Written by Guest on 22.10.2008 at 15:48

Most of the drummers you people named ar average at best.

Needz moar Buddy Rich.

i saw some vids of this guy but didn't see him playning the bass drum... doesn't he???

Well, before going any further...This is an enthrallingly magical question put in the poll. Here's a tip buddy, if you are by chance looking for a proficient drummer, I can only recommend you someone whose his life's flame extinguished 4 years ago. A big loss to Dies Irae and Poland...The mighty Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski. Just listen to "The Beginning of Sin" by Dies Irae and enjoy the magic. It's strange no one mentioned him

John Bonham, why isnt he already up there???

Oh boy..

Other - George Kollias - no fcking doubt, he shit all over any of the drummers on the list.

THE LIST - IT SUCKS
Fredrik Andersson - Amon Amarth - Good but not nuff to be the best one
Joey Jordison - Slipknot - OH MY.. NO WAY !!!
Lars Ulrich - Metallica - well thats a drummer, a very good drummer - but not the best one. + he began to suck after AJFA
Nicko McBrain - Iron Maiden - well thats an average drummer.. i dont see whats so special about him
Chris Adler - Lamb Of God - yeah whatever
Dirk Verbeuren - Soilwork - yeah whatever
Michael Thomas - Bullet For My Valentine - oh c'mon dude?..........
John Boecklin - DevilDriver - yeah whatever



my personal list ov best drummers is :

George Kollias - Nile
Pete "Commando" Sandoval - Morbid Angel
Infernus - Behemoth
Hellhammer - Immortal & Tons ov bands

Haha..um none of those.

Inferno
Kollias
Flo (cryptopsy)
Proscriptor
Tyrm
Hellhammer
Frost
Doc (vader)

Any of those (and many many many more) are all better than those you have listed.

Written by TormentoR. on 15.06.2009 at 18:16


Lars Ulrich - Metallica - well thats a drummer, a very good drummer -

are u serious??? what's noticeable on ulrichs drumming???

Written by Deadmeat on 17.06.2009 at 00:16

Written by TormentoR. on 15.06.2009 at 18:16


Lars Ulrich - Metallica - well thats a drummer, a very good drummer -

are u serious??? what's noticeable on ulrichs drumming???

Well dude, belive it or not .. the first 4 albums had awesome druming!

Written by TormentoR. on 18.06.2009 at 13:40

Written by Deadmeat on 17.06.2009 at 00:16

Written by TormentoR. on 15.06.2009 at 18:16


Lars Ulrich - Metallica - well thats a drummer, a very good drummer -

are u serious??? what's noticeable on ulrichs drumming???

Well dude, belive it or not .. the first 4 albums had awesome druming!

ok. why???

Written by Deadmeat on 18.06.2009 at 13:42

Written by TormentoR. on 18.06.2009 at 13:40

Written by Deadmeat on 17.06.2009 at 00:16

Written by TormentoR. on 15.06.2009 at 18:16


Lars Ulrich - Metallica - well thats a drummer, a very good drummer -

are u serious??? what's noticeable on ulrichs drumming???

Well dude, belive it or not .. the first 4 albums had awesome druming!

ok. why???

what the fuck "why" ? have you even ilstened it?

Written by TormentoR. on 18.06.2009 at 17:47

what the fuck "why" ? have you even ilstened it?

I sure have, and I would ask the same thing. There is nothing really notable about his drumming on those albums. It was just somewhat fast, but not interesting. Lars uses many of the same fill patterns over and over, and frankly, the work is not that intricate either. I mean, I know drummers who have learned Master of Puppets by ear.

Written by TormentoR. on 18.06.2009 at 17:47

what the fuck "why" ? have you even ilstened it?

i just want your opinion about that. tell me a great metallica song in drums... please...

I always liked raymond herrera of fear factory. Gotta love the double bass. Maybe not the best but definetely one of my favorites.

Written by brapp32 on 18.06.2009 at 21:18

I always liked raymond herrera of fear factory. Gotta love the double bass. Maybe not the best but definetely one of my favorites.

basically imo his double bass is decent but the productiion makes it sound great especially on Demanufacture!

I love demanufacture it still gets listened to on a regular basis.

Written by Dane Train on 18.06.2009 at 18:07

Written by TormentoR. on 18.06.2009 at 17:47

what the fuck "why" ? have you even ilstened it?

I sure have, and I would ask the same thing. There is nothing really notable about his drumming on those albums. It was just somewhat fast, but not interesting. Lars uses many of the same fill patterns over and over, and frankly, the work is not that intricate either. I mean, I know drummers who have learned Master of Puppets by ear.

Yeah... I think Lars is a great drummer... but not anywhere NEAR the best. He does what he does for Metallica. He fits... Which is probably the most important thing for any musician to do in a band.

But honestly... why the hell is Mike Portnoy not on this list?

Oh, and for the record, Nicko McBrain is an OK (at best) drummer on Maiden's albums... but during live shows... He practically fucks up half the songs. He dicks around with stupid, bad sounding fills that ruin great songs.

Scott Travis from Judas Priest and Racer X

Very underrated drummer that guy is like an octopus! Love his showboating with the sticks at live Priest gigs too. hes one cool dude!

.......other like Mike Smith - Suffocation and Steve Asheim - Deicide
and about the list u made ..i think chris adler is the best but he is not the best overall

Neil Peart

Stef Broks

Joey Jordison

Tomas Haake

Thomas Lang

Dave Grohl

I think Hellhammer is the best by far. Had a great laught at the voting options.

Neil Peart

Danny Caray

no one else even close!

Neil Peart of Rush... This guy is insane on a drum...

To me it's a tie between Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy and Dave Lombardo. Peart and Portnoy simply because of their overall skills, Lombardo 'cuz of "Reign in Blood".

Honestly the one-armed guy from Def Leppard shits over most drummers on your list, including the vastly overrated Lars Ulrich(though i don't really get why people hate on him, he is a mediocre drummer who got really lazy a while ago, that's it), the less overrated Joey Jordison(good but definitely not one of the best drummers out there), and the i-don't-know-what-the-fuck-are-they-doing-there guys from BFMV, Amon Amarth and Nicko McBrain. wtf?? i love Maiden, BFMV and AA but they have by no means excellent drummers.

Mike Portnoy for the most fucked-up time signatures
John Bonham(definitely not as technical as any modern drummer but he had this great feeling and really made the music better, check out the middle part of Whole Lotta Love by Zeppelin)

and the fact is, most death metal drummers completely own regular drummers when it comes to most metalheads's standards(speed).

you want speed? check out the guy from Behemoth, not Scott Travis. double bass insanity? <insert brutal death metal band here>, not the guy from Amon Amarth.

Written by Hellish Star on 22.10.2008 at 23:00

Where are really the best drummers? At least not in this list...

Talking about
Robb Reiner (Anvil)
Kirk Arrington (Metal Church)
Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
Frank Ferreira (Helstar)
Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel)
Bill Andrews (Death)
Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
Scott Rockenfiled (Queensryche)
... to mention a few

yeah, Gene Hoglan is a fucking beast.

Written by BuzzPhil on 10.08.2009 at 15:36

Neil Peart of Rush... This guy is insane on a drum...

you're just saying that cause you're Canadian

Ehh... No... Yes... Not really... He's awesome Canadian or not!! But I like him more because he's canadian!!! (Sorry for my bad english... coming from French-Canada).

Paul Bostaph imo is great metal drummer

Dave Lombardo, he facerolls babies with his sick drumming.

Written by Fat & Sassy! on 18.06.2009 at 22:00

Written by Dane Train on 18.06.2009 at 18:07

Written by TormentoR. on 18.06.2009 at 17:47

what the fuck "why" ? have you even ilstened it?

I sure have, and I would ask the same thing. There is nothing really notable about his drumming on those albums. It was just somewhat fast, but not interesting. Lars uses many of the same fill patterns over and over, and frankly, the work is not that intricate either. I mean, I know drummers who have learned Master of Puppets by ear.

Yeah... I think Lars is a great drummer... but not anywhere NEAR the best. He does what he does for Metallica. He fits... Which is probably the most important thing for any musician to do in a band.

But honestly... why the hell is Mike Portnoy not on this list?

come on man... ulrich doesn't even know to do a nice fill-in... he doesn't even have endurance. i dont remember metallica after the 90's to play 2 fast songs in a live situation. they play only battery and some times the first 1-2 minutes of blackened....