fuckin genetically modified drummer...!!!

[danieljordison0793]

THE PITTSBURG SYNDROME!!!!! one of the best songs in "a sworn to a great divide"

[arheru]

Whoa! That is some tight, hard-hitting playing right there!

[labigithastaetmeadam]

Although i dont like comparing drummers, i find Henry Ranta much more creative then Dirk Verbeuren. No offense to Dirk, he is a awesome technical drummer but I really miss Henry's part in the band. His work in "The Chainheart Machine" was sick.

[danieljordison0793]

i thought dirk recorded the chainheart machine

[soilwork1995]

no he joined soilwork just after

[mapexlb]

honestly if anyone has anything negative about Dirk's playing it's because they aren't a talented drummer themself, I think drummer or not everyone should be able to hear his pure drumming talent but if you can't you are either a hater or just too slow to keep up, either way he is truly great no matter what anyone says.

[sevenstringbassman]

WHY??? I don't get this crap at all

[andykrejsa]

Wow Dirk, now i see where all that caffeine goes ha

[BastaBat666]

i,... HOLY SHIT...

[dayday1787]

Holy Shit!

[kylerguitarist]

crazy mother fucker, that kicked ass big time hahahaha, fuckin bulldoser mother fucker!!!! fuckin awesome

[mikedeg13]

this guy is better than you. this is not a contest of who is the best, post yourself then complain. bitches...

[ProgDrummerQ]

ummmm.....ok? so you can play dbl bass....?

[poncegsx]

your an idiot. obviously a noob

[ProgDrummerQ]

a noob? wow what are you, 13 years old?

[slvrstnthb]

and what r u a local drummer in a shitty metal band lol.

[laserjik]

wow i would woop ur fuckin ass you jealous faggot

[slvrstnthb]

why would i be jealous of u lol!?! i play guitar asshole haha. andd i was pointing out other people's jealousy of this great drummer lol. so relax!

[keevj321]

Ur crazy bro this guys gotta be one of the cleanest metal drummers out there...and look how much power hes got too

[rhizicdrummer]

most youtube drummer are beeter then this guy

siolwork is kind of lame too

[sabaton123]

vem vara kommentaren`?

[hyttmiv]

pittsburgh syndrome \m/

[mapexlb]

come on now... he makes me wanna quit and get better at the same time. Seriously he did the hardest drums possible with no messups, like machine perfect, insane.

[ingenieromra]

The machinegun tratatatatatataatatata

[sparkles67]

damn, every time i have a look on youtube another killer drummer turns up. this isn't my thing but i can appreciate it.

[jdrum021]

hes really a very technical drummer. the best part is hes great at both

[thehead80]

fast fast fast fast .....thats amazing!!!!!!!

[HamburgerTrain]

Gneh Gneh Gneh Shut the hell up dumbass im so frustrated because someone has a different opinion than mine Gneh Gneh Gneh oh i must go my mom is calling me Gneeehhehehe. By the way I prefer stuff like Behemoth. Is THAT too heavy?

[motokrzrrbom]

on a completeley unrelated topic, what does gneh gneh gneh mean? :P

[HamburgerTrain]

Nothing exactly, it's a sort of ironic mockery to "mimic" the sayings of one another that we consider talking like a baby or simply that we don't care about what he's saying. I just translated that in my own way from french. I wonder if english people use something similar.

[Awkrin]

You still didn't answer why you come watch soilwork vids if you think they're crap.

[SoulImpact90]

wow, cool, you listen to Behemoth. youre so metal.

btw: its not to heavy, its to bad.

Testament, Soilwork, Slayer ftw.

[HamburgerTrain]

You're a wannabe to the music experience. Just keep your usless opinion for you, son.

[deathmetaliscool]

That's how it's done. Fast.

[adwester111]

pittsburgh syndrome! kickass drumming. keep it up dirk!

[1234NIRVANA1234]

i meet him today at a music show he was their doing a solo he signed my drumsticks

[1AnDyKiCkAsS6]

i met him today at the london show and we talked to him about blast beating, he was awesome!!!!!!!

[1234NIRVANA1234]

was it at a music show that had steve vai at it coz i was at the same show but on friday

[1AnDyKiCkAsS6]

yeh it was great, my mates dad got to meet nico mcbrain it was ace, but i didnt have enough money to buy anything decent.

[olliemedsy]

yeah same lol, we were talking about blast beating aswell, its annoying though coz at the time i didnt really know he was the drummer for soilwork so i didnt get him to sign anything

[ShimmySystem]

Pittsburgh syndrome

[celmexia]

ESE CARNAL, ESTA BIEN CABRON!

[travillion7]

I saw him with Soilwork twice live. He's insane!

[DriftingInFlames]

he is defiantly one of the top metal drummers out there, not to mention he is a drum teacher at a top french music college which means he has diversity and can play more than just metal

[albertizing]

no dynamics...

just hit after hit...

but impressive fill-in...

:-)

[illspirit1965]

omg this guy is incredible

[nonavarium]

he's the sme drummer that record the chainheart machine album?????????

[benwcc]

No, but Henry Ranta, the original Soilwork drummer who left after the album Figure Number Five. Check him out in DopeMonster.

[maydie777]

why did Ranta leave?

[benwcc]

Probably different opinions. But so far Henry claims that he's still friends with Soilwork members.

[ShimmySystem]

I like Henry Ranta better but this drummer kicks ass too.

Just think Henry did some awesome shit on A Predator's Portrait.

[PrevailOrd]

hi hat had to hurt:P

[thethinkman]

i can hear the kicks loud and clear in this song.... whats the poster on about?

[MusicianWil]

great touching!

[HLkiller2]

THE PITTSBURGH SYNDROME!!!

[mapexlb]

no matter what anyone says, this is the baddest metal dude alive... for feel and flowing style, noone even comes close.

[ihackenberg1086]

dont forget morten loewe man but hell yeah dirk is the shit

[UncleCthulhu]

Gene Hoglan, Mike Smith and Tomas Haake beg to differ.

[mapexlb]

gene hoglan is a great player but is nothing close to haake or this maniac... I have seen all 4 live and I loved haake but Dirk gives you a flawless pure professional feeling that none of the others did for me.

[ABCD12321]

I agree with this man,

Speed is not everything on drums, just impresses

people who know jackshit about them

wheres the dynamics in this? complex fills?

na just straight forward thrash beat

guys still a god drummer, just dont compare

to drum gods

[travillion7]

Can I add George Kollias and Hellhammer to your list? Ha ha. Because that makes it my favorite 5 of all time. Horns up, dude.

[mmksafadi123]

OMFG! LOL thats so cool its like he's hyper

[SinisterSkip]

Can't discuss about taste indeed, but I still find it funny how people say there's no flow. This is a fast Soilwork song where it's not about having a nice "groove".

It's also about song support and imo the drums support the song with excellence.

LISTEN TO THE SONG first please guys

It's 05-soilwork-the_pittsburgh_syn­drome

Killer song imo. And Dirk Verbeuren definately adds a lot of dynamics to the softer songs. In fact, he plays with more dynamics than most metal drummers.

[cicoz141]

Speed isn't enough sometimes man...

[IMFWishmaster]

well ok...

he surely is skilled and stuff

but i just can't stand this type of drumming

the flow is totally gone...

just shredding the shit out of the set

8[

[Maiden6Trooper]

agreed, full skill but no melody. If you'd play that song in the background someone might think it's just noise..

[AgentHomer]

melody is rather hard to generate with a drumkit

[Maiden6Trooper]

hmmm, yeah but there are songs with great simple drumming. Example: "we're not gonna take it", nothing special but very catchy drumming.

[AgentHomer]

Sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about ACTUAL melody, not about catchy drumming. Stay evil!

[brickan2]

Just because you can't appreciate the flow or catchiness doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You simply don't have the ear or the liking to this kind of drumming and that is totally ok but your reality is not an objective one. To help you out, listen to the bass drum and the fillings. When it is played in this kind of speed that's where the flow comes from, often in progression with the guitars. The "hand drumming" becomes a speed momentum whereas the music is in the bass drum and the fills.

[Brackhmmarr]

brute hahaha

[Emptyg0d]

the pittsburg syndrome =D

[thatpeskysurfer]

that better be a good wtf ;D

[Ingvill2]

1:30 - 1:34 ^^

[LargelyGay]

Seriously. Thats a fucking drop.

[dagwoody]

SICK - Eat your heart out Richard Hawkings

[sabaton123]

Seriously this guy is a freak! Love him!

[Kezlok67]

man, this is some awssome shit, that guy must have some strong wirsts

[Metroid511]

the begining 'hahahaha' Starts drumming,

Priceless lmao!

[ingenieromra]

That was pretty slow

[johnodude01]

pittsburgh syndrome :)

[travillion7]

Soilwork-amazing music by cool dudes who know how to write heavy catchy shit.

Scarve-amazing music that is a little more underground because it's a little more chaotic. Great band.

Sybreed-amazing music with some good melodies, awesome machine gun double bass.

All are great bands. I'm a fan of all three. I think if they read all the posts with people bashing each other over their music, they'd be disappointed. We're all metalheads aren't we?

[zdlrrebel]

that snare drum is really kind of annoying

[leffezlayer]

THE PITTSBURGH SYNDROME! :D

[larsifarsi]

he kicked the drums in scarve!!! thats so right  SCARVE!!!! THOSE GENIES FROM FRANCE

[zephyr30]

yes and now scarve is almost a souvenir: guillaume is gone, pierrick is gone and dirk is living in L.A and wasting his talent with soilwork!

[Mosher4Ever]

Wow, bro your such a douche, hes doing what he likes. Hes not going to waste his freakin life doing something he doesnt want to do.

[zephyr30]

you don't understand what i'm trying to say! he's not wasting his life, he plays the music that he likes and i respect that but to me soilwork is a pop band! Damn listen to scarve, sybreed,... but the truth is that with soilwork he can live with the music, that wasn't the case with scarve!

[Schatje79]

You're the sort that thinks heavier = better.

'Nuff said.

[zephyr30]

i think, originality, thechnicity, emotion = better!

thanks

[Schatje79]

You think Soilwork is a popband in comparison. Your criteria for originality, technical ability and emotion is already more than dubious. You have no basis other than your own opinion. Bands like Scarve are a dime a dozen and Sybreed uses chorus lines straight out of a "The Killers" tune.

[Schatje79]

Talk about a pop band. Soilwork is quite a technical band if you're any kind of competent musician. They're original enough for most considering any band can have a comparison made to others in the same genre...and if you don't feel the emotion from Soilworks music, hey...sucks for you!

Ciao zephypooh!

[zephyr30]

actually there are technical parts in soilwork (mostly the drum parts).

But if you take a whole song it's just basic swedish metal like In flames and stuff like that, that's mainstream, sorry.

and the emotion in soilwork looks fake to me, but that's my opinion, we can't have the same tastes.

by the way i'm trying to stay respectful with you! Do the same thing!

oh and i said popband in comparison to scarve. Obviously, it's not a popband!

[zephyr30]

Scarve a dime a dozen? Are you kidding or something??

and what's your basis?

And sorry if i find chorus lines from sybreed beautiful and those from soilwork awful!

[webbtje]

Fuck off, Scarve are unique compared to Soilwork. Have you ever even listened to them?

[strilaren]

When do you people learn that you can't compare these things. Just listen to what you like and respect that other people like some other kind of music better than you.