Me : How many similarities do you want belongs to original one? AAXplosion : YES! AAXplosion : Ah, I did a little miss at 09:43 Me : No matter dude, you did a great work!

@AAXplosion

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! Well I don’t want to play my cover exactly like the original any more. I more wanna add some personal touch and also keep the original spirit from Portnoy. 😊

I can't believe how well this is done. It's unbelievably tight, so close to how MP would play it. That's an absolute insane amount of talent.

@AAXplosion

11 ай бұрын

thank you very much! :)

Man, that hells kitchen ending hits me right in the feels every time. Very well done, sir!

This song really demonstrates the genius of MP and the execution of Mathias.

One of the THE best drum covers I've ever heard on KZread. Seriously amazing.

Best drum cover pf DT instrumedley. Sei un mostro

That Snare and those tom sounds -- Respect from one drummer to another.

perfect as always man, your setup sounds great!

fantastic drum tuning, fantastic performance, and that drum mix is flawless!!

Great job my friend as always !!! Keep it coming!!!

Man, it was awesome!🎉 It's always a pleasesure watching your videos.

really great playing. You look relaxed and nailed it. Great job.

Amazing!!! Congratulations!!!

I have never seen any instrumedley cover this clean!! Just perfect!

Impecable!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Wow that’s excellent drumming great job and the kit sounds really nice 👍👍👍

Sensacional. Muito bom👏👏🥁

DUDE!! I love this! ❤️❤️❤️

Sounds ridiculously perfect! I love the color of your drums. I haven’t seen you in a while. Good to see ya with a new kit!

Excellent cover of the Instrumedley !!!

Outstandingly well-played, bro!

Great work, dude!! Also, very nice drum sound!!

Hours of practice to play this track perfectly. Sounds great, u are great!!!

You made it through! Huge respect 🫡

Amazing my friend, just amazing!

Just wow

Very good man. Very very very good. Your technic, your sound, images, feeling. Excellent

OUTSTANDING

MAJESTIC!

Awesome! 👏😍

Fantastic work

Bravo!!!😮

Bravo!!!

You're tunning sound is awsome 👏👏👏

As good as their live version. Congrats, I’ve been a fan since this Budokan dvd, or might I say vhs 📼 (that might very well have been the last thing I watched in vhs) I think that’s the song I’ve listened to the most. Top 10 songs live for sure. You’ve been rocking for ages! Do never stop!

Great job man, solid through and through

Excellent job

Fantastisch. Wie viel Arbeit steckt da drin. Einfach klasse.

Amazing job! I was beer can drumming the whole time! 🤘🤘

that snare sounds amazing....

Superb ..another 10/10 ...❤

Amezing bro! Congratulations!!

Nailed it bro!

Those toms sound beautiful

Unreal dude!

Wooooow well done... Great job man...

Perfect very good 🖤🤟💣

Genio !!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I'm impressed by your talent and quality of your videos. This is literally insane dude. Extremely talented ! keep it going !! love it

Amazing man!

what a gargantuan beast of a track to play, wow. nailed perfectly, too. hats off my guy. amazing work.

Totally epic!

Brooooo this cover is awesomeeee 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Nice man!!! Awesome cover

This is just perfection, the execution and of course the genius of Mike Portnoy

Great job 🎉🎉

Well fucking played Mathias!! Loved your take on this!

Perfection doesn't exi....

OMG!! finally you made it :) A big applause from south korea. I'm your fan! Keep going bro

gracias por compartir tu amor por Dream Theater y tu admiración por Mike Portnoy con nosotros hermano, siempre es un agrado escucharte crack!

Very nice!

Great job man

I jumped so high when i heared that YTSE JAM !!!

Learning a piece like this by-heart is difficult and time consuming. Especially when trying to emulate a live performance. Not only do you need to memorize the parts, but also the nuances of time / pulse shifting. Even Dream Theater speeds up and down during a live performance. You made me remember learning RUSH drum parts from live performances coming out of a cassette tape. Good times. Great job sir.

Awesome ❤

Excellence!!!

Daaaaaayum! It's always a good day when AAXplosion gets a new video out!

It sounds like isolate drum track from Live at Budokan, cover level master 😁😄

👍 from Texas🤘

Einfach klasse! Ich muss mir auch mal wieder Zeit nehmen, mehr meiner Lieblingssongs zu üben und zu spielen.

@AAXplosion

Жыл бұрын

Danke! Es zahlt sich aus. Man lernt ungemein dadurch. 🤘

Mathias, i have been following you for many years.. i have watched in real time as your drumming has evolved to this absolutely insane level. Congratulations on your beautiful new Tama kit, which i'm sure has been a lifelong dream for you. Everytime i watch you play it confirms to me that you are the absolute BEST Mike Portnoy cover drummer on KZread. keep killing it man, can't wait for the next video! P.S if you were wondering - Learning to Live (Live Scenes from New York) would be my no.1 request> haha.. ROCK ON DUDE! YEAAAAAH!

@AAXplosion

11 ай бұрын

Thank you sooo much! ☺☺ I will make a note for my next cover plans.... 😁 cheers!

Buenísimo

Been waiting for this for so long.. hope for N.A.D.S after this

Kinda amazing that it sounds so similar, yet you can hear you added some things and made others a little different.

UHUUUUUU... SHOWWWWW.... AWESOME... HI FROM BRAZIL... METALLLL 🤘👽🤘

I got recommended this video by youtube and holy shit.. The drum sound, the playing, everything is TOP QUALITY and perfect. Great job, dude, new sub here.

@AAXplosion

11 ай бұрын

Thanks man! :)

@alamakluke

6 ай бұрын

same here... wow...

dude. HELL YEAH. you make it look so easy lol flawless as usual! can you do an updated Stream of Consciousness cover?

@AAXplosion

Жыл бұрын

Ok 😊

@AAXplosion

Жыл бұрын

You may laugh but I went to the studio after reading your comment and I‘m right done with the recordings of SoC. 😂

@jdwdrums

Жыл бұрын

@@AAXplosion lmao! you are the man for real. can't wait to see it!

I remember your first A Nightmare to Remember, the first version of THe Count of Tuscany and breakdown tutorial videos from 10+ years ago. Thanks to the YT algorythm, I discovered you "again" :) What a nice surprise. Checked on the comments - indeed your drumming, drumsound are killer! Keep on goin! Awesome and solid covers and uploads!

@AAXplosion

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It’s been a long time on yt 😃

whooohooooh!!!

Epic

excelent.....🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

you're insane. wow

He’s back! Finally!

@awake780

Жыл бұрын

And, perhaps, better than ever.

@AAXplosion

Жыл бұрын

😃 I was busy doing some album recordings for a band called Ivanhoe and played a show for the trash metal Band Godslave. Both bands from germany. Hope having more time to make some more cover.

Cool man always a pleasure. Can u do a cover for the alien and aweken the monster please?

YES

Dude absolutely incredible! We should fuse your version and my version into one video 💪🏼

why is it that every time I listen to this instrumental song, I always can't wait to go straight to the ending, hell kitchen has a very different vibe

Its almost more tight than MP himself! just wow

great drumming!!!! perfect! ,,,By the way would it be possible to borrow the backing track, it sounds much better than the version available in KZread..

bruhhhhhhhhh wowowowowowowow

I don't know how many takes that took you with all the camera switching....but regardless...that was great!

Brutal.! You look like an old man now. I remember seen You playing 6 oclock like 15 years ago 😂 we r getting old

@AAXplosion

11 ай бұрын

I AM an old man :'D

@williamgamez2399

11 ай бұрын

@@AAXplosion we all are man haha iv Been playing drums for almost 20 years lml

Superb performance!!! Sound outstanding as all the latest videos i've seen! Congrats my friend. Just curious, the part on 6:25 did you just memorized it or made a click on a separate track (which we don't hear) to know when to start next section?

F****** Legend

класс

Sounds great - awesome song! For how long are you playing drums?

perfect sound man! great played as well... What china cymbal you using above your ride cymbal?

@AAXplosion

11 ай бұрын

Its a Sabian AAX Xtreme China 19"

Awesome job! I noticed you hold the sticks like Mike Portnoy from their edge. I asked on KZread about this and people had no idea about its effects. In fact, they said Danny Carey does the same. How does it affect bounces? Does it make them harder? Also do you get any wrist fatigue? Etc. What's it's positive effects other than more powerful hit? I always wondered about how MP did not get any wrist problems from holding the sticks from the edge. Thanks.

@AAXplosion

11 ай бұрын

Hmm I think I use it for the only reason to get more powerful hits. I have no problems with my wrists. So it works good for me and I just like this feeling. 😅

Great Tunning and great execution. This Tama are birch/maple?

@AAXplosion

11 ай бұрын

thanks! Yes, it's a performer birch/maple. 🙂

broo verry sick love you stile you mix your drums yourself?

@AAXplosion

Жыл бұрын

Yes I make all by myself. Thanks 😊