I do know I’m preaching to the choir right here, however everyone knows steel drummers are fucking unreal. They’ll play intricate fills at blistering speeds whereas laying down intense rhythms of their very own, usually trying prefer it’s simply one other day on the workplace. Megadeth‘s Dirk Verbeuren is strictly that sort of participant, so once I noticed a video pop up on my timeline with the title “Megadeth Drummer Hears “Mr. Brightside” For The First Time,” my preliminary ideas have been “bullshit” and “he’s going to fucking kill this factor.”

For some time now, Drumeo has had some killer drummers are available and take part on this actually fascinating video sequence the place they hearken to a music for the primary time with out a drum monitor after which attempt to see if they’ll give you one thing that’s near the unique. Although it’s extraordinarily unlikely that they get shut (although some kind of get there), it’s actually an train in lively listening and seeing how session musicians generally should shortly study a music’s patterns earlier than they really play.

How Dirk by no means heard The Killers‘ mammoth hit “Mr. Brightside” is past me, given the truth that it was fucking in every single place in 2004, however right here we’re. As you’ll be able to try within the video, Verbeuren takes time to hearken to the drumless monitor and take notes of every part earlier than taking the problem on.

Spoilers, however he solely wanted one take and the ultimate product was a groovier, extra emotional sounding little bit of drumming over the music. The place Ronnie Vannucci Jr.’s drumming is quick and in fixed movement, Verbeuren’s takes a extra deliberate method, opting to let the monitor breathe a bit. It’s actually an fascinating tackle the music.

You’ll be able to try the total video beneath, or skip to three:19 to observe the entire thing.