Asgeir Mickelson

[lordcthulhu]

Anyone here a fan of Asgeir Mickelson's clean blast beat sound?

In a thread I started a while back on the Borknagar forum (http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/borknagar/389455-gear-freak-question-asgeir.html)
Asgeir told me he used a piccolo snare on Empiricism and a Yamaha Anton Fig signature snare since. The latter snare is PURE GOLD, I wonder if it'll ever be sampled :/

Any other killer non-Sneap drum kits you guys have heard recently? Pagan's Mind is pretty drawjopping, especially the kick and toms...

 

[JBroll]

Pagan's Mind is pretty fucking cool. So much buzz on the guitars and it doesn't sound cheap... I will never know how.

Jeff

 

[Metaltastic]

I love Empiricism so much, one of my favorite albums - his cymbal work, especially in the choruses of "The Genuine Pulse" (he loves those crazy sextuplet fills all over the cymbals/drums) is just so cool. Haven't heard anything else he's done, I should check out Pagan's Mind...

 

[lordcthulhu]

Yeah, his cymbals always cut so good in the mix. I'm a HUGE fan of fills on the ride cymbal/bell, as Asgeir often does, as does Nick Barker does on Dimmu's Death Cult Armageddon and the Pagan's Mind drummer. For other awesome Asgeir stuff, check out the two Ihsahn albums, Scariot's "Momentum Shift" and the Vintersorg albums "The Focusing Blur" and "Visions from the Spiral Generator". Pity he left Borknagar though.

 

[spioraid]

I love Empiricism so much, one of my favorite albums - his cymbal work, especially in the choruses of "The Genuine Pulse" (he loves those crazy sextuplet fills all over the cymbals/drums) is just so cool. Haven't heard anything else he's done, I should check out Pagan's Mind...

FINALLY someone who can say sextuplet and not giggle.

Haven't checked out that album yet, but I sure will next chance I get.

 

[lordcthulhu]

Pagan's Mind is pretty fucking cool. So much buzz on the guitars and it doesn't sound cheap... I will never know how.

Jeff

Fuckin' agreed, and it fits so well with the spacey feel of the band. The lead sound is one of the best I've heard.

 

[J the TyranT]

Spiral Architect.

Thats all that needs to be said, really.

 

[Ihsahn1981]

Not a fan of his drumming. Too much "dilly dally".

Not a fan of his drumsound either. Too thin. Sounds like "paper".