“Bleed” is already one of the most demanding drum tracks in metal. Panzerballett’s absolutely unhinged, gloriously deranged and rhythmically diabolical arrangement elevates it to one of the most punishing. Panzerballett is the Munich jazz-metal band led by guitarist and composer Jan Zehrfeld. Alongside their original music, they’re known for taking songs from every corner of music (jazz standards, pop hits, TV themes, metal classics) and rebuilding them around extreme, inventive rhythm: odd meters, metric modulation, displaced grooves and polyrhythmic layers, launching the soul of the original into entirely new dimensions. “Bleed” was a natural target. Jan’s arrangement takes the hypnotic, machine-like drive of Meshuggah’s original and turns it into a relentless rhythmic cascade that bends the perception of tempo. It seems to accelerate, decelerate and accelerate again, while the underlying pulse never changes. The track appears on Panzerballett’s latest album, Übercode Œuvre, where it’s played brilliantly by Sebastian Lanser. I’ve been playing it live on tour with the band, and here it is in full. 🥁 Drums: Virgil Donati 🎸 Guitar & Arrangement: Jan Zehrfeld 🎵 Original song: “Bleed” by Meshuggah 💿 From the album: Übercode Œuvre (Panzerballett) 🎬 Filmed & edited by: Virgil Donati 🎚 Mix: Virgil Donati Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:16 Riff kicks in 2:32 Guitar Solo 1 3:05 Drum Solo 1 3:23 Split-screen section 4:12 Breakdown 5:02 Guitar Solo 2 5:40 Drum Solo 7:19 Finale Follow Panzerballett Website: Follow Panzerballett Website: https://panzerballett.de/ Instagram: / panzerballett_official