Top 5 Drummers of all time

[L0bster]

Man, I dunno, there are so many great drummers out there, especially in the jazz/fusion genre. I'm just gonna do five stupid picks here.

Billy Cobham
Gavin Harrison
Neil Peart
Martin Lopez
Bill Bruford

 

[Psycroptipath]

i can't say the best drummers of all time because i haven't heard every single drummer in the world... duh...

but my favs are in no particular order:
1.Dave Haley (Psycro), if u havent heard him or them go to www.psycroptic.com and dl some shit niga.
2.Virgil Donati (various bands but i especially like his shit with On the Virg)
3.Martin Lopez just cos he has an awesome feel about his drumming
4.Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension, Transatlantic, probly others that i dont know bout)
5. Lots tied for awesome-but-not-as-awesome-as-the-others: amon amarth dude, symphony x dude, Vinnie Paul (Pantera), porcupine tree dude, soilwork dude.

 

[123=7]

Sean Reinert (Cynic, Death, Aeon Spoke)
Danny Carey (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)
Johan Langell (Pain Of Salvation)
Dave Suzuki (Vital Remains, listen to Dechristianize, pretty impressive drumming)
Hellhammer (Arcturus, Winds, Mayhem, Age Of Silence etc.)

I just concentrated on metal drummers.

 

[Mr. Roth]

Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) anyone?

 

[Minion520]

Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) anyone?

no

 

[Mr. Roth]

Then you truely havn't heard any good drummer. It was a bit lame at the later CD's due his alcoholism, but on the first 3-4 CD's it's superb!

And how I love your critique, a "no" says so damn much - it really legitimates your opinion.

 

[sadistik necrofiend]

1.Frost-(satyricon, 1349, keep of kalessin, gorgoroth, zyklon b,)
2.Proscriptor-(Absu, Melechesh, Judas Iscariot etc.)
3.Dave Lombardo-(Slayer/fantomas/testament/grip inc.
4.Tony Laureno-(Angel corpse, Dimmu Burger, Nile, Malevolent Creation, Acheron)
5.Hellhammer-(Arcturus, Mayhem, Winds, Shining, Mezzerschmidt, the kovenant)

 

[Hypnos]

1. Sean O'Laoghaire (Primordial)
2. Hellhammer (Arcturus, Mayhem, Winds, ...)
3. Avi Daimond (Ophaned Land)
4. Trym (Emperor, Enslaved)
5. Inferno (Behemoth)

 

[He Who Dwellest in the Night]

I'm stunned that it took until post #74 for someone to mention the might Jan Axel Von Bloomberg. He (Listen to Mayhem's Grand Declaration of War if you have doubts), Trym, and Tino LoSicco (Epoch of Unlight) are definitely the three best metal drummers I've ever heard.

 

[opeth8]

Martin Lopez
Keith Moon
Nicholas Barker
John Bonham
Daniel Erlandsson

 

[Header]

Marco Minneman

Docent (R.I.P- Your Blastbeats were a real overkill!)

Martin Lopez (He plays with such a great passion... great musician! Mhh... my name's Martin and I play drums, too... :Smug: maybe one day a part of his musical genius will be a part of me...? Mhh... guess not... )

the drummer of nile (forgot his name... To me, his Blastbeats are nothing else but insane... )

 

[GreyHammer]

What do you guys think of Soilwork's new drummer, Dirk V. ?

 

[Leper_Affinity]

1. Chris Adler - Lamb of God (for his awesome double-bass blasts)
2. Lars Ulrich (Metallica - One, Blackened, Justice)
3. MLopez - sweet mix of jazz and metal drumming
4. Drummer from Tool (is it Danny?) (complicated shit)
5. Jimmy Chamberlain - Smashing Pumpkins (awesome stuff).

All you guys seem to just go for metal drummers... there's other drummers out there!!!

 

[Dev]

1. Sean O'Laoghaire (Primordial)

Great feeling . Unorthodox choice .. nice though

 

[Fyhed]

Er. I believe this list to be correct.

1. Dave Weckl
2. Sean Reinart
3. Gene Hoglan
4. Dennis Chambers
5. Flo Mounier

 

[Dodheimsgard]

I've heard Dimmu Borgir does or did use a drum machine.

Nick used triggered drums when he played in Dimmu, which would give the impression of machine drums I guess.

 

[preachsin]

Mike Portnoy.. end of list. The original 5 that were posted must be a joke. Might as well put Meg White on there..

 

[ArcTiC13]

Best/favourite:
* Gene Hoglan (SYL)
* Igor cavalera (Sepultura)
* Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
* Danny Carey (TOOL)
* Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)

Almost in:
* Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
* Raymond Herrera (Fear factory)

 

[Brackofthemountain]

In no particular order...

George Kollias- Nile(way better than Laureno)
Tim Yeung- Hate Eternal(pushing the grindcore envelope that much farther)
Daniel Erlandson- Arch Enemy(more tightness than that douchebag from LOG)
Gene Hoglan- SYL(motherfuckin accuracy!)
Dave Lombardo- Slayer(and like... one of the testament albums)
Jon Tempesta- Rob Zombie(also impressed the shit outta me on that Testament album)

...and that kid from the Black Dahlia Murder... apparently, he's only 19.

 

[Brackofthemountain]

Mike Portnoy.. end of list. The original 5 that were posted must be a joke. Might as well put Meg White on there..

yeah... but he cheats.

Most musicians out there weren't music instructors to begin with. Dream Theater bored me after Change of Seasons.