Man fuck.....drummer quit.

Haha! That sounds like a crazy and fun setup, man!
However, I feel that playing without a live drummer in a "traditional" metal band would be received rather poorly. Most metal fans are pretty conservative when it come to what they expect to hear and see from a band.

Yeah, I totally agree. If it's experimental, you can probably get away with it.

The best thing about it is definately that we don't need a rehearsal space. We usually just meet up at the keyboardists flat and practice there. That, and the drummer is always in time and never has a hangover :lol: it's a running gag in one band I play in, since the drummer somehow manages to have a hangover in almost every single rehearsal we have.