Nykyisin Testamentissa vaikuttava rumpalilegenda Gene Hoglan esittää uudella videolla Deathin vuoden 1993 ”Individual Thought Patterns”-albumilla ilmestyneen ”The Philosopher”-kappaleen ja kertoo kokemuksistaan biisin levyttämisestä. Video on nostettu rumpalin tuoreelta ”The Atomic Clock: The Clock Strikes Two” DVD:ltä, jonka saa tilattua linkistä.
Hoglan kuvaa biisiä seuraavasti:
I remember on the ’adorable little riff tape’ that Chuck (Schuldiner) sent me, this tune was pretty much ready to go. It didn’t require any transposing on my part to make it any heavier. Now, this instance is possibly captured on the DVD, but as you may notice in the verses, I don’t catch the hi-hat conventionally with my foot, I use my hands to catch it. I wanted to have the kick land under the snare yet still have the choked hi-hat on the same beat, and at that time, that kick drum would have been my left, which would obviously be my hi-hat choking foot. So, my only alternative was to do a hi-hat choke manually with my left hand. And you know what? In the long run, it probably didn’t make a damn bit of difference. The hand chokes are not all that ’chokey’, and the kick under the whole shebang doesn’t really make it any more powerful.
Katso Genen “The Philosopher” soittovideo alta:
Hevimaailmassa vaellettu jo 1980-luvulta. Monipuolisen metallimusiikkiin syventymisen, perheen sekä työn ohella ajan vievät kolme koota; kirjoittaminen, koulutus ja kuntoilu.
