Mario Duplantier is widely considered the best or at least top3 metal drummers in the world right now (usually alongside Danny Carey from Tool and Tomas Haake from Meshuggah). He was in jazz drum school for 7 years, then, since he started Gojira with his brother Joe (lead singer and guitarist) in late 90's, he practices alone for 3-4 hours every single day, with 1 hour of consantly playing double bass at 180-210bpm. And he never skips this routine. Not only talented, but insane hard worker, no wonder he is such a technical beast. His drum solos on his channel are absolutely mental. And what I especially love about Mario is that his drumming is not only insanely technical, but groovy af at the same time. All of his patterns and fills are complicated but tasty. Oh and fun fact, as Joe once said in the interview, most of Gojira songs are born from Mario's drum patterns or his practice exercises. They jam together and Joe comes up with riffs that fit Mario's ideas and later he writes lyrics and they think of the song's structure. Quite an unusual creative process, but maybe thats what makes Gojira so distinctive and original. If you want to check out more of their stuff Id recommend L'Enfant Sauvage (studio or Red Rocks live, theres a full show in great quality with timestamps), Born in Winter, Pray (also live at Red Rocks) or Amazonia. Flying Whales is quite heavy, but an extremely catchy banger too. If you wanna try THE heavy side of Gojira, then The Art of dying, The heaviest matter of the universe, Backbone or Remembrance (recommend live version). But to be honest, you cant really miss with Gojira, when it comes to metal I think only Death sustained more consistent great level of their music, whole Gojira's discography is amazing and full of gems. And also, if you wanna actually watch the drum cam that is not just a drum solo, there's a Toxic garbage island, live performance, filmed fully behind Mario's back Great reaction and Im glad you enjoyed it, love to see how Gojira have their own way in showing that heavy music and growls can be enjoyable when done correctly with taste and great musicianship, even to people who are not exactly into this kind of heavier and brutal music :)

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure I’m doing Sauvage next, and then after that I’m not sure but I’ll probably use this comment as a guide tbh! I’m glad you enjoyed the reaction, I had fun making it haha, it’s been added to my Spotify playlist (I have a playlist of the songs from this channel that I genuinely enjoy 😂)

@jez_77

10 ай бұрын

@@markabusireactions Great, I will surely watch the L'Enfant Sauvage reaction. I think youre gonna enjoy it, fantastic and very emotional song. Different to The gift of guilt, but with pretty similar vibe (both are from the same album)

Glad you liked it. So many bangers. Gojira is my favorite live band. Each song is a journey

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

Just need to know which one to go for next!

@derekk8523

10 ай бұрын

@@markabusireactions lephant sauvage live at red rocks. Might have miss spelled the name. That is another top tier performance

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

@@derekk8523 it’s been added!

@jez_77

10 ай бұрын

@@derekk8523 L'enfant* but close enough hah, glad to see someone recommending Red Rocks version. This song has tons of great live videos, but imo Red Rocks is special and the closest to perfection

@derekk8523

10 ай бұрын

@@jez_77 red rock version is a close second to this performance of gift of guilt

love this song, especially that long ending where the little subtle flavors of the drumming drive the song forward so it's hypnotic but so interesting at the same time

@markabusireactions

9 ай бұрын

Agreed!

welcome to gojira live

Clone / the axe/ and many others are on par with this one

2015 rock in rio live is amazing My favorite band of all time

Next you should do "Come On" by Oktaf Kanis 👌🏻

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

I have that on my list already, don’t worry! It’s just… a very long list at this point 😂

@JesseLarrian

10 ай бұрын

​@@markabusireactionsAh got it! Thanks 👌🏻

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

@@JesseLarrian keep your eyes open, it’ll be here at some point 😂

@JesseLarrian

10 ай бұрын

@@markabusireactions That's cool man, can't wait! 😁

I love listening to people critique music even though I myself have no idea what I’m talking about when it comes to music theory. This song is awesome and this video is on the same level. You’ve made a new fan 🤝

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

Aw thanks dude, I really appreciate that!!

Gojira is the band that sent me back to metal! To this day the version of their song Pray, recorded at Red Rocks is one of the most powerful live recordings I've ever seen. Just discovered your channel and with a Periphery and Gojira, and Olivia Rodrigo reaction you now have a new subscriber!! Cheers🤘🤘 PS.... Definitely recommend to check out TesseracT.... Their new song Legion is a simply amazing!

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

Oh god… you should know that I’m quite… opinionated. Just because I’m doing bands you like, doesn’t mean I necessarily like em 😂

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

But also thank you for subscribing, that does actually means a lot to me!

@stephenthomson6230

10 ай бұрын

Awesome I really enjoy honest reactions😊

@stephenthomson6230

10 ай бұрын

​@@markabusireactionscheers... And I would highly recommend to the band Tesseract. Their new song Legion I think you would like. Both Periphery and TesseracT are considered as the djent genre of metal.

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

@@stephenthomson6230 I have them both on my list! It’s a long list at this point, but I’ll try and get to them sooner rather than later!

The tracks like Stranded, The gift of guilt, Silvera, those are all the perfect ones to get into them. All of those are more ‘recent’ Goj́ira. Old school Gojira is as death metal as you can get. So much more to recommend. Another logic recommendation would be Flying Whales, probably their most ‘popular’ one. If you do this one, definitely the one at Brixton Academy, the same show as this one. If you want more heavy, raw Gojira, i’d recommend Clone live at Garorock or Remembrance live at The link Alive. Up to you! Keep m comin!

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

It seems right to me to keep on with their less heavy stuff and work up to it haha, I don’t wanna get turned off them!

@zacharykaufman9433

9 ай бұрын

GREAT recommendations. I was thinking Flying Whales at Brixton along with Toxic Garbage Island. Where Dragons Dwell at Hellfest 2013 is a later listen, but it's a journey. So happy you recommended Clone and especially Remembrance live Link Alive. Embrace The World too from that show... totally banging. Fabulous reaction to Gift of Guilt dude!

@markabusireactions

9 ай бұрын

@@zacharykaufman9433 thank you!!

Welcome to France. 😂❤

@markabusireactions

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😂

Fucking hell this song evokes good memories from secondary school.

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

Way to make me feel ancient 😂

@derekk8523

10 ай бұрын

It was the song that started my heavy metal journey. Always go back to it. Gojira is just different than anything else

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

@@derekk8523 I’m really enjoying them! I need to not leave it as long before the next one lol

@derekk8523

10 ай бұрын

@@markabusireactions the new album has some good stuff but nowhere near the middle of albums. To get the full experience got to do live performances. They put in extra. Not to mention Mario ( drummer) is considered one of the best in the world. There is a French concert ( won’t try to spell it ) version of toxic garbage island and it’s ridiculous

@derekk8523

10 ай бұрын

@@markabusireactions Metallica listens to gojira. James playing backstage with Mario I would have loved to see just no video of it. He played on lars set.

If anyone else has been wondering what the hell is on Mark's cup, it's Antman. Also, I'm not generally into screamy metal, but this wasn't bad. Something always holding down a melody really helps.

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHA 😂 how long did it take you to figure out it was ant-man? 😂😂😂

@daaaaaave

10 ай бұрын

@@markabusireactions The drawing is kind of crude, it has no color, and I'm not super familiar with Antman, so it wasn't immediately recognizable. I'm also usually watching on my phone in low res. I thought it might have been some sort of robot, like a Transformer or something. It didn't hit me until I saw the little atom symbol in this video. I've been wondering about it for a lot of videos at this point.

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

I got it from the cinema when I went to see quantumania. It was the best bit of the film.

@daaaaaave

10 ай бұрын

Seems like a nice cup. Also nice to see you enjoying a song once in awhile, instead of grasping at straws for nice things to say.

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

@@daaaaaave do I really hate that much music?! 😂😂

You're right about the tapping, Mark. It was a feat of Philip Glass-meets-metal minimalist endurance. And the drummer is legitimately a beast, or wired to the mains. (I have to say though that a singer actually producing recognisable notes is a bit of a low bar, but I can see how you would have been forced into that position.) All told, I quite enjoyed that too, so cheers!

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

I’m meaning recognisable melodies within a scream! That’s pretty impressive, let’s be honest! 😂

@domperignon778

10 ай бұрын

I'll concede that. I admit I can't maintain a decent pitch when I stub my toe on the doorframe, so respect to him. 🤣@@markabusireactions

@markabusireactions

10 ай бұрын

@@domperignon778 I love to think I can do it, but I probably sound like a cat getting hit by a very little stick