Alex Rudinger - BEHEMOTH - “Conquer All“

*Quick Shameless Plug* - THE FAIRVIEW KIT ! RS Drums is Anup Sastry & I’s business, & we just released The Fairview Kit - a new virtual drum instrument. We’re incredibly stoked on it, & we think you will be too. So please check it out! ANYWAYZ(!): Here’s another cover on my continual quest to learn / record my favorites from the early 2000’s (😂) - “Conquer All“ from ’Demigod’ by #BEHEMOTH ! Like many of these random covers I’ve done in the last couple of years, I was able to get the album stems for this song b/c of a rad dude in my Patreon (thanks brotha!). However, the stems did not come with an accurate tempo map... & if you can’t tell, there’re a whole lotta tempo changes goin’ on (😂🤣). Moreover, this song (& I assume the whole album) wasn’t tracked to a click. So... I had to MAKE a tempo map!  I’ve done this before - tempo mapped a song that wasn’t originally tracked to a click. But I can honestly say that this was the hardest one I’ve had to do (so far, at least!). Not only is the tempo fluctuating pretty much the entire time, but there’re also some fairly large tempo jumps that last only a few notes / bars sometimes. Eventually, I was able to map it (thanks to a lot of time/patience, & also a bit of elastic audio usage), but then came learning it...! Originally, I wanted to try to do all the blast beats as rimshot-blasts for this song... but lemme tell ya’ll. Just trying to play tight with this fluctuating click/track proved to be plenty tough enough. Lol! All that said - while this song was surprisingly difficult, I’ve gotta say... I think the end result is pretty rad! Learning a song like this - trying to emulate the original drummer & his feel - is a really interesting (& fun) challenge. I’ve always quite enjoyed that. I did have to change a *few* things (broke up the crazy fast single stroke fills a bit towards the end 🤣... few other little things like that), but overall, I tried my best to stick to the original! I hope you enjoy it!   KIT SPECS !  #TAMA STAR Maple (in Smoky Black) 10x6.5 12x7 14x11 16x13 20x16 14x6.5 Tama Re-Issue Bell Brass Snare #MEINL Cymbals (from left to right, if sitting behind the kit) 18“ Classics Custom Heavy Dark China 18“ Pure Alloy Custom Medium / Heavy Crash 15“ Byzance Traditional Medium Hi-Hats 12“ Classics Custom Dual Trash Splash 13“ Byzance Traditional Medium Hi-Hats 20“ Pure Alloy Custom Medium / Heavy Crash 18“ Pure Alloy China 22“ Byzance Heavy Hammered Ride 14“ Byzance Traditional China #EVANS Drumheads Toms - Clear G2’s (batter), Clear G1’s (reso)Snare - Coated UV2 (batter), Snare Side 300 (reso)Kick - Clear EQ4 (batter), Smooth White EQ4 w/ port & Tama Logo (reso) Big ol’ thanks to Declan White for the slammin’ mix, too! Declan’s mixed most of my stuff in recent years, & he absolutely kills it. TBH, half the time, I can’t even believe how much life he pulls out of everything. It rules (& so does he!). Thanks D00DE! @rudirudinger My Podcast - Spotify: Apple Podcasts: & last but CERTAINLY not least, BIG love to everyone that contributes to my PATREON! Much love to all of you!!! I proudly endorse Tama Drums, Meinl Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, Tama Drumsticks, Vratim Drumshoes, ACD Unlimited, Audient, 64 Audio, Gator Cases, OnTrigger, TunerFish Luglocks, & 2Box As always, thanks for watching & stay tuned for more! ...another video coming in just a few days, in fact ;) !