What's a song you like with a killer beat?

For a drum jam-along? Here's my suggestions for some fairly drum-focused songs.

Lightning Bolt - 13 Monsters

Squarepusher - Terminal Slam

Shobaleader One - Squarepusher Theme

Melvins - Sweet Willy Rollbar

Melvins - The Talking Horse

Primus - Tommy the Cat

Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver

Propellerheads - Velvet Pants

David Byrne - Miss America

Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets (drums kick in at about 2 mins)

Flamingosis - Brunch at the Bodega

Local H - "Cha" Said the Kitty

The Herbaliser - Battle of Bongo Hill

Lords - Snake It

"The Real Me" by The Who.
Entwistle's bass playing is so fucking solid, and Keith Moon's drumming is insane.

• Kashmir - Led Zeppelin. Really anything from Physical Graffiti or by John Bonham.
• Caravan - Buddy Rich
• The Blues Walk - Max Roach & Clifford Brown
• Tom Sawyer - Rush. Or really anything else with Neil Peart.
• John the Fisherman - Primus. They won't be the same since Tim "Herb" Alexander left the band, but I'm sure he has his reasons.(also: Hamburger Train, Over the Electric Grapevine, Tommy the Cat, Mr. Knowitall, Harold of the Rocks)
• Discipline - King Crimson (also: Thela Hun Ginjeet and most of the rest of the album, which seems to mostly treat the guitar as a percussion instrument more than most.)

Sorry if these are cliche.

Here's what I came up with out of my song sifting. I was going to place them in order as to how hard they might be to play... then I realized that wouldn't matter, as it's different for everyone. Ha. Enjoy.

Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country

Slipknot - Before I Forget

Wolfmother - Victorious

Challenger Deep - immersive

Bring Me The Horizon - The House of Wolves

Nekrogoblikon - No One Survives

Dance With the Dead - Get Out

Rabbit Junk - Power

For a metal waltz, try Cheval by Igorrr

For jazzy pop with an upfront floor tom, try Humanised by Sola Rosa

For messy disjointed verses and flowing choruses, try Giant by Bear Hands

For a shuffle-y groove with some slightly unusual snare patterns, try Home Away From Home by Cut Chemist - nothing too wild here, but it sounds like it’d be fun to play

For setting up random stuff like dustbin lids as percussion, try Sick Kids by Fjorka

For being kept on your toes by something with several distinct sections, including an unusual shuffle, tru Walking Headz by STUFF. The full stop is part of the band name

For rhythmic patterns not common in Western music, try Gnawa Beat by Bab L’ Bluz

For noisy punk with lots of fills, try Bakuro Book by Otoboke Beaver

For laid-back funk with some unusual percussion, try 3 On E by Vulfpeck

For if you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if bossa nova and drum & bass had a baby, try Drum ‘N’ Bossa by Carbuncle

For fun swing-y jazz try Forgotten Places by Alif Tree

And, just for funsies, why not pit yourself against the most sampled song in history? Amen Brother by The Winstons - you know the drum sample (1.26, for anybody who wants to skip to it to see if they’ve heard it - spoiler: you have), but the tune itself is also a banger with a fun drum part

If you're looking for going to the gym/getting stuff done:

Diplo - Big Lost

Aesop Rock - Getaway Car

MF DOOM/Dangermouse - Crosshairs

Ratatat - Nostrand

DJ Shadow - Blood on the Motorway

Squarepusher - Central Line

Hit It and Quit It by Funkadelic

https://youtu.be/NUC2EQvdzmY

Look up bad ass wolf shirt most of their stuff is high hats cymbols and synths.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caY0MEok19I

Spare Me the Details - Offspring

LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing At My House

The Walkmen - We’ve Been Had

I wish I played the drums so I could play along with these. Enjoy!

Planet X - Alien Hip Hop

Haken - Nil by Mouth

Not a particularly cool band these days, and not well-known outside the UK, but Madness have a great rhythm section.

Or maybe “had”… their newer stuff is pretty unbearable to me…

But songs like Our House and Wings Of A Dove would be great to play along to on drums. If you happen to like the music, which you might not!

She’s Hearing Voices - Bloc Party

DatA - Skywriter, for sure

Achilles' Last Dtand by Led Zeppelin gets my vote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIRE6iw-ws4

I have a few pieces from the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure soundtrack that I think could be great to drum along to:

Stand Proud: https://youtu.be/oAzNQKbncxA

End of the World: https://youtu.be/xP6iYISIocw

Josuke's Theme: https://youtu.be/pqDqIMUo2OU

Microphone Fiend by Eric B. & Rakim

Rick James- Moonchild

• Enough by Disturbed
• Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes.
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
• Hootsforce by Gloryhammer
• Mine Mine Mine by Wind Rose
• Four To Six by Math The Band

Lemon Demon - My Trains [Youtube]

(I don't know much about drums but this song just sounds really good)

"Driving with the top down" Tony Stark's first flight with the Mark 2. I found a metal cover on Youtube.

James Brown - Popcorn

Panic Station by Muse.
The groove is a banger and the structure gives a lot of room for improvisation

Club Soda (Bangalter from Daft Punk):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1oYV4LDeqE

Anything clowncore.

I like Phat Planet by Leftfield

Cantiga 166 if you're into medieval music.

The only songs I like without a killer beat are the songs done acapella so there literally is no beat.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vWaljXUiCaE

Basically anything by Run the Jewels.

I'm a sucker for simple deep beats so Run to Me by Clarence Coffee Jr

if just one obscure one, that doesn't deserve to be this obscure: KCLR-future funk chant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sk75tWiEo8

Sounds like a melody by A life divided

https://youtu.be/1p6y9-PRM1k

You know who it is

Have fun! Meshuggah - Clockworks

Hum - The Scientists

it's where I got my username

keep this benzine ring around your finger, and think of me when everything you wanted starts to end

https://youtu.be/-ouWKZapvfo

Fishman is the man

Monkeys - TheFatRat

Hows about Feuerhake - Tic Tac

Refused - "The Deadly Rhythm" https://youtu.be/bJJlo_6YMIc

Idk, I've been listening to reggae, ska, ska punk