Up the Irons! Nicko Mc Brain's (drums only) tracks on Youtube!

[Vicioushead]

These are great. What a great drummer.

 

[RichS]

All these drum tracks really makes me want to re-think my future mixes. I have always been an 80's metal guy, the amount of reverb on those drums is crazy, never realized they used that much!

 

[stilllifer]

I'm a massive Maiden fan and even I never knew that!

Holy shit you and me both - been a Maiden fan since the 80's and I never knew his real name!!!

 

[metalhead3ecr]

You guys not Maiden zealots eh? Nickos a nickname, his real name is mike!

This almost feels like a turning point in my life. idk wutz going on...but thank you haha

 

[Felix Neumann]

Each time I see a hot girl in a Maiden shirt, i´m completely besotted. This is too much..a good looking girl & Maiden fan at the same time omg The fuck , I also didn´t know the real name of Nicko Mc Brain ¯\(°_o)/¯

 

[DanLights]

I hope kev is trolling us about his name

 

[Felix Neumann]

Yeah Kev, fucking prove it!!

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Yeah his real name is Michael Henry Mc Brain and he's 60... Bummer...

 

[Felix Neumann]

He´s 60 years old Wow...this motivates me so much improving my drum skills more and more! It´s never too late having fun on stage and his charisma is evidence of fun and humor. ALTHOUGH Maiden really became a gigantic business.

 

[Felix Neumann]

It´s weird. I think, it´s not as good sounding as his performance on "Powerslave". It´s even sloppy like hell (1:48) WOW and nevertheless it´s working fine in the mix and as one of the most famous singles in Heavy Metal in general.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Yeah that 1:48 spot is indeed very sloppy, but it's barely noticeable in the mix... You should hear Lombardo's kicks in Reign in Blood...

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Was actually not as bad as I remembered (although the tempo is very fluctuating and the kicks are not very tight), but with today's levels of productions, it would undoubtedly be edited to shit.

 

[Felix Neumann]

OMG listening to this^the first time!! The snare sounds FUCKING awesome! And why i´m getting immediatly goosebumbs when Tom Araya starts to sing? He´s the epitome of evil hahaha fuck! Great stuff, thanks for sharing, Brett.

 

[Skinny Viking]

regardless of all, the man still has the absolute best nose in metal

that thing looks like a fucking anvil ... how metal is that?

 

[Trevoire520]

He´s 60 years old Wow...this motivates me so much improving my drum skills more and more! It´s never too late having fun on stage and his charisma is evidence of fun and humor. ALTHOUGH Maiden really became a gigantic business.

Yeah, Bruce just turned 54 the other day aswell, guys are getting old but still one of the best live bands out there imo.

 

[RichS]

Who got these tracks to put on you tube? Did the studio release them to the public?

 

[Skinny Viking]

Rock Band stuff?

 

[kev]

Some of them are probably rock band/guitar hero but others, im not quite sure on!

 

[Nuno Filipe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLOTyVGrzl0

It´s weird. I think, it´s not as good sounding as his performance on "Powerslave". It´s even sloppy like hell (1:48) WOW and nevertheless it´s working fine in the mix and as one of the most famous singles in Heavy Metal in general.

Ahahah! It´s not noticeable in the mix because you cant hear well what kick is doing. I know that because when I programmed the drum track for this cover I could not hear the kick very well in a lot of places. The modern kick it´s all over the place and it´s not dynamic.

 

[Felix Neumann]

This reminds me of that great drum performances of the guy who played on our 2 minutes to midnight cover. What´s his name? Generally I think, this is an awesome mix, Nuno!



Also the bass sound is outstanding!