i hate to comment but have some of you ever heard of a gate? if you want a snare to sound like this with no moongel it needs AGGRESSIVE processing. why would this be faked? why would one of the fastest growing bands still keep a drummer that couldn't play relatively basic (albeit very good) stuff well enough to record a video live? furthermore there's NO REASON to suspect this is fake, there's nothing inhuman happening?!

No samples babe. Just doing the thing yknow. x

Band deserves all the success they get. Fucking unreal. Every song off the new album is amazing.

That snare rips. I've heard this band in random playlists, but it's cool to hear a really solid drummer is underneath all of that.

Nap Voucher 😂 I can't stop laughing at this video. Vessel II is a great drummer, saw Sleep Token live about 3 weeks ago and have seen Vessel II's solo videos on YT. They're amazing to see live, Vessel I is one of my favourite vocalists. I just love them.

His snare drums make me think he was heavily influenced by Abe Cunningham from Deftones. Which is amazing.

If George Lever mixed this, it explains how epic it sounds. Their new album is beautifully engineered and mixed.

I showed the Hypnosis drum video to my drum teacher and he was moved to tears. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the guy as moved as he was that day. Sleep Token is an absurdly talented group.

One of the best actual drummers from one of the best bands of the last decade. A monster.

Sleep Token givens me Deftones meets Leprous/Arcane Roots vibes, and I love those three bands, so I’m really digging Sleep Token.

I love watching videos of this song live because for whatever reason he hits the snare so hard during the ending that you can hear it echo off the walls of the venue and its beautiful.

George is known for using ridiculously tight gates on his drums. Sleep Token is probably the most drastic example, where Loathe is a bit more laid back. You can hear the same snare sound in Kubrick's songs.

you have the best eyebrows in metal

Commented the same thing on the recent drumeo one. It's so pleasing to see a not gridded video of a metal kind of drummer. This guy sounds so pleasing to listen to. Really kills it live too. Well in lad.

You had me dying at the moon gels part!

The snare II is using come from Perth in Western Aus! It’s actually one whole piece from a hollowed out log.

This drummer and the song the offering inspired me to start playing drums! Much love from a Tama player

'It would fun to be in a band like that' I feel like you'd give up your identity within a few weeks

High chance this man is reacting to himself. We're onto you, Craig.

I just discovered this channel today and this dude is hilarious I love it.

4 moon gels? that's insane.

nap voucher is the funniest fucking thing.

tbh the biggest reason i fell in love with sleep token is that the drummers symbal work sounds a heck of a lot like Chris Adler.

II is a beast! You should check out more of theirs they’re my favourite band ever! Vessels voice is amazing 🖤

Saw them live like 3-4 weeks ago, II's legit. Very legit.

these guys are awesome live!

Been listening to Sleep Token since their first EP. Absolutely fucking unreal band. Glad they're getting recognition they deserve

This song is so heavily influenced by the white pony days of deftones. It’s a good thing in my opinion and the snare is totally in the same tone vein as Abe Cunningham.

This drummer has more gospel chops then anything which is cool . I dig it

That snare is absolutely insane Also the camera was probably more 2-2.8, 1.4 we wouldn't see those candles at all I reckon!

This is my first time to hear this band after knowing OF the name and seeing pictures…. Not at all what I expected. Pretty wild. Snare is FUEGO

He definitely takes pride in his profession. 🤘🙂

The moon gel is probably for a cleaner recording sound. He don't use that much playing live.

Well that was fun. Hi Craig!! Can you check out the drum playthrough for the song exercises in futility by mgla? Sick cymbal work, not a drummer, but I can tell that much.

"Jupiter Gel" done me in

Love a bit of Slumber Coupon

Fuckin’ Craig!!!!! 😂😂😂Bro, you seriously cheer me up every time I watch one of your videos! The Moon Gel pause had me in tears my bro!! Love ya man!!

I wanted at least 10 more minutes talking about the moon gels 😄

This title is a contender for your best one Craig

Drummers can only dream of being as good as II. Dude is a beast.

If you crank the underhead of the snare you can get rid of a lot of ring, i think it sounds quite legit and on the other hand he could have remove the FQ in the mix.

I loveeee how raw those drums sound

Remo P77 crankedddd can make almost any snare sound like that

Your new shit is deadly.. Keep em coming!

"Mask Quality: You can rob a bank in that, you could also be a super villain 👍"

You should ask your sound tech for a cymbal list, really want to get those splashes!

i think that snare sound is the best sounding snare to come out of the metal genre in many years

Oh you know who they are.. they was chillin in the crowd at a show before their set

I come for the word play, I stay for the drums

I really like the istanbul cymbals. Definitely on par with meinl for sure

10:36 OH F**K I didnt know i was gonna get jump scared in this reaction! hahahah thanks reynolds!

This is a brady block snare, doesnt need moon jel generally for dampening. The wood itself is extremely hard and were only manufacturerd in Australia (I beleieve this one is made is Jarra block) - theyre incredible drums at a really high cost, worth it for the sound though!

I would trade my soul to be in a band with as much mystery, lore and intensity as Sleep Token... I always wonder how they managed to start... Imagine being a local band with complete anonymity... I must have been near impossible unless they started fresh out the gate with some kind of deal... Which I guess helped the rumors that they are well known for other things..

To be fair. What you guessed the singer was doing at that point in the song, wasn't far off!

You remind me of a metal Gordon Ramsey, in a good way

From the looks of the thing (and sound) it must have a ton of built in dampening. Pretty sure that’s the deal with the inner ring but I haven’t seen that head before. Kind of like a Powerstroke.

Love this band and the drummer is awesome! Melodic AF! This guy and Silent Planet's Alex Camanera are my favorite drummers 🤘🤘🤘

Was waiting for you to notice those moongels... god damn!!!!

If I didn't know any better I would have thought this was an advertisement for a moongel alternative

Nap Voucher got me LAUGHING bro

The playthrough of Hypnosis is so solid and controlled. I love the creativity that the drummer gets space to add in the playthrough of Alkaline between 2:00 and 3:00 are something to aspire to.

The added vocals were on point craig

I’m sending this a year later.. just some lads… eat your words mate 😂😂they are talented, genius& brilliant WORSHIP❤

Want a super dry snare with no moon gels or o rings? Put very thin cheese cloth(or any very thin fabric. Gauze, thin silk w/e) on the bearing edge before you put your main batter head on. Pull the cloth tight right before the head gets too tight to move the cloth. After that? Tune as usual. Dryest snare you will ever hear.. Won't noticeably change tone or tuning. I personally prefer covering the entire diameter. But you can use narrower strips if it's too dry. I have one snare with batter and reso head covered, one with just batter and one with a 6" wide cloth strip on the batter side.

I asked dw drums, what kind of snare head he does use ( G2 Evans was the answer) the cymbal he uses are worth between 2'500-3000 USD... overall his setup is a high level priced kit but sounds awesome.... this dude was a drum teacher before ;)

He's soo clean

Bangin

“Oh this is why everyone’s trying to get me to watch it” 5:10 😂😂 you’re killin’ me

NAP VOUCHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You made my day bro!

Would love to see your review of Matt Halpern's Drum Playthrough of Satellites by Periphery

But the snare! I love it because it resembles deftones. I think vessel got some inspiration from deftones also by the way of playing. Hughe fan!

"Meinl and istanbul... same fn thing" I didnt know someone could be this wrong and confident 😂😂

I just realized nap voucher 😂😂

Love craigs reactions....legend

I started dying when you faked your satanic hand movements at the end.

absolute clickbait title king works every time

Rewatching and only noticing the Jupiter gel joke now 😂 fucking funny

Nap voucher got me good.

This title.. is so good xD

4 naan jeremy, 4? That's insane

Since you brought it to our attention, on the shots looking down there's only one moongel on the 10inch, instead of the four we see from the throne. Anyone else catch that?

LMAO the ending

gj adam

The drummer and Vessel are the only songwriters in Sleep Token

Shout out Through Silver in Blood at the end. Best album ever

NAP VOUCHER 😂

Best drummer out.

Don’t they have names? I thought they did like vessel and iii etc

"I don't want the algorithm to squish me." 1 minute later - "Squish me harder. 😉"

I’m kinda convinced he’s Delta Empire🤷‍♂️

Nap Voucher should be the actual name of this band. Hilarious title.

Adam is a beast

very curious set up, 5K DW muted to hell with moongels lmao, might as well use Pinstripes.. istanbul agop OM series crashes are pretty peculiar imo, very silvery yet dark tone, sweet song regardless. Snare is nice and balanced, although a bit poppy for my taste

Check out Sleep Token II’s drum play through of Vore, Gods, Dark Signs, Like That, Rain, etc on Drumeo KZfaq channel

Ride combs, noooiiiice

*Really awesome drummer rocking the shit out of the drums* Craig: _but the gels!!_ Drummer:🤷‍♂️

Spooky sleepy bois

I think it would be very hard to replace this drummer .. i love playing this song on my electric drums .. incredible song

10:00 lmfao

Also can we take a second to appreciate the title of the video?