Let's not forget that Hannes also played the drums on the legendary "Epitaph" by Necrophagist.. without a doubt Hannes is an amazing drummer.

The fact he went from the middle of Anticosmic Overload into Universe Momentum so flawlessly is a thing of beauty on its own

his plays one of the most perfect blast beats i've ever heard.

We got some expert pro drummers in the comment section complaining about “pop punk” drumming who can’t even hear the techniques, tempo changes, the complexity of the tracks he’s playing.

I don't know why everyone's complaining about the sound. I've seen Hannes with his band live and I kind of stood behind the P.A. , so I just got the sound from stage. And the drums just sounded like in this video. Less EQ and stuff. And the drums sound killer. Especially the toms! Enough talking, great video, great drummer! Servus!

The almost unmatched blistering speed of his blast beat is one thing. But the sheer force he is able to generate while doing it is what really boggles my mind. It’s like his hand and finger muscles possess the bite force of a saltwater crocodile

Love that Meinl is accepting these great metal drummers. Derek Roddy, Hannes Grossmann, and I know there have been some other metal drummers play these festivals. Would love to see Jamie Saint Merat get invited to play at the festival! One of the best metal drummers out there and he deserves the recognition!

Can Meinl cymbals upload some more vidoes of Hannes he is such an amazing drummer

i love you meinl! thanks for posting all this videos of awesome drummers

I need that tama shells. The sound of those is so amazing! Btw Hannes is also an amazing drummer

Great playing, but the sound mix is awful.

No idea who this drummer is or what band he plays for but he's pretty freaking awesome!

Hannes has come so far. He has 3 solos albums and is now in one of the craziest progressive metal bands (alkaloid). His techniques now are so solid.

Hannes! very cool,,as always. sweet post.

Very nice! Good to see some extreme drummers finally getting the attention they deserve.

He also previously played in Necrophagist, besides Obscura and Blotted Science which he's in right now. Obscura is the stuff he's playing here, basically progressive, melodic death metal. Blotted Science is a mix between technical and progressive death metal. Although it's more progressive than death metal, if that makes sense? His old band Necrophagist pretty much defined technical death metal as we know it today.

phenomenal ride work

It's a medley between "Anticosmic Overload" and "Universe Momentum". Both songs from the Cosmogenesis album.

Hannes amazing technique and aesthetically pleasing to listen

"Our drummer Hannes performing a medley of "Anticosmic Overload" and "Universe Momentum" at this year's Meinl Drum Festival."

His hi-hat grooves are really cool. He's got some damn fast hands too.

best drummer straight up. he will run the biz for 10+ more years.

Hannes has gott to be one of the best drummers of the modern day

Thanks :)

hannes is a fvckin beast. gettin his dvd!

Absolute beast

I really like the way this guy plays... pretty intense

Marco Minnemann, Gavin Harrison & Hannes Grossmann... The fuckin'g incredible Drum Gods.

I like it how the bass drum volume is not way too loud, something that ppl in my band dont realize haha, they want my bassdrum to be as loud as the instruments.

@TheAnnihilator12 And one of the coolest, most humble persons you'll ever meet. Last time I talked Jamie we were drum-nerding it up for a little less than 2 hours just talking about all these greats in music. It's real cool that he doesn't consider himself to be one of the best but always sees room for improvement.

The best and sickest drummer in the world

I love Hannes.

The bass drum could have been a little bit louder in the mix, but I was really happy to see the toms so loud. Usually its the other way around lol.

he's awesome

I think he meant as in the recording of this video, opposed the sound when you were there live. I was there live, and the sound was fucking perfect.

the mix is fine.

What kind of evans drum head he use in the snare and toms?

очень очень круто!!!!!!!!!

what song? :D

All those microphones and I hear 8% of the music. Well done Meinl's sound mixer, have fun at your next job!

Remember that this is part 1. Maybe in the next video(s)?

I find the sounds awesome :)

I know that the band is Obscura, but what song it is?

He also did drums for necrophagist and Christian Muenzner

What kit is he using here?

Intense af, amazing still.

never heard of this guy.......what band does he play in?

Song name? And is this Obscura's song?

Damn I want some Meinl cymbals haha

@VerdugoX2L Agreed!

how the hell do you memorize playing a complex song without sheet music? drummers, please i need an answer

I'm going to guess the Power Center Reverse Dot head (or maybe HD Dry or ST Dry)...and some coated G2 heads for the toms. G2's are warm, and the Power Center is like....industry standard for Tama drums.

In fact, he used it twice in the video. ( 1:03 - 4:23 )

Beast

Again, people crying over the sound of the mix. It's probably more important to Meinl if the people who actually paid to be there could hear the sound properly. Isn't this simply meant to showcase Hannes' performance? On youtube? For FREE? Some extra mics around the right cymbals for this video might've helped sell them better but other than that, it was a live performance at a festival, not like a Jimmy Fallon session with a trillion dollar budget. People complain too much.

I'm not too familiar with his work but I want to be, what song is he playing here?

best. drummer. ever.

The sound in this Video is not the best but have you been there ... ??? If not you've missed one of the best sounds on a festival !!!!!!

They are showing off the Meinl Cymbals and that's the main point. Maybe that's why.

I have never heard a good mix on any video filmed at the Meinl drum festival. Nothing against the company at all because I love their products, but I seriously always thought it was just me!

Sick Drummer \m/

Just great. Not much more needs to be said.

Yeh, the sound is good, but the only thing what I find a bit distracting is that the kick drums are pretty quiet, specially when he does some faster stuff but otherwise great natural sound! Cheers! :)

@danielcalderon Meinl should actually be concerned about the sound on KZfaq. KZfaq has millions of potential cymbal buyers who want to hear what the cymbals actually sound like. You'd be naive to think that Meinl just want to appeal to the people that were there.

He always looks a bit surprised and frightened :D

Like I said, "Some extra mics around the right cymbals for this video might've helped sell them better." But they're just a cymbal manufacturer, not highly trained professional sound engineers. The sound you hear is probably what went straight through the FOH.

It's fine.

Hey people just grab some head phones or even some crappy ear buds, it sounds pretty fine other than some of the fast double bass parts.

which he don't use in the whole song, by the way

someone hear the cymbals themselves?

The audio in this isn't bad at all

the only thing i might complain is the bass. i would have put triggers on it.. I bet (like you say) it sounds better live, but idk... not saying i hate the sound of the bass, but i would preffer triggers. lol

Again. The Sound is horrible. Who mixes this? Is there ANYONE who mixes it?

just left a trigger in bassdrum

Check out my band Nucleuspheres :)) we have a work of Hannes Grossmann on drums!

The only complaint I have about this is that I expected his kicks to have far more boom to them

I see that David Faustino has learned some drums. lol.

Superstars. You can tell by the long lugs.

great playing but very plastic drum sound

Am i the only one finding the compression on the snare very funny ( because it's very very audible )

19 slipknot fans dislikes the video

why can't meinl ever do anything right when it comes to these videos?

True musicians don't bring their judgements over what others put their efforts and passion in, unless you re a complete douchebag, you either like and try to open your eyes and mind to grasp as much as you can from others, or you re just free to pass your way if you don't like!

I love all these performances, but the guy at the board for Meinl makes all the drums sound like pizza boxes.

ALLLL them mics plus a good set and cymbals and it literally sounds like hes hitting cardboard boxes and pans haha

sean reinert+richard christy+gene hoglan = hannes grossmann

He is god.

looks like a tama starclassic i thnk

that base drum...... fuck that shit

Do you know how it sounded there? A shitty YT upload, captured and compressed audio will disclose, how the live audio was. When people get that? And btw, if you think in metal the BD is the most important, you have no clue about musicianship.

People have different taste

.... omgpop.

1:02 I came

Its a obscura song....all his shit is the shit obscura,blotted science,necrophagist...and all his solo stuff is bad ass...hes got alex webster whos bassist for cannibal corpse...playing guitar and bass

The bass drum is only important if you make it that way. Actually....it is VERY important....but not most. You know what's most important? The guy behind the bass drum, haha

Long live progressive :D, even progressive heavy/death metal sounds killer :D, now I need more prog jazz xD

i guess the guy that gets paid from youtube viewers has mixed it.

No.

QQ

He means the mixing. You can still hear everything and stuff but the mixing is very bad. All Meinl videos have terrible mixing.