Favorite Metal Drummer

[Genesis_Revolt]

Who is your favorite metal drummer and which album is your favorite as far as drumming goes. Mine is Trym on Anthems to the Welkin at dusk.

 

[Victim of Deception]

Brann Dailor on Mastodon's only full-length Remission.

 

[ThePhilosopher]

John Longstreth on Origin's "Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas".

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Rick Miah on "My Dying Bride's "Angel and the Dark River" - love the drumming on that one...

 

[BlessedAreTheSick]

Tomas Haake, Meshuggah, Chaosphere.

 

[valgalder]

Richard Christy
Tony Laureano
Kyle Severn
Pete Sandoval
Bard Faust
Tyrm
Ken Owen
Jontho
Alex Hernandez

...while John Longstreath is fucking fast as hell.. I think is technique is completely boring.

 

[opethmaniac]

Well , i agree with you all but what about the "classic drummers" ? Nicko Mc Brain , Mike Portnoy , Dave Lombardo , Lars Ulrich , Hellhammer , Ian Paice , Bill Ward , John Bauham , Keith Moon , Nick Menza , Igor Cavalera and a lot of others ?

 

[sands of the seas]

At the moment i'm really enjoying Tony Laureano on "In Their Darkened Shrines".
Other than that, all i can think of is Sean Reinert on "Focus".

 

[stefan86]

Gotta give multiple answers on this one:

Janne Saarenpää, The Crown, Deathrace King/Crowned In Terror
Dave Lombardo, Slayer, Reign In Blood
Mike Portnoy, Dream Theater, Train of Thought

 

[DoctorX3]

There are an infinite number of great metal drummers who deserve "honorable mention", but tat the top, it is Lombardo, and only Lombardo. He is THE metal drummer, and Testament's The Gathering is his masterwork.

 

[Nihilistic]

Tim Yeung - Decrepit Birth
Jarda Haz - Alienation Mental
John Longstreth - Origin
Keisuke Tsuboi - Vomit Remnants
Tony Laureano - Nile, Angelcorpse
Ricky Myers - Disgorge, Cinerary
Tomas Corn - Lykathea Aflame
Dave Haley - Psycroptic
Mike Hamilton - Deeds of Flesh, ex-Vile

 

[Spirit In Black]

Kevin Talley is my all time favorite. But there are a ton of other greats that will all be mentioned I'm sure.

 

[Henrik Main]

Flo Mounier - Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh
Asgeir Mickelson - Borknagar - Empiricism
Nick Barker - Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Faust - Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Hellhammer - Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Vitek - Decapitated - Nihility

 

[SculptedCold]

My favourites are Matt McDonough (Mudvayne), Proscriptor McGovern (Absu, Melechesh), Andyan Gorust (Siksakubur), Lee (Commit Suicide), Horgh (Immortal, Grimfist).

favourite album drumwise.....has to be Absu's Tara.

 

[megamich]

Hellhammer - Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Richard Christy - Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Pete Sandoval - Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

 

[parimal2k29]

My favourite drummer is obviously Daniel Zimmermann (from Gamma Ray and Freedom Call, and a few Iron Savior records).
I love his drumming in Gamma Ray's "Somewhere Out in Space" release! Awesome!! dugga-dugga-dugga-dugga!

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Brann Dailor - Mastodon - Remission
Peter Wildoer - Darkane - Rusted Angel
Tony Laureano - Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
Van Williams - Nevermore - The Politics Of Ecstasy
Richard Christy - Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Sean Reinert - Cynic - Focus

 

[Destroyer Of Orden]

Flo Mounier - None So Vile
Trym - Anthems/Prometheus
John Longsteth - Anything from Origin
Dider Almounzi - Valley Of The Damned
Horgh - Anything Immortal
Dave "Compact Dynamo" Mackintosh - Dragonforce/Bal-Sagoth

 

[Tauredil]

Asgeir Mickelson - Spiral Architect - A sceptic's universe
Hellhammer - Mayhem - A grand Declaration of war
Trym - Emperor - Prometheus
Gene Hoglan - Death - Symbolic
Sean Reinert - Cynic - Focus
Dave Lombardo - Slayer - Reign in blood (not so technical but fuckin' metal!)

 

[lurch70]

Dave Lombardo and Pete Sandoval ... the only ones that can play alone and you would recognize their style.