Dan Wilding: The 5 Building Blocks of Extreme Metal (FULL DRUM LESSON)

Faster Hands & Feet (in 10 days)

Over his many years of blasting and thrashing with several metal bands, Dan Wilding discovered that there are five key components in his drumming that he needed to focus on in order to play extreme metal at a proficient level.

Extreme metal is known for its high tempos, tight note spacing, and heavy riffs. The blast beat is a more generously used tool in this genre compared to other styles of metal and forms the backbone of many other techniques required within this music.

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Lesson Index:
0:22 - SONG: "Captive Bolt Pistol" by Carcass
6:46 - Lesson Overview
11:46 - Building Block #1
25:46 - Building Block #2
32:04 - Building Block #3
37:42 - Building Block #4
43:01 - Building Block #5
50:21 - The Building Blocks Applied
1:05:16 - SONG: "The Master Butcher's Apron" by Carcass

About Dan:
Dan Wilding is one of the biggest drummers in the European heavy-metal music scene. With chops for days and a keen sense of musicality, he's able to put forth extremely technical but complementary playing, which makes him a force to be reckoned with, inside and outside of the studio. His huge experience in the world of metal music has landed him gigs with bands such as Aborted, Trigger the Bloodshed, The Soulless, The Order of Apollyon, and Heaven Shall Burn - and he's currently the drummer for Carcass, often regarded as pioneers of the goregrind genre.

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Lesson Index:
0:22 - SONG: "Captive Bolt Pistol" by Carcass
6:46 - Lesson Overview
11:46 - Building Block #1
25:46 - Building Block #2
32:04 - Building Block #3
37:42 - Building Block #4
43:01 - Building Block #5
50:21 - The Building Blocks Applied
1:05:16 - SONG: "The Master Butcher's Apron" by Carcass

[willpower]

The guy looks too calm and quiet, but becomes a beast when playing. I like that.

[orfeo]

Dan is just the perfect replacemnt for Mr. Ken Owen but also is a heck of a drummer, he's ridicously consistent and he has a magnificent punch, absolutely fantastic lessosn. I understand why Mr. Steer and Walker chose him. All my respects for Dan and I honestly will continue appliying his tips to my drumming, thanks Drumeo for another VIP lesson.

[oysterhead]

Great drummer, I believe Ken Owen would be proud he's filling his shoes pretty well!

[marcodipasquale]

It's incredible to see him play... Incredibly precise and loose.
Keep the groove of the carcass up!!

[johndalton]

@27:30 that bell really out here ringing for thirty seconds.

iconic

[Mesatallic]

That crack of the snare sounds amazing!

[janivelic]

Ken Owen was amazing back then. Nectroticism and Heartwork are both masterpieces. And Dan is fantastic guy and drummer. Thanks for having him!

[ryanxj]

5 year member of Drumeo. This is the lesson I’ve been wanting forever.

[gbotalla]

The hardest lesson in drumming I ever had to lern: "There are no shortcuts!" so true you guys! cool Lesson btw!

[Diatonicth]

Awesome! I'm not a big fan of metal, but I have a lot of respect for this style of drumming.

[mellindrums]

You guys should get Alex Rüdinger to do a lesson! He's a beast with metal stuff!

[mathcoreable]

YES!!! I know him since Trigger The Bloodshed and have seen him live twice with Carcass. I know I'm gonna enjoy this one. Gotta love Drumeo!

[WhirlwindDrums]

Very under rated and educational drummer.
His drumming on Carcass's Surgical steel is very good.

[Kyp]

Mentioning aborted, you should get Ken bedene. One of the most relaxed and creative drummers in the genre.
Great lesson, keep it up!

[Jellybeantiger]

Great single foot technique with those quads and triplets.Great drummer.

[dsmith]

Carcass is an AMAZING band. 🤘 And Dan is FRIGGIN incredible. 🤘

[themansplainers]

These lessons make it sound like it’s easy to learn

[nickgadd]

Really cool seeing the speed AND consistency on chain-drive. Here I was thinking it’s a limiting factor for high tempos, but Dan’s out here saying it’s a preference thing.

Moral of the story: no reason to not get good with what ya got.

[danilomicanovic]

You really need to get George Kollias to do this, he's been on every drum lesson video but this!
Great lesson btw!