My Top 5 Drummers: Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski

Описание: Here is the Polish extreme drumming master Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski talking to the drummers' website https://www.beatit.tv/ about the most important drummers in his life.
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“I’ll start with Gene Hoglan. Drummer with Death, Strapping Young Lad, Testament now. Death’s album ’Symbolic’, the blend of jazz and metal it features… I was an orthodox metal head back then, although also inspired by jazz. I liked that blend and the fact that a lefty drummer was playing a right handed kit. I like Gene the most in his Strapping Young Lad period. It’s not whether he played slow or fast, but about the way he arranged his parts. Great thinking!

Mario Duplantier from Gojira. Great drummer! The most important thing in a drummer for me is how he or she structures songs, how the whole thing is thought out and arranged. He can play straight-up extreme stuff, but he also plays his own, unorthodox things. He throws in stuff from other styles of music and incorporates them into metal. I also like what he looks like behind the kit – he’s very energetic although rather lanky. It’s very powerful.

Recently, I’ve had a few YouTube nights with Jeff Porcaro. I was into him a long time ago and I’ve started watching his videos and interviews again. Goodness me… What a brain! And in those days… Jeff Porcaro had the most amazing ideas. The way he played was really interesting, like painting with the drums. The beat was one thing, but his playing was melodic, too.

If there were a referential model of a blast beat, it would be Derek Roddy’s ‘cause his is the truest. With all due respect to all those who play blast beats, his are quintessential. He plays his with such fury… That’s incredible! Derek Roddy has defined the blast beat for me. Also, his patterns combine brutality with musicality.

The next name that comes to mind is Maciek Gołyźniak. How cultured and dignified he is… I really like his playing, no matter if it’s with Brodka, Sorry Boys, Meller Gołyźniak Duda or Natalia Nykiel. I’ve been waiting for a drummer who would push the boundaries in Polish pop even further and I think Maciek Gołyźniak is that guy as far as this kind of music is concerned. I like the fact that whatever he does bears his signature – the way his kit looks, they way he sits behind it, etc. His playing is very characteristic. He manages his career very nicely, which I really like. I’m a fan…”