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This is most likely one of my proudest release this year, both as a drummer and mixing engineer. I highly recommend to check it out! Vanya Merc is an outstanding Stockholm based guitarist who will blow your socks off, and also my bro Gustaf Hielm Official is playing magic bass grooves on all the tracks! Enjoy!
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The second track off the upcoming "Sideshow" EP. As the title suggests, it's a veritable menagerie of musical influences all wrapped up in easy-listening Muzak, and my favourite track thus far. Featuring Leo Margarit on drums & Gustaf Hielm on bass.And here’s another song from the album: A Matter of Time by Vanya Merc on Audius audius.co/vanyamercguitar/a-matter-of-time-352245 The others will come one by one!
Groovy baby
Super duper! As always 🙂
Hello Leo, pas mal du tout, interpellé par le choix de poster l'album sur Audius. Je serais volontiers preneur d'un retour d'expérience...
Coming next week, KEEN TO A FAULT’s playthrough!
Oh, I LOVE this one 😍
Je t’avais bien dit que de jouer avec des baguettes en plomb ça te mettrait les triceps en valeur !
Yessssss ! J'adore !bravo léo ! Rappelles moi la marque et le modèle de ta snare qui sonne si énorme !! Bizz ❤️🥁✌️😜
Mais c’est qu’il est taillé le type 😉😉😉
T’as déjà pensé à faire une live session? Je vois bcp des artistes qu’ont commencé à travailler avec ça pendant la pandémie et c’est une grande opportunité d’intégration. Salut!
Whaou, la musculature du type 🙂
My favorite from album. It has POS flavour from RL era.
Aaahhh... I can't wait! 😍
For those of you who were asking, YES it’s coming with the live extra powerful ending! Tomorrow at 6pm!
#handfulofnothing #onehourbytheconcretelake #painofsalvation #leomargarit #paiste #promarkdrumsticks #evansdrumheads #drumplaythrough
Enorme. Je parle de tes biceps bien sur
If I remember correctly, weren’t you introduced with a drum solo over that end section on Johan’s last PoS show in Notodden in 2007?
Premiere on Tuesday 6th at 6pm CET on YouTube! youtu.be/bBs8E8Su9N8
See you there!
Handful of Nothing! This Is gonna be great!
Today I had the pleasure to perform live as a singer with my good friend Fredrik Hermansson. We decided to go with a French theme and only performed French classics!
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Pardon my French 😜👋
Wow! Les garçons! Quelle belle surprise! Vous êtes talentueux et c'est vraiment plaisant d'entendre Léo chanter en français! Chapeau pour "Tous les cris les s.o.s."... Magnifique chanson et interprétation! 🎶💞
I was already a fan of your great drumming, now I am a fan of your singing too! Bravo! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Nihil Morari and its intricate alternance of triplets and dotted 8th notes that sound almost identical to the novice ears… When @insideoutmusic asked me to record a playthrough for one of the songs from BE, this is the first one that came to my mind. I had never played it prior to making the video so needless to say it hasn’t been easy! Once again I tried to respect Johan Langell’s way of playing it and I haven’t changed much if anything at all… After all on a piece like that, everything is written to the point by Daniel and there is no space for improvising! I’m not sure the original recording had a click track but I made one following the slight tempo fluctuations, « erased » the original drums from the track and re-recorded and mixed them in my studio.
As usual the whole thing is filmed with only one camera (thanks @patriksjoeberg ) and cut together afterwards.
The full playthrough is available on InisideOut’s Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/watch?v=94J7R5jhDVo&feature=emb_logo). Enjoy!
Wow Leo, thank you very much for this one! I`m a big fan of Pain of Salvation for about 15 years now, and one reason for that are unique drumpatterns like in Nihil Morari - drives me crazy 🤣 It also fascinates me what might be in Daniels mind to pull of such "weird stuff" somehow natural 😀 Anyway, You definitely enrich the band very much with your skills, your musicality and personality !!! I also have to mention that the sound of the drums developed fantastic since you've been in the band! Your drum playthroughs demonstrate that you have remarkable skills in recording and mixing your drumkit - maybe you will share youre recording-experience in another video!? Would love to see that! 😍 Keep up the good work, i will go now behind my e-drum kit and desperately try to play along youre track 😅
Leo Margarit is the best <3
Good work! I'm so impressed by your bass drums playing! Beau travail!
Géant ! Merci 🤘
As good as the original, as always!
Yeah!!! 🏆
Leo the great😄
❤️❤️❤️
Here it comes! Watch the whole video on @insideoutmusic YouTube channel, or click on the link in my description! Enjoy!
youtu.be/zDzrglYYVvM
The warmer drum sound of the world!!!!! Love It 🔥🔥
Léo, tu joue très bien et j’aime beaucoup ton style! Je joue aussi de la batterie et je ne peux pas jouer tout ce que tu joues 😅. Je viens de Montréal au Québec et j’aimerais bien voir Pain of salvation en concert un jour! Salutations!
Toujours passionnant de redécouvrir le morceau au travers de ton jeu. J'ai l'impression de davantage plonger dans sa complexité. Merci!
Är det Seinfeld?
Leo 🥰
Did you change anything on the other tracks? I think I can hear some different sounds compared to the original.
Beautiful song! Stellar performance! ❤️❤️❤️
You really were extremely focused on the patterns.. But I always love you see playing - even when not smiling! 😉 🤘
Excellent song, excellent drums...my vote was for Leo Margarit The Progspace
Can't wait to see you guys on stage again 🖤
No idea what you’re doing there but it sounds amazing! 🤘
🤘🤘🤘👏👏👏
We have a date! Let’s meet up you and me on Tuesday 2nd at 5pm CET on @insideoutmusic YouTube channel for the whole WAIT drum playthrough! 🙂
Génial!
Bruno Morpheo Allan Infante
Leo, your playing is simply awesome! 😊🤘
One of my favourite from PANTHER 🙂
You got me at "We have a date..." 😁😉
Excellent tes plans de drum 👌🙏 oh c'est trop court.
Lovely playing. What song is this?
Burner 💪🏼
Behöver lektioner känner jag, när jag ser proffsen lira 😀
beaucoup trop court ! Sublime
Another cool project I've been part of recently! Written by David Theraulaz also responsible for the bass and video production. Players are my good old friend Chris Ribera on the guitar, Melanie Yarger on the cello and Valeriy Stepanov on the keyboard. Mixed by another of my childhood best friend Nicolas Theraulaz! Enjoy!
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Thanks mate!!!😉👍🏻
So stoked and proud to be part of that! Now you can have me playing on your productions with Daniel Bergstrand’s killer drum sound as easy as a mouse click!
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Je vois que ça "roule ma poule"... Bisous mon poulet !
Yeeees!!!!
Men jäklar va coolt!
Grymt! 😀
You crushed it🙏🙏🙏🍾👊
Awesome!!! ✌🏻🥂
Fett Leo.Det är du värd!😎👌🤘🍻
Congratulations my friend! Way to go!
Grattis! Fan vad grymt! ✊
😎🙌
Fancy some 13/16+11/16? Look no further! The WAIT drum playthrough is around the corner, coming on @insideoutmusic YouTube channel in a few days!
#leomargarit #painofsalvation #WAIT #PANTHER #13/16+11/16 #drumplaythrough
Its not the time signature that is odd. Its your video that is a little before the sound 😋
Quelque part, 13/16 + 11/16, c'est presque du 3/4. Comment ça non ?
You're one of the best drummers in the rock/metal/musicgenresarenotrelevant scene. Simply brilliant!!! I hope more and more people start to notice the results of your intense practice and dedication to the instrument. FANTASTIC, monsieur Margarit!
We have a saying... KILLER ASS!! Love it thanks now I must practice;—)
I would wait for any numbers you’d promise! Even if I don’t understand what they mean, hahaha!
One of the best from Panther!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Amazing, as always. And this is one of my favorites 🥰
The favourite number from Panther 🙂 like that despite “non-standard” time signature and complexity the overall groove sounds very organic
Pareil trop court, on reste sur notre fin ou plutôt faim musical avec ce covid system, meilleurs vœux ! Et bravos, le dernier pain est excellent ! Et tes plans de batterie sont excellents 👏
Do you want me to hook you up with a decent t-shirt company?
“Partially muted due to copyright claim” 🤣😂
Killer.
Fantastique cette partie.... aussi bien a la batterie qu'en générale ! Le passage en 4/4 est superbe !
Du är grym Leo. Skaffa lite större ego och snacka som fan om allt och inget och snurra med pinnarna så blir du snart som vissa andra trummisar som syns väldigt mycket 💥🤪
Yes mon léo, je m'écoute l'album en boucle depuis quelques jours en plus 😊 en passant , le son de la caisse claire sur Unfuture est bien chelou lol ! 😁
Holly mother of God...
Trop court !!! Meilleurs vœux !
Génial, superbe
Claude-Marie Olivier
My first “drummer of the year” title! Thanks again The PROG Mind for the support! 🙏🥳
Congrats, Leo!! You deserve it, you're amazing 🥰
Well deserved, congrats Leo!
Mycket välförtjänt, grattis!
Félicitations Léo 🍾🥂😘😘😘
Grattis! 👏💪
Bravo Leo !
Bravo, bien mérité !!
Félicitations 👍quel parcours
Well deserved! Now you only have to worry about the decade & then the century!
Congrats to all who voted for you for their good taste! 👍🤘😉
Congrats Leo!!! I'm so Happy to read this 🙂 🙂 You deserve It!
You deserve it so much Leo, congrats ! <3
I can't think of anyone more deserving!!!! Way to go Leo!!!!
Absolutely deserved. Your drumming on "Panther" was out of this world and a key factor why the album had such a punch to its sound. Without this kind of drumming, the modern sound experiment could have easily been a failure! Really inspiring. Even the critics of the album acknowledge the awesome drumming... as they should! Well done, Leo!
What an awesome review of your incredible talent Leo!! Congratulations on a phenomenal performance;—)
Congratulations Leo! You really deserve it. You really shine on Panther album 🌟🌟🌟
Well deserved!! Congratulations!!
Felicidades Leo Margarit!!Suerte
Et c'est on ne peut plus mérité. Félicitations 🤘👍!
Félicitations Leo!
earned 👌🙏
Well earned 🤘🏼👌🏻!
Grattis Leo!!!!😎👍👌❤
Congratulations!🤘🥁
Make room for more!!
Hello internet, it’s been a while! Here’s a short video I found in my Dropbox. I suppose I was saving it for rainy days! 😀 Can’t remember if I was just jamming or playing to a click track, but it’s definitely an improvisation! Throws me back to my latin jazz days...! @promarkbydaddario @evansdrumheads @paistecymbals #drumimprovisation #latinjazz #sessiondrummer
Is there any chance of a "Gone" playthrough?
Nice! Do you do Skype lessons?? Would definitely try during my free time! 😜
Really like, that you play on a regular equipment, but what's your opinion about the monster setups like Portnoy, or Mangini have, or something like that?
Welcome back.
Bonjour Léo, je vois que tu n'as pas une position de pied droit talon levé avec la batte complétement enfoncée en position initiale. Tu as le talon carrément au sol, ou tu es en position intermédiaire? ^^
Fint Leo Margarit 👏👏🥰
Check out the recent talk I had with Proglodytes! 🙂
Interview With Léo Margarit (Pain of Salvation)
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I have been a fan of Pain of Salvation since the late 90s, and one of my favorite parts of their music has always been the drums. With extremely challenging songs like “Handful of NothingR…Super interview 👏👏❤️❤️
L'interview est peut être récente mais la photo semble dater un peu 😊
Love the interview. Too short though ❤️
Superbe interview, pour un excellent drummer ! Un peu anti daté ça sentait presque la vodka 😂
I’ll be doing a live interview here on Facebook tomorrow at 8pm CET, join us! 🤟👊
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And I must add that I mixed the live bonus tracks!Following the release of their acclaimed new studio album “PANTHER”, Sweden’s progressive Metal innovators Pain of Salvation are announcing a special re-issue edition for their “The Perfect Element, Pt. I” album from 2000. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s third album, the re-issue version is entitled “The Perfect Element, Pt. I (Anniversary Mix 2020)” and will be released on November 20th, 2020 via InsideOutMusic.
A first taste of the release is available as of today with the launch of its first digital single “Ashes (Anniversary Mix 2020)” here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVblZBWE5ag and here: open.spotify.com/track/1KsDYvXlD1Kwv8h4WQUmOv
Following on from the widely praised remix of the classic Pain of Salvation album “Remedy Lane” in 2016, “The Perfect Element, Pt. I (Anniversary Mix 2020)” comes completely remixed by Pontus Lindmark as well as mastered by Thor Legvold / Sonovo. The release, which features slightly revised artwork as well as new liner-notes, will be available as limited 2CD Digipak and Digital Album (with a total of 8 bonus tracks) as well as in the Gatefold 2LP format on 180g. vinyl with the entire remixed album as bonus CD.
Pre-order now here: painofsalvation.lnk.to/ThePerfectElementI2020
Should have had it remixed by the kids on the front of the album!!! They are old enough now! 😂
Heck YEAH!
i loved your mix on your drum playthroughs. im certainly going to love these!
When will we get the live bonus tracks information? I can't waiiittt!! 😍😍😍
In celebration please do a drum playthrough of The Perfect Element 🙏🙏🙏
Génial Leo Margarit. J'espère bientôt si possible un live de la dernière tournée qui était fantastique d'émotions à l'image de l'avant dernier album.
You guys are saving this troubled year... 🖤
Du coup, j'espère d'autres drum playthrough 🤘 tout prochainement !
Really???
Awesome news for this fucked up year!!!!
Here it is, ACCELERATOR!
Enjoy! 🙂
I'm sorry but this sounds to me better than the album. It sounds killer! Great job!
Tasty. Never overplayed. Hardest part is likely the isolated kick drum section, feels weird to not do anything with the hands to counterweight your core 😂
As weird as complex to understand as complex to play.😉 Well done Leo for such creativity on this drum parts!
Sounds a lot like the "Road Salt" Drum/Mix. Is it the same kit?
So tight and relaxed at the same time! Cool man ! Grosses bises du Nord de la France ! 😉
Ça déménage.
T es belle avec tes cheveux de shampooing 🧴 de méchant !!! Bravo ! Au plaisir de te recroiser
Superbe! Merci, c’est toujours très inspirant de vous voir performer Monsieur Margarit.
Vraiment bien Léo!!! J'adore ton style sur PANTHER Cheers du Quebec
Encore un sacré challenge ce morceau... bravo !
Intense! Especially the section with the bass drum played with 1 foot! ❤️
- Ok Leo. The question is, where is the one? - which one? - thats the second question...
Grymt spel. Ståpäls delux👍👍🤘🤘
Sebastien Belva 🤩🤩🤩
Monster!!!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻
Fabuleux !
Are you ready for ACCELERATOR’s playthrough? @painofsalvationband @insideoutmusic #leomargarit #painofsalvation #panther #accelerator #drumplaythrough
OH YES
👍👍👍👍👍
🤗🤘
Merci !
I am WAITing for the "WAIT". Rly, Leo Margarit, please xD
Yes. Yes, I am.
Love it 🖤
En boucle!!!!😍
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaao, Super...👍👍👍👍🙏
U R A bad man,!🙏
I want more!!!😉☺
Got a surprise from Lord @danielgildenlow yesterday! Celebrations are in order! ❤️ Did you listen to PANTHER yet? The album is out and available everywhere!
#panther #painofsalvation #rhum #sugarfreemojito
Leo, the album is fantastic! Congrats! My copies should arrive soon, but I listened on Spotify. I always know to expect something new, but I never know what it’s going to be. The way you play the quintuplets and septuplets on Accelerator is so good and unlike some people, I loved Panther, especially the rapping parts and the groove that is deceptively intricate. There’s literally no band in the world like PoS. You guys deserve world fame, the whole discography is so legendary and covers so much ground musically, conceptually, and emotionally.
Que dire ????? Une véritable tuerie.... un album exceptionnel, différent, comme vous savez si bien le faire Je vous aime <3
Bonsoir Leo 😊 Oui il tourne sur la platine en ce moment ! J'étais si contente de le recevoir que je lui ai fait un gros câlin 😄 Il me l'a bien rendu quand j'ai mis le son ! Super boulot, bravo et merci 😁 ... Je croise (tout) les doigts pour que cette dure période soit derrière nous au plus vite pour vous retrouver sur scène 😘
Congratulations!
Merci pour ces compositions, ce son et ces rythmes complètement addictifs ! Et santé avec le Mojito 🥂
encore un album incroyable
Leo, congratulations for the awesome work you did on this album. Your drumming is simply fantastic, full of technique and energy. You deserve the best, friend. As soon as this pandemic is over, we're waiting for you here in Brazil.
Lord Daniel is the best 😍 Like you Leo. The album is unexpected, revolutionary, strange but unique, with each listening it changes and takes on new nuances
So this is what you get payed for exceptional drumming on a brilliant album?! 😉
Mon vinyle est à la poste, je vais le chercher demain.
It's an exceptional! It's been on constant replay for the last few days since I got it. Congratulations!
Not even a 7-year-old? Damn, he's cheap. 😀
I just listen it once. Not enough to have an opinion on it, like every Prog album! 😉
The album is great you guys rule !!!!
It gets better with every listen!
Il s’annonce salement dosé ce mojito 😜
Cet album est fantastique. C'est incroyable cette manière de faire évoluer votre musique et les partie de batterie sont remarquables. Immense musicien !
It's an amazing album! Congrats, Leo ♥️🌸
Ça c'est la grande classe ! Super album !
Bravo les gars pour ce coup de maître, l'album est exceptionnel! Merci !
Fantastic work Leo, your drumming is astonishing as always... Can't wait to see you guys live playing Panther (hope soon)
Je l ai pas encore trouvé en vinyle mais je ne désespère pas 😉
It’s a masterpiece! I’m waiting for my vinyl now
Super album encore une fois
Rätt åt dig! 😘
« One thing I want to mention is Léo’s striking performance on drums. I personally believe that he is one of the most underrated drummers in the business, and I hope that will no longer be the case after this record. With impossibly complex blast beats, stuttering and brilliantly random beats, and legendary fills, Léo is more than likely going to stake his claim as the best drummer of the year, in my book. »
Well... What can I say...? I’m humbled, thanks The PROG Mind !❤️
Looking forward to the album, and yes, I think you are a very underrated drummer in the scene.
Legends are never underrated. And I think you are not underrated, but not quite well known. Feel the difference.
Waouh ! Encore plus impatient de me plonger dans cet album !!! 😮
Well, what can I say: The PROG Mind is absolutely right. I think you are one of the most influencial additions in the sound of Pain of Salvation now. The drumming sounds so organic and enhances the music. To me, it is very evident in "Restless Boy". The song might sound simple but the drums make it... restless. You have this wall of keyboard-wah, the soft nearly whispered lyrics, and against that a frantic drum sound that does not seem to find any peace. The contrast is what makes this song so engaging, and of course the contrast finds its equivalent in first and second half ("this is not a test"). I think, Leo, apart from the fact that you are a fantastic drummer in his own right, your contribution to "Panther" is really valuable and gives the sound its catchy eeriness. From what I have heard until now this will be a truly exceptional listening experience. I like it a lot. So what else to say in all this drivel: Keep up the bloody awesome work! And it is a joy to watch you play the drums in your videos!
I agree. Your work in Restless Boy is awesome.
Juste reconnaissance de ton talent ! Tu devrais faire partie de la cour des grands... 🙂
Definitely one of the greatest and most creative drummers I've ever heard!
Bravo mon frero, je suis très fière de toi, c’est tellement mérité ❤️❤️
Congratulations!!! Totally deserved!!! 😉🤘
J’adore ton playing Leo et tu es une inspiration pour moi! Continue l’excellent boulot toujours aussi remarquable pour tes pairs batteurs! 🤘😎🤘
Well deserved! Leo is the best decision PoS ever made ❤️
Leo Margarit, le seul batteur capable de t'inserer l'intro de 6 O'clock de DT lors d'un concert de Jazz au Conservatoire de Montpellier. Juste dingue ! 👌
On le sait depuis longtemps que tu fais partie des meilleurs ! Il y a toujours eu beaucoup de finesse dans ton jeu, ça ferait presque passer les passages difficiles et les changements de rythme pour un truc facile 😅
Reconnaissance et commentaires plus que mérités ! King Leo !
True that!! Impressionnant ton boulot...
Agreed! Kudos.
Tellement d'accord ! J'espère que tu obtiendra la reconnaissance que tu mérites.
Ça fait longtemps que je le dis: Léo c’est le meilleur.
Hearing the album right now, I totally agree with The Prog Mind!
Congratulations Leo Margarit!🤘🥁
You're the man, Leo!
It is true!where do we vote?
I agree 😃He's the best
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