In this part of the song, leading up to the verses, Lars played the drums in rhythmic unison with the guitar riff. He used X-Hats on the right hand side of his kit to achieve full-power strokes on the toms.
Steve Ley is a professional drummer, teacher, writer and Sheet Music Team Director for Online Drummer. He studied at the Australian National University, graduating with a Diploma of Music specializing in jazz performance.