Prologue: I prepared heavily for this. Many hours in the jam room practicing, coming up with a plan, and spent hours studying the submission videos of the drummers who applied. I did my best to find out who was chosen. And most of the drummers who were chosen were good friends of mine, and very little to no tech death players were there. But I knew there would be a rogue.. A death metal drummer in a million bands who had crazy ass chops who would out do me in kick speed, blasts, fills, you name it. And I was right. I got to the building 1 day before the shoot for a quick dress rehearsal. And there he was.. Nick Rogers, the rogue. We exchanged plesentries and then I said it! I said: "You're the rogue. I knew you would come." And I asked him to whip out his phone and show me his billion bands and his insane chops. And he did! He showed it all to me, all the insane pedal tricks and fills that I couldnt hope to play like he could. The staff approached us and told us we would face eachother in the first round. The pieces were falling into place.. Little did Nick know, this is exactly what I wanted. This wasnt just a friendly competition of who plays metal drums better. To me, this was death metal, vs thrash metal. And I knew I was facing true death. So I did the only thing I could. I threw a fresh skin on my snare, tightened the shit out of it, followed my heart and hit as hard as I could. The judges made their call but I know the true power of Nick Rogers. And Im lucky I survived his wrath.

I started watching with water now I have a beer in hand..

As a drummer, this is exactly the contest i have always wanted to see !

The quality of drumming is so much higher than the quality of the guitar players lmao.

If nobody pulls a Mario Duplantier and casually flexes Bleed in the middle of a solo I’ll be thoroughly disappointed

I'm stoked on the mix of this. Hearing these kicks sounds like drums and not just crazy triggered was super refreshing.

Nicks second round had parts lifted from BTBAM's "Obfuscation", I smiled so big!

This was actually a pretty rad idea to have drummers instead of guitar players this time around. Also, I'd like to commend you on the audio quality. I don't know if I'm tripping or not, but it seems like it has gone up significantly since the last season.

As a drummer I was hoping they’d get a short bass and guitar track to play along to. Seeing how they apply these chops in a creative manner to a song would have been a lot of fun. That’s what drummers are for after all.

Can't get enough of high level metal musicians.

This is what i have been waiting for clash of drummer 🤘

The first video that I watched of this series had a guitar backing track. Which made for a stellar performance from the drummers. I feel that if these drummers had backing tracks, that we would have seen an even more vivid and spectacular performance from both.

Holy Shit, you got Chris as the guest judge? That guy has drummed on many of what I consider to be my favourite metal albums in the last decade. Megadeth, Protest the Hero, Lamb of God... just... wow.

If I could offer my own thoughts as a fellow drummer: Round #1: Nick: Good, technical stuff that sounded like it could fit well on any extreme metal record. Solid blast beats, and some excellent footwork. The problem I had was that there was too much of a reliance on said blast beats. Also, I have to agree with Sam. I wish that he'd done something a little more creative than the stereotypical death metal stuff. But, overall, pretty nice work. 8/10. Andrew: I liked how he incorporated the thrashier part of his sound as he spoke about in his interview, and I could definitely see the Pete Webber influence there. His footwork, while not as good as Nick's, was still solid, and, as Chris Adler said, he had some very good snare rolls. My issue with him was that he was just a little sloppy moving from part to part, and he didn't really do anything aside from the thrash stuff, even though he said he was gonna use some prog material. He did well, just not quite as well as Nick. 7/10. Round #2: Andrew: It was definitely better than the first round. I like how he basically had one giant pattern of eighth notes on the kick drum, and then deviated from that with a cool floor tom pattern. That's more of the prog stuff he was missing in round 1. On the downside, his footwork was still a little sloppy and after a while, the eighth note pattern did start to become stale. But, overall, he did a nice job of taking what the judges told him and revamping his solo for round 2. 8/10. Nick: This was also better than the first round. I like how he dropped the reliance on nothing but blast beats in favor of more standard metallic drumming. As with Andrew, he also did a great job in taking the constructive criticism of the judges and applying it to his second solo. He did some more experimental stuff that I enjoyed, and it was fun to watch. I guess my only note would be that the ending petered out just a little bit, and it seems like he's trying too hard to move from piece to piece as quickly as possible. But, overall, it was definitely better than the first pass. I'd give it a 9/10. So, out of 20, Nick got a 17, and Andrew got a 15. For me, Nick should have won this. He had the better footwork, was a little more cool behind the kit, and just appeared like he'd thought things out a little more than Andrew did. He also stuck close to his style more, while throwing in some creative monkey wrenches to mess with things a little. But, oh, well. To each their own, and two of the judges had a different opinion. Good luck to Andrew in the next round!

I was waiting for this since teaser trailer. Happy to have this on You Tube, so much great content on your channel. Great to see that there will be musical tracks to drum on for the semi-finals.

Audio quality is really good in this one. Nothing is getting cut out and the drums sound great.

Canadian metalheads are so chill

What a fuckin start to Season 3! Both incredible players. Thank you Banger for the great content!

That was awesome. Two very incredible drummers. The sound mixing on the show is crystal clear too.

SO glad I found this! Kick ass. Tons of sick drumming. Can't wait to watch the rest of the series!

Really cool idea to do it with drummers! I wish we will have as well some drummers that are bit experimental and go out of the fast, blast, double basse part and try to play some intricate groove parts. But I love the concept, and this first episode was already very enjoyable and we had two very different rounds. Stoked for the upcoming episodes!

WTF dude both guys are absolute beasts behind the kit! Super excited to see what comes next.

I really enjoy the idea of bringing drummers to the show! Nice episode! \m/

Why the hell would you thumbs down this. Baritone Guitarist here, this is killer show idea Love watching talented drummers, thumbs up 👍🏽. Great talent from both drummers

Why have I never seen this before?!!!!! I could watch these all day! So sick 🤘🤘🤘

Both great drummers with their own styles. Can't wait to see who's next!

I have been waiting so long for this. Cheers

That was awesome, as a drummer I really enjoy seeing other drummers do their thing. Andrew has a really great style, can't wait to see more!

Fucking kickass! I've been waiting for this for ages, and we start with two really good drummers!! Promising.

This format feels much nicer to watch (and hear) ! Also unlike some of the contestants of the other 2 seasons, these guys are actually really proficient !

Love this show! Make these videos longer!

Audio mix is great, good job.

Keep these seasons going forever don’t stop

I’m so impressed, the drum edition is so much fun, is a much better show than guitars, I’m excited for the next episode

Such talent. Great episode

Very good BANGERTV! Nice alternative

Amazing. Both were just great! And this is round 1?! The previous seasons you could tell that someone was a cut above but at least this episode was a tight a competition as I've seen. Can't wait for the next round!

This is freaking awesome

Finally! Let's get it on!!!

Now this is what I'm talking about! I'm on board!

I want more drum battle, that's amazing

Both were great!

Awesome Episode!

Really really fantastic 🤘🤘

So happy for a drum addition. I really want to see a bass season next!

I am a guitar player, and I've been playing guitar for 10 years. Right now I'm working on my death metal band - so, naturally you can guess which style is more appealing to me. With that said, I just reaaaaaaally want to put this on the record: THIS DRUM COMPETITION IS SOOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN THE GUITAR ONE.... Damn. Great job, golks! And, Chris, you're the boss!

This is so sick!

Why in the fuck did I just now hear about this!? This is AMAZING!

Despite being a Patreon supporter I've always ignored Shredders of Metal because i just don't give a fuck about guitar pyrotechnics. So I finally check it out and you're doing drums! So much fun. Thanks.

Awesome! Drums never get the love they deserve in competition style shows.

This is great!!

Ooh this is great stuff!

As a bass player , really enjoyed checking my "bros" battling it out ! GO MARIO GO

Both did an amazing job !!!!🤘

I'm not a drummer myself, but I thought both of these contestants were AWESOME!

THEY'RE BACK!!!!!!!

I LOST MY MARBLES when I saw the freaking guest judges this season!!! Holy shit lmao

Aweeeesomeeee ! When is the next episode?

I need MOAR

Only a few minutes into this video but the first thing I thought of when the first guy started was Justice/black album era Ulrich with the way he was playing that snare

This channel is all what you need to inspire.

what's up with canada having the most talented musicians around the world... jesus

they are both great and real sounds and legendary judge

This is sick

that was sick! Nick definitely has the extreme sound down, but it all felt too similar and didn't work as good when he tried something different. i feel like Andrew has a bit more range, and was overall more entertaining to watch and listen to, or maybe i'm just biased because i do enjoy me some thrashy drumming.

Here we go 🤘

Excelent! Congrats from Córdoba, Argentina

This show must be broadcasted on TV asap!

Were back baby!!!!

Great performance guys! 🔥👌🔥

Totally awesome and found myself agreeing with the judges comments all the way through. That was a really tough call, glad I didn't have to make it, they really were different styles of drummers and both good at what they did.

Awesome!!

Lmao i didnt knew it was drummers edition when i came in, sounds cool tho, gotta watch em all.

I love this channal. Please go on at this!

Why am just seeing this now! 🤘🏼

That was sick!

They were both so good. I love this. I did really dig Andrew's power style. But Nick's tech-death style was also killer.

Hell yeah here WE Go again

This is one of the most epic event 💕🔥

I always dreamed a show like this and now my idol my inspiration is the judge ....hell yeah!!!

I want this show to have so many seasons that Banger is obliged to do a Saxophone edition!

This is gonna be a sick contest! 🇨🇦

Great show guys! ✌️🇨🇦❤️

Shit great drummers. Both guys. Really really fucking good. Kits sound amazing too. Excellent tracking/mixing job. Just superb all around. It is Very difficult to record live drums that sound this good.

Haha I recognize obfuscation anywhere by btbam!! 7:30

If season four isn’t drums I’m losing it

YESSSSSS LETS GOOOOOOOO

Thumbs up for both drummers! \m/

Wow i like it!

Well this is rad! \m/

I would of been so into this concept as a teenager!

HELL YEAH LET'S GO

Chris Adler has a passing resemblance to Brad Pitt if Brad Pitt had a Corona beard: )

Much love for my man Nick!

Someone get Blayne Smith behind the kit!

This is fucking Great

the best masters of metal and the new generations ... the best program in the world .. !!!

Chris Adler looks like Brad Pitt from interview with the vampire

Do bass next season and we'll have a complete band. 2 guitarists, a drummer, and a bassist for a winners' band jam.

Yass, hype for this. :D