pulsing while blasting

[joeysnare]

ive recntly moved into the 230 bpm to 240 bpm area of drumming specificly death metal, anyways we would like to record soon and i was wondering if pulsing on the snare will be bad on a recording i have a tendancy at high speeds to hit harder on every eighth hit to kinda keep myself on time, even with a metronome.just wondering if anybody had any experience with this.thanks

[Tim Waterson]

ive recntly moved into the 230 bpm to 240 bpm area of drumming specificly death metal, anyways we would like to record soon and i was wondering if pulsing on the snare will be bad on a recording i have a tendancy at high speeds to hit harder on every eighth hit to kinda keep myself on time, even with a metronome.just wondering if anybody had any experience with this.thanks

depends on if you WANT the song to have a pulse or you want it to sound mechnaical no pulse this seems to be a choice for more of an ANGRY sound
I prefer a pulse especially triplets as it gives the songs a Groove...
ie.I HATE the sound of duh duh duh when its supposed to be a triplet L ll Lll
Tim

[fazzybOO`]

Yea I agree with Tim. It will add complexity and dynamics to your bands sound. Other bands usually don't do it, and with the addition of the triggers the drummers sound like drum machines, which is boring.

Do some triplet pulses if you can, it'd be fun. Let me hear what you guys come up with when ya done, I'm a metal enthusiast.

[Therma lobsterdore]

I always do a triplet pulse when I blast, makes it sound so much more interesting, I often do it on the hi-hat/ride as opposed to the snare though.

[Erik Lund]

As an outside observer, I would just like to say that every post in this thread has been read by me as if you all are aliens.

[joeysnare]

hey guys i actually meant something like the song "almost again" by strapping young lad the way gene accents every 8th hit or so harder on the snare and with a crash instaed of hi hat,but you guys gave me some great ideas too thanks

[dea]

I'm an old man, but still love watching Headbangers Ball with one of my son's. Its interesting how the drums place in this form of music has evolved. All of this blasting, pulsing is really quite interesting. I get a little bored with all of the "flat speed". However in general there are neat things happening.

Remember, be careful not to overdo it. Make it yours by varying the periodicity of your 8th note accents. Afterall, we want to hear you, not just you copying some other high speed metal drummer.

[joeysnare]

definitly true dea ive been a metal/death metal fan since i was about 11 (26 now). but im just looking for ways to spice it up a bit and challenge myself,ive found that the whole genre has become a bit stale, seems like if you wanna play any type of metal these days the only things you have to know how to do is double kick at 200bpm or higher,and blast or bomb blast at equal speeds. so far im trying to kinda follow the great vinnie pauls example dont over do it on the crazy stuff(double kicking,blasting) so that when you bust it out at that one point in the song it has that much more impact,play for the song not for yourself.but still im trying to explore new and sometimes unorthidox beats and techniqes to revitalize my fav genre of music.

[spinupspindown]

There's no rule that says you have to do blasts at all, or dictates what speeds you have to play them at. I've recently started playing death metal again (after playing jazz, pop and many other kinds of music in the last 10 years) and I've found that I've lost my taste for a lot of the standard DM grooves. Am fortunate that my bandmates now are really receptive to nontraditional things.