The masked members of Sleep Token have largely maintained their air of secrecy whereas steadily staying away from media interviews, however Sleep Token drummer II (two) has granted his first video interview with Drumeo. He goes in depth on his drumming methods and influences whereas showcasing a few of his taking part in as properly.
In maintaining the thriller, II’s voice can be masked, however he does supply a couple of extra particulars surrounding his musical background, particularly the place it involves his drumming influences.
The drummer notes, “I’ve all the time personally taken a lot of inspiration from the U.Ok. dance music scene, and listening to numerous subgenres of drum and bass particularly enable me to include stylistic traits from these genres into my vocabulary as a drummer.”
Moving into specifics, he title checks 4 completely different drummers as being influences. At one level, when talking about his drumming type, he cites Eric Moore, the 2003 Guitar Middle Drum Off champ who has toured with Bobby Brown, Sly and the Household Stone, Infectious Grooves and Suicidal Tendencies, nevertheless it was his work with a extra gospel type of drumming that caught the ears of II.
The drummer said, “I’ve all the time been a giant Eric Moore fan and gospel drummers on the whole. However I’ve taken a number of affect from Eric’s licks and so they discover their means into my taking part in.” He then shared an instance dissecting a triplet phrasing that leaves the drummer three notes in need of resolving itself, thus forcing him to be artistic to fill out the rest.
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He additionally shared three different drummers on the heavier facet that caught his consideration, explaining, “Once I first began taking part in, I, like many others in my era, have been closely into drummers comparable to Joey Jordison, Matt [McDonaugh] from the band Mudvayne, in addition to the extra excessive pace gamers comparable to Derek Roddy.”
Take a look at extra of II’s interview with Drumeo beneath.
Sleep Token Drummer II Speaks With Drumeo
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