Favourite Drummer

[Sabin Frost]

Why not, there is a vocalist thread going around.

For me I have a few,

John Longstreth (origin) is definetely one of the most skillful drummers going around (he is ambidexterous).

Raymond Herrera (fear factory) is an old favourite of mine because the guy is honest to god an android, there is no way a human can play with that kind of machine precision.

Martin Lopez (Opeth) - Almost cried when he left Opeth, I loved how he could seamlessly go from death metal fills and rapid double bass kicks to jazzy, melodic drumming in in under a second.

Oh and John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), king of the kit, if you dissagree you better have watched live videos of him first.

 

[Zephyrus]

Hellhammer (Mayhem, Arcturus, Dimmu Borgir, The Kovenant)
Trym (Emperor, Zyklon, Tartaros)
Inferno (Behemoth)
Asgeir Mickelson (Borknagar)
Frost (Satyricon, 1349)

 

[Shift_aws]

hellhammer
marco minneman
martin lopez

 

[Sigma]

Proscriptor. Just listen to the intro section of Triangular Tattvic Fire. It really showcases how diverse he can be and how no second goes wasted, always adding a small unique embellishment each measure.

 

[Sabin Frost]

Hellhammer (Mayhem, Arcturus, Dimmu Borgir, The Kovenant)
Trym (Emperor, Zyklon, Tartaros)
Inferno (Behemoth)
Asgeir Mickelson (Borknagar)
Frost (Satyricon, 1349)

Not a big Black Metal fan are you?

As much as I like Satyricon Frost annoys me, he just blasts constantly and it drives me up the wall.

 

[Zephyrus]

As much as I like Satyricon Frost annoys me, he just blasts constantly and it drives me up the wall.

Not really.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Varg

 

[Sabin Frost]

Not really.

Come on, I know he does not JUST blast, but you cant say that he doesn't do it a bit extensively.

 

[ohiogrinder]

of all time?

Pete Sandoval hands down.

 

[Ender Rises]

Inferno -- Behemoth
Chris Adler -- Lamb of God
Martin Lopez -- Opeth

 

[Hatebreeder]

Hellhammer, Frost, Thomen Stauch of Blind Guardian, Chris Adler, Abbath's work in Immortal, Richard Christy, Gene Hoglan, Flo Mournier of Cryptopsy, Pete Sandoval....the list goes on.

 

[Narg n Lamb]

George fucking Kollias (Nile)
Robert Prominski (aka Inferno-Behemoth)

 

[S<issors]

Mike Portnoy.

What? Oh, come on, fucking fight me.

 

[Rumpole]

Kim Ruzz.

 

[Matt]

Portnoy
Rullo
Lopez
Hoglen
Hellhammer
Frost
Tyrm

Generic list but whatever.

 

[Toxik Overkill]

As much as people disagree with me, I still have to say my favorite is Vinnie Paul (Pantera; but you all knew that) He doesn't go all out and create boring speedy double bass for 3000000000 minutes, but he has a very controlled technique with his drumming which makes a simple (not always) yet creative style.

 

[challenge_everything]

Mike Portnoy.

What? Oh, come on, fucking fight me.

Sir, I challenge you to a duel.

Portnoy has no concept of aesthetics, it's dry, unfeeling and predictable.

 

[challenge_everything]

Proscriptor. Just listen to the intro section of Triangular Tattvic Fire. It really showcases how diverse he can be and how no second goes wasted, always adding a small unique embellishment each measure.

Listen to this wise man. How good is that song! The drumming is truly the lead instrument, not in the over-the-top Cryptopsy kind of way (as much as I love Flo), but in a hypnotic powerful way.

 

[challenge_everything]

Oh and John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), king of the kit, if you dissagree you better have watched live videos of him first.

Very true. Watching this man live is something else.

I went to see Herbie Hancock play a few weeks ago and his drummer, Vinnie Coliauta (Zappa's former drummer if you haven't heard of him), put on the most amazing performance I've ever seen. I've never seen someone with so much dexterity, control, expressiveness, originality and freakish skill on the kit before. There were uncontrollable moans of pleasure coming from my mouth

And another one not mentioned yet is Brann Dailor from Mastodon. The only reason I listen to the band. That berzerk 2 minute flurry in the latter half of 'Capillarian Crest' blows my mind.

 

[500_Channels]

flo from cryptopsy is awesome.

uhh. hellhammer is good...i like the drummer from Dying Fetus. don't know his name though.