Anup Sastry - Monuments - I, The Destroyer Play Through

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Watch in HD!!! This is a song titled 'I, The Destroyer'. Its by a band called Monuments, and its off of their latest record titled 'The Amanuensis'. We played this song a few times on the last run we did together. Unfortunately, it wasn't a regular part of our set, but it was a lot of fun when we did play it.

I really enjoy playing this song because its not really too complicated or overwhelming with difficult sections. Its one of those songs that you can really dig into live and hit hard. There's a lot of room for embellishment, but the drums also translate well when played straight and heavy. I feel like I took a more conservative route on this play through, but I still think it was a lot of fun to play.

Here's what Im using in this video:

Tama Starclassic Birch Bubinga in Lacquered White Oyster

10" x 8" Rack Tom
14" x 14" Floor Tom (left)
16" x 14" Floor Tom (right)
20" x 16" Kick Drum
14" x 6.5" Starclassic Bubinga Snare Drum

Meinl Cymbals from left to right:

- 20" Classics Custom Dark Crash
- 16" Classics Custom Trash Crash
- 13" Byzance Extra Dry Medium Hi-Hats
- 18" Byzance Medium Crash
- 20" Byzance Dark Ride
- 19" Classics Custom Dark Crash
- 18" Classics Custom Trash Crash
- 18" Byzance China and 16" Mb10 Medium Crash (stack)
- 18" Classics Custom Extreme Metal China

Im using Vic Firth MS2's.

Enjoy!

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[GoldsCovers]

Anup your grooves have me driving unsafely

[Mr.McGillicuddy]

Yo Anup you should do a studio tour. I'd love to see what you're working with and some behind the scenes stuff.

[Jimdidit]

Anup...great production and performance !

[brandoschellenberger]

Steeziest drummer out there. It's absolutely a blast to watch you play, man! I've been watching your videos for years. I could watch the same video 10 times and it still will give me chills. Unbelievable groove and pocket

[hamadebrahim]

As soon as I read the title I was like "Yes!" feels like you were born to play this track it's so full of nice fills & it's totally up your alley. Can't wait to see what you and the rest of the guys in Monuments are cooking up

[Epix]

I love the changes with the kick drum on the up beat and down beat!

[thgir]

3:30 is my favorite Monuments riff, so tasty and fun to play on drums


Just want to say that I'm still spinning your latest solo album Bloom. It's killer stuff \m/

[OTahDah]

Brilliant cover, I expect nothing but the best covers from you after looking at your previous videos, you never fail to blow my mind mate. Would love to see a cover of The Origin of Escape by Monuments, keep up the unbelievable work bro!

[grantolson]

Amazing as always Anup! I'd love to see you play gardens of sankhara sometime if you could! Such a groovy song and I think you'd pull it off nicely! Cheers man

[danielsmcgowan]

I love how you wear the same outfit in every video. When your this good you don't have time to shower, and I don't blame you.

[alexjrc]

amazing dude ! for me that's perfect tuning, great sound

[chrisvaughndrums]

Awesome!! You really nailed the feel of this song man this one is perfect!

[jeffreydheere]

That fill, about 64 from the end - wow.

[philtoth]

Been waiting for this one. Amazing dude

[estebanmartinez]

Ese man tiene una rrCHIMBOTA de batería uffff !

[TheBadThad]

Good job Anup, you bring a different vibe to the song and add your style but keep some of the originality. Mike left you some big shoes to fill and I like what you're doing. I look forward to the next Monuments album so you can lay down some classic Anup original licks to it!

[MonoLucas]

Hope to see you and Monuments comming Sunday in Haarlem!

[omgleatherworks]

That's a shockingly groovy beat for such a heavy metal tune. You could probably put this beat under a lot of stuff and make the songs better.

[ekilsforemmurd]

i really like your style. awesome stuff!