Metal Drummer REACTS to Epica - CONSIGN TO OBLIVION (WOW)
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2022
- I've been a deathcore drummer for 12 years and have spent most of my time locked away, being a music recluse. Now, I've decided to share my journey of experiencing new bands and songs for the first time and analyzing them. Remember to leave any comments or suggestions below to let me know what you think!
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Once again, Thank you to your wife. lol Symphonic metal Dutch band originally called Sahara Dust. Guitarist ,and harsh vocalist, Mark Jansen formed the band in 2002 after parting ways with his former band After Forever. AF, which he co-founded, was the first band Floor Jansen joined at age 16. (Mark and Floor are not related)
Lead singer, Simone Simons, switched to this singing style, from pop, in training after hearing Nightwish with their original lead singer ,Tarja Turunen. Simone was 17 when she started with EPICA.
Knew you'd love Arien on drums. Coen Janssen on keyboards often runs around the stage when not playing. Guitarist Isaac Delahaye, and bassist Rob van der Loo complete the current lineup.
Consign to Oblivion is one of the heavier songs, and the title track to their second album (they now have 8 records), and is often the show closing song.
For more from them: the Skelton Key, Beyond the Matrix, kingdom of Heaven Pt 3, Cry For the Moon, and heavier songs like universal death Squad and Essence of Silence.
The 2 songs Floor joined them for at retrospect are Sancta Terra and Stabat Mater Dolorosa.
what a freakin history! I'm loving everything Ive heard so far!
This is going to be good. Arien is a beast on the drums.
Also literally his nickname hahaha
One of the very best if you ask me.
@@mariodriessen9740 seen them live many times, that whole band always delivers.
So good top see Arien getting some love. Most reactors barely comment on the drums, but my man is back there doing work. Shout out to Rob on Bass too.
That whole band is awsome. Well oiled machine :)
Arien van Weesenbeek is an absolute monster, on the kit. And yet, such an unassuming, almost shy guy off it.
There is a Video on Epicas official channel where Arien does a playthrough of Abyss of Time where you just see him doing all the drumming in the studio probably something a drummer would love to look at
Hi IronSmoked, you don't know it yet but you just discovered one of the greatest bands in the world, this band is phenomenal 🙃
I ignored my wife for too long! Nightwish blew me away and now this! I've got to go jewelry shopping soon! LOL We both thank you so much for watching!
Great reaction Man. "Essence of silence" Live next please. Greeting from Sweden
I loved this song so much. I have so much more coming! Keep an eye on the channel tomorrow around 6pm CST for a new video ;D and Thank you for watching Bosse!
With the perspective on drums, the Epica song I would recommend is "Kingdom of Heaven" (part 1). Beside being one of their overall masterpieces, it is very heavy on drums. Especially in the first half, the drums are very prominent. It is also a song with compley rythms and many rythm changes. According to Mark Jansen, the main writer of the song, there is even one transition part that Ariën had a really hard time playing.
Now the unfortunate news is that there is no HQ public live version of this song. The best version from Omega Alive is unfortunately not public. The most popular version is a fan based video mixing an amateur recording from a concert in Mexico with the sound from the album.
His nickname is 'the beast' and he feeds on cheeseburgers.
The retrospect concert was nearly 3,5 hours (THE concert from epica). Talk about stamina.
This song specifically is always the closer. So he drums like this after 2+ hours of a regular concert
Epica is my favorite band ever. 🤘😎🤘 greetz from epica country 🇳🇱
SO..... Epica...
Epica is Epic (well deserved name for the band).
Singers name is Simone Simons and classically trained .
Simone and Floor are good friends!
Harsh Vocals Mark Jansen, no relation to Floor Jansen, he is ex-After forever member (Floor's first band)
And On drums is Ariën van Weesenbeek.
WHEN Epica hit hard, they are heavier than Nightwish. But they also have some really beautiful, soft and tender ballads. And they often ”cover themselves” in completely different styles (jazz, Irish folk, klezmer…).
Being familiar with all their stuff, they still keep me amazed by their talent and epicness, which is just keep growing for almost 20 years. It’s like too much to be from this world, especially when you realize they have about 10 masterpieces in this scale, ballads that will make you cry, countless top-notch badass songs, great covers, orchestral and acoustic versions, insightful lyrics and great stage presence.. enough talent for 20 bands combined. And.. they’re so down-to-earth and generous to their fans.
Epica fan's are Epicans .
NWSU/Ayreonaut/Epican 🤘😎🤘.
Since Google failed to help me out...let's ask: NWSU? Nightwish S....U...?
@@vogel2280 Nightwish Shadow Unit
🤘😎🤘
No one: 6:00 french national anthem Easter egg
Some other songs you may like:
The Essence of Silence: czcams.com/video/P6hX5rpEOgY/video.html
Kingdom of Heaven (part 3): czcams.com/video/BdBCVMD8TiM/video.html
And since you already like Floor, you might want to check out some songs featuring both ladies:
Stabat Mater Dolorosa w/Floor Jansen: czcams.com/video/nhtOORYTGx8/video.html
Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen): czcams.com/video/cx22Yuj2nzg/video.html
Last but not least, another entirely new rabbit hole called 'Ayreon':
czcams.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/video.html
You may see some familiar faces in that one as well ;)
Thanks Erwin!!!!
AYreon with ed Warby at Drums should definetely be your Alley, even if much more Prog Rock:) I Concur to Erwin in this 100%
the Name of epicas Drummer is Arien . you like Consign to Oblivion and you mean this is havy than check out Kindom of Haven live in Mexico 2014 . this is 14 min Metall fun . 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
YEEEESSSSS!! I love this song and this performance. Your wife has good taste. And just like the goddess of Nightwish, they're Dutch! Yay! Makes me proud to be Dutch.
Mrs IronSmoke is really starting to show how smart she is!!
very good reaction.....more plz
Wicked song, wicked reaction, brilliant drummer, cheers & proost from tha Low Countries !
From 2001 - 2008 Ariën used to play for a band called God Dethroned, in case you'd like to check out some of his earlier work.
Coen is the keyboardist and absolutely one of the biggest characters in this genre. I believe you saw his free form keyboard, and him riding it. I think I mentioned previously to watch for that. Several times in this performance, he also launches it across the stage then runs below to intercept it on the other end. There is a performance where he doesn’t make it on time. A few laughs and shoulder shrugs with his band mates!
Hi man. Great reaction. I suggest some EPICA songs:
- Unleashed (Retrospect live)
- Kingdom of Heaven part 1 (Official Lyric video)
- Kingdom of Heaven part 3 (Omega Alive)
- The Holographic Principle (Official lyric video)
give the girls a turn Crypta from the ashes live wacken 2022 i love the drummer
He really is a great drummer but I often wonder what type of pedals he is using maybe a double on each bass to get that speed consistent. As a drummer I know to sustain that through a whole concert is insane.
I was always interested in the Axis direct drive pedals, but I think the highest quality pedal I've put to use the most was a set of Tama Speedcobras. Good for people with big feet or heel-toe technique users since the pedalboards are long AF! I use some basic gibraltars now and honestly theyre great, I like my springs super loose :D
Now, check out Epica's Simone Simons and Floor Jansen in Stabat Mater Dolorosa. Beautiful duet. You're welcome. 😄🤣
Added! Thanks Richard!
Bring a drummer, I'm sure you're familiar with Dream Theater. If not, check out The Dance of Eternity.
And if you want to go old school, watch Emerson, Lake and Palmer do Rondo. There's a 7-10 minute drum solo that will blow you away.
Arien certainly has some stamina. There was one funny moment during one of the videos I watched, I think it was part of the Retrospect live performance. At the end of one track Simone turned and looked at the drummer and said “I think Arien has a couple of batteries up his arse”
I just realized as you mentioned the blast beat at the end of the song, how good bands time their lights or pyros in synch!
There are many great drum play-throughs by Arien Weesenbeek of songs like Universal Death Squad and Abyss of time on YT!
*slaughter to prevail-demolisher & brand of sacrifice- demon king, you wont regret it*
Been away for 4-5 days as wife and I have moved from the UK to Indonesia, so i'm catching up on some reactions now. So it's so good to see you reacting to this one by Epica. Great reaction again, plus it's so good to get it broke down by someone who knows and recognises the quality of the drumming. Not so much drumming on the next one, which should be Kingdom of Heaven part3 or perhaps Skeleton Key.
Holy cow! I hope your transition was smooth and you're enjoying it! I've got some cool stuff in the works, if you like Sabaton I've got a new one reacting to them as well :) Thanks Graham!
Did they influence Nightwish or did Nightwish influence them? I think this dude is actually better than Jukka or Kai and I love both of those guys. Damn, this guy is sharp on those kick drums!!!
You're tellin me Gene! This guy Arien kicks ass! Go check out the community page and leave your suggestion on our latest poll! Thanks for watching man!
@@IronSmokeLTD Floor taught Simone
G’day - Sydney base camp reporting in….you need to do Sancta terra Epica feat floor from retrospect show of 2013 Simone was 3months pregnant
Regarding the vocals:
With Floor (Nightwish) and Simone (Epica) you got to know two of the great Dutch symphonic metal singers. There are more to discover:
A unique singer of her own is Sharon den Adel from „Within Temptation“. They are incredible as well. First songs to listen to might be „And we run feat. Xzibit“ (symphonic metal meets rap), „Paradise (What Bout us) feat. Tarja“ (the first singer of Nightwish), „Angels“, „Ice Queen“, „Stand my Ground“....
Charlotte Wessels formerly from „Delain“ is the next to explore: „Masters of Destiny“ is a must. Delain did a couple of songs with Marco from Nightwish like „Sing to me feat. Marco Hietala“
Anneke van Giersbergen (former from The Gathering) did a great duet with Sharon den Adel: Within Temptation „Somewhere“ together with a full orchestra.
Another symphonic metal band to mention is Xandria from Germany. They had for some time another awesome Dutch singer: Dianne van Giersbergen. Try „Nightfallv“.
Greetz from a German-Dutch concert photographer
Ive jammed Within Temptation before!!!!!! They are awesome! Thank you these will definitely be brought into consideration!!!!!
Da way to go
I have a great one for you. Same epic drummer (Ariën van Weesenbeek), seen up close in a track he did with another great vocalist from the Dutch metal scene, Marcela Bovio. The band is called "Dark Horse White Horse" consisting of Marcela (vocals), Ruben Wijga (keys) and Jord Otto (guitar).
The guys are two ex-members of ReVamp, one of Floor Jansen's former legendary bands. Marcela also sings in MayaN, a project of Epica's Mark Jansen. It's Epica but a tad bit heavier still. You'll love it! But first things first: drummer Ariën with DHWH. Here goes: "Dark Horse White Horse - Black hole" - czcams.com/video/LSDiFH0Ok1M/video.html Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘
OOOO yessss GIMME THE HEAVYYY! Thank you Brendon, I'll see what I can do!
@@IronSmokeLTD OK then! Here's a sample of MaYaN: "MaYaN - Rebirth from Despair [Live at Masters of Rock 2019]" - czcams.com/video/u5TQqUD74OE/video.html
DHWH is awesome, MaYaN is awesome, Arien is the drummer for MaYaN as well. And Marcela is fantastic.
People will certainly suggest a lot of Epica songs. I mean, 8 studio albums… Arien also plays in MaYaN, even more heavy, less „Disney-vibs“ and on the EP of Dark Horse White Horse. Both really worth checking out. On Dark Horse White Horse, Arien‘s drumming is different, there you can really hear what a diverse drummer he really is.
ooooo I might like Mayan then. This is definitely different but damn I respect a great drummer. Ill put it into the list! thank you for watching!
@@IronSmokeLTD You'll love the singer of MaYan too; Marcella Bovio is an extremely talented singer, originally Mexican but nowadays also living in the Netherlands, cradle of many a great female Metal lead singer (Anneke van Giersbergen, Simone Simons whom you just watched, Floor Jansen, and more .....must be something in the water)
I wonder how you would rate the drummer's work in the song "Ascension dream state Armageddon" by Epica, where he distributes in black metal style 😄
dude, check out Design your universe or unleashed live retrospect as well, amazing epica songs...also if you want some drum craziness you need to listen to Leprous, the drummer is a beast, Slave live is a good one that will make you want to quit playing xD
Nightwish to epica nice
You are a death metal / core guy right?
Then when you don't know it check out Fleshgod apocalypse
They are a symphonic death metal on the fast and technical style of things
Whit one of the best drummers ever
Absolutely inhumane
His drum play through is amazing
czcams.com/video/qAmqtmQwy2s/video.html
DUDE FLESHGOD IS INHUMAN!!!! lolol Yes they are insaneeee!
@@IronSmokeLTD than search for MaYaN side project from Mark Jansen the growler/guitarist and founder of Epica and "The Beast" drummer Ariën van Weesenbeek also from Epica. And Septicflesh heavy and brutal, the vocalist is a real powerful growler. Both bands are symphonic death metal. But MaYaN has two female vocalists, one of them is Marcela Bovio (Dark horse white horse and Ayreon) and Mark's Italian girlfriend Laura Macri she is a full blown opera singer.
crypta i resign drum playthrough by Luana Dametto
What is it about tall Dutch lead opera singers and me metal?
Floor’s best mate
Time for Sancta Terra with Epica and Floor
You should definitely check jinjer (Pisces, who's gonna be the one, perennial) not to give away anything, best to go in blind......
Also, will attract a couple hundred thousands views.... lol
Dutch musicians arn't bad are they??????????????????
ITS GOOOOOOOOODDDDD 😂😂😂