Gojira · 2005 · drums by Mario Duplantier
Flying Whales
From From Mars to Sirius. Advanced · Straight · metal
Tempo
95BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 90–120
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 65 and climbs to 95 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A long clean build, then the whale riff: a lurching, syncopated groove with the kick doubling the guitar's pick scrapes and the snare landing late. The famous part is the groove, not the speed; Duplantier plays it heavier than fast.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
Mario Duplantier
- Read the Mario Duplantier feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Mario Duplantier's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 2005 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
Songs at about 95 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.