Lopez left Opeth because of his health, I don't know why all people are doing is talking shit on Axe. He has really done a commendable job of replacing one of the best drummers in metal's history.

Ah Martin Lopez... People would have talked shit about pretty much any drummer trying to replace him. He's just so subtle, smooth and nevertheless brutal. Dare I say this is talent.

Martin > Martin

Martin you are one of a kind. A Jewel

one of my favorite drum beats of all times. So good.

Lopez's is still the most amazing drummer I think I've ever heard - stunning snare work... but Axe carries on very well. Wathershed is as stunning as any other Opeth record.

Everything a drummer should be encapsulated. Stunning work.

never hear a drummer with heroic beats like this anymore.

My drumming hero.

i could watch this vid in a loop for a week and still not get bored with it

Wish he never left...This guy is such a better drummer than Axenrot its painful. Just as fast, but he's on a whole new level when it comes to groove and jazz style drumming. Where is he now?!

One of my favorite Metal Drummers of al ltime!

Lopez the machine

Look at him, he was making it seems sooo easy

Dude was having anxiety attacks during a tour. After not being able to play a few shows, coming back for one, then not playing others, he left indefinitely. He has his own project now, so he's probably not coming back, which is a damn shame. The drumming in Harlequin Forest is some of the most driving and compelling I've heard.

When I saw him live (twice) he handled them no problem, deliverence, demon and blackwater park. Also there is at least one blastbeat section on the new opeth album.

My favourite drummer of all time

When Akerfedt said that he wanted the last album to be more earthly, he should have asked Lopez to join on drums, cuz Axe is a great drummer but hes more a perfect machine. I really like Lopez cuz he brings emotions out of his drum set, like with the firs Amon Amarth album.

He makes it look so easy.

Deliverance is one of those songs that wouldn't have sucked bad without Lopez, but you can clearly hear that he shaped the song. Can you imagine what Axentrash would have came up with to play over Deliverance? It would have been a catastrophe.

@thelentzinator i really miss him... i never saw him live with Opeth, but he will remain one of the best drummers in metal ever! at least its what i think.. i hope he is better in health now!

Absolutely a beatiful peace of music. Just learned to play this outro on drums. :)

@Bearthoughts Just so everybody's clear: There are no triplets being played in this entire video. Grouping 16th notes, 8th notes, etc, in 3s is quite different than triplets. More specifically, in this video, the notes aren't really grouped in 3s anyway. There is a rest and then 3 notes | x B B S | x B B S | - The patter is still a 4-note pattern. On the rest, there is a cymbal/high-hat being played.

God I love this outro....I could put this section on repeat and listen only to it for like months :D I have stopped seeing comments about Axe live, so maybe he's gotten better since I saw them live but I remember noticing that it sounded like his double bass was very inconsistent on songs like Master's Apprentices and such, but that may have been the audio. But then I saw other people saying the same thing. *shrug* Just a thought. I need to see them again. :D

@TripleFermentation, I don't know what BejnaminProd said, but if you're talking about the ending of the beat he's playing 8th notes with his right hand and 8th triplets with between his right foot and left hand ( bass bass snare) and then plays it a little differently on the snare at the very end (plays it on the last hi-hat note of the beat)

that wass sickkkkkk

Lopez and Peter should have never left Opeth , THE OLD LINE UP WILL ALWAYS AND EVER BE THE BEST!

took me 2 months to learn this part on drums, by far the hardest opeth drum feature

On Orchid and Morningrise, Anders Nordin did the drums. His drumming is more simple, but it is useless to compare drummers. Every one of them is unique. We've been pampered by Lopez, that's all:)

so cool..So relax

he have the best FEELING drummers!

@postigaceltic agreed. last two albums were solid albums but when a band puts out 7 masterpeices in a row...I was expecting more.

Epic!

God is a Martin

i don't think he's the best but, he's one of my favorite.

Mikael even said that Lindgren didn't contribute much of anything while he was with Opeth. He said he didn't create anything, and just came up with a few solos. Akkeson (sp?) is a much better replacement. But yeah, Lopez's drumming captivates me much more than Axe's does. Opeth don't have that foreign feel any more with the Latin drumming, it's just flat out metal now.

Learn to play "Deliverance" outro with The 1-Minute Drum Video!!! FULL VIDEO HERE : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jN-CfaiQ3Mi9nIE.html

Martin Lopez is my kind of man. Why, oh why, did he have to leave Opeth? *mourns*

Best groove ever

I'm not a drummer neither; my friend here is, and he says that this thing lopez's playing is very difficult and it's one of the most advanced drumming techniques because each body part is playing different rhythm patterns.

I guess he must have practiced this one coz I saw them last night in melbourne and he nailed the whole thing perfectly.

My friends thought that this was easy for me to play. Quoting the first comment on this video. "that shit aint easy."

favorite drummer...and thats a bassist saying that :) it would be like playing with one b.a. metronome playing with him :D

So fucking good. Axe is awesome, as well - but, Lopez, to me, defines Opeth.

@Bearthoughts This is a common misconception. You are correct in that he is playing 8th notes with his right hand, but the notes his left hand and bass are playing are 8th notes that are grouped in 3s (at the end of the pattern); they are not triplets, which is what the other person I replied to was saying.

opeth is not the same without lopez :( love this part of the song

this shit is so tight! awsome drummer!

The best!

cool to see this. and it's from my favorite part of the song, no less...

Axenrot isn't bad, he plays his part as well as he could, but he will never be Lopez

so much evil energy, i love it

that shit aint easy.

Blast beats are the best thing that has happened to Opeth. BRING IT.

Pretty creative....

@TripleFermentation Sorry, I meant 16th notes are being played with his left hand and bass, not 8th notes

this is such a great song, and a great album, i still wonder y it didn't sell that much

Axe is awesome as well people.

when he goes for the two symbols, i swear there is a third arm there,

@EmbodiedDespair cmonnnnnn yeah it does. they are still fucking great

Yeah, agree! AND Watershed contains death metal elements that Lopez never would have nailed. Like the death metal parts in Heir Apparent, The Lotus Eater, Hessian Peel.

For christmas im gonna buy Martin Lopez a roll of duck tape so he can add another patch onto his snare drum lol but seriously this guy is awesome.

It's crazy. I'm trying to learn to play this part. The way he plays it. Never going to be able to play it that tight :S

They can also check out Bloodbath and see his talent.

I have to agree with schist99, the jazzy parts are hard, especially the "Deliverance, fall back at me...." part(the first one is not that difficult), I get confused if I try to play that part. This one can be done with a lot of rythem practicing and practicing the outro itself.

Why the fuck do people hate on Axenrot so much!? He is a fucking great drummer. Maybe not as good prog drummer as Lopez, but still. And if it had not been for Axe there would not been any Opeth today... Mikael and the the rest said so in the Watershed DVD their self!

There is no drummer that has the groove and feeling of Lopez

FUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH

@Thystonius They didn't play Deliverance on the Roundhouse Tapes. Perhaps you mean lamentations?

Uh Jagstaldincola, who said we didnt'd get pampered, what is your problem....

@randomusername27 i LOVE to play this thing on drums! once you got it, it ain´t that hard to play, just like you said! Everytime i play drums, i´m warming up to this song! =)

Aguante Uruguaaaay!!!! I love opeth!

It's all a matter of taste. Of course, don't get me wrong, I simly love what Lopez did for Opeth and he will remembered till the day I die. But i prefer Axe, and that's just a matter of taste

THANK YOU. anyone who has given a listen to Bloodbath should be able to vouge for Axe as a drummer

@EmbodiedDespair I totally agree with you mate. :D 1 thumb up for ya.

does opeth ever do blastbeats Ever???

A question for the drummers here: what's the time signature of this piece? Just my curiosity!

Comon, what's so hard about this rhythem. Besides, on 'Roundhouse Tapes', Axe plays this song perfectly. All you whiners... pfft.

I was joking man :P INTERNET SERIOUS BUISINESS!

Seriously, Axe is fucking ridiculous in Bloodbath. I think he is a great replacement for Lopez. I think all Opeth fans enjoy Lopez more, its almost ridiculous to state it.

@VienBaf fine, rephrase it to "advanced" instead of hard

Check your stats, dude. I personally find the drums in Orchid to be boring, so I'm glad they got Lopez. :-)

@willidub1 Wathershed rocks!

Mucha respeta. One of my favourite drum beats of all time. I used to think the Blister Exists was cool too, but don't listen to Slipknot much anymore...not saying they're shit, just that there are much better bands...like Opeth!

i miss lopez too :(( he had unique ideas... axe is more technique and stuff...

Very very true. But keep in mind this drummer, Martin Lopez isn't European. He's latin.

@Thystonius What's so hard in this? Nothing if you can do it. If you can't, it's insane. I'd like to see a drum video reply from you playing it. Nothing's impossible, you see.

Why did you leave Lopez, whyy!

where u got this information from?

@BenjaminProd Although I'm sure you know this, the notes you are referring to are not "triplets". I just want to clarify that to the people here, in case they are confused. | x B B S x B B S | x B B S x B B S|

Axe in not a bad drummer at all, but, compared to Martín López, Axe is stiff and squared. Martín knows how to make the music flow and his subtelties were special. Axe is good, don´t take it wrong, but Matín grooves!!! Any way, I love OPETH no matter what!!!

Does anybody know what chinas he is using?

@EmbodiedDespair Uhhhh?! Yes indeed, who cares!!!!!!!! The album Watershed is among the best of Opeth!!!

happy to be like #666

His drumming is outstanding. Though its very sloppy here.

Very nice^^ Work a bit on the double bass drums;)

I don't like blastbeats. But Axe can't handle Lopez's drum parts anyway, especially the doublebass in Deliverance for example (i saw it live). But hey, he grooves well so I'm giving him a chance.

🤎

Axe is a fantastic drummer. Maybe not as good as Lopez but he's damn good enough for Opeth. All these comparisons are useless.

Mr popcorn :/

beats my my guess a 4/4