I totally hit it today and flew through it. Had i put 255 or 260 on my ipod i would have tried that.

The goal is to build speed and endurance for DM drumming and such.

I also grooved in it and it was really fun and quite challenging lolz.


How bout this become a speed thread and see how fast we can go eh?

Oh by the way this 16th note double bass and fills and blast beats and whatnot.


And if any of you have any videos i would love to see them...Cheers!








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"I never said that gear makes the player...I just wanted to exploit the other side of the argument."

Get a Drum-o-meter

I've been thinking about it for a while to help clean up my strokes and whatnot and see if im losing anything in the high bpm's.


I tell you what i came outta my garage after that 250 and i was sweatin unbelievably.

I cant wait till i get used to the higher tempos and whatnot.

My triggers come in friday.


Edit: By the way Empyrean your bands f*ckin sick .








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Drums are fun, cars are sick, music is great, and life is alright.

"I never said that gear makes the player...I just wanted to exploit the other side of the argument."

Howepirate wrote:

I've been thinking about it for a while to help clean up my strokes and whatnot and see if im losing anything in the high bpm's.


I tell you what i came outta my garage after that 250 and i was sweatin unbelievably.

I cant wait till i get used to the higher tempos and whatnot.

My triggers come in friday.


Edit: By the way Empyrean your bands f*ckin sick .

Thanks. We just started jammin' again after about a year long break. I know I ruffled some feathers with some of my posts, but I'm trying to stay proffessional and not be such a dick

I had a Drum-0-meter 1 for a while before the Model II came out (with many improvements), it's a fantastic practice tool. Not just for seeing how fast for how long you can play, but for your inner clock.

Counting strokes is a much better way to gauge your speed too, because BPM can be realtive to what is being played. With the Drum-o-Meter you can count your strokes in a certain time, then work backwards to figure your average BMP at a certain rythym

Empyrean Drums wrote:

Howepirate wrote:

I've been thinking about it for a while to help clean up my strokes and whatnot and see if im losing anything in the high bpm's.


I tell you what i came outta my garage after that 250 and i was sweatin unbelievably.

I cant wait till i get used to the higher tempos and whatnot.

My triggers come in friday.


Edit: By the way Empyrean your bands f*ckin sick .

Thanks. We just started jammin' again after about a year long break. I know I ruffled some feathers with some of my posts, but I'm trying to stay proffessional and not be such a dick

I had a Drum-0-meter 1 for a while before the Model II came out (with many improvements), it's a fantastic practice tool. Not just for seeing how fast for how long you can play, but for your inner clock.

Counting strokes is a much better way to gauge your speed too, because BPM can be realtive to what is being played. With the Drum-o-Meter you can count your strokes in a certain time, then work backwards to figure your average BMP at a certain rythym

Hmm ... you think theres a way you could use the axis e-kit triggers with the drumometer.

That would save time and a bit of money wouldnt u think?


And its cool about the ruffling of the feathers. I know its hard to believe someone can do things without proof that their doing it!
I wish i had a camera but all my money is going into drum equipment and whatnot.

And i know my mentioning of derek roddy a thousand times was getting annoying.

But thanks for the suggestion








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Drums are fun, cars are sick, music is great, and life is alright.

"I never said that gear makes the player...I just wanted to exploit the other side of the argument."

Howepirate wrote:

Empyrean Drums wrote:

Howepirate wrote:

I've been thinking about it for a while to help clean up my strokes and whatnot and see if im losing anything in the high bpm's.


I tell you what i came outta my garage after that 250 and i was sweatin unbelievably.

I cant wait till i get used to the higher tempos and whatnot.

My triggers come in friday.


Edit: By the way Empyrean your bands f*ckin sick .

Thanks. We just started jammin' again after about a year long break. I know I ruffled some feathers with some of my posts, but I'm trying to stay proffessional and not be such a dick

I had a Drum-0-meter 1 for a while before the Model II came out (with many improvements), it's a fantastic practice tool. Not just for seeing how fast for how long you can play, but for your inner clock.

Counting strokes is a much better way to gauge your speed too, because BPM can be realtive to what is being played. With the Drum-o-Meter you can count your strokes in a certain time, then work backwards to figure your average BMP at a certain rythym

Hmm ... you think theres a way you could use the axis e-kit triggers with the drumometer.

That would save time and a bit of money wouldnt u think?


And its cool about the ruffling of the feathers. I know its hard to believe someone can do things without proof that their doing it!
I wish i had a camera but all my money is going into drum equipment and whatnot.

And i know my mentioning of derek roddy a thousand times was getting annoying.

But thanks for the suggestion

You should totally get one. The Drum-o-meter II has a 300 BPM Metronome and a 15 minute timer. You should get it with a Drumopad, or get a rubber trigger pad and set up a practice kit. You don't need your bass drum for the Ekits to work right?
It should work fine with triggers, as long as you can make it trigger accuratly. It has one 1/4" connection, but you can use a 2-1 connector to hook up both triggers.

It's mostly the trashing on death metal drummers that gets to me. Sometimes guys say some really insulting things without really realizing it. They'll say stuff like "I respect death metal drummers, it's hard to play that stuff but they're just not creative and can't play anything that's not fast". It's not like it's meant to be an insult, but it's a really ignorant thing to say
And I know it's not all in my head, I told you about the half dozen ass clowns that got up and walked out on Marco. They were blantant about it. I mean, who the fuck do are you to walk out on that guy, or really any performer? And I don't get why, the drums he played for Seven was the same shit he played all night, just with guitars. And then watching him apologize, man that was just shitty.

See its true that some DM dudes are very ignorant unlike ourselves. Marco has enough talent to go into any band but i think he needs time to adjust to the crowd.

Its sad that people would make him feel unwelcome which was probably made his performance lousy or whatever.


I know if i was there i would have been flipping out and what not encouraging marco because people dont understand what its like to be him.

oh well.








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Drums are fun, cars are sick, music is great, and life is alright.

"I never said that gear makes the player...I just wanted to exploit the other side of the argument."

Howepirate wrote:

See its true that some DM dudes are very ignorant unlike ourselves. Marco has enough talent to go into any band but i think he needs time to adjust to the crowd.

Its sad that people would make him feel unwelcome which was probably made his performance lousy or whatever.


I know if i was there i would have been flipping out and what not encouraging marco because people dont understand what its like to be him.

oh well.

Oh, his performance was by no means lousy, and it was at his clinic not with Necrophagist.
The ignorance does go all around and it's hard to not let it get under my skin-wether it's someone dismissing the talent it takes to play my style of music, or those who play my style of music saying retarded things that makes other people dismiss the talent it takes

I know ... its just unbelievable. Thats why i started that thread just as a personal poll to see how many people think death metal drumming is lousy unsophisticated and could be done by any cave man.

I wish the people who voted for "people who bash drums really fast" because i would have had a wooorrdddd with them.

But then again people are afraid of what they do not know and dismiss things so their clockwork lives ride on without bumps or persuasion of passage.








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Drums are fun, cars are sick, music is great, and life is alright.

"I never said that gear makes the player...I just wanted to exploit the other side of the argument."

Empyrean, checked out your band. Some killer stuff on there. When I talk about no feel, I'm really talking about blast beats. Just don't dig 'em. A lot of the stuff your band does does groove out. I give you guys kudos on being able to play that style. I have the speed, but I could never match the endurance.








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Rob the Drummer wrote:

Empyrean, checked out your band. Some killer stuff on there. When I talk about no feel, I'm really talking about blast beats. Just don't dig 'em. A lot of the stuff your band does does groove out. I give you guys kudos on being able to play that style. I have the speed, but I could never match the endurance.

But there is more to it then blast beats, much more. And there is plenty of soul and emotion, just different emotions....

Empyrean Drums wrote:

Rob the Drummer wrote:

Empyrean, checked out your band. Some killer stuff on there. When I talk about no feel, I'm really talking about blast beats. Just don't dig 'em. A lot of the stuff your band does does groove out. I give you guys kudos on being able to play that style. I have the speed, but I could never match the endurance.

But there is more to it then blast beats, much more. And there is plenty of soul and emotion, just different emotions....

Yea, I gotcha. I think the reason I think of blast beats is because of all the mention on these forums about them. I don't like blast beats, not the genre.








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www.youtube.com/robthedrummer

Rob the Drummer wrote:

Empyrean Drums wrote:

Rob the Drummer wrote:

Empyrean, checked out your band. Some killer stuff on there. When I talk about no feel, I'm really talking about blast beats. Just don't dig 'em. A lot of the stuff your band does does groove out. I give you guys kudos on being able to play that style. I have the speed, but I could never match the endurance.

But there is more to it then blast beats, much more. And there is plenty of soul and emotion, just different emotions....

Yea, I gotcha. I think the reason I think of blast beats is because of all the mention on these forums about them. I don't like blast beats, not the genre.

It's understandable because so many people are obsessed with speed these days that everyones trying to out-do each others blasts and bass skills and whatnot.

The soul of the song is what counts but hey if those guitars are rippin and the foot fits the shoe then use it you know?








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"I never said that gear makes the player...I just wanted to exploit the other side of the argument."

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drumometers are great. i havent used mine in a while but my highest in a minute was 895, i use a bass drum and a drumdial trigger, but i'm sure the axis etriggers would work alot better








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