Reflections on the Blast Beat Technique
Quotes about the blast beat: [[Vinnie Paul; [Pantera; https://blabbermouth.net/news/vinnie-paul-says-he-cant-groove-to-blast-beats]
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Critique of the Blast Beat Rhythm
Quotes about the blast beat: [mimics ultra-fast double-bass beat; John]
It's drummers playing for drummers. It's called, Look at me. Listen how fast I can go — dudududududududu . There's no melody, there's no song and there's no chorus. It just doesn't take you anywhere, so it doesn't have a groove to me. I think there's a lot of death metal or doom metal dudes that somehow or another find a groove in it. David Vincent from Morbid Angel is a good friend of mine, and he's, like, Yeah, bro, there's great groove in that. What do you call it? — blast beat, man. You just haven't found it yet. I can appreciate people for being able to go that fast with their left hand, man. But I just can't groove to that beat. I'm sorry. It's just like somebody sweeping the floor or something — tik tik tik tik tik. It just doesn't really jam to me. I'd rather hear a Bonham groove going on than somebody sweeping the floor. You know?
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