the drumming in death metal is the backbone of the genre in my opinion. Some of my favorites right now are...

Derek Roddy
George Kollias
John Longstreth
David Haley (his drumming on the new Psycroptic is perfect for that band)
Tim Yeung
Ricky Myers
KC Howard
Pete Sandoval
Dave (don't know his last name but he's in Sleep Terror)

I aslo think Mike Hamilton from Deeds Of Flesh is an endurance machine on double bass and blastbeats, but while I love Deeds Of Flesh, their drumming is what can REALLY bore me if I'm not in the right mood when listening to them.

ya your right
DM drummers usually have the speed of a fuckin machine gun, but not all of them can do what jazz drummers can, but alot of jazz drummers can do what DM drummers can. so the only reason that DM drummers dont get the recognition they want or deserve or w/e, is because they usually dont do much to impress except for fast shit, PLUS their genre isnt exactly "liked" by normal mainstream

"so the only reason that DM drummers dont get the recognition they want or deserve or w/e, is because they usually dont do much to impress except for fast shit, PLUS their genre isnt exactly "liked" by normal mainstream"


....Just go die somewhere, now. Death Metal drummers use more cymbal work than most other genres. That's impressing. The drummers don't just sit there and "play fast". There is more to Death Metal drumming than playing fast. There is alot more.

Death Metal drummers don't get noticed simply because Death Metal itself doesn't get noticed.

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Actually if you watch say Flo Mounier or Derek Roddy drum, they are doing EXACTLY what jazz drummers do, except about 3 times faster, and most Jazz Drummers can't do what these guys do, most Jazz Drummers (I am not including the Drumming elite here in this statement) use single bass and while they can tear out some speedy chops, they can't hold that speed for the 40 minutes or so that a Death Metal Drummer will do in a set

although you are right about genre not being liked, but to be honest, I don't like Jazz, but I still worship the musicians who play that shit, and so appreciate the genre for what it is.

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@Execrator
I didnt want to sound like i dont like DM and the drummers playing it...
I am actually one of them, too...
and i like the DM theme very much!!!

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Yeah I know, it's cool. It just seems I think differently than everyone else and I like to argue.

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hehehe
do you really think differently than the others in this forum?
I think we all think the same way: drumming is awesome!!!

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Derek Roddy is an amazing drummer, not only have i seen him throw down some killer DM blast beats and what not....but ive seen him play some mind blowing jazz beats...and he works so well around his kit, hes definetly a very talented drummer IMO

For someone who plays in a mean ol' Viking metal band, you sure are nice.

Derek Roddy might not be the flat-out best metal drummer there is ... but I think as a figure he'll represent extreme metal drumming better than anyone else right now.

i agree its bull shit,they deserve more recognition,ya they r,alot of ppl dnt realize how hard it is to be good at blasting and machine gun double bass

Just fuckin' witcha.

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