Jan Axel, you are the coolest nighbor i have! I have been to one rehearsal with mayhem, i can say that his drumkit is awsome and realy good to play on! And he's new cymbals are like the dream! Nice that Hellhammer(jan Axel) my nighbor make some videos!

One of my favorite drummers of all time.

My fave mayhem track from a really underrated album. Crystallized Pain In Deconstruction from Grand Declaration of War

what I love tho most, that his style is so unique...

Makes it look so easy.. hellhammer is a beast 🤘👍

best drummer ever!

I meet Hellhammer last week. We talked about the new mayhem album that is coming out this year, cant wait. realy cool guy and deffinently Norways best drummer. keep up the good work!

damn, those old school drummers keeping it real

I´m a drummer myself, starting out early and playing fast black metal when I was about 13 or 14 at 1991.I thought I was extremely fast, and more skilled compared to Hellhammer back then (mysteriis dom satanas lp,of course, concidering to the songs featured).But now....21 years later, who the hell could out play him?! I just love that guy! Check out his left hand work.Also look at Frost with Gorgoroth and Fenriz during 1991 (Goatlord-era).Since then he has been an disappointment...

When drum solo gains a new meaning...

His been my neighbour for 25 years, Jan axel rocks.

A beast thatswhat he is insane drumming

Love you, JAN!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!

I’d like to know why Jan prefers sitting so far from his kit. Personal preference, but, damn, he likes to reach! Mad skills....madder respect!

the best drummer in the world, no more coments needed...!!!!!

Hellhammer isn't just a good a drummer anymore... he's a fucking legend. Great Respects. Damn.... how I wish I could Drum like that....

Best drummer on the planet.INSANE

i think he uses lots of great techniques to play fast without wasting to much energy(open/close, doubles on the feet etc...)

How great is this! Finally I have the opportunity to view Hellhammers magnificent drumming raw, alive (dead ;) and kicking (on his bassdrums). What a grand declaration. Cheers from the Netherlands

For anyone wishing to know the song, its Mayhem - Crystallized pain in deconstruction.

Made in Norway!!! Hellhammer es Maravillosooooo!!! \m/ 👹

Awesomeeeeeee , Hellhammer is one of the best on earth

It's hard to imagine that the worlds best drummer wound up playing in mayhem

This seems to be the first video ever of Hellhammer playing fast stuff, and finally one can see his conflicting technique. In one way it's old school but on the other it's very economical. On fast stuff he uses push/pull -technique for the hands and constant release (heel-toe) technique on the feet. But then again much of the power comes from the shoulders when playing slower stuff, one can really see that he doesn't have much power on wrists when playing the toms and cymbals - interesting...

It's a 22" custom rude power ride, Coated with the coloursound coating twice for an extra dry sound.

love that ride cymbal!!!

Fuck, he's good.Whatever anyone thinks of him for any reason (personally I think he seems like a cool guy),you can't say that he doesn't know his way around a drum kit.That's for fuckin' sure!🤘

Master Blomberg

Met hellhammer in Dublin Ireland an he was sound dude.

Endelig video av Jan Axel !!!!

Jazz Metal🤘

Majestically Awesome...headbanging to all....RESPECT!

simply THE BEST

Damn those drum fills!!

Listen to "Slaughter of dreams".He is a god on that one

Awesome!!!!

Probably the first mayhem rehersal i´ve ever seen except the old ones with dead on vocals. Great material!

gotta love that his setup is mostly metal if you know what i mean not black but steel :)

3:07 his blasting technique is insane!

its Crystalized Pain In Deconstruction... from Mayhem album Grand Declaration of War

thank you so much!!!!

I managed to catch one of his drumsticks at a show in Australia and it has some of his hair stuck to it....still keep it in plastic wrap to this day

2:28 Hellhammer used the camera as a cymbal !

best hellhammer video out there

I think it was a prototype of his signature ride. Two layers of paint to try to make it as close to his old Sabian leopard ride as possible. He now uses this on the left side of his kit. On the right he has the Sabian leopard with a Paiste sticker on it :P

The Buddy Rich of extreme metal! : ]

i always want to buy his ride cymbal from when he was endorsing sabian. but none of them are cheap. they are always fucking expensive. but he always choose the best cymbals!! Sabian 22 inch Leopard "Hellhammer" Ride, and 22 inch Rude Prototype ride. Sounds goddamn metal as fuck

What the hell happened to full - screen in this video? Used to watch this a lot before and after a while suddenly the format is changed. Now it's kind of annoying to watch.

awsome drumming

thx!

@MrAlucard222 Ah, thanks! Im always mixing albums.. :P Agree he's one of the best!

He has the most fucked up setup I've ever seen. It's like the drums are just thrown around randomly. I love it.

Endelig fant jeg noe hellhammer på nett! (som er i bra filmkvalitet!)

trust me man, take away the triggering and Hellhammer is still an awesome drummer!...the overtriggering is just there because it sounds good in the music. Hellhammer can play any fucking extreme metal drumming technigues... With or Without triggering!!

Mayhem - Crystallized pain in deconstruction

it´s Crystalized Pain In Deconstruction

For fucks sake, Hellhammer is not fat! Like someone else mentioned, he has always been well built. You have to be in pretty good shape to play how he does without having a heart attack. I doubt I could last 5 minutes.

3:17 push pull hand technique!!! cool!!!

@MrAlucard222 thank you! To me, Nick is the best. We all have different tastes! But yes! You spitted truth! Cheers!

@MrAlucard222 THAT IS NOT TRUE. He plays doubles with his feet on the fast parts. He told me personally, showed me and I'm using the exact same technique that he inspired me to learn. His foot motion at 2:57 and earlier in the video speak for itself; he's clearly working out those doubles in his legs with the alternating sixteenth note movement.

Arcturus SHipwrecked in Oslo DVD,HH Rules!

The fucking drummer God...

Fuck**n killer dude!!!!

2:26 BETTER WATCH OUT!

so much groove for how fucking evil it is!!

it's a practice session with his band, mayhem.

@hellscan from the album Grand declaration of war...

Hellhammer forever.....

@MrAlucard222 Constant-release, heel-toe, whatev. you want to call it. When heel-toe developes further, the heel doesn't touch the ground at all. The technique is the same though.

@odiumhumanigeneri616 I agree, have you checked out Fansisco Paoli from fleshgod Apocalypse hes pretty damn good, and john longstreth.

Remember Absu on full length "Tara"!!!

The cymbals are nasty!!! \m/

great master

@hkboxer Crystalized in pain and deconstruction, from the Wolf Lairs Abyss album \m/ Kick ass drumming!

actually, The Kovenant are pretty fucking awesome... i love both kovenant + mayhem!

now i know. hes the best fuckin drummer in the world.

Is he playing wearing New Rock boots??

@queenmcsleaze Oh Idk... But it was up for 17000 euros.... But the kit looked LEGIT. The cymbals, The Drum kit... The only thing Im not fund of is the tom depths... They were HUGE. I know its black metal.... But >.< Too much..... But still, It looked BEAUTIFUL!

Fuck yeah hellhammer is a beast 🤘😈🤘

3:13 excellent expose of the push pull technique,,

Can anyone tell me the name of small china above the left hihat?

Fab!

Ehhhh, this is "Crystalized Pain in Deconstruction" from LP "Grand Declaration of War"

The only drum that was triggered was the bass drum.

its soo cool!!! the best \m/

oh my......

God this is just fucking insanely awesome...

Hellhammer nunca será reemplazado ni por joey jordison

its also possible to adjust the sensitivity of them,and i THINK that's what hellhammer does.

More from HellHammer !

Arcturus!! Hail from Iceland!!

@TotalNekro But De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (Masterpiece) is from '94, so how could they have been better back then?

crystallized pain in deconstruction

a crazy man. what a fuck hell yeah

@vickern93 thanks

What is this small China on the left/behind the HiHat? Sounds amazing!

@VersalamBand you mean..greatest song...EVER \m/

OLD SCHOOL BLACK METAL 1994-1995 !!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

@LHondrums Looks awesome. :D

@MrAlucard222 I'm not saying he's using heel-toe. And he probably doesn't if he says so. Double strokes with the feet isn't heel-toe, at least for what I thought! Search for "tim waterson heel toe", then you'll se what heel-toe is. Sort of like the push-pull for hands. Greetings