Odd-Arne Oseberg wrote:He's so good miming along to that Benard Purdie playback he could probably do it for real now.

What?

This is a fantastic piece of work by Austin. Wow.

Unsurprisingly, I also agree with his initial words on Virgil in general. Well worth a watch:

Behind The Scenes montage of Virgil's 2019 Ruination tour:

Virgil playing brushes, 1986



More from the same album (Virg was playing Sonor at that time)

-Stave Shells. Any body have any? Which companies? General thoughts on them compared to a solid shell or ply shell drum? -Anybody have experience with a drum that was just short of its size? Meaning, a drum that fits 14" heads but edge to edge is technically closer to 13.75? -Would you ever se...

Still some of the most insane drumming I've ever heard

Snare drum has zero body/depth. I miss some ooomph from the snare, too, agreed. But funnily enough that’s the case for me for most of his albums. I always think they under-represent the power of his playing. On the melody aspect I agree except for ‘The last night that I lived’ which I think is a be...

Did someone hijack VD's YTube acct because most of this LP is posted under his name! Nope, you’re probably seeing the insane ’topic’ list that YouTube auto-generates and which I have tried to combat for the past 5 years or so. We can’t get them deleted :( Virgil’s own channel is here: https://www.y...

If you don't want to stream it, the new album is out on CD today! It's a fantastic tour de force with much more
hi-hat than double bass drums and with a wonderful mix of old friends and young talents brought to the table:

Virgil's New Album

45 minutes of Virgil in absolute beast mode, including some of the best OTV tracks: