Lol, Raymond has probably THE most synthetic sounding drums ever to be put on a record due to basically triggering the whole kit/sample replacing everything ... it just suits Fear Factory's industrial vibe very well. But how can you not notice this upon the very first listen if you're in the business for that long?
The fact that most Lombardo performances are being kept quite natural is one of the reason why he's one of my favorites. On Testament's "The Gathering" was some serious triggering/replacing going on, that's why it sounds quite different from other Lombardo recordings.
Our drummer doesn't use triggers, I don't abolish them - because in some environments like the one mentioned, they have their place... but I just like the sound of untriggered kits (especially the bass drum) sooo sooo much more.
Lil rant:
I went to a The Black Dahlia Murder, Cephalic Carnage and Psycroptic show recently. Prycroptic's drummer is insanely skilled, what a contrast to that TBDM joke of a drummer! The bass was triggered without any dynamic adjustment giving the typical "click, click" sound with every stroke... THEN in the middle of the show the power went down, because some punks fried a power divider outside the venue...
While the guitarists of TBDM tried to entertain the crowd with a little battery-powered Roland Cube, their drummer simply refused to play a solo: "Na sorry, don't play no of that jazz stuff, dawg!"... he later went on for a few seconds to butcher his drums and it sounded even shittier without the triggers... ---> drummers that can't hit are a joke!