Metal Releases with programmed drums

[AdamWathan]

Really? You know for sure?

Yeah they kicked the drummer out during the recording sessions because he couldn't play the parts well enough for the record. Didn't get George in the band until well after the album was recorded. My buddy Matt Connell was in talks with them about playing for them after they finished recording before they found George and that's where I got that info.

 

[s34nsm411]

everything by michael keene (faceless, veil of maya, born of osiris)

 

[adamrecordsbands]

Probably not a great example for what you're talking about, but there's a great grind/noisecore band out of the UK called Cutting Pink With Knives who are worth checking out at the very least!

 

[ConspiracyBass]

Yeah they kicked the drummer out during the recording sessions because he couldn't play the parts well enough for the record. Didn't get George in the band until well after the album was recorded. My buddy Matt Connell was in talks with them about playing for them after they finished recording before they found George and that's where I got that info.

Really?

I wonder what program they used for the drums then. Cause it does sound like a real drummer. Like, I have a hard time believing it to a point. But ya know, not really. haha.

 

[greyskull]

if i were you, id program, then record the REAL hats, ride and crashes yourself..(how hard can that be)
done

 

[Deathlef]

Vintersorg - Solens Rötter

 

[AdamWathan]

Really?

I wonder what program they used for the drums then. Cause it does sound like a real drummer. Like, I have a hard time believing it to a point. But ya know, not really. haha.

Did you ever hear the demos they had on their Myspace before they recorded the album? All done with DFH I believe and they sounded great. I guarantee they used the same MIDI files for the album...

 

[JeffTD]

everything by michael keene (faceless, veil of maya, born of osiris)

Do you know what he uses for his programming? It really does sound amazing sometimes.

 

[AdamWathan]

Does he actually program that shit or just 100% sound replace and quantize the shit out of it? It seems weird that every band that records with him would be fine with not having their drummer play on the record at all.

 

[JeffTD]

Yeah, I know Akeldema was quantized/sample replaced to hell, but I'm pretty sure it was a real drummer.

That said, some of the demo stuff he's posted... I can't tell it's fake!

 

[ATLA]

alkeldama was recorded by 4 different drummers. i also heard it was qauntized and sampled.

 

[Fuentealba]

Vintersorg - Cosmic Genesis

 

[drunkard]

I think Devin Townsend's-Ziltoid is fully programmed.

 

[Metaltastic]

I think Devin Townsend's-Ziltoid is fully programmed.

In other news, the sun rose today

 

[lilhermiejobo]

In other news, the sun rose today

 

[Executioner213]

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
Type O Negative - October Rust
Type O Negative - World Coming Down
Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me
More or less, everything they've recorded except "Slow, Deep & Hard", "Origin Of The Feces", and "Dead Again".

A bunch of Prince recordings, but thats no suprise.

I've heard some Slayer and Nevermore demos with programmed drums.

Despite contrary belief, King Diamond - "The Eye" was not a drum machine, but Snowy Shaw played on an electronic set. Thought I'd throw it out there if anyone had previously believed otherwise as I once did.

 

[KeithReyn]

I was just about to add the Type O albums!!! good call, man! but im pretty sure 'bloody kisses' had Sal playing on it.
everything during the johnny kelly era except 'dead again' was all programmed to save on studio time.

 

[Executioner213]

I read somewhere, I believe in an interview with Pete in Revolver, that Bloody Kisses was the album they started that with. I don't know, personally I think it would take longer to program beats than have someone lay tracks...assuming they knew thier parts before hitting the studio. I've programmed drums in EZ Drummer a few times and, assuming you had mics up on a kit ready to go and even factoring in the time it would take to do that, it would still take less time to mic and hit record than individually tapping out a drumtrack even with copying/pasting repetative parts.

 

[lilhermiejobo]

...I've programmed drums in EZ Drummer a few times and, assuming you had mics up on a kit ready to go and even factoring in the time it would take to do that, it would still take less time to mic and hit record than individually tapping out a drumtrack even with copying/pasting repetative parts.

Unless someone was working on the drum programming at the same time the others were recording. I have no idea if that is what happened or not with those albums, but it would definitely save a lot of time.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Threat Signal - Under Reprisal

How much of that was samples?