Who are your favorite drummers?
Mine are:
Igor Cavelera(Sepultura)-I like his older drumming. Pretty creative

Raymond Herrera(Fear Factory)-Hes amazing on double bass and writes some awesome beats and patterns

Chris Adler(Lamb of god)-He has some pretty good feet and uses them wisely. Uses lots of weird cymbals

Thomas Haake(Meshuggah)-...Wierd as hell. I can even think about his drumming without getting confused.

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Tim Yeung... fucking fast as hell, confusing slow beats, but still really good
Derek Roddy Fucking madman as well
Dave Culross... one of the only untriggered death metal drummers out there now. and he rules.
Gene Hoglan... This one almost goes without saying.
Sean Reinart... See above

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done to death before, but anyway...

sean reinart (cynic, death, aghora etc) - fuckin doesnt know how to miss even a single beat !!!
gene hoglan (death, strapping young lad etc) - human octopus !
richard christy (death, burning inside, iced earth etc) - maybe not as proficient with the kickdrum as some others, but amazing handwork !!!
trym torson (emperor, zyklon) - speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hmmmmm....derek roddy (nile, hate eternal) - truly a madman ! saw his instructional video & was psyched seeing him play !!!
lars ulrich (metallica) - has always been one of my favourite drummers for his feely drumming.

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Gene Hoglan (death, syl)
Vinnie Paul (pantera)
the guy from Darkane (well....darkane)
Charlie Bendante (SOD Anthrax
Chad Wills (sp?) (Brodequin)

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I like him too. I think he has a very good feel about how he plays. BLS will say he beats kicken pots and pans to get his sound, but..... I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with him about that... mmmmmmK?

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lars was good in the 80's

okay fav drummers:

Flo mounier
Derek
Pete sandoval
Buddy rich
Varg (this one may be a joke)
Vinnie

basically any drummer who can play something and make me go "wow, how the fuck does he ddo that?!?" is a favourite of mine.

Mine is:

Jaska Raatikainen (Children of Bodom)
Trym (Emperor)
Faust (Emperor)
Flo Mourier (Cryptopsy)
Toni Hallio (Norther)
Repe Misanthrope (Impaled Nazarene)
Daniel Svensson (In flames)

yeah... my fav drummers... i hope im someday good as faust and repe ;/

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8 arm pete
hoglan ( and other death guys)
trym
guy from opeth....martin lopez?

thats all i know for drumers

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1. kevin talley...formerly of dying fetus and misery index, as well as a couple others... but his style is soo well rounded... he has it all.

2. john longstreth... he's played in bands such as, the red chord, skinless,origin, and exhumed. just fucking faster than anything you've ever seen...

3. jon dow... dead water drowning(check em' out), he also played a tour with the red chord... cool guy and amazing drummer.

4. Alex Rodriguez...saosin

5. john evans... pig destroyer, period.

6. john ____... cephalic carnage, he's just freakin good.

lars ulrich is far from legendary, actually i find him very mediocre... back in the old days the only reason he could even be considered good(still not legendary at all) was because he was on speed and shit. now he'd fall over and die if he tried to play semi fast double bass.

is it just me or are there alot of kick ass metal drummers named john?

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Scott Columbus(Manowar)
Vinnie Paul(Pantera)
Uli Kusch(Masterplan)
Mike Portnoy(Dream Theater)
Neil Peart(Rush)

Thats not true, listen to the song st anger. Hes still pretty fuckin fast. And yes, Kevin Talley is realy good. I forgot to add him to my list

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John Longstreth
Tony Laureano
Derek Roddy
Mike Smith

These are all great drummers but my favourite of all time is Flo Mournier of Cryptopsy. For me, he's quite simply nothing short of being the perfect skinpounder.

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Charlie Benante (Charlie don't cheat)
Buddy Rich
Pete Sandoval
Gene Hoglan
Neil Peart
Dave Lombardo (just kept getting better and better)
Igor Cavalera

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have you seen him lately? every time he tries to roll with his feet he looks like he's about to pass out... then i see someone like john longstreth or kevin tally blast his way non stop through an entire set list and not break a sweat.... it's called being an "amazing" drummer, not just a "good" drummer... not only is lars not fast, but his technique isnt exactly top notch and he's never plays technical stuff... i wonder why ..

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i agree with all those three, cept i heard some weird shit about john dow that he made TRC pay him to stay with the band for a while... dunno if thats true although i have it n pretty good authority...kevin talley is the dude except he left MI again...there are aslo just a lot of people named john...
king fowley from deceased is a god among men (i dont give a fuck what any of you all say about him) but he cant play any more because he only has one lung

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I will say that the Megadeth drummer on the system has failed is not bad at all. Don't know his name but Nick is taking back over anyway.

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Lars Ulrich can suck my methaphorical cock. Sensitivity doesn't require any effort or training, it comes naturally, while skill comes with years and years of practice. If you know that you are sensitive and would be amazing if you had good technique, why only get drum lessons after releasing 3 albums? He has zero endurance, if you are a fool like me and actually have a copy of St. Anger with the bonus DVD, you will see that Lars looks like he's having a bowel movement every time he plays. He pants, his eyes bulge, and the muscles on his hands look like they're about to pop. Women bring him small glasses of water to drink, but the majority of the water ends up on the floor as a puddle of sweat. The majority of skilled drummers can play a lot faster and they look like they're drinking tea. I'm not arguing that sensitivity is not a gift, but I'm saying that sensitivity without skill just doesn't go.

My favourites are kinda typical, but hey.
Trym of Emperor (EMPEROR!! )
Nicolas Of Dimmu Borgir
Damien Biggers of Sakkuth (local band with a lot of talent)
Gryphon of Astriaal
Ken Owen of Carcass

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I really dont think you can go past these guys:

Zabek - Watch Yattering 'Creative Chaos' DVD, or listen to Genocide) The Cymbal master. Probably my favourite

Pete 'The Commando' Sandoval & Gene Hoglan - Set the benchmark for years to come.

Tomas Haake & Morgen Agren.

Flo Mounier - Hyperblast King.

John Longstrength - One handed drum rolls, fucking fast

Mike Hamilton - One tight motherfucker.

Kevin Talley.

Hannes Grossmann.

Dave Haley.

Derek Roddy.

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Ya I know Lars looks like a fuckin idiot when he plays but he is fast. He doesnt only look stupid when he plays fast, he does all the time. Hes been playing shows for like 20 years. Its pretty stupid to say that there are alot of drummers faster than him. Just because Lars is playing slower parts in the newer metallica stuff doesnt mean hes slow. Listen to the older stuff, hes fast.

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Flo mounier -
Kevin talley - Amazing period. I saw him live with dying fetus but not with misery index.
Pete sandoval