Derek Roddy: Blast Beats Evolved (2009)

Derek Roddy presents this extreme drumming tutorial covering styles such as speed metal, grindcore and death metal. Designed to improve the speed, coordination, endurance and independence as well as the balance and breathing that are crucial for all styles of playing, the programme teaches the history and evolution of this underground playing style, which includes bomb blasts, hyper blasts, freehand blasts and traditional blasts, and also examines the essential techniques needed to develop and execute the high-speed patterns.