Best Heavy Metal drummer....

he also plays for Racer X

 

My favourite drummer is either Hellhammer or Frost!

 

"Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour II" dates:

Oct. 31 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
Nov. 01 - Headliner's Music Hall - Louisville, KY
Nov. 02 - Sonar - Baltimore, MD
Nov. 03 - Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale, NY
Nov. 04 - Rocko's - Manchester, NH
Nov. 05 - Club Hell - Providence, RI
Nov. 06 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
Nov. 07 - Blondie's - Detroit, MI
Nov. 08 - Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL
Nov. 09 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
Nov. 12 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
Nov. 13 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
Nov. 14 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
Nov. 15 - Ramona Mainstage - Ramona, CA
Nov. 16 - Key Club - Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 17 - U.B.'s Bar - Mesa, AZ
Nov. 18 - The Rock - Tucson, AZ
Nov. 20 - Emo's - Austin, TX
Nov. 21 - The Warsaw - Houston, TX
Nov. 23 - Club Firestone - Orlando, FL
Nov. 24 - Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

Mike Portnoy

 

Niel Peart.

 

Danny Carey... Tool

I'm not heavy into metal though.

 

he has nice tone.

 

I agree with Danny Carey. I'll also add Virgil Donati. Technically he is a Fusion drummer but he also plays with Planet X, Derek Sherinian, and Steve Vai. The dude is almost supernatural in his ability to subdivide and play Polyrythms.

Terry Bozzio is also a bad motherfucker. 40 piece drumset tuned to actual pitches. Fuck Me.

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

This dude rules all...

Vinnie Colaiuta
Colaiuta with Jeff Beck at the Palais, Melbourne, Australia
26 January 2009 Photo: Mandy Hall

Background information Birth name Vincent Colaiuta Born February 5, 1956 (1956-02-05) (age 54)

Brownsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. Genres Jazz, Rock, Funk, Fusion, Pop Occupations Musician Instruments Drums Years active 1978 -

Present Associated acts Frank Zappa, Sting, Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Tal Wilkenfeld, Megadeth ....


About Colaiuta's ability to play Zappa's notoriously complex music, guitarist Steve Vai told the following story:

“ He's one of the most amazing sight-readers that ever existed on the instrument. One day we were in a Frank rehearsal, this was early '80s, and Frank brought in this piece of music called "Mo 'N Herb's Vacation." Just unbelievably complex. All the drums were written out, just like "The Black Page" except even more complex. There were these runs of like 17 over 3 and every drumhead is notated differently. And there were a whole bunch of people there, I think Bozzio was there. Vinnie had this piece of music on the stand to his right. To his left he had another music stand with a plate of sushi on it, okay? Now the tempo of the piece was very slow, like "The Black Page." And then the first riff came in, [mimics bizarre Zappa-esque drum rhythm patterns] with all these choking of cymbals, and hi-hat, ruffs, spinning of rototoms and all this crazy stuff. And I saw Vinnie reading this thing. Now, Vinnie has this habit of pushing his glasses up with the middle finger of his right hand. Well I saw him look at this one bar of music, it was the last bar of music on the page.
He started to play it as he was turning the page with one hand, and then once the page was turned he continued playing the riff with his right hand, as he reached over with his left hand, grabbed a piece of sushi and put it in his mouth, continued the riff with his left hand and feet, pushed his glasses up, and then played the remaining part of the bar. It was the sickest thing I have ever seen. Frank threw his music up in the air. Bozzio turned around and walked away. I just started laughing.[1]



ZW

 

dat guy from green day!! he pullz funny faces and plays at dat same time bro. n e 1 who can do dat must be blingin

plus GD rules 4EVA!! OMG!

 

joey jordison...turn this shit up as loud as you can

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syrQ_DOW9NQ"]YouTube- Joey Jordison - Drum solo - Upside down

 

Hmm, no.


Realistically, in metal, it's Danny Carey. I am bored of saying it all the time, but it is because it is true. Every metaller knows this deep down.

Listen to Lateralus and disagree with me, I dare you :biggrin:

 

tell me then good sir... what makes him so better than my pick of joey jordison

 

because ive seen tool live and why carey is a great drummer, I like and i stress the word I... like jordison better... it is ok to have ones own opinions these days isnt it?

 

while enema is one of my favorite songs of all time i still think that jordison is better... i guarantee that jordison can do anything carey can and probably vica verce ( i think i spelled that right) but the thread is titled best heavy metal drummer and that my pick for best heavy metal drummer...

 

actually i didnt even think about him until searching around but i would put morgan agren above carey and jordison... from meshugga... do a search for any of shit and then disagree with me... i dare you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc98u-eGzlc&NR=1&feature=fvwp"]YouTube- MESHUGGAH - Bleed

 

Danny Carey has the amazing ability to play in 2 different time signatures at once. The limited exposure I have to Slipknot their music rarely strays from the standard 4/4 blast beat. I think that the most interesting metal drummers come from different backgrounds like Jazz, Fusion, or Progressive Rock. Drummers like Danny Carey also plays Tabla's and is rythmically informed by Indian Classical music. Terry Bozzio (Korn, Steve Vai, Missing Persons, Frank Zappa) came out of a classical background. Nick Menza (Megadeth) was originally a Jazz drummer. It's like if you only eat one kind of food you will be a boring motherfucker. Granted I'm old enough to be the father of alot of you. Or at least your stoner uncle so my frame of reference is different. But I'm also a Bass Player so I listen to Rythm Sections hard. I don't give a fuck if you play Jazz or Metal or Taiwanese Folk Music quality is quality. Man grab influences outside of Metal and expand the vocabulary expand on what is acceptable. I dig the fact that System of a Down grabs rythms and melodys from Albanian Folk music to get away from the standard Heavy Metal cliches. Just as a listening exercise listen to "21st Century Skitzoid Man" by King Crimson and the first Black Sabbath album and notice how similar they are.

Peace Out,
Rev J

 

hey rev the last video i posted of morgan agren was for the same reasons that you just described... in the bleed video everything is all metal heavy and fast... but here is another video of a solo of his that really switches it up and grabs your attention, and also why i say he is on top of jordinson and carey in my opinion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2hRQEZ3rBQ"]YouTube- Morgan Agren Montreal Drumfest 2008

 

Zach Hill, the drummer from Hella. He gets labeled "alternative metal" drummer allot. Whatever the label, dude is fucking AMAZING!