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Fastest Double-bass Songs, With Notes-per-second Values


The name is "fastest double-bass" but I still incluided some quadruple and triple pedal songs for the sake of it.

I metronomed these and many more to make a definite double-bass chart. BUT IT'S NOT EVEN NEARLY FINISHED YET, so make suggestions.
These are the studio versions, but I often point out if the a live version is different. Also, small rolls don't count. The track must have 16 consecutive hits for it to be listed.
Many of the songs are ones found in Youtube's "TOP 10 FASTEST DOUBLE BASS EVER" to clarify, that most of them were actually NOT that fast at all. I mean, yes they are fast, but not the fastest.
Also, no drum-machines, only real people. According to Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304591604579288531126033944) many bands edit their studio releases ridiculously, and while I have my doubts about some entries on my list, I still list a song if a drummer is credited for the percussive work. It's unfortunate, if they lie, but I can't take responsibilty for that.
In many cases, though, it is all human, and while Aaron Kitcher and Hellhammer for example use some not-that-old-school methods for their playing, it is still them and not a damn machine.

Created by: Heka69 | 30.04.2012



1. Henker - Mental Corruption (33.333 notes per second - Morgan (quadruple pedals, ridiculous, but not fake))
2. Despised Icon - Fainted Blue Ornaments (26 notes per second - Alexandre Pelletier (probably quadruples or a machine))
3. Henker - Slave Of My Art (25.333 notes per second - Morgan (quadruple))
4. Guido Wyss - COMMANDO NOÏSE TERROR - ATTACK 1 (it's his project, I don't know how the name is supposed to be laid out) (25.066 notes per second - Guido Wyss (quadruple))
5. Arcturus - The Arcturian Sign (24 notes per second - Hellhammer (whoah, where did this come from))
6. Dysphoria - Caligula Bows Down (24 notes per second - Tomasz "Atropos" Raszka (I'm calling it fake))
7. Tears Of The Martyrs - Anyone Unnecessary Fate (24 notes per second - Doramas Párraga (this one too :D))
8. Slaughterbox - Fit For Human Consumption (22.333 notes per second - Pete Chavez (yeah, sure...))
9. Infant Annihilator - Decapitation Fornication (21.666 notes per second - Aaron Kitcher (Verified via Youtube))
10. Necrosy - Drown in Perdition (21.333 notes per second - Christian Giusto)
11. Enigmatik - Fata Morgana (21.333 notes per second - Guido Wyss (quadruple))
12. Delusional Parasitosis - Dehumanized Ontogenesis (21 notes per second - Alex (?))
13. Dynasty Of Darkness - Empire Of Pain (20.8 notes per second - Hellhammer)
14. Necrosy - No Solution (20.666 notes per second - Christian Giusto)
15. Eddowes Stride - Plea of Insanity (20.5 notes per second - Roll Her Over Schroeder (if you search them, you'll find that they used to be called Whitechapel before the bigger Whitechapel got big. Drummer has a retarded nickname and has done nothing post their EP, so don't but your money onto this one.))
16. Murder of Innocence - No Mercy for Traitors (20 notes per second - Rocco (SPECIAL MENTION: this is for a fact the worst song on the whole list. You should give it a listen. Can't get much more amateur than this.))
17. Ingested - Incranial Semen Injection (20 notes per second - Lyn Jeffs)
18. Thy Art Is Murder - Laceration Penetration (20 notes per second - Lee Stanton)
19. Years Spent Cold - Abandon all hope (20 notes per second - Steve Banack)
20. Bless the Fallen - Albright (20 notes per second - Phil Bartsch (Triple pedal? Heard so.))
21. Dying Fetus - Invert the Idols (20 notes per second - Trey Williams)
22. Cattle Decapitation - Gristle Licker (20 notes per second - David McGraw)
23. Delusional Parasitosis - Gluttonous Consumption of Prenatal Malformation (20 notes per second - Alex (?))
24. Kataklysm - To the Throne of Sorrow (20 notes per second - Max Duhamel)
25. The Berzerker - Corporal Jigsore Quandary (Carcass-cover) (20 notes per second - Gary Thomas)
26. Rings Of Saturn - Desolate Paradise (20 notes per second - Aaron Kitcher)
27. Cattle Decapitation - A Living, Breathing Piece Of Defecating Meat (19.666 notes per second - David McGraw)
28. Dying Fetus - Devout Atrocity (19.555 notes per second - Trey Williams)
29. Infant Annihilator - Cuntcrusher (19.5 notes per second - Aaron Kitcher (Verified via Youtube))
30. Dimmu Borgir - The Chosen Legacy (19.333 notes per second - Hellhammer (Live version by Daray is 15.333 nps))
31. Iwrestledabearonce - You Know That Ain't Them Dogs' Real Voices (19.333 notes per second - Mike "Mikey" Montgomery (sceptical))
32. Absu - Pillars of Mecry (19.333 notes per second - Russley Randell Givens)
33. The Battle Within - Constrained in my Captivity (19.333 notes per second - John Moser)
34. Obscura - Orbital Elements (19.2 notes per second - Hannes Grossman (Verified via DVD-footage)(SPECIAL MENTION - This is the fastest instrumental track))
35. Benighted - Swallow (19.2 notes per second - Kevin Foley (Verified via live-footage))
36. Keep Of Kalessin - Novae Ruptis (19 notes per second - Vyl)
37. Dystrophic - Cosmological Delusions (19 notes per second - Justin Loomis)
38. Knossis - Celestial Subversion (19 notes per second - Sean O'Brien)
39. Vital Remains - Icons Of Evil (18.666 notes per second - Dave Suzuki (also plays guitar damn well.))
40. Morbid Angel - Opening of the Gates (18.666 notes per second - Pete Sandoval)
41. Algetic - Machete Lynch Mob Pacification (18.666 notes per second - David "Gotaur" Kempf)
42. Antropofagus - Sanguinis Bestiae Solium (18.666 notes per second - Davide Billia)
43. Putridity - Draining Necro Anal Disgorgement (18.666 notes per second - Davide Billia)
44. Putridity - - ANY SONG - (18.666 notes per second - Davide Billia (It's like they use only one tempo all the way through))
45. Vader - Come And See My Sacrifice (18.666 notes per second - Dariusz Brzozowski)
46. Necrosy - Flesh Script (18.666 notes per second - Christian Giusto)
47. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Thru our Scars (18.666 notes per second - Francesco Paoli)
48. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Abyssal (18.666 notes per second - Francesco Paoli)
49. Despised Icon - MVP (18.666 notes per second - Alexandre Pelletier)
50. Gnida - Tangle of Shit (18.666 notes per second - Lukasz "Lucass" Krzesiewicz)
51. Gnida - Blinded by Methyl (18.666 notes per second - Lukasz "Lucass" Krzesiewicz)
52. Nile - Kafir (18.666 notes per second - George Kollias)
53. Ingested - Decline (18.666 notes per second - Lyn Jeffs)
54. Acrania - A Trophy of Corporate Disfigurement (18.666 notes per second - J.C. Chávez)
55. Ingested - Contorted Perception (18.666 notes per second - Lyn Jeffs)
56. Ingested - Pre-released Foetal Mush (18.666 notes per second - Lyn Jeffs)
57. Cattle Decapitation - The Carbon Stampede (18.666 notes per second - David McGraw)
58. Abigail Williams - Final Destiny of the Gods (18 notes per second - Samus Paulicelli)
59. Thy Art Is Murder - Engineering the Antichrist (18.666 notes per second - Lee Stanton)
60. Thy Art Is Murder - Soldiers of Immortality (18.666 notes per second - Lee Stanton)
61. Thy Art Is Murder - The Advesary (18.666 notes per second - Lee Stanton)
62. Thy Art Is Murder - Decrepit Putrification (18.666 notes per second - Lee Stanton)
63. Necrosy - Buried Inside Your Mental Walls (18.5 notes per second - Christian Giusto)
64. Reciprocal - Tyrannicide (18.333 notes per second - Dustin Perle)
65. Vital Remains - Infidel (18.333 notes per second - Dave Suzuki)
66. Lost Soul - 216 (18.333 notes per second - Krzysztof "Desecrate" Szałkowski)
67. Azrath XI - Maelstrom Descent (18.333 notes per second - Jonathan "Asmodeus Draco Dux" Garofoli)
68. Demise of All Reason - Ghost of Sparta (18.333 notes per second - Mike Iannuzzi)
69. Behemoth - Defiling Morality ov Black God (18.333 notes per second - Inferno)
70. Keep Of Kalessin - Vengeage Rising (18 notes per second - Vyl)
71. Cattle Decapitation - Manufactured Extinct (18 notes per second - David McGraw)
72. Fleshgod Apocalypse - The Violation (18 notes per second - Francesco Paoli)
73. Absu - She Cries the Quiet Lake (18 notes per second - Russley Randell Givens)
74. Benighted - Fritzl (18 notes per second - Kevin Foley)
75. Mayhem - Anti (18 notes per second - Hellhammer)
76. Ade - Duelling the shadow of spartacus (18 notes per second - George Kollias)
77. Abigail Williams - Final Destiny of the Gods (18 notes per second - Ken Bedene)
78. Thy Art Is Murder - Whore to a Chainsaw (18 notes per second - Lee Stanton)
79. Thy Art Is Murder - Dead Sun (18 notes per second - Lee Stanton)
80. Thy Art Is Murder - The Flase Prophet (18 notes per second - Lee Stanton)
81. Brain Drill - Gorification (18 notes per second - Marco Pitruzzella)
82. Antropofagus - Architecture Of Lust (18 notes per second - Davide Billia)
83. Ingested - Pre-release Foeteal Mush (18 notes per second - Lyn Jeffs)
84. Vital Remains - Devoured Elysium (18 notes per second - Dave Suzuki)
85. Vital Remains - Dechristianize (18 notes per second - Dave Suzuki)
86. Origin - Saligia (18 notes per second - John Longstreth)
87. Allegaeon - Across the Folded Line (18 notes per second - Jordon Belfast)
88. The Senseless - In Our Hearts (18 notes per second - Leon Macey)
89. Micawber - Viral (18 notes per second - Leighton Thompson)
90. Gnida - Deathday (17.866 notes per second - Lukasz "Lucass" Krzesiewicz)
91. Cryptopsy - Cleansing the Hosts (17.8 notes per second - Flo Mounier)
92. Cattle Decapitation - Kingdom of Tyrants (17.666 notes per second - David McGraw)
93. Hour Of Penance - Decimate the Ancestry Of The Only God (17.666 notes per second - Simone "Arconda" Piras (The guy also blasts 320 bpm and plays doublebass exercises at +300 on his youtube-channel))
94. Hour Of Penance - Enlightened Submission (17.666 notes per second - Simone "Arconda" Piras)
95. Nile - Hittite Dung Incantation (17.666 notes per second - George Kollias)
96. Mayhem - Deconsecrate (17.666 notes per second - Hellhammer)
97. Shining - Vemodets Arkitektur (17.6 notes per second - Hellhammer (Goes on for several minutes))
98. The Faceless - Pestilence (17.666 notes per second - Bret Batdorf)
99. Trigger The Bloodshed - Rebirth (17.666 notes per second - Max Blunos)
100. DragonForce - Reasons to Live (17.5 notes per second - Dave Mackintosh)
101. Dark Funeral - Thus I have Spoken (17.333 notes per second - Robert Lundin)
102. Sarpanitum - Before the walls (17.333 notes per second - Steve "St. Evil" Powell)
103. Vader - This is the War (17.333 notes per second - Dariusz Brzozowski)
104. De Lirium's Order - Autistic Savant (17.333 notes per second - Ukri Suvilehto)
105. Benighted - Noise (17.333 notes per second - Kevin Foley)
106. Whitechapel - Dead Silence (17.333 notes per second - Ben Harclerode)
107. Nile - Cast Down the Heretic (17.333 notes per second - George Kollias)
108. Nile - Ithyphallic (17.333 notes per second - George Kollias)
109. Behemoth - Pazuzu (17.333 notes per second - Inferno)
110. Behemoth - He Who Breeds Pestilence (17.333 notes per second - Inferno)
111. Azarath - Praise The Beast (17.333 notes per second - Inferno)
112. Benighted - Asylum Cave (17.333 notes per second - Kevin Foley)
113. Origin - Wrath of Vishnu (17.333 notes per second - John Longstreth)
114. Origin - The Aftermath (17.333 notes per second - John Longstreth)
115. Origin - Consequence of solution (17.333 notes per second - John Longstreth)
116. Here Comes The Kraken - Knights from the South Side (18 - Deivis (?))
117. Absu - Shield with an Iron Face (17.333 notes per second - Russley Randell Givens)
118. Hour Of Penance - Slavery in a Deaf Decay (17.333 notes per second - Mauro Mercurio)
119. Hour Of Penance - Drowned in the Abyss of Ignorance (17.333 notes per second - Mauro Mercurio)
120. Hour Of Penance - The Holy Betrayal (17.333 notes per second - Mauro Mercurio)
121. Septicflesh - Great Mass of Death (17.333 notes per second - Fotis Bernando)
122. Belphegor - Lucifer Incestus (17.333 notes per second - Florian Klein)
123. Okosu - Led to Slaughter (17.333 notes per second - Mike Pistone)
124. Misery Index - Heirs To Thievery (17.333 notes per second - Adam Jarvis)
125. Mithras - Worlds Beyond The Veil (17.333 notes per second - Ben White)
126. Nile - Hittite Dung Incantation (17.333 notes per second - George Kollias)
127. Naer Mataron - Sun Wheel (17.333 notes per second - Warhead)
128. Devast - Fidel Sacrifice (17.333 notes per second - Ramzi)
129. Benighted - Prey (17 notes per second - Kevin Foley)
130. Annotations Of An Autopsy - Impale the Sun (17 notes per second - Neil Hayward)
131. Dying Fetus - Praise the Lord - (Opium of the Masses) (17 notes per second - Kevin Talley)
132. Psycroptic - Ob-Servant (17 notes per second - David Haley)
133. Mithras - Psyrens (17 notes per second - Ben White)
134. Archspire - Archspire (17 notes per second - Spencer Prewett)
135. Hideous Divinity - Bred For Slavery (17 notes per second - Giulio Galati)
136. Hideous Divinity - The Somber Empire (17 notes per second - Giulio Galati)
137. Transcending Bizarre? - The Beginning (16.666 notes per second - Giannis Chionidis)
138. Septicflesh - Oceans of Grey (16.666 notes per second - Fotis Bernando)
139. Misery Index - You Lose (16.666 notes per second - Adam Jarvis)
140. First Fragment - Paradoxal Subjugation (16.666 notes per second - Philippe Boucher)
141. Man Must Die - Antisocial Network (16.666 notes per second - James Burke)
142. Mayhem - View from Nihil (16.666 notes per second - Hellhammer)
143. Sammath Naur - The Endless Cycle (16.666 notes per second - Łukasz Krzesiewicz)
144. Hour Of Penance - Hierarchy of the Fools (16.666 notes per second - Mauro Mercurio)
145. Absu - Manannan (16.666 notes per second - Russley Randell Givens)
146. Recueil Morbide - Vicious Circle (16.666 notes per second - Sylvain)
147. Suicidal Causticity - A Suicidal Causticity (16.666 notes per second - Thomas Passanisi)
148. Disavowed - Veils of Misconception (16.666 notes per second - Romain Goulon)
149. The Faceless - The Ancient Covenant (16.666 notes per second - Lyle Cooper)
150. Dååth - Cosmic Forge (16.666 notes per second - Kevin Talley)
151. Whitechapel - (Cult)uralist (16.666 notes per second - Ben Harclerode)
152. Primordium - The Incursion (16.666 notes per second - John King)
153. George Kollias - Aeons Of Burning Galaxies (16.666 notes per second - George Kollias)
154. Hideous Divinity - The Servant's Speech (16.666 notes per second - Giulio Galati)
155. Hate Eternal - Deathveil (16.666 notes per second - Jade Simonetto)
156. Sending Artax - Circus of Me (16.666 notes per second - Samuel Cain)
157. Modus Delicti - Guilty of Appearance (16.666 notes per second - Claudio de Rosa "The Ripper")
158. Necrosy - Abstract Vortex (16.5 notes per second - Christian Giusto)
159. Aenaon - Grau Diva (16.5 notes per second - Nycriz)
160. Here Comes The Kraken - The Legend Of The Rent Is Way Hardcore (16.333 - Deivis (?))
161. Misery Index - The Calling (16.333 notes per second - Adam Jarvis)
162. Benighted - Smile Then Bleed (15.666 notes per second - Kevin Foley)
163. Dying Fetus - In the Trenches (16.333 notes per second - Trey Williams)
164. Winds - The Last Line (16.333 notes per second - Hellhammer)
165. Powerglove - This is Halloween (16 notes per second - Bassil Silver-Hajo)
166. Powerglove - Batman (The Simpsons - Bassil Silver-Hajo)
167. Zyklon - Hammer Revelation (16 notes per second - Trym)
168. Mithras - Gods Among Men (16 notes per second - Leon Macey)
169. Man Must Die - Kill it, skin it, wear it (16 notes per second - James Burke)
170. Blood Red Throne - In Hell I Roam (16 notes per second - Emil Wiksten)
171. Fallujah - Become One (16 notes per second - Chason Westmoreland)
172. Fallujah - Cerebral Hibridization (16 notes per second - Chason Westmoreland)
173. Viraemia - Necrotizing Fasciitis (16 notes per second - Michael Collins)
174. Blood Red Throne - In Hell I Roam (16 notes per second - Emil Wiksten)
175. Behemoth - The Reign Ov Shemsu-Hor (16 notes per second - Inferno)
176. Psycroptic - Removing the Common Bond (16 notes per second - David Haley)
177. Psycroptic - Carriers of the Plague (16 notes per second - David Haley)
178. Gorguts - Forgotten Arrows (16 notes per second - John Longstreth)
179. Nervecell - For Every Victim Fallen (16 notes per second - Dave Haley)
180. Necrophagist - Stabwound (16 notes per second - Hannes Grossman)
181. Carnifex - Death Archetype (16 notes per second - Shawn Cameron)
182. Pantheon I - Myself Above all (16 notes per second - Dan "Tybalt" Theobald)
183. Origin - Banishing Illusion (16 notes per second - John Longstreth)
184. Hate Eternal - Deathveil (16 notes per second - Jade Simonetto)
185. Necrotic Disgorgement - Grotesque Skeletal Reconstruction (16 notes per second - Jason Trecazzi)
186. Detrimentum - Effigies of the Silent Kings (16 notes per second - Steve Powell)
187. Underneath the Gun - Discordant (16 notes per second - (no idea who))
188. Divine Heresy - Facebreaker (16 notes per second - Tim Yeung)
189. Kronos - Thricephalic Hellkeeper (16 notes per second - Michaël Saccoman)
190. Cryptopsy - Phobophile (~16 notes per second - Flo Mounier (very unstable))
191. Divine Heresy - Monolith Doomsday Devices (15.866 notes per second - Tim Yeung)
192. Cattle Decapitation - Lifestalker (15.8 notes per second - David McGraw)
193. Benighted - Let the Blood Spill between My Broken Teeth (15.666 notes per second - Kevin Foley)
194. Aborted - Источник Болезни (15.666 notes per second - Ken Bedene)
195. 1349 - I am Abomination (15.666 notes per second - Frost)
196. Absu - Stone of Destiny (15.666 notes per second - Russley Randell Givens)
197. Septicflesh - Apocalypse (15.333 notes per second - Fotis Bernando)
198. Hannes Grossman - The Sorcerer (15.333 notes per second - Hannes Grossman)
199. Psycroptic - The Shifting Equilibrium (15.333 notes per second - David Haley)
200. Psycroptic - Immortal Army of One (15.333 notes per second - David Haley)
201. Psycroptic - Initiate (15.333 notes per second - David Haley)
202. Divine Heresy - Failed Creation (15.333 notes per second - Tim Yeung)
203. Vader - The Book (15.333 notes per second - Dariusz Brzozowski)
204. Augury - Beatus (15.333 notes per second - Etienne Gallo)
205. Depths Of Hatred - Deathsphere (15.333 notes per second - Karl Desjardins)
206. Hour Of Penance - From Hate to Suffering (15.333 notes per second - Mauro Mercurio)
207. Behemoth - Slaves Shall Serve (15.333 notes per second - Inferno (usually 16.666 nps when done live))
208. Keep Of Kalessin - The Divine Land (15.333 notes per second - Vyl (SPECIAL MENTION: This is the fastest song that has been performed in Eurovision Song Contest (!)))
209. Absu - The Cognate House Of Courtly Witches Lies West Of County Meath (15.333 notes per second - Russley Randell Givens)
210. Septicflesh - Five-Pointed Star (15.333 notes per second - Fotis Bernando)
211. Hate Eternal - The Obscure Terror (15.333 notes per second - Derek Roddy)
212. Emperor - Ye Entranceperium (15.333 notes per second - Trym)
213. Emperor - Thorns on my Grave (15.333 notes per second - Trym)
214. Deicide - Homage for Satan (15.333 notes per second - Steve Asheim)
215. Decapitated - Day 69 (15.133 notes per second - Vitek)
216. Psycroptic - Blood Stained Lineage (15 notes per second - David Haley)
217. Gorgoroth - Exit (15 notes per second - Frost)
218. As Blood Runs Black - My Fears have Become Phobias (15 notes per second - Hector "Leche" De Santiago)
219. As Blood Runs Black - Legends Never Die (15 notes per second - Hector "Leche" De Santiago)
220. Despised Icon - Furtive Monologue (15 notes per second - Alexandre Pelletier)
221. Deicide - Not as Long as We Both Shall Live (15.333 notes per second - Steve Asheim)
222. Trivium - Blinding Tears Will Break The Skies (15 notes per second - Travis Smith)
223. Lamb Of God - Walk With Me In Hell (14.8 notes per second - Chris Adler)
224. Decapitated - The Fury (14.666 notes per second - Vitek (RIP))
225. Omnihility - Unsummoned (14.666 notes per second - Armen Koroghlian)
226. Blood Red Throne - Altered Genesis (14.666 notes per second - Anders Kobro)
227. Lamb Of God - Walk With Me In Hell (14.666 notes per second - Chris Adler)
228. Into Eternity - Severe Emotional Distress (14.666 notes per second - Adam Sagan)
229. Kataklysm - For All Our Sins (14.666 notes per second - Martin Maurais)
230. Born Of Osiris - Takeover (14.666 notes per second - Cameron Losh)
231. Keep Of Kalessin - Dragon Iconography (14.666 notes per second - Vyl)
232. Negură Bunget - De Piatrã (14.5 notes per second - Gabriel "Negru" Mafa)
233. Psycroptic - Slaves of Nil (14.333 notes per second - David Haley)
234. Revocation - Across Forests and Fjords (Phil Dubois-Coyne)
235. Arcturus - Shipwrecked Frontier Pioneer (14.333 notes per second - Hellhammer)
236. Rhapsody Of Fire - Rain of a Thousand Flames (14.333 notes per second - Alex Holzwarth)
237. Testament - Formation of Damnation (14.333 notes per second - Paul Bostaph)
238. All That Remains - This Calling (14.333 notes per second - Shannon Lucas)
239. Children Of Bodom - Downfall (14.333 notes per second - Jaska Raatikainen)
240. Testament - Fall of Sipledome (14 notes per second - Dave Lombardo)
241. Algetic - Machete Lynch Mob Pacification (14 notes per second - David Kempf "Gotaur")
242. Septicflesh - Lovecraft's Death (14 notes per second - Fotis Bernando)
243. Obscura - Infinite Rotation (14 notes per second - Hannes Grossman)
244. Powerglove - Heffalumps and Woozles (14 notes per second - Bassil Silver-Hajo)
245. Powerglove - Batman (14 notes per second - Bassil Silver-Hajo)
246. As I Lay Dying - 94 Hours (13.666 notes per second - Jordan Mancino)
247. Angra - Angels & Demons (13.666 notes per second - Aquiles Priester)
248. Cradle Of Filth - Darkness Incarnate (13.666 notes per second - Martin "Marthus" ?karoupka)
249. Slayer - War Ensemble (13.333 notes per second - Dave Lombardo)
250. Yyrkoon - Doctor X (13.333 notes per second - Laurent Harrouart (there's probably a faster track by him around))
251. Gojira - Backbone (13.333 notes per second - Mario Duplantier)
252. Slipknot - Sulfur (13.333 notes per second - Joey Jordison)
253. DragonForce - Fury Of The Storm (13.333 notes per second - Dave Mackintosh (there's probably a faster track by him around))
254. Arcturus - Radical Cut (13.333 notes per second - Hellhammer)
255. Kataklysm - Blood on the Swans (13.333 notes per second - Martin Maurais (great song, 75% gravity blast, no mercy))
256. Pathfinder - Beyond The Space, Beyond The Time (13.333 notes per second - Kamil Ruth (vocal performance +1))
257. Slayer - Angel of Death (13.333 notes per second - Dave Lombardo)
258. Hollenthon - Fire upon the Blade (13 notes per second - Mike Gröger)
259. Dååth - Day of Endless Light (13 notes per second - Kevin Talley)
260. Chimaira - Everything you Love (13 notes per second - Kevin Talley)
261. The Bishop Of Hexen - Eyes Gaze to a Future Foreseen (13 notes per second - Prof. Van-Helsing)
262. Arch Enemy - Nemesis (12.666 notes per second - Daniel Erlandsson)
263. Avenged Sevenfold - Blinded in Chains (12.533 - James "The Reverend Tholomew Plague" Sullivan)
264. Krisiun - Ageless Venomous (12.5 notes per second - Max Kolesne (SPECIAL MENTION: This probably the mostest stupidestest thing I have ever heard; chromatic wankage, trigger sound that resembles a hammer hitting concrete and unsettling pauses bar after bar. Gotta love it.))
265. Fairyland - Doryan the Enlightened (12 notes per second - Willdric Lievin)
266. Dream Theater - A Nightmare to Remember (12 notes per second - Mike Portnoy (there's probably a faster track by him around))
267. Symphony X - Of Sins and Shadows (12 notes per second - Jason Rullo (there's probably a faster track by him around))
268. Decapitated - Spheres of Madness (10.333 notes per second - Vitek (just for comparison, not actually fast at all))
269. Judas Priest - Painkiller (10 notes per second - Scott Travis)
270. Accept - Fast as Shark (9.333 notes per second - Stefan Kaufmann)
271. Motörhead - Overkill (8-8.666 notes per second - Phil Taylor)



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Comments: 28   Visited by: 156 users
19.05.2012 - 14:44
Heka69

After 18.5 nps, almost every performance is somehow cheated. Triggering ain't that much of a cheat, since the sound would be a bloody mess without, but double strokes etc. seem to be the only way to go.
UNLESS you are Hannes Grossman or George Kollias. They pretty much only use triggering for productional purposes and have demonstrated their ability of single untriggered single-strokes on their vids. Also, I'm pretty sure that Romain Goulon, Fotis, Inferno, Vyl, Kevin Foley and Daray could do something similar, though I have no definite proof.

On Hellhammer I must say that he's a complete cheater, but that just makes him great; on every aspect on his playing he is always coming up with techniques to ease his playing. Composition-wise he's a great guy, but TRVV KVLT DABBLÖ BÄZZ METVL-wise not that much.
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04.06.2012 - 10:06
Heka69

Just saw that Mauro Mercurio has vids of himself playing 20.5 nps at Youtube. Worth mentioning.
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01.11.2012 - 23:59
Oaken
Hipster
I'm surprised there's no Anaal Nathrakh in there.
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In that case, man is only air as well.
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02.11.2012 - 00:32
Vombatus
Potorro
^it's a machine, and I doubt the live version is just as fast.
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02.11.2012 - 09:05
psykometal
A staff guy...
Kinda surprised no Tim Yeung (Divine Heresy) or Trey Williams (Dying Fetus). Should also look into Jordan Varela (Lust of Decay) and Davide "Brutal Dave" Billia (Putridity).
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05.11.2012 - 21:09
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Written by Oaken on 01.11.2012 at 23:59

I'm surprised there's no Anaal Nathrakh in there.

Anaal Nathrakh use blastbeats primarily, which use a snare/high-hat/bass drum combination, meaning there won't be any ridiculous speed double bass.... usually
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14.11.2013 - 01:24
Don_Doom

Written by Oaken on 01.11.2012 at 23:59

I'm surprised there's no Anaal Nathrakh in there.


I agree with you!!
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14.11.2013 - 13:15
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Don_Doom on 14.11.2013 at 01:24

Written by Oaken on 01.11.2012 at 23:59

I'm surprised there's no Anaal Nathrakh in there.


I agree with you!!



it's a drum machine on the albums, like someone mentioned earlier.
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14.11.2013 - 14:45
Seonadh

What about Vemodets Arkitektur by Shining (Sweden)? I think it's Hellhammer on that album. Fast as fuck, but most impressive because the double kick parts last for minutes at a time. Not sure if they ever played the song live though...

http://youtu.be/au2krR2H--g
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24.01.2014 - 15:55
Heka69

Written by Seonadh on 14.11.2013 at 14:45

What about Vemodets Arkitektur by Shining (Sweden)?

Added.

Anaal Nathrakh is, as said, mostly blast beats not that much of straight 16th's on pedals, but I'll see if I find something. Still, it's 250 bpm (16.666 nps) at max, so no top 10 there. And, if I have understood correctly, it is as stated, a machine. Yes, they have drummer live who can play those parts (they are not tricky at all), but this list must have some sort of standarts, so that not every machine-made joke applies.
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26.01.2014 - 23:36
Frus77

I'm so glad someone made a list like this, but I see a few errors.
Ingested - Incranial Semen Injection, I metronomed this to 260
My fears have become phobias i got 16th trips on 150, which is 15 notes per second.
I guess my biggest concern about this list is the credibility of some of these drummers. Such as Aaron Kitcher (who really has no proof of going that fast other than a play-along version of cuntcrusher, which was just a play-along. There were no mics.) Iwrestledabearonce (you can obviously tell that that was not real. There's not way that guy is faster than Hellhammer and George Kollias) And I sort of question the credibility of Francesco Paoli from Fleshgod. I know I sound like a George Kollias fanboy, but a lot of these drummers are not a credible as GK. He has quite a few DVDs all about double bass drumming and his Youtube page is full of live videos and studio videos. Just my two cents, but I do like this list though.
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26.01.2014 - 23:36
Frus77

I'm so glad someone made a list like this, but I see a few errors.
Ingested - Incranial Semen Injection, I metronomed this to 260
My fears have become phobias i got 16th trips on 150, which is 15 notes per second.
I guess my biggest concern about this list is the credibility of some of these drummers. Such as Aaron Kitcher (who really has no proof of going that fast other than a play-along version of cuntcrusher, which was just a play-along. There were no mics.) Iwrestledabearonce (you can obviously tell that that was not real. There's not way that guy is faster than Hellhammer and George Kollias) And I sort of question the credibility of Francesco Paoli from Fleshgod. I know I sound like a George Kollias fanboy, but a lot of these drummers are not a credible as GK. He has quite a few DVDs all about double bass drumming and his Youtube page is full of live videos and studio videos. Just my two cents, but I do like this list though.
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27.01.2014 - 14:38
Heka69

Written by Frus77 on 26.01.2014 at 23:36

Ingested - Incranial Semen Injection, I metronomed this to 260

The fast parts are around 3:04 or something, but near the end nonethless.
Written by Frus77 on 26.01.2014 at 23:36

My fears have become phobias i got 16th trips on 150, which is 15 notes per second.

Correct. I did not even listen it that closely. When I saw it on top like 5 top-speed videos, I assumed it to be 32th's. Thanks man.

On your other remark, Paoli is all double strokes and the session drummer for Fleshgod used to be the ex-drummer for Hour of Penance; Mauro Mercurio. He (Marco), however, has a video of himself playing 320 on youtube, and, naturally, I can't find it.
I, myself, have faith in Kitcher, and the others as well. I have done a list like this, so you could guess that a thing like is close to my heart, and that would be right. Being a drummer myself, I can play clearly on my double-pedal on a single triggered bass drum so that the trigger is able register each note at 290 bmp. After that I run into problems.
That being said, my setup is much less professional than the guys' on my list, so 300bpm on two bass-drums does not seem impossible at all. I'm actually surprised, why the are so few songs at those speeds.
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19.04.2014 - 20:16
dasc

Now Christian Giusto he's the fastest drummer in list with 310bpm real drumming, here's the video and he don't use quadruple crap pedals or other fake drumming systems.

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01.05.2014 - 03:00
scar_flux

Fuck!!! They deserve more attention
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01.05.2014 - 13:33
Risto
Wandering Midget
"As Icicles Fall" by Ne Obliviscaris should make this list.
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16.05.2014 - 18:55
psykometal
A staff guy...
Holy crap that dude is inhuman! Man, them Italians sure know how to play retarded fast. That guy, Francesco Paoli, Simone Piras, Mauro Mercurio, Francesco Struglia, Davide Billia, and I know there are more I'm not thinking of right now... lol
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16.07.2014 - 15:43
DiezelHerbert

You should probably check out Delusional Parasitosis, a friend of mine plays drums for them and they have parts up to 26nps double bass. He plays standard heel-toe technique and is capable up to 30 nps. Standard double pedal guy, but completely insane.
Here is a live drumcam of him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFFzc09Abw
Great list by the way, gives some insight to what I haven´t listen to yet but still have to!
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21.11.2014 - 22:02
Proxy

Christian Gusto is very stable live, very nice.
There is a drum-cam-video of him doing No Solution live.
It does not have great sound, but it's nice anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtYWFsalPOU
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02.04.2015 - 09:14
raytracer

You have really forgot guido wyss, he plays quad base before morgan sansous from henker. he has 4 bands who he play quad base. he has study jazz and percussion. you can read all on his internetsite.
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04.04.2015 - 00:28
Heka69

Written by raytracer on 02.04.2015 at 09:14

You have really forgot guido wyss, he plays quad base before morgan sansous from henker. he has 4 bands who he play quad base. he has study jazz and percussion. you can read all on his internetsite.

Would you mind linking a song for me that you think is that fast? 'Cause all I can find is sub-270 tempo. Even then, he uses gravity blast and those 4-beaters to achieve a speed that EVEN I can do without cheats like that. I was kinda disappointed, please prove me wrong.
I really can't see why being the first one using quads would be a merit if you are slower than guys with only 2.
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04.04.2015 - 00:29
Heka69

There's a Necrosy LP coming out this month. Interested to see what it'll bring.
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11.04.2015 - 13:47
raytracer

Written by raytracer on 11.04.2015 at 13:46

Written by Heka69 on 04.04.2015 at 00:28

Written by raytracer on 02.04.2015 at 09:14

You have really forgot guido wyss, he plays quad base before morgan sansous from henker. he has 4 bands who he play quad base. he has study jazz and percussion. you can read all on his internetsite.

Would you mind linking a song for me that you think is that fast? 'Cause all I can find is sub-270 tempo. Even then, he uses gravity blast and those 4-beaters to achieve a speed that EVEN I can do without cheats like that. I was kinda disappointed, please prove me wrong.
I really can't see why being the first one using quads would be a merit if you are slower than guys with only 2.


here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cckqeyYJMAw

ps: your liste is awesome, i have show it all my metalfriends
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17.04.2015 - 15:54
raytracer

Here a few songs that are not yet in the list:

Rings of Saturn - Desolate Paradise (aaron kitcher)
Dynasty Of Darkness - Empire of Pain (hellhammer)
Enigmatik - Fata Morgana (Guido Wyss)

necrosy flesh script is not in the right order, and where can i find the video of the gig footage from the song ? )
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17.04.2015 - 17:02
Heka69

Written by raytracer on 17.04.2015 at 15:54
necrosy flesh script is not in the right order, and where can i find the video of the gig footage from the song ? )


My bad, probably nowhere. I just copied the No Solution row and changed the title and speed, but left that by accident. I had also hit "2" instead of "1" so the speed was way off. It's 18.666, not 28.666, jesus.
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18.04.2015 - 17:08
raytracer

Tears Of The Martyrs - Anyone Unnesessary Fate (Doramas Párraga) fake or quad base, i have asked him, maybe he answer.
Micawber - Viral (Leighton Thompson)
Depths Of Hatred - Deathsphere (Karl Desjardins)
Aversions Crown - We're Not Safe (Jayden Mason)
Dynasty of Darkness - Frozen (Hellhammer)
George Kollias - Aeons Of Burning Galaxies (George Kollias)

The youtube user slanevskiy plays quad base too, but has not released any song yet
how fast is Daniel Erlandsson from arch enemy actually ? (the song nemesis) not nearly 18 beats or ?
maybe the drummer with over 18 beats play with the Vruk extension or ?
and what do you mean with "some not-that-old-school methods" ?
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21.04.2015 - 20:43
Heka69

Written by raytracer on 18.04.2015 at 17:08

and what do you mean with "some not-that-old-school methods" ?


Take Tim Yeung or Adam Jarvis, for example. They hit every single hit with full force, lifting their feet and the speed comes mostly from the rebound with which the drumhead send the beater back, which they then again push back. That's the "proper" old-school technique, which does not in any way rely on triggers. Dave Lombardo is a fine example, too. Here a video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bsxuKxjDAM (the song is not very fast but you can clearly see how far back the beater goes)

The triggering-dickery way is tightening the springs of the pedal itself to absolute maximum, and pushing against them constantly and so controlling the hits by actually lifting your feet, not pushing the pedals down. Here's a video for demonstration https://youtu.be/EDJXH_EHke8?t=419.
While it is quite legit, the force needed for movement and therefore reaching the drumhead is severely lesser, and using triggers becomes much more useful for the sake of just hearing the bassdrum. Aaron Kitcher and Hellhammer use this technique.

The third method on two pedals is heel-toeing in a way that you actually get 2 hits with one leg movement, but the as the speed rises above 260 there it pretty much impossible to make the hits strong enough to have any use if you are not equipped with triggers. John Longstreth and Christian Giusto are the most obvious examples, and Dave Graw also uses it live. Here's Kingdom of Tyrants at a considerably higher tempo than the studio version, with very demonstrative angles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qw5chMouto

What I'm trying to say is that the bullshit about "triggers don't make you faster" is, well, bullshit. If the amount of force you need to hit the beater is reduced, of course you can play faster. It's basic physics, P=Fv.
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13.12.2015 - 09:49
raytracer

Damnation Winds - Encircled (Wraith)
A Forest Of Stars - Drawing Down The Rain (Mr. John "The Resurrectionist" Bishop)
ABORTED - Termination Redux (Ken Bedene)
Killitorous - It's Not Stanley, It's Stan Lee (Eric Morotti) (he has a few drum videos on youtube)
Black Crown Initiate - The Wreckage Of Stars (5:28) (Jesse Beahler)
Rings of Saturn - The Heavens Have Fallen (Aaron Kitcher)
Frozen Shadows - Through Field Of Mercilessness & Strangled by fear (Melkor)
Darkrise - Neuronal Interference & Facing The Storm (Guido Wyss)
AVERSIONS CROWN - Vectors & 2012 (Jayden Mason)
Enigmatik - Pallas Athena (Guido Wyss) Ive asked him via mail, he said, that this is his fastest song.
Near Death Condition - In the Name of the Destructive Storm God (Guido Wyss)
The Black Dahlia Murder - Deathmask Divine (Shannon Lucas)
Mister Sister Fister - Conception A Nameless Fear & Preternatural Malevolence (Aaron Kitcher) maybe they have faster songs
Acrania - Susceptible to Retinal Based Reprogrammability (Jake Hadley)
Applaud The Impaler - Malignant Nihilism (Joey Glover)
Cattle Decapitation: the prophet of loss, plagueborn, circu inhumanitas... the whole album xD (Dave McGrew) theres a live gig too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFmwaNgfTlA
Whoretopsy - He Wouldn't Hurt a Fly (Jake Sproule)
Nidingr - Baldrs Draumar (Hellhammer, maybe hes faster on other tracks)
Thorns - Interface to God (Kenneth Kapstad)
HATE - Alchemy of Blood (Paweł Jaroszewicz)
Massakren - Under Cover of Darkness
Melechesh - Rub the Lantern (Proscriptor, drumm from absu)
absu - Stone of Destiny . . . for Mag Slécht and Ard Righ
Adagio - The Astral Pathway (Kevin Codfert)
Desecravity - Bloody Terpsichorean Art (Yuichi Kudo)
Demonic Chorals - Land of Pain (Asphyxiant (Jozef Krivacek))
Akhlys - Consummation (Ain) (extreme long)
Rotting Christ - In Yumen-Xibalba (Themis Tolis)
Hammer Horde - Unholy Harbingers of War
AEONS CONFER - ESP
Dark Portrait - Ode to Scorn
Heathen Foray - Bifrost
Nefastus Dies - Choking On Nostalgia
Fallujah - Scar Queen
starkill/Massakren - Wash Away the Blood with Rain
aborted - ternminus redux
Saille - Walpurgis
The Bishop of Hexen - A witchking reborn
Urgehal - Astral Projection To Rabid Hell
The Zenith Passage - Simulated Reality
Inquinok - Dimension Of I
Infant Annihilator - Soil The Stillborn
new album from infant anihilator is extremly fast, but i think fake.
New live record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aJPf2_yeUw
ive asked him, he played 11 years drum now and maybe he go more faster. he play with a selfmade trigger and a roland td6 drum module.

why you dont update your list ?
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