Bullet For My Valentine – No Easy Way Out

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This video was supposed to be released on July 24, 2020, but shit happens. 4 years ago “almost” to the day (July 24, 2016) I covered the song “No Easy Way Out” by Bullet For My Valentine, who in turn covered it from Robert Tepper and the iconic soundtrack to Rocky IV. One month prior, I purchased my Roland TD-30 kit and I was super excited at what it could potentially do down the road. In my haste I just threw the original video out there without any real concern. If you want to check out that older video, here it is: https://youtu.be/Sg1mnkPeQao

Well fast forward to today, or a month ago when I decided I wanted to fix my version of the cover and give it the justice it deserves! Well here it is. Pretty happy with the performance, not so happy with the video quality, but meh..

Not too many changes with the kit from my normal preset, only layered a 2nd cymbal to crash #3 for a great riding crash.  Then some typical eq/mix related changes.

 

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Ghost – Stand By Him

This sure was a fun song to cover (requested by @XdarknessTV), I even tweaked my normal kit preset to give that old rustic sound the original drums had on it. How could I say no to the song that basically started Ghost as a band?

(excerpt from their WiKi) ” Tobias Forge said that it was the song “Stand by Him” that heralded the start of the band: “while being together in another band, Ghost started when I played a riff to everybody else. I said that this is probably the most heavy metal riff that has ever existed. Then I showed them the opening riff to ‘Stand by Him’.

Recorded in the middle of the COVID pandemic where I had a bunch of time to sit at home and noodle with different preset options but still came right back to my good old trusty preset in the end with minor alterations.

 

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Ghost – Ritual

Yup still in quarantine and probably the fastest back to back drum cover release I have ever done! I am ready to shave, probably next weekend. Well I am back to covering some more Ghost songs , this time a classic, “Ritual”. Very fun song to play even with the speedy middle section. Enjoy it!

During the pandemic I was on a roll recording drum covers and why not, we were stuck inside.  Nothing crazy with the kit preset except I added a layered cymbal to crash #3.

 

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Skillet – Monster

Here is my little quarantine video covering Skillet’s “Monster”. Quick and easy and just like all the other dude’s posting on YouTube, I got my quarantine beard going as well. I need a damn haircut! My GoPro battery died within the last minute of shooting this cover, so no overhead shots for the ending. ?

 

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Suicidial Tendencies – Monopoly On Sorrow

The first time I ever heard Suicidal Tendencies was back in 1991 in high school; fell in love with them immediately! I always wanted to cover one of their songs and what better way than now to start off the new year?! Very fun song to play and trying to play it like Josh Freese does pose some challenges -I did my best! ? The ending minute of the song (3:45 for you cheaters) is the best part. It really opens up, has some really fun kick patterns, and one of my favorite fills at around 4:07.

Nothing unusal with the drum preset in this one, except I added a stacked spalsh/china for one part of the song.

 

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