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    Posted: March 28 2015 at 10:26
Who is your favourite Metal/Prog-Metal/Technical Metal Drummer and why.
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Thorstein Lofthus from Shining (and elephant9). Why? Because he adds something to the music beyond the double pedal and metronome precision that most drummers in these waters live by. 
Plus I love a drummer with a bit of jazz to his playingBig smile


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Kindly name only one drummer. You can mention the runner up too. But lets keep it to the minimum.
Lets see who is the most loved metal drummer here.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Thorstein Lofthus from Shining (and elephant9). Why? Because he adds something to the music beyond the double pedal and metronome precision that most drummers in these waters live by. 
Plus I love a drummer with a bit of jazz to his playingBig smile


Thanks David..wud b glad if you cud mention one song(with band & album name) where Thorstein Lofthus absolutely shines for u.
Im a sucker for great metal drumming
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Well I guess he is mostly up front and in your face with elephant9, but the following track is also very powerful from a drummer's pov:


Oh and it's the same guy doing the drumming here, which does give you a hint as to how versatile the man is.
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Sean Reineart 
Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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^This. He's awesome.
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 Alex Holzwarth 
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I like Mark Zonder a lot, he played with Fates Warning for quite a few years then on the first At War With Self album. 
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Sean Reineart 

Thats my fav too
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Points: 1422 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2015 at 13:07
Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:


Alex Holzwarth 

I've got "The Art Of Navigating By The Stars". The two brothers form a very formidable rhythm section indeed

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Points: 8642 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2015 at 15:06
Hellhammer!!!

Not to be confused with the band he took his black metal name from.
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Lars Ulrich.... just kidding. Joey Jordison or Emilio Marquez take the cake for me.
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Since we're talking about "favorites" rather than technically the "best", let's here it for some Japanese ladies...who are certainly no slouches.

Hana from Gacharic Spin: How many drummers play a cowbell on their heads? Check THIS out after the 30 second mark.Big smileClap

Thrashy drummer Kai from Bridear HERE Evil Smile

Cute Haruna with her pinwheel cymbals from Destrose HERE Embarrassed

Kanoko from maybe the most fetching band in the history of metal, Cyntia HERE Heart

Believe me there are more...the Japan scene is rife with great female drummers

For dudes (albeit with a female vocalist), lately I've been listening to Alhambra a lot...although they're not on the archives, this gang, including drummer Tetsuro, seems to wipe the floor with most prog metal bands on a technical level. Here's the band doing an instrumental workout, although I'm not sure about the mentality of the guy that put this on youtube HERE

Here's an epic live number with the singer (talented but an acquired taste for sure): HERE








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Points: 3167 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2015 at 21:29
Right now I really like Hannes Grossmann
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My favourite Metal drummer is Yugoslav drummer, composer, singer-songwriter & guitarist Milić Vukašinović because he founded in 1977 a trio called Vatreni Poljubac ("Fiery Kiss") and with their straight-forward debut LP that was recorded, mixed and mastered in London's Matrix Studio and released on Sarajevo Disk label in 1978, he promptly entered the list of the real pioneers of that new wave of Metal in late 70s. 
Last but not least, Milić Vukašinović also was invented, as a composer as well, that Folk Metal sub-genre with his Fiery Kiss what even today sounds really great at their third LP from 1980 as nobody in the world was recorded and released at vinyl that fusion of Metal and Folk before his Fiery Kiss trio did it.


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Points: 1774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2015 at 00:29
It's so hard to say, there are so many greats out there.

One of my favorites is definitely Kirk Arrington of Metal Church. He just attacks the drum kit on their debut, really underrated.
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Points: 1281 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2015 at 01:21
Either Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) or Les Binks (Judas Priest), at least where old-school metal is concerned.

Edited by KingCrInuYasha - April 09 2015 at 01:22
He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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Points: 1505 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2015 at 08:39
Tobias Andersen from Leprous comes to mind. He was fantastic on BIlateral and especially Coal. Too bad he left in '13.
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There are a few but today I'll say Jimmy Bower (Down, Crowbar, Superjoint Ritual).
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