as a "drummer" i think i can say this without shame i just cried a little

Matt Garstka is easily one of the best drummers from his generation.

everyone is always saying about how technical Matt Garstka is (which is ridiculously true) but please someone say something about how this man is a heavy hitter, HOLY SHIT!

Matt's cymbals are hammered during the playing...

The lighting guy must be a Hendrix fan. That purple haze is fucking intense, holy shit.

Matt Garstka is the evolution of drumming

At 1:30 I thought for a second that he was losing the track. Then I realized...this is Matt Garstka. He doesn't lose the track, the track loses him.

I don't think there's actually enough hours in a day between 8 years old and 26 to physically be this good at the drums...unless you're Matt Garstka

Matt's playing has been thoroughly applauded... can we take a moment to appreciate that snare tone?! Good lord.

AND THIS IS HOW YOU SLAY!!! Matt is the man!

As a guitarist, I find Matt's playing so inspiring and motivating. 10/10

1:37 left foot working two pedals.

As a guitarist, I come to animals as leaders for the drums, Matt is ahead of his game.

Matt Garstka is such an inspiration. He's inspired me to stop playing drums.

Believe it or not, he's gotten better.

04:50 christ those left hand off-beat crashes are great. Totally made my day.

Absolutely untouchable.

If I'm ever half as good as this guy I'll be happy

He's literally toying with this song as if it wasn't complicated enough to begin with. What a beast. And a really humble and awesome guy too.

I love the edit he did to the song at 3:08 ; that super heavy and slow groove over that light and fast ambient guitar riff just sounds beautiful. There's not many drummers with both ridiculous technique and the musical vision like Matt.

Neil Peart was our drummer back then. Matt Garstka is the now drummer

1:43 Cameraman: this is too much for me, im going home..

Saw Matt play at the Generation Axe show last night. Phenomenal!! To be able to play for all 5 guitarists and their unique styles and do so for over 3 hours takes true talent. I am now a huge fan!!

best modern drummer in the galaxy... PERIOD

I think it's flattering drummers like Luke cover Matt's raw talent but I don't get that cold chill down my spine unless I'm seeing Matt perform this art. also Matt sick save at 3:45. Lol. love your style dude. I never thought a human could possibly provide acceptable inspiration to the masterful programming of the original AAL design. but. Matt. dude. you slay.

Matt Garstka is definitely one of the best, if not the best, drummers of our time

After listening to Matt, I feel ashamed to call myself a drummer.

"ok so matt heres the deal, usual kit, same setup, just go kill it for us, sold out as usual, but uhh, we were a bit short on time for stage setup so we had to uhh, hah.... basically you're playing on a trampoline"

It blows my mind how much power he packs with his playing. Especially while continuing to be that consistent

1:02 still blows my mind every time

Just watched El Estepario Siberiano cover this song and thought "Was that even better than Matt Garstka's Version?!" Then I watched this video. No, it was not better. This performance is god-tier.

That is some raw goddamn talent right there. All three of them are fucking geniuses and I love their music!

This guy is the real fucking deal, no errors, straight precision and skill. Greatest of our time no doubt.

one of the sickest drumming performances i've ever witnessed... what a legend!

One of the few people that can make super busy chops groove at the same time... one of the best right here :)

I just love watching how much fun he is having while playing this. You can see that what he plays brings him joy

nowadays, too many drummers focus on chops and think that’s what makes you good. but there’s real skill in technicality, independence, displacement, which is the epitome of Garstka. strive to be like Garstka, Bouvet.. these are the masters.

how can you even learn such a song? it hurts my brains

Brilliant.....and once again I'm annoyed to see people giving thumbs down. I blame their parents

Everything about this performance is truly inspiring. Thank you Matt for making me want to get off my ass and practice.

Matt is amazing... whoever set his set up drives me mad that everything is bouncing to the more mellow of hits.

I’ve only just started playing drums and watching this has already made me better.

Definitely my favorite Meinl festival video so far. This sounded so good turned up to the max on the headphones. So sick.

amazing sound quality, thanks MEINL! what can be said about Matt Garstka? Simply incredible drummer, he is the tightest drummer I've ever seen live not in a jazz context

I've been watching this video ever since it was released and am still in awe of what it means for drumming. This will go down as one of the most insane drum performances ever in history. Period. What a time to be alive and watch this guy absolutely go ape shit on the drums, so tastefully. Absolutely insane.

I feel lucky to have had this man’s kick drum thud through my heart in person. It took a minute for my heartbeat to shift out of 17/16 time, but it was an amazing experience

everything about this from his playing to the sound of his kit is simply perfection.

Indeed, he is taking the instrument to a new level... Amazing..

Still one of my favorite performance by Matt. Amazing kit, cymbals and sound overall! Matt is super technical and I love it!

I think this is the best drummer performance I've ever seen! Matt Garstka is a Legend

The master proving once agin why he's the greatest. No one in metal is at his level

Can't help but smile every time I watch this dude play.

His whole set trembles before him, the almighty drummer where cymbals bow and drum heads suffer for his glory.

Nothing will ever top this for me....I think this is the best thing I have ever seen

That is the best sounding stack I've ever heard

people watch this not realizing it is basically the drumming equivalent of reciting the periodic table by memory 25 times in a row but every 6th time through you stop at the 47th element and start again 3 times but on the 4th time through you go back to the 48th element and continue, then you do that whole thing twice and then again at the 96th element (48x2!) but then you only do it twice instead of 4 times because you're already times 2 so then continuing on you do the rest of the table based not on atomic weight as the table suggests but in the chronological order they were discovered. Pretty simple really, just count it out.

I'm always coming back to this video cause there's definitely some magic here with how he plays and hes definitely one of the greats.

O Brasil está de olho nesse Mestre . The Boss of Drummer! Its amazing tecnic.

audio and video quality are absolutely flawless as well as Matt's insane skill

Dude's a cyborg. No other explanation make sense

Matt is hope for the young drummer generation for sure, excellent playing👍

just unabashedly melting this Festivals face of with technical metal drumming

you think the original song is hard enough, but he goes even harder. levels, man

The fill at 1:37 is insane

This melts my face, head, neck, chest, arms and hands and turns legs and feet to ashes.

I cry when I watch all his videos :(

this guy has so much power and is so precise at the same time, unbelievable

I have a somatic reaction to this, it's just such amazing drumming. It sounds kinda weird, but the feeling that comes closest is love, and I feel just fine with saying that I love Matt's drumming.

So clean, so precise with very interesting off time grooves.. just love to hear and watch this guy play.

Super cool down to earth humble drummer. Met him after the show here. Talent for sure!

As always, just an absolute monster. One day I will shake that magical hand.

All I can say is thank you Matt for your amazing skills and creativity we are lucky to hear this kind of drumming!! BEAST!! +Matt G

It's insane what one can do with one bass pedal when they know how to chop time up! Damn Matt is a boss

One of the best performances I've ever seen...

facial expression is as if his brain is melting

Always a pleasure watching Garstka play, especially to an AAL track!

just total precision, power, nailed this, nailed as nailed can be.

People think i'm weird for putting on youtube while a drive but the live audio is just amazing.

I Think I will vote for him for the best Drummer of all time 2021

I will never grow tired of Matt's playing. absolutely incredible to watch. Massive sound, probaby helps that he's bashing the fuck outta eeeeeverything

No one tops this guy! He is the best!!

He hits those Meinl cymbals really hard. Good test. Incredible talent as usual.

Alien technology! Seriously as a drummer for over forty years, I’m officially done saying I’ve seen it all. Amazing!

I watch this almost every day. so fucking sick

5:12 - Puny little Macbook freaked out by the mighty Matt's drum and passed away... R.I.P.

This group is so cool to watch and listen. Bravo l'artiste!

3:45 - 4:10 gives me chills every time I listen to this song

I’m so impressed by all of and it kick ass to hear a keys player! But you all are so giod

0:59-1:16 is incredible

really not into his band, but man ive found another new fav drummer. this guys a beast.

Love the raw snare sound

I love how he beats his drums to a pulp, awesome XD

Love the sound of that kick, so punchy but a huge amount of tone!

this guy, thomas lang, and chris coleman fucking blow my mind. i dont get how they are so good lol.... gods of drumming....

Those flam hits on the cymbals 😭😭

This guy is full of fire 🔥 . And extremely talanted !!!

It's already beyond incredible that anyone can play like this, and make it look so easy and soulful, but how tf can he move like that in a shirt? Man looks like he's about to introduce himself to your family as Matthew.

watched this so many times but only transcribing it now do i notice the left-foot-on-both-pedals trick he does in the fill at 1:37. the details! gift that keeps on giving

Probably the best drummer i ve heard

All of this is phenomenal but a nice moment I'm loving is that little pick up full at 1:17