'It looks like an ice cream sandwich for RoboCop' fuck I'd love to live in your head for one day Craig.

Dude your video TITLES ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!

So theoretically one of the main advantages of using long board pedals for doubles is that you gain better leverage off the heel plate. So he has raised his heel plates up significantly to increase the leverage to make the doubles more powerful, which also decreases the need for extreme trigger settings. Either way the dude is a madman.

"Ice cream sandwich for Robo Cop" lmaooo gtfoh

“I can’t even monetise these videos anymore” *immediate un-skippable ad pops up*

This dude was a huge inspiration for years.

This dude was cracking me the fuck up thru the whole vid...solid reaction brotha 🤣🤘👌

How Alex has never done a cover of Ills of a modern man is beyond me.

Absolutely love these reactions Craig! Not only are you a beast of a drummer but the only guy on KZfaq that consistently has me creased up with laughter! Absolute legend! Podcasts are damn great too! Thanks for all the amazing content dude!

You should do a video where you have 20 ads and just say “like and subscribe” for 10 minutes

He hit the edge of the cymbal straight on to get that chime/bell sound

Was waiting on a reaction for this bionic humanoid, did not disappoint! Edit: loving that I have 3 ads to enjoy instead of the usual 2!!!

For a moment I thought you were about to say he’s also sponsored by not “activating your windows”

Doubles aren't too hard to learn, took me forever to figure it out. I recommend making your pedal board as flat as comfortably possible and using a flat footed technique. Just bring your heels a little off the back of the pedal and press down with the middle of your foot. I can do it and you're better than me so I'm sure you can do it bro! I'd love to see you incorporate them too!

Yan is indeed recording & mixing live but also is one of the original guitar players!

I love this channel. Thank you Craig !

You don’t need the ice cream sandwiches. Just direct drive pedals and on-board triggers.

I believe now is time for some Anthony Barone. 'Rise of the Fearmonger' from Beneath The Massacre's latest LP should be a good choice.

Your titles are fucking top notch! makes me laugh my absolute guts out LOL

The bell that he don't hit is just a fucking sampl that h'es mimicking.

My theory behind the ice-cream sandwiches : he has short legs and to play at a comfortable tom and snare height, he need to raise all his pedals up. I might very much be talking out my ass :)

Ice cream sandwich for RoboCop. I already know before I watch this, it has to be a comment about them heel blocks 😂

8:05 MY FAVORITE PART hahaha so funny!!!

Beneath the Massacre, Despised Icon and Ion Dissonance are the three best MTL deathcore/techdeath bands

Alex is the fucking BOY 🔨🔨🔨

I think his pedals need that robocop ice cream sandwich because his chair might be adjusted very high, so he somehow cannot reach his pedals...Very ultra odd technique, but it works for him so whatever....I also noticed he leans his back forwards when he does his doubles, which is also very weird....His push pull is amazing, it almost looks like a fucking gravity blast...

You can rewind or go forward 5 seconds by 5 seconds, using "left" or "right" from your keyboard instead of using your mouse.

doubles are pretty easy, it's actually more about the pedal settings and using the right type of triggers and stuffing your kicks. I use trigmic lasers and they work awesome for doubles, built in samples so you only need one xlr cable, not 3 or 4. runs on batteries so no power supply needed. You can basically double your fastest double bass speed using doubles. Cheers Craig!

Funnily enough, in the other drum playthrough, of the song Unbreakable, you can see that Alex uses push pull and not the freehand/gravity roll technique.

Fucking lol at 'I didn't say either of the words'...

That part with the bell he just hits it on the edge for the ambient wash of the bell without the attack of the ping.

You’re funny af, keep going!!!

An ice cream sandwich for Robocop! 🤣 I love it.

The OG playing the drumsticks backwards. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Laughs in vinnie paul

Those are Czarcie Kopyto pedals, a custom product and they've been modified by the owner for a higher elevation

The pedals are raised due to his height as they give him more power with a lower heel, less pedal movement when letting up, and the ability to bounce his heel more and then tap the ball of his foot almost as his arch hits the pedal bottom, rather than kicking forward with the toes toward the front of the pedal. More of a scooted back heel-ball technique instead of "heel toe"

This is 200% the funniest video you've ever posted holy shit

Love both Alex Erian and Alex Grind. You are so right about Grind though, he is so quiet and mild mannered. I have known those guys for years since they came to the US on support of The Healing Process album.

Here's a lovely comment

that was the quickest 12 minutes in memory

"You should have done that one." "I'm doing this one, fuck off!" 😂

He hit the edge of the cymbal

Chilling watching

You need to watch Eugene Ryabchenko - dude is a fucking wildman

alex is just a fuckin monster

these are the the best pedals in the world, I have been playing them for almost 12 years, still don´t know how to say the brand

He is hitting that crash cymbal on the horizontal edge with the stick being vertical. I know, it took me awhile to notice it. But your curiosity and replays allowed me to notice it. It's cool for sound effect, but is kinda a pain to do it just right.

Craig, can we please have the reaction video for the you know what going into the you know what, WHILST overlaying the last breakdown of this song, to see if there is any link?

"imagine him fucking" I fuckin lost it 🤣

2 box made savage kits, but they stopped for some reason, just triggers and brains now iirc

Right hand straight.....(pauses video)....which I ain't

11:43 So you can also play that part with singles. Should be around 230-240 bpm, duable. Not totally easy, but doable.

Yeah I have the Evans Ec2 heads and they kinda suck, next time I’m getting some Remo ambassadors I think

The fast pedal that all the fast people play. The correct pronunciation

I feel we are close to an Anthony Barone reaction

Are his pedals built up so he can hang his heels over the end to enable his double-stroke technique?

Is that good for you babe? Trrrrrrrr lmfao

Dude if you find this ridiculous you should watch kevin Paradis

Dude i saw them when death core didnt even exist yet in quebec city l'anti and everything is real they invent deathcore and this guy is a fucking machine

Is the mini China on his left mounted to his bloody hihat pole?

Alex grind is a god among the beast

\m/ its indeed push pull\m/brotha\m/

It's too late, I am exporting cubase tracks for a competition tomorrow, I have to work in 4 hours....I am sleepy....wiring tabs...and then this shit cracks me up: '...I feel like he went what would sound the funniest and also ridiculous?' XD XD XD

Whaaa! The push/pull thing is Buddy Rich. Whaa whaaa! Jojo says he got that from Buddy Rich! Get it right. I'm all butt hurt. Whaaaaa!

craig why no react to nils dominator fellstrom yet??????vobiscum satanas!!!!!!!!!!

If you can't monetise these anymore, and I can't catch a Twitch stream. How can we best help you fund this perfect nonsense? Seriously the only YT channel I immediately jump on to watch as soon as a new video drops. Pure gold every time.

You my friend just earned a subscription from your EC2 comment. Yes. They are absolute garbage and hate them ALMOST as much as I hate Lars Ulrich. Cheers!

Aah the Czarcie Kopyto Activate Windows edition pedals.

I thought he hits the cymbal on the side, but that don't sound right either

I don't really get excited by that kind of drumming, but holly fuck I had no idea it was humanly possible to blast a kit like that hahaha wtffff

Hearye hearye. I come from the faraway lands. These pedals are pronounced "shard she co pee toe". g'day

"i hate myself" lmao

doesn't he hit the edge of the cymbal very slightly? sliding off it almost so it bearly moves

Pretty sure he just hit the edge of the cymbal with the edge of the stick?

Lovely Comment!

Craig I just got a large shipment of love in the mail and I cannot make it all myself. Please make this love with me.

To be fair it was all CGI though. Those push-pulls that is.

Poutine power.. Taste of Eastern Canada for ya..

Fair play to the player, certainly great technique and dedication but for me, this stuff sometimes gets so focused on speed that it feel it doesn't leave much room for creativity. Feels like a tennis player that wins on aces instead of a flare of different shots. Just my 2 cents

he edged the ring 10:13

That is straight push pull mate

JFK Zapruder Film

8:07 :D :D :D

Ahhh I said on another video do NOT do this guy, I see the reverse psychology works eh

Alex Erian as a downbeat guest, please.

New observation: Graig has no depth perception

I don’t know if they recorded in a weird frame rate or the lighting does this, but it looks like it’s playing at 1.5 or 2x speed. Super weird.

10:02 is he talking about the twin towers on sept 11?

They are pronounced KUHHHHHHHHHHHHH

please activate your copy of windows

you CAN hate on doubles cuz theyre WHACK

Whatever he's doing it sounds more like a factory than music. Repetitive crap to my ears!

No annoying voice... unsubscribed

You are not entertaining.

you talk too much

lol if your a hardcore drummer you would know how to do all this