Can't beat the workhorses who've set the standards!

He collaborated with them. Its his signature model

This is just my thinking on why he chose to play this track, but he wanted to show off the looks of the pedal. Most songs from Nile those pedal/pedals would be a blur lol

How was it?

these drums sound so bad.

xD

Cause he is not using triggers for this video. Still the one footed blasts sounded nice!

Just imagine if he picked TWTGD!! I was super confused when I heard sarcophagus playing. I had the same thoughts.

No triggers on the drums, meaning any scorching blast beat would've resulted in basically no sound from the kick. Even this song doesn't sound great without triggers amping it up

Wow no triggers? It sounded goooood

Use different beaters for sure. The slave pedal will always be a bit different. The same spring has a bigger job to do. You will always have to have a bit more tension on the slave side, and it will still be a little off. That's just physics, not brand or pedal specific.

Yeah I agree, definitely looks like the beater isn’t always making it all the way to head in faster bursts. I had that problem early on when I had an axis and I was getting used to the super high spring tension, and he did also mention these have stupid heavy springs.

And actually around 5:10 the slower section I can hear that same feel issue.

I had it with the axis where slower tempos the pedal just wanted to go faster and you’d get this weird feeling of stamping on the pedal but it already being at the head so you get this tiny feeling motion and no power and it feels like the pedal is lost under your foot, really weird feeling but I saw and heard that feeling in this video.

@@boobtubenoob7061 To be honest.......metaphorically Sometimes wearing an old pair of shoes feels...... better .......

@@STIXAHOY yeah I hear you

Lol you may aswell just go Axis at this point.

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 if these feel/perform the same this is a better option than axis. Axis are great but getting spare/replacement parts if you’re not an endorsed touring drummer is an absolute nightmare and they’re so flimsy. They just wear themselves down so fast, the drive shafts especially.

@@boobtubenoob7061 Even the Dyna sync pedals are better.

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 yeah I’ve been looking at those! Seem like a solid option.

@boobtubenoob7061 I've had them for 4 years. Still smooth as a babies bum and damn powerful

One can but dream

The demon drive feels like absolute crap regardless of the settings though, feels like it’s gonna break under your foot. I don’t know of a single extreme metal drummer that uses the demon drive either, it’s from a weird era when direct drive pedals were just gaining more popularity and everyone was making these super adjustable pedals like the DW 9000. Seems like Pearl just freaked out and put every imaginable feature into one mess of a pedal and then paid a bunch of big drummers (notably Mike mangini) to promote it, I’m pretty sure he’s the only one that still uses it too. They haven’t dumbed down the demon drive, they’ve looked at the pedals all the extreme drummers are using (czarcie kopyto, trick, Axis, ADC) and made their own mass produced version, pretty much the same way DW have with the MDD but this is a much more obvious take on the listed pedals. What’s crazy to me is despite this being a mass produced pedal from a huge company it’s still more expensive or the same price as these super high end machined pedals from these super small boutique pedal companies. A trick pro1v Bigfoot is £750 compared to 950 for this 👀👀 wtf

They look to be about as long as the demon drive when turned into a longboard to me. I agree about the red accents on this though, just a bit tacky looking. Kinda like how trick isn’t innovating or changing much but adding new colors. These look more playable than his old Axis pedals, but I worry that Pearl has pigeonholed themselves with their new model. Most people don’t actually like direct drive very much. It’s so niche feeling. Maybe I’m just being a hater, I just think this was a weird move. I’ll always pick a solid feeling chain or even strap drive over direct, and I’m not some outdated old head either. I wanna see these in a chain drive configuration without the red accents.

@@1dudecrush I don’t think they’ve necessarily pigeon holed themselves, I think they will just release it with a chain aswell, much like the new DW MDD. The thing is unless you’re playing extreme music like this there are already a shit ton of options and not a lot of advancements to be made, you have an option for everything. You only need these crazy innovations for extreme music. Otherwise just buy an eliminator if you want Pearl, or get a DW9000 if brand isn’t an issue, there really isn’t a need for another chain drive pedal beyond those, and for the people who want overkill but want it to feel like their eliminator, just buy the chain version of this.

He says they are including also a "normal" set of springs with lower tension. So you'd be able to find the perfect setting I guess.

If you can try them in person, will definitely be a challenge with the ADC but see if you can find someone who has one. They’re very similar but the ADC feels lighter imo.

the funny thing is that half of the people who comment cant neither play with the dynamics nor with the speed required for this style of music.

Pedals with heavy springs high spring tension are harder to play at medium to low tempos, but easier to play at high tempos. George and many other death metal drummers use heavy springs and high spring tension since they weanna go fast yaknow.. These pedals even come with a heavy spring and a spring with a more normal tension and heaviness. but Czarcie Kopyto tho >>>

What are you talking about?? He is not struggling on anything.....

I think Tama has a pedal call Iron Cobra, so it would have been to close I guess.

My question is why non drummers like you even comment here

??

You'd have to use when playing extreme metal nobody will hear the bass drums