Aaron Smith Mix for Behemoth - Ov Fire And The Void (drum cover inside)

[FrancescoFiligoi]

Hey folks! After posting this thread and this other too, here's something from Aaron again, but this time more Brutal for sure



After waking up at 6AM and driving 300 miles to get to the studio, after setting up the kit, warming up and playing fifteen tracks, our drummer still managed to play this incredibly demanding tune in one take at late night. You can see the tiredness in his face, but apparently that wasn't enough to knock him out

I think Aaron really outdid himself with this, adding incredible punch while keeping the in-room factor intact. He didn't overprocess it, you can actually hear when the drummer is doing the heel-toe technique or just single strokes, which is very cool imho.

You can listen to a drums-only version at this link:


Hope you like it guys!

 

[Djabthrash]

Loved the drums tone on the Loomis album, and now this !

Killer job Aaron !

 

[Jaymz]

Fantastic stuff!

Any insight into the processing techniques on this Aaron? \m/

Great snare!

 

[FrancescoFiligoi]

Fantastic stuff!

Any insight into the processing techniques on this Aaron? m/

Great snare!

I don't know much about the snare, but reguarding the kick, he preserved the higher frequencies "click" attack of the original kick, while adding some beef with samples. Retaining the "click" was quite difficult since the mic'd kick was very dull sounding (we had a trigger too, and to make sure there wasn't any mistriggering at that speed, we had to put all kinds of stuff inside the kick drum).
He just preferred to work on the mic'd kick instead of the triggered one, to have a more realistic kick tone that blends better with the video, and I definitely agree with this choice.

 

[FrancescoFiligoi]

Loved the drums tone on the Loomis album, and now this !

Killer job Aaron !

Yeah I really dig it too, stoked to hear the three new Loomis tracks he recently mixed!

 

[LeSedna]

Don't ever let this drummer leave your band !

 

[B36arin]

Don't ever let this drummer leave your band !

He said it, can't be understated Great playing!

 

[JohnTheRipper]

jesus fucking christ, ONE TAKE?
This is the kind of drummer you can hang up on your living room wall and tell everybody he's actually a nuclear clock.

 

[osum]

in one take at late night.

Dafuq!

Great work!

 

[LeSedna]

His gravity blasts in the beginning are sick. They sound powerful, not just a mud of light snare rolls. Impressive guy !

 

[FrancescoFiligoi]

jesus fucking christ, ONE TAKE?
This is the kind of drummer you can hang up on your living room wall and tell everybody he's actually a nuclear clock.

All the tracks we recorded and filmed, both our stuff and covers, were one take. It was the first time he was using that kit (he just uses a way smaller one for rehearsals and gigs) so he wasn't 100% at home with it, but still pwned

 

[tomas_almeida]

I agree with all the good stuff everybody said, no need to repeat them.

Ok, I will only repeat that the gravity blasts are astonishingly tight.

 

[Ensi]

I love this Dig the gravity blasts in the start!

 

[FrancescoFiligoi]

Don't ever let this drummer leave your band !

He isn't going anywhere

 

[HugoRibeiroDotCom]

Hell yeah!! The man is insane!

cheers

 

[Charlie E.]

Awesome playing. Nice mix too.

 

[colonel_claypoo]

holy cow that was great!
I agree, keep that drummer at all costs.
he even got the double stroke technique down!

 

[FrancescoFiligoi]

holy cow that was great!
I agree, keep that drummer at all costs.
he even got the double stroke technique down!

Glad you noticed I don't know how he manages to, but he does it with very little effort. Might not look as brootz as singles but it's the best for efficiency imho. Take a look at 0:21

 

[GeertSamuel]

That Meshuggah - Beneath drumcover is hilarious! Really impressed he actually could play a song with those sticks.

 

[AllanD]

He's a god. JESUS.