Cobus - Avenged Sevenfold - Critical Acclaim (Drum Cover)

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Avenged Sevenfold - Critical Acclaim
from the 2007 release Avenged Sevenfold
is the copyrighted property of its owner(s).

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I very proudly endorse the following companies:

DW Drums & Hardware
Sabian Cymbals
Evans Drumheads
Promark Sticks
Logitech Ultimate Ears IEM's (PRM)
Presonus
Samson
GoPro

This video was shot 100% GoPro,
with 9 Hero 3+ cameras, in 1080p at 24fps.

Recorded and mixed using Cubase 7
Edited using Sony Vegas

Filmed and recorded at Drum Channel Studios,
Oxnard, California, USA.

This video is part of The Quadrum Series and was filmed, edited, engineered, mixed, mastered, and produced in its entirety by Cobus Potgieter.

NO drum replacement was done in this mix, this is a 100% acoustically recorded and mixed track: absolutely no supplementation, layering, or triggering was done.

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This song has been on my wish-list for a cover pretty much since the first time I heard it. The only thing that always held me back, though, was the double-bass madness. It's not incredibly fast or complicated, but I absolutely never practice single-strokes on the kick, which is why I am sincerely not good at that, at all. I do some bursts and patterns using heel-toe (which is the main reason I started playing double-bass in the first place) but I never practice straight up consistent single strokes.

Here's the crazy part: the BPM of this song is such that it was JUST fast enough to be out of my comfortable range when I used single strokes (I'd hold it consistently for about 5 seconds, then I would just tense up and look supremely spastic) but also JUST slow enough to my out of my comfortable range when using heel-toe. What the flip?! So I practiced it for a week or two, spending time every day trying to get my singles faster, as well as getting my doubles SLOWER.. which is a weird concept, but I had to be able to control the slower speed when playing doubles. After a lot of practicing, the heel-toe control improved before the single stroke speed did, so I opted for heel-toe.. much to the dismay of my shins.

Most 16th note kick patterns you hear in this cover was played using heel-toe, except for a few quick bursts of single strokes here and there. All extended 16th note segments were done using heel-toe (after which my shins caught fire).

All of that said: playing along to a hard rock track is fun beyond measure. Minimal ghost notes, just straight up power and drive. LOVE IT.

Also: this is the only track in The Quadrum Series (and my first cover EVER!) where I used a different snare drum than the other songs in the series. My main snare was tuned quite high and responsive for the other tracks, but I wanted a more beefy tone for this song. The snare that I used is Neil Peart's personal Snakes & Arrows from right here at Drum Channel. I've used this snare in many places (on 8 of the 11 songs on my Ventura Lights' debut album, Way Up Here) and I absolutely love it.

[wizdabloo]

Holy shit, seeing Corbus play that part the rev sings over and played live at the same time... Its amazing how he could do both at once. Especially the first time his vocals come in the song, and he played it perfect live everytime I saw them... RIP The Rev foREVer

[adityakey]

When u got quarantine and u just watch the old stuff that u loved

[dunjrenkpakek]

Cobus sure knows how to incorporate improvisation without destroying the soul of the song

[johnj]

The Rev did all this and sung
Greatly missed! Best drummer

[agustanickcruz]

I can't believe after all these years Cobus still does not have 1 million subscribers..

He literally invented Drum covers on YouTube.
He deserves so much more than just 1 million.

[lukeshumate]

Music store: How many cymbals do you want?

Cobus: *Yes*

[ILikeTuwtles]

4:20 one of the cleanest drum fills I've ever heard

[letobros]

How does cooper drummer have more subs than cobus....cobus has been the GOAT since YouTube came out

[ebombreverend]

Best avenged drum cover ever!! R.I.P the Rev!! You killed it cobus your a amazing drummer!!

[androidvison]

Who else watches this whenever they are bored or sad? I just be feeling super hyper and energetic every time after watching this 🤠

[bishopTPRpro]

1:44 I don't know if its in the song, but that fill/transition, what ever you call it, was just, oh....*on my knees just not being able to describe it. just just beautiful

[DoomEternal]

The random bouts of aggression in your face make it so much better.

[ryanmartinez]

Watched this when I was 10, I am now 20 still coming back to this video. Thank you Cobus❤

[MrSir]

Just read the description. And that's why, in my opinion, The Rev was the best drummer. He's able to do crazy complicated stuff and super simple stuff as well in the same song. He was such an amazing artist but I wish he was still around. R.I.P.  The Rev. Good job, Cobus. (As always. ;D )

[DazzzTube]

Cobus left us when we needed him the most

[FirstLoveMinistries-jbcq]

This reminds me of my younger days where I was playing A7X for 6 hours a day, perfecting The Rev’s polyrhythms, chops and techniques. Then kids got older, bills got in the way and I had to sell all my drums. Watching this made me emotional because I miss it so much. Heck if a job!!!

[anjasfajaryan]

dude's crazy, he's not doing a normal RLRL 16th on kick, he did double strokes with his feets..

[vangtk]

Holy... How am I just now seeing this video 5 years later? I don't even listen to metal but this is

[thlamuana]

1:40 It still amaze me how The Rev can play those part while singing.

[sammanthat]

I think that The Rev is definitely one of the best drummers out there among all the other great drummers. I can't say that there is a "best" drummer out there because there will always be a bigger, better, newer, younger, whatever drummer out there. I can say that there are great and fantastic drummers that are great in their own right. All this "best drummer in the world" controversy is just crap. There will never REALLY be a best drummer in the world, like there will never be a best human in the world. I love the cover that Cobus did, it does what The Rev had worked hard on and it honors him. =} Good Job Cobus. I really do enjoy your covers a lot.