Best Metal Drummers

[Forgotten.nemesis]

Gene Hoglan

fuck yea.he's the best

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

fix your fucking signature so you don't fuck up every thread like this

 

[lennyvirus]

marco minnemann (or however you spell it) i think is really under rated? anyone else agree?

 

[~Neurotica]

Tomas Haake
Chris Adler
Mikko Siren
George Kollias
Pete Sandoval
Gene Hoglan

 

[The Emptier]

how the is MM underrated?

 

[Hez]

Dirk Verbeuren
Gene Hoglan
Tim Yeung (maybe not the best but I still think highly of him)

seriously though, Dirk Verbeuren.

and Dennis Roendum from Spawn of Possession.

 

[JontRevolting]

Christian Leitch,after hearing this man's performance on the 40 Watt Sun album i'm inclined to give him a mention.One of the things that differentiates this album from Warning.

 

[The Butt]

Inferno
BILL FUCKING WARD
Fenriz
Blake Richardson
Jaska Raatikainen

 

[GrayRain]

I second Pete Sandoval from Morbid Angel and Inferno from Behemoth. How has Flo Mounier not been mentioned? (Or did I miss it?)

 

[The Butt]

Shit, I forgot Flo Mounier.

 

[The Emptier]

He plays for a shitty band unfortunately. Crazy fast though, wouldn't say that makes him the part of the best list

 

[GrayRain]

Well obviously Cryptopsy is pure shit nowadays, but Blasphemy Made Flesh and None So Vile are amazing -- the riffing, the drumming, the vocals, and even the slap bass are all examples of death metal done right.

 

[challenge_everything]

Simon O'Laoghaire from Primordials drumming always gets me. A lot of nice touches hidden in it.

He's an average drummer at best, and the weakest link in Primordial.

The best metal drumming performance I've heard is Dave Thomas (ex-Estradasphere) on Sculptured's Embodiment. Almost everything else about the album fades into the background when listening to this incredibly technical, subtle and original performance.

 

[The Butt]

He plays for a shitty band unfortunately. Crazy fast though, wouldn't say that makes him the part of the best list

Cryptopsy pre-The Unspoken King is actually really good.

 

[The Ozzman]

Mike Smith
Thomas Haake
Vinnie Paul
Martin Lopez
Donald Tardy (not technically proficient, but he hits the spot in Obituary)
Paul Bostaph

 

[CF87]

Paul Bostaph

You mean Dave Lombardo.

 

[The Ozzman]

No I don't. Go play in traffic.

 

[CF87]

Yeah you do. shut the fuck up

 

[The Emptier]

Cryptopsy pre-The Unspoken King is actually really good.

I bought their first album a super long time ago and that was the only one I ever enjoyed. I saw them live and I was like..... then

 

[ArneZ]

So many good drummers these days, its insane. Im also including myself in that statement. You`re only as good as your drummer!