Jon Theodore is pretty awesome. Ben Koller (Converge) is really good, too.

Speaking of Converge, if someone could put No Heroes up for me somewhere, that'd be cool.

Danny Carey
John Bonham
Neil Peart
Jimmy Chamberlain
The drummer for Pearl Jam

lol @ the lack of Zach Hill in this thread. Do any of you listen to good music?

nope.

why would we listen to good music?:confused:

I dunno. I don't either :( Was just wondering.

Actually, I don't know the guy's name, but Pink Floyd's drummer was cool.

nick mason

Nick Mason is a good drummer, not really a great one. He dosen't come close to being one of the best IMO.

Gotta love that drum intro in Time though.

Dave Lombardo - Slayer, Testament - "The Gathering". He's taken drumming to another level.

Gabe Serbian (The Locust, Cattle Decapitation), his drumming is so complex, hes very talented

^Agree with you there...but it depends on what you define greatness...
Speed, complexity of drum beats and fills or just general consitiancy...
Im a huge fan of Mastodon at the moment, Blood Mountain was such a good metal album in my opion. But I wouldn't say the drummer is the greatest ive ever heard...

the drummer for Yellowcard shreds
*hides*

Best drummer of all time...Neil Peart :)

Gene Hoglan
Richard Christy
George Kollias
Martin Lopez
Marco Minnemann

ALL better than what Mastadon's drummer has to offer.

^ Gene Holgan is a ****ing monster behind the kit.

In regards to the original post, I find Brann to be one of the most tasteful drummers in metal.

Heh, tasteful drummers, LOL

Maybe not the best but I think he's hands down the most under rated. As much as people praise Opeth I almost never hear Martin mentioned. In my opinion his style is very distinct and instantly recognizable.

Death's "Individual Thought Patterns" and "Symbolic" are two of my favorite albums, and Gene played superbly on them. Recommend any other metal bands he's been in?


Pretty much any drummer whose played in Death is awesome in my book. So innovative and creative, not like any other death metal drumming.

Ani Kyd and Just Cause are probably my two favorite bands he's played in but the obvious answers are Dark Angel and Strapping Young Lad.

I like Strapping Young Lad. I didn't know he played with them.


Just read that he's also going to be doing drums for the Dethklok album DethAlbum.

DethAlbum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As it goes, the drumming aspect of Opeth never struck me as being particularly remarkable. I'm surprised anybody would shortlist Martin.

There are Jazz drummers out there who blow the arse off most drummers if it was purely technique, but sometimes technique alone can be clinical and cold.

Here are some of my faves and in no order:

John Bonham-his sound is generally recognised as THE definitive rock drum sound-check out DAZED AND CONFUSED for some awesome drum rolls.

BILL WARD-technique? not too much, but his application was spot on, his drumming is so integeral to SABBATH'S sound. Simplicity is sometimes a beauty to behold.

DAVE LOMBARDO-again, never over-elaborate. pure clean aggression and one of the Thrash originals.

NEIL PEART-technique par excellence. He uses EVERY aspect of his kit as well as anyone out there.

SASHA POP0VIC-who? MOTHER TONGUE debut album 1994-check out the track BABY BURN (the rest of the album is **** hot too) but this is an incredible piece of drumming.

Sorry I'm not a drummer so cant describe peoples techniques too well!

The drummer from the French band GOJIRA is ****ing excellent too!

Brann Dailor is a beast, but Danny Carey is still better.

The best drummer ever is simply Vinnie Colaiuta. After seeing him with Herbie Han**** live, he changed how I think of drummers. That guy is simply the most amazing person to ever touch drums. The feel, the fills, the skill, the improvisation... everything, it's all there.

I'm quite a fan of Martin Lopez as well. He has a very nice style and some monster fills.

i think joey jordison is way better than mastadons drummer even so he is really good but joey RULES

niel pert is the man

Neil Peart is cool too.

Probably one of the most overrated drummers ever. If he was so good then why do all the drum parts in his band blow ass?


I dunno if I posted here already but zach hill > any living drummer besides Neil.

Has anyone given any love to Terry Bozzio? The guy may be an ass-hole but his playing more than makes up for it.

Chris Adler is a beast. And he has a very original style IMO.

keith moon was better.

This is better than anything that cat from Mastadon can do.


YouTube - Best drum solo by a seven year old ever?

frost from satyricon is pretty good.

At long last, somebody has mentioned Keith Moon. Tommy Aldridge is another "session" musician who has featured on so many albums it would surprise you. Take a listen to Dallas Warhead by Gary Moore to hear Aldridge pound those skins.

(take away trickery like triggers and a lot of modern drummers won't sound half as good)

Good but not THAT good. Don't get me wrong, I like Mastodon, but I have friends who could outdrum many of the current "best" drummers.


And I agree with Keith Moon being among the best ever.

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I like drumming by Extol drummer David Husvik. He beats Danny Carey, Dave Lombardo or anyone else you might care to mention by a walk. No-one really touches him. Joey Jordison is also a good drummer.

Forgot about Tommy Lee.....i'm not the biggest Crue fan by a long way but he can play damn good.

As can Travis Barker. :drummer:

Terry Bozzio is better than most people mentioned in this thread.

Most definitely. Him and Hellhammer; two best black metal drummers.



Also, and I don't mean to sound like an *******, but Joey Jordison is pretty mediocre compared to other drummers. He's no different than every metalcore drummer out there, aside form the fact he plays in a 9-piece nu-metal homo project called Slipknot. And his double bass skill/technique/whatever you wanna call it, which is the first thing I've ever heard anyone say about him (He's so fast on teh double bass LAWLZ!!), is nothing special. I've heard Hellhammer doing practically machine gun rolls when I saw Dimmu a couple weeks ago. He's a decent drummer, but I wouldn't put him up on such a high pedestal. But that's just me.

I will say he's good for inspiring young drummers to play metal (even though he's in a nu-metal band). I know he inspired me to play drums when I was young. He's a gateway musician to bigger and better drumming.

Tommy Lee is average at best.