5:17 My new most favorite moment of your channel 😂

Infant Annihilator is an intentionally satirical band. They are deliberately over the top in everything they do, from the lyrical content to the musicianship. It's intentionally tongue in cheek and kind of a riff on how edgy and tryhard some of the Deathcore/Death Metal community can be. So if you do read the lyrics, keep that in mind. They aren't serious, it's satire. Even the song names are satire. Brojob is another band that is both FANTASTIC musically but also is a complete mocking teardown of the genre and it's hyper masculinity. Fantastic react to this. I loved the reactions.

12:05 That's called a gravity blast, basically you use the rim of the snare to bounce the stick up and down and you can do a one-handed super fast and epic drum roll. Basically the forbidden jutsu of drumming.

Well isn’t this a pleasant surprise 😁😁😁 PS: the snare technique he used is called a gravity blast

I’m sure Mgla’s Exercises V drum cam has been suggested but I gotta add my voice. I think you would really like Darkside’s drumming technique. Thanks for helping me see the best in music.

Archspire - Involuntary Doppelganger the most memorable and awesome song I can think of in this genre. (Saying that as someone who isn't deeply into it)

"Infant Annihilator. Mmm. What a name for a band. So I know that I'm going to get wrecked, probably." Geebz confirmed as an infant, probably.

The gravity blasts when he puts the snare stick on the rim is insane. This is a satirical band and over top every song but the thing that is insane and that makes me love C*ntcrusher is that no part reapears. There is no repetition. I play classic rock mainly and it’s all about the hook. IA is about the opposit and I love it. Sure, it’s tongue in cheek but it’s also amazingly talented and seriously bad a**!!!

So sick! Death is another awesome band with killer drummers and bassists and an even more killer guitarist (rip Chuck and Scott). If you could do a video on some Death songs like Flesh and the Power it Holds, Voice of the Soul, or Spirit Crusher thatd be awesome! I don't think its just me that loves Death as they kinda invented death metal Edit: if you enjoy those, I would highly recommend venturing freely into any Death song you see fit. I havent heard a bad Death song yet

I've been waiting for that, Soil the Stillborn from them is also worth to listen to, great video man!

Love your channel, I’m still here, Matt Garstka. No triggers, no edits, live audio. Mind blowing

The snare hits that "look like they're leaning on the rim", are. The snare is hit not only on the down stroke, but as they rock back on the rim axis, it's hit again on the upswing. In the metal world, this is a double-speed blast beat.

That pause and praise of the arrangement moments before the best part is fantastic…

A lot of the drums on tracks like these are replaced with sample triggers so the hits are more consistent for the recording. Not sure if he did that for this recording specifically but its very common for technical death metal recording

Yo man bad news in the metal world, the legendary vocalist of the great band The Black Dahlia Murder passed away today. If you could react to their song every rope a noose, a lot of us would love it. It's so visceral and you can really feel pain in his voice. It makes it so much deeper knowing he was struggling with depression himself for who knows how long now. Rest in peace papa Trev, we will all miss you

Still here, glad to see you getting into some IA. Rockin vid as always.

Love your take on this take. Very genuine and considerate to other styles

Another rocking video my man! Always love seeing the new artists getting your love. I'm sure you've heard it before and have it on your neverending list, but I'd love to see a reaction video for Rolo Tomassi!

The one hand technique you're wondering about is called a "gravity blast". It uses the rim as leverage to get a 2nd hit on the way up. Search it on KZfaq. :)

Still here Infant Annihilator is brutal, over the top and really quantized haha. They have lots of good stuff, favorite being The Elysian Grandeval Galèriarch. Totally nasty vocalist Dickie Allen on that

You should react to Humanity's Last Breath - Tide or anything by them really. They are extremely heavy but extremely well produced by the drummer of vildhjarta who is the guitarist for HLB. I think you'd dig it, but I wont spoil it.

This was heavy man 🤘...makes me wanna go outside and step on my neighbours flowers 😜 Nice one Geebz 👌

What a kick ass track!! Keep em coming brother!! Super Stoked for tomorrows long format. And it goes without saying… I’M STILL HERE!! Awwwright !!🤙

My favorite reaction so far just based on the “what?!” LOL

Lmao I couldn't wait to see your reaction to his one handed blast

Canada's band ARCHSPIRE has a SICK drummer...just like this guy! Video is on youtube GEEBZ!

Great video! I would absolutely love to see your reaction to a Spencer Prewett drum playthrough from the band Archspire. His technique is just absolutely ridiculous.

12:00 that extremely fast snare drumming style is a sub-technique for the “blast beat” called a “gravity blast”. It uses the method of leaning with the stick on the snare rim to gain speed through shorter reflex and rebound and to save stamina.

Still here, great choice! Props for actually checking this out

4:15 They are drum triggers. It makes the hits sound stronger and balanced, even when hitting them lightly.

Yay so glad you got to this one!

If you're interested in more of the drummers stuff, he's in another band called Black Tongue and it's not quite as technical as Infant Annihilator here. He still goes real hard on it, but not as aggressive. Black Tongue- Second Death would be a good start for them. But Infant Annihilator themselves probably have a lot of great stuff to look into as well, and as long as you don't look at the lyrics, you could get a kick out of their process and sink your teeth into some of the music and the instrumental stuff behind it all.

hahahaha oh no!!!! they got you geebz! This band is a guilty pleasure and all the favorite time favorite of mine. Aloha from Sacramento!

I'm here can't wait to purchase a shirt!!

Yeeees we IA fans are always hungry for reactions. I think you are the best music reaction chanel on youtube right now, keep up the good work man

I'm still here! Thx Geebz🤙

F'ing looove this. Thanks, man.

Wow look at you go. These musicians are very good.

Alright. I actually laughed out loud when he dropped the gravity blast. Holy crap that was crazy! haha That is a pretty badass track. Gonna add that to my Death & Grind playlist.

Still here Geebz! Love your videos.

those gravity blasts at 6:52 give me goosebumps every time!

Great review! That rimshot one handed snare roll is a timbale drum technique. Check out, "Latin Jazz, Calle 54."

Stupendous Geebz. Maybe in your off time you can listen to the album version. New sounds for your ears 😂. Glad you enjoyed this one🤘🤙

@key of Geebz response to the the double kick consistency question. New age drummers nowadays use a electronic sensor that attaches to kick drum also known in the scene as a "trigger" these can be put on both kick drums, snares, even toms if needed. This trigger outputs a sample of the kick when struck creating a sound that is identical with each kick. This way it doesn't matter if each kick is softer or harder than the last aslong as that sensor feels a thump it will produce the exact same sound at the exact same volume. This helps the drummer play very fast with less power in each stoke but output a booming sound through the PA. My drummer uses them in our band.

Still here. It's a gravity blast, where the rim is the pivot point. Glad to see people like you appreciating this art of music 🤘

12:05. That's called a "gravity blast" and yes.... The stick is using the snare rim as a fulcrum to sort if rocker on it they're a really hard technique to master. Check out El Estipario Siberiano if you want to see a drummer who's mastered the technique.

Hey Geebz love the video as always. I used to absolutely love this band in high school. If you dig this type of amazing drum playing I highly recommend Archspire. All of the musicians in that band are incredible. Also Beyond Creation has some crazy drumming as well. Just from a musicians standpoint two of my favorite virtuosic metal bands

@7:45 “no, no, this can’t be real. What is this dark sorcery?”

Big up for giving the "obscure" music a chance!

Cryptopsy-Phobophile the drummer Flo Mounier is amazing and that is another wicked death metal drum cam to check out. My favorite song though by them is The Pestilence That Walketh In Darkness.

As a drummer myself, whenever i see a super fast drummer like this one i also try to watch them live because in the present day it's super easy to bump the volume on the snare, for example, but then live the snare isn't as loud. Don't get me wrong, it's impressive that the drummer can play such a piece live note by note! The snare hits are just not as loud live because that's not humanly possible. The double bass is legit though. You can learn heel-toe technique to make double notes with one leg motion, therefore playing 32th notes with 16th leg motion, and the volume is as loud as a normal single kick.

LETS FUCKING GOOOO!! Been asking for these guys for forever

Love the way you were asking how they keep this insanity balanced in the mix

I saw the title of the video and said “oh no!” 🤣😂

“Still trying to learn it” that fact that there are videos of people covering this with actual success is insane anyone who could/can learn this and play it with success is a god

Awesome piece of music.

I’d also recommend the drum cams from the faceless. Specifically planetary duality(the song) their old drummer is a freak on that song!

Still here. Yeah, that right hand snare roll technique at the end is a new one for me. Had me laughing so hard, my head hurts now. Sick AF 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘 Rich tAMB

Love your stuff Geebz. The samples on this drum kit are from drum software called "Superior Drummer 2' which a lot of musicians (commonly guitarists writing their own music) use to program their drums without a real drummer. This is 100 % NOT the audio from this video take and you can tell because several points his sticks don't match the hits that are actually heard. So that, combined with the Superior Drummer samples, leads me to believe this take is most likely programmed and mimed by a drummer who CLEARLY has the chops to play this extreme style. I wanna be clear on that last part, no hate, he can clearly play. But this would explain your point about the clarity and "evenness" of those quick double bass parts and one-handed "gravity blasts." At the very least his hits are sampled and quantized to the grid, this creates that weird computer-like perfection on all the 32nd and 64th note sections and fills. But I'm just gonna assume its programmed because lots of bands write and record this way by programming drums in this fashion. Keep it up!

Been waiting for this one 🙌

Is it time for some more Dillinger Escape Plan yet?!?! I think it is haha 😜

If you do another drum cam/playthrough I strongly suggest John Longstreth of Origin playing All Things Dead

Finally! Love this play through, it’s so sick 🤘🏻🤘🏻

This song should be called "Master advanced metal drumming technique"

I just got my drums back… so another 2009 years till I got this down!!!

You definitely should check out their "Blashpemian". That's one insane song lol

Yes i love that one of your Patrions got u to react to this hats off to them haha love it

I'm still here. People already suggested that the technique on the snare is a gravity blast. I concur. Also, you're awesome. Keep it up.

It's called a gravity blast, bro. And its exactly what you described it as. You use the rim as a fulcrum and get two hits with each stroke. One on the down stroke, then another on the way back up, using letting the rim do most of the work.

Considering the news cycle, this reaction is definitely ripped from the headlines.😃

Drum triggers on the bass drums is how u get that sound.

Sounds like the construction going on outside my house. The band name says it all.

Great content! You are the man Geebz 🤙

The bass tone is magnificent. Geez.

The snare tecnique is called gravity blast.

3:42 Not an engineer but someone said in another video that he may be using triggers, basically a device that detects hits and plays the drum sound.

im still here and id love to see some gorod and igorrr on your channel

Great video!

YES!!!! You should checkout pupil slicer as well

Would be great to see a reaction to their "behold the kingdom of the wretched undying".

Gravity blasts are so fun. Also, holy shit those legs

I love how much infant annihilator troll people this was obviously pre recorded he wasn't playing live 😂

The kick drums are using a thing called triggers, it's very hard to get that kind of power behind a kick to generate that sound when you're going at that speed, a trigger pad allows the beater to essentially feather tap the pad and this will then trigger a set output, obviously in this case the sound of a kick drum that is how they are so loud and all squared off levels volume wise. Some people call it cheating as you've got the speed but no power but it still takes immense skill to go this fast and at this BPM still keeping the time.

Trigger 'sound of drumkit being thrown down 6 flights of stairs'

Keep up the extreme metal vids

I mean…that’s such a metal band name. Holy crap.

love IA, they are so groovy

The snare thing is called a gravity blast and you should check out Vulturous by Cattle Decapitation sometime.

letsgoooooooooo

when he did the fast thing on the snare, thats a gravity blast, and you kinda have to position your stick angled over the rim and when you go up and down with ur arm, it’ll hit the snare twice

FYI they named this song after Geebz

Yep, it is 'bout time you got to Infant Annihilator

Great as always! Still think it would be great to see you check out Glass Cloud, she is Ill and all is well.

Still here man 🤟😎🍻

01:31 Great reaction, Geebz 😁!

I’m always here Geebz

AK is a drum machine. Make of that what you will…

As for the kicks for your question about how the producer keeps the levels in check at the same levels, most likely using some kind of trigger with a pre recorded sample. Its actually more common within the metal genre then others.

Aaron is such a beast on a kit .Time for you to check out a Austin Archey play though!

That "what??" at 3:24 is priceless🤣