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1984 Arena
During the glory days of the 80s, the hardrock guys wore tight pants,
sprayed their long hair and stole make-up from their girlfriends. There
is no doubt that they really could play drums though – hard and dis-
tinctive. Since the music should be hard and loud, the dynamic has
pretty much just one level – louder!
The fills are very typical for those drummers, intense, distinctive and
almost composed sometimes. PS
* HM Straight
HM Straight and HM Triplets are based on the European style of
Heavy Metal with a lot of double bass pedal work as well as some of
my own chops from the albums/bands I played in, such as the albums
"Beware the heavens" by Sinergy and "Sign Of truth" and "Anima
Mundi" by Dionysus. The triplet rolls were inspired by the one and only
Scott Travis, especially from the time before Judas Priest when he
played with Paul Gilbert in Raxor X. The Raxor X song "Scarified" is a
milestone in metal with its magnificent drum intro groove and I made a
lot of variations of grooves of this type. The more straight and powerful
grooves were made in the style of Jörg Michael, one of today's most
hired and respected German drummers. RM
* HM Triplets
A triplet based groove with a lot of 3-stroke rolls in the bass drums.
The rolls in particular were inspired by my friend and Brazilian metal
band Angras drummer Aquiles Priester, who developed it to a new
level in modern metal drumming. While touring with Saxon I got the
chance to pick up a drum fill or two which I throw in here and there.
It's from another great drummer and friend, the legendary Fritz Ran-
dow, one of the most technical drummers in European metal. RM
* Grind
These grooves are kinda busy and made for higher tempos. Notice
how the bass drum uses 8th notes, 8th note triplets and then 16ths in
various modern approaches. These grooves were influenced and
played in the style of The Haunted, Krisiun and Hate Eternal. If you're
huge a fan of brushes, these grooves are not for you! ;-) RM
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