@@justin6point7 and, recently, Mr Bungle? Saw them earlier this year and they were awesome. Super thrash band with Dave, Mike Patton and Scott Ian. Not overlooking core members Trevor and Trey.
Dave Lombardo IMO is the greatest thrash drummer out there! Paul Bostaph is really really good, but he didn't help bring Slayer to the metal masses with his style, it was already cemented by Dave. My vote for another drummer expose would be Charlie Benante.
I really like Bostaph. It seems like there's a certain technical edge that pops out when he plays. You never hear about him like you do with Dave and Gene. But they are all phenomenal.
Except Gene himself acknowledges that he wasn't that good of a roadie and ended up getting kicked out. Fortunately, he put in the work and ended up joining Dark Angel. The rest is history!
Dave, gene and Tomas Hakke are my top 3 of all time, though I didn't know gene was the death drummer, his work with Devin Townsend and SYL is insane! 🤘
Gene knew how to play double bass with a single pedal, and taught Dave how to use double bass pedals. Dave was the first to ever use double bass pedals in metal.
I went a few years ago to a Suicidal Tendencies concert in Berlin. Mike invited us all on stage and a bunch got up and we just moshed our asses of next to the band. I stood directly in front of Dave Lombardo with only the sound of his live drum sound in my face, I only got the acoustic sound not the miked sound. I felt every kick, snare and symbol. Awesome 👏
Lombardo imo is the best metal drummer alive today. He has a certain "swing" (maybe not the word) that more technical drummers usually lack. Most creative fills since Bill Ward.
He is one of the best drummers period. Creative, technical, great feel to his playing, he is up there in the pantheon of great drummers regardless of genre
"South Of Heaven" was "The Lombardo" album for me. The Man is awesome, playing with true "musicality" if there is a term : he plays what every song needs, he is fast, powerful, he has groove, fantastic ideas, awesome sound .... A true god of drums. The Original Slayer were the Fab Four of Extreme Metal ! Kerry should be ashamed for the way he treated Dave :(
WERD, South of heaven is the most complete thrash metal album made to date, every track is a masterpiece, it's been one of my top 5 albums of all time!🤘🤘🤘
@@nedesnikderpherder7529 Ironically, that's the one "critics" give the most crap too, they all say "Seasons" is better....I disagree, while seasons is great yes, but not even close to South of heaven!! Listen to the drumming in "Spill the Blood"....
@@barrykinard6096 love seasons but in retrospect it feels like a watered down radio friendly version of SOH imo, it's just not the same frenetic thrash onslaught, and by 1990 metal started to begin having some mainstream appeal, and song writing/arranging,and music production had evolved quite considerably, they just don't compare, like reign in blood and south of heaven do! I'd be interested to see if the was a gear/sponsor change in between soh and seasons🤔
@@TimmmayPlays Agreed, Jeff and Dave were Slayer, I love Tom's voice, but Kerry is a just a plain D Bag!.. I have never liked his arrogance or his sloppy a$$ solos. All kidding aside it was Dave that had me coming back for more... so Kerry?? he may be "dead to you" but you owe him!!!
I lived down the street from Dave when I was in high school. 1996 One day I was outside skateboarding around and I could hear loud music like a band playing, coming from somewhere in the neighborhood. So I investigated, found the house, and knocked on the door (once they could hear me )He answered the door. it was Dave Lombardo!. Super nice humble guy. Let me listen to his band practice in the garage. I got to meet the guys from (Grip Inc.) He had a full studio and a crazy big drum set in the garage. After that day he let me come by a few more times. He Taught me a few things on the drums. He was always friendly and made time to hang out. Listen to music and I would watch him play drums. Will never forget those times . Thank you Dave for being such a nice guy to some random kid in the neighborhood. Gave me some cool memories, stories and made me an even bigger fan.
I remember realizing how great a drummer Dave was on the South of Heaven album. That album gave him more space to show his creativity and sophistication. His genius was to put fills where there was so little space to fill. That pushed his creativity to say something meaningful in a blur of guitars. He always provided the right rhythm to support the riffs, but he found a way to provide the right fills and accents. That ride cymbal bell strike on War Ensemble is classic example of his genius and humor.
Mr Bungle is incredible live!! Saw them in for the Mr Bungle album and followed them for 6 live show that where always insane, tight but radically different. This was when Mike was fully masked and mental tearing up stages and equipment lolz the best time of my life. The covers they always threw in where somehow better than the OGs.
@yhwhsozo3680 Nice. I got into them right before California came out. Didn't get to see them on tour until a year ago. I definitely prefer the old, weird Mr. Bungle, but they're still great live as a thrash band and still throw in the out of place covers.
How about John Dette? Never got to record with them and the whole band faded into obscurity in that era, but interestingly enough he's gone pretty much under the radar.
There are some songs online of John playing those shows in Australia back in the day when Dave was fired again. Not gonna lie, at least at that point in time, he was the best of the 3 live. So much power, taste and confidence.
It's because he leads with his left hand, and it leaves you in a different position after, during and before fills, that you simply can't replicate leading with the right hand
You need to focus on Dave's fills, e.g. Ghosts of War, that same Postmortem live clip, Rusty Nail from Grip Inc, start of South of Heaven, Seasons of the Abyss.
2:25 New school thrash and death metal drummers do these type of bests with double bass but old school hardcore punk and thrash metal drummers used single bass.
Dave Lombardo is one of my 4 favorite drummers. I actually liked his drumming more in Grip Inc, but of course he was awesome in Slayer. For unasked information, to round out my favorites list - Haruna (Lovebites) Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) Martin Lopez (Soen, ex-Opeth)
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Personally my favorite drumming of Dave pertaining to technicality is definitely South of Heaven the entire album. Esp on songs like Behind the Crooked Cross, and crazy double bass endurance on Silent Scream. For some reason Dave stated he hates the drumming on that album, but he was playing on another level with the drum fills and being more technical compared to his straight up thrash drumming like on Reign In Blood. Do a video on Paul Bostaph. Paul's drumming on Forbidden's first album Forbidden Evil is awesome. Even before he was in Slayer, he was already killing it Forbidden. There's footage of Paul performing with Forbidden on the Combat records Combat Tour 2 movie from 1988.
To me Dave Lombardo just sounds more organic than may other Metal drummers. On these isolated tracks I find the dynamics in the double bass for Raining Blood eye-opening. The different attack levels really shape the groove in that part.
For my money, Dave is the best thrash drummer. How hard he hits, how he drives the band and how he adds feel to double bass and thrash speed is what puts him in a class by himself.
Dave pioneered thrash double bass, period!! The speed at which he had those bass pedals going was revolutionary at that time. Just as most other instruments, there's pioneers & there's the follow-ups! Sure, there's a multitude of players, now, that are playing double bass at 300bpm+, but, without pioneering influences, such as Dave, exactly, where would they be & what would they be doing on their bass drums? Signed, An avid fan of Dave & a drummer
@@jamiewalton666 sorry, but, afraid not, he was following the leader. Besides, that, Charlie wasn't the first drummer for Anthrax. Maybe you missed my signature, but, I'm a drummer, same age as just about everyone in the big 4 & I've met almost everyone but the guys in Anthrax. Smoked with Tom Araya, hung out with Metallica backstage, sat alone at a table with James Hetfield conversing about hotrods, hung out with Nick Menza discussing his new cage system, where it came from & how it was stowed, I was a musician/drummer in Dallas, TX & that afforded me this kind of clout. Oh, and, let me not forget to mention, I knew, and, hung out with Pantera, especially, Vinnie, when they were just a local band too, even warmed up for them... etc, etc...man! So, I was TRYING to keep up with Dave when Slayer's first album hit, along with Lars, Gar, & any other speed demon I could find on vinyl & play along with on a 500 watt stereo system 😂, so, unless you lived in & tried to copy it, as it was happening/coming out, then, maybe, just maybe, I'll listen. Now, as far as Charlie goes, his signature pioneering sound was the original blast beat. It wasn't as gnarly as recent drummers, but, neither is Dave's double bass work. Holy hell, I tried & tried to figure out, by sound, not watching, how in the hell he was hitting that snare so fast, along with all the other toms, cymbals & high-hat, at the same time, without missing a snare beat! I'll gladly give credit where credit is due, trust me, due credits are what they are & nobody can change it.
@benttwisted210 Doesn't change the fact I think Charlie is better. He can literally do anything Lombardo does plus more. Look at their drum battles live on RUclips Charlie definately is more impressive and versatile.
@@jamiewalton666 see, that's where we agree, for sure! Now, Charlie is much more versatile, where Dave, stayed inside his bubble & didn't progress as much. Dave did play in Suicidal Tendencies for a bit, and, he tried to get a few other projects off the ground. Charlie is more of a musician, in where, he didn't just venture out, he was willing to learn more & more, like any good musician should. I, myself, gave up at 30yo like I SHOULDN'T have. I let outside people pull me away from music to "have a career", I had just figured out I needed to start climbing the musical ladder to success instead of trying to be loyal, to the death, with one band..."man, we'll make it if we just stick together", ya, sounds nice Mark! 😂
Dave was one of the guys who made me want to play drums. I wish you had chosen "Mandatory Suicide" but hey, that's just my taste. "Mandatory Suicide" has one of the best fills of any metal song, ever... at about 2:48. "Silent Scream" is another masterpiece. Obviously my favourite album is "South of Heaven".
Dave kicked the doors open and took no prisoners on what metal drums should sound like. Period. Not that other drummers weren't badass in their own right. It's just Dave pushed that bar up of what is the standard. As far as the best drummer in the genre, my vote is Chuck Biscuits. He reminds me so much of Ringo Starr. What they are doing sounds easy... easy to follow for the listeners... but when you dig deeper it is so incredibly hard. 90% of really good drummers can't match their madness from beginning to end of a track. Plus the Chuck Biscuits head banging while playing is absolutely epic.
As "technically" powerful as Dave's drumming has always been, it's his "feel" for what every moment in a song requires that makes him a titan. In the end, Dave leaves nothing left to be desired; he pours on the gold in every project. 10/10 ⭐ s
I asked Dave once what it is like to be a drum GOD…he very kindly said I don’t think of it that way,I’m just blessed…does that guy know how to party or what
Being Technical means little, if you are not innovative. Dave is innovative, and pushed thrash drumming to a whole new level. He is the undisputed thrash drumming king.
I’m NEW to drumming but not to Slayer. I grew up when they and Metallica etc. were starting out. Dave Lombardo just gives me an insane rush (I do love Rush also). The feeling of top of the line hardcore drums matched with Slayers intense everything else- yeah it’s just kick ass !
Of that generation of drummers Mike Bordin of Faith No More is my favorite. Tribal, groovy and funky but HEAVY!!! One of the most underrated drummers in my 52 years of life.
I read in the Metal Blade records book that Dave recorded the drums for Show no mercy in two parts. All the cymbals on another day! That's crazy Edit: oops he mentioned it in the video. Cool!
Dave Lombardo is definitely in my top 5. I agree he's not the most technical drummer and some say he has timing issues. But for self taught and the way he has pioneered thrash metal, definitely one of the greatest...
When Dave started out, he was among the best of the best as far as drummers go. Hyper-speed double-bass drumming was a rarity then. Today however, you've got a shitload of death metal drummers out there who can play circles around Dave. What a difference a few decades makes.
Dave Lombard to me it is one of the best metal drummers out there. Precision and speed he's the man hands down. Seen him play a place called JJ Kelly's years ago and then everybody there was there because of Dave Lombardo. The dude is a god when it comes to the drums
Dave is probably one if my favorite drummers to listen to and watch. Dave with the misfits live sounds like the albums but a bit faster and its always fun to see danzig try to keep up lol sadly i never saw dave with slayer
Hell yeah!!! G.O.A.T. confirmed It should be noted that he has been drumming with The Misfits recently - which was a surprise for this guy, until most of the way through the show, Glenn, The Main Man himself - announced the players... Wow! Those songs are NOT as simple as one may think - in that department. No wonder they sounded so good while keeping the energy to the max throughout! THAT is a perfect match, imo. One made in...well, let's just say south of...u get it.
Lombardo is my favorite drummer ever and I’m on his side in his feud with Slayer (he’s since moved on and wish the band well but Kerry is still a baby about the whole thing)
In my honest opinion, the drummers that truly pushed the boundaries and revolutionized metal drumming was Dave of course, Charlie Benante, Clive Burr and last but certainly not least, Gar Samuelson!!! R.I.P CLIVE BURR AND GAR SAMUELSON!!🤘🤘
I’m not reading all of the comments. But I think there’s better examples off of “Reign” than could have been used. Just my opinion. No matter what, you can’t deny that Dave is a great drummer. Dave “jazzy” Lombardo. Great person. Great drummer
Agree with all this and love Lombardo! Later stuff from him would be best for me. I was intrigued to hear how his timing on Raining Blood is actually a bit off - nobody is perfect I guess!?
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Whom should we do such exercise with next?
Nick Menza (RIP)
Igor Cavalera
Danny Carey
Dave again, but with Fantomas
@@justin6point7 and, recently, Mr Bungle? Saw them earlier this year and they were awesome. Super thrash band with Dave, Mike Patton and Scott Ian. Not overlooking core members Trevor and Trey.
Dave Lombardo IMO is the greatest thrash drummer out there! Paul Bostaph is really really good, but he didn't help bring Slayer to the metal masses with his style, it was already cemented by Dave. My vote for another drummer expose would be Charlie Benante.
Agreed on all accounts.
@@CorpseGrinder1967Cannibal Corpse?😎👍
Gene Hoglan
I really like Bostaph. It seems like there's a certain technical edge that pops out when he plays.
You never hear about him like you do with Dave and Gene. But they are all phenomenal.
Lombardo would tell you to check out Tom Hunting
Gene Hoglan was his drum tech and double bass wizard who took Dave to that next level. All hail the Atomic Clock!
Except Gene himself acknowledges that he wasn't that good of a roadie and ended up getting kicked out. Fortunately, he put in the work and ended up joining Dark Angel. The rest is history!
Dave, gene and Tomas Hakke are my top 3 of all time, though I didn't know gene was the death drummer, his work with Devin Townsend and SYL is insane! 🤘
Gene knew how to play double bass with a single pedal, and taught Dave how to use double bass pedals. Dave was the first to ever use double bass pedals in metal.
@@TimmmayPlays double bass was being used as far back as the 1940's. Look up Louie Bellson.
@@PerdidoNino in this context? like slap bass was used back when but in mainstream rock music you think of Primus when you hear the phrase
As a drummer, Slayer fan and a southern California native myself, David is the man IMO!
I went a few years ago to a Suicidal Tendencies concert in Berlin. Mike invited us all on stage and a bunch got up and we just moshed our asses of next to the band. I stood directly in front of Dave Lombardo with only the sound of his live drum sound in my face, I only got the acoustic sound not the miked sound. I felt every kick, snare and symbol. Awesome 👏
When Lombardo play it's as if the drums explode, he is a legend , that's it !
A great way to describe his style. Explosive.
Lombardo imo is the best metal drummer alive today. He has a certain "swing" (maybe not the word) that more technical drummers usually lack. Most creative fills since Bill Ward.
Dave has a swing. He also has a Keith Moon slop to him. The rare example of technique, feel, or swing and slop
Swing is EXACTLY the right Word, brother!
Cuban, the swing is in his DNA
No, that’s exactly the word
If you want swing and technique then check out brann dailor.
He is one of the best drummers period. Creative, technical, great feel to his playing, he is up there in the pantheon of great drummers regardless of genre
"South Of Heaven" was "The Lombardo" album for me.
The Man is awesome, playing with true "musicality" if there is a term :
he plays what every song needs, he is fast, powerful, he has groove, fantastic ideas, awesome sound .... A true god of drums.
The Original Slayer were the Fab Four of Extreme Metal !
Kerry should be ashamed for the way he treated Dave :(
WERD, South of heaven is the most complete thrash metal album made to date, every track is a masterpiece, it's been one of my top 5 albums of all time!🤘🤘🤘
@@nedesnikderpherder7529 Ironically, that's the one "critics" give the most crap too, they all say "Seasons" is better....I disagree, while seasons is great yes, but not even close to South of heaven!! Listen to the drumming in "Spill the Blood"....
@@barrykinard6096 love seasons but in retrospect it feels like a watered down radio friendly version of SOH imo, it's just not the same frenetic thrash onslaught, and by 1990 metal started to begin having some mainstream appeal, and song writing/arranging,and music production had evolved quite considerably, they just don't compare, like reign in blood and south of heaven do! I'd be interested to see if the was a gear/sponsor change in between soh and seasons🤔
His work in Grip Inc is absolutely some of his best stuff.
@@SemiMF Hell yea!! I still have that one on cassette, just nothing to play it on... lol
Dave Lombardo brought it to the next level and definitely was the best part of Slayer
Aside from Jeff, yes. Without Dave and Jeff, there is no Slayer. Period.
@@TimmmayPlays Agreed, Jeff and Dave were Slayer, I love Tom's voice, but Kerry is a just a plain D Bag!.. I have never liked his arrogance or his sloppy a$$ solos. All kidding aside it was Dave that had me coming back for more... so Kerry?? he may be "dead to you" but you owe him!!!
Thanks! Always nice to hear Mr Lombardo!
Dave Lombardo is a legend 🙌
I lived down the street from Dave when I was in high school. 1996 One day I was outside skateboarding around and I could hear loud music like a band playing, coming from somewhere in the neighborhood. So I investigated, found the house, and knocked on the door (once they could hear me )He answered the door. it was Dave Lombardo!. Super nice humble guy. Let me listen to his band practice in the garage. I got to meet the guys from (Grip Inc.) He had a full studio and a crazy big drum set in the garage. After that day he let me come by a few more times. He Taught me a few things on the drums. He was always friendly and made time to hang out. Listen to music and I would watch him play drums. Will never forget those times . Thank you Dave for being such a nice guy to some random kid in the neighborhood. Gave me some cool memories, stories and made me an even bigger fan.
I love isolated drum tracks from Dave. I’ll search for more online. Awesome
I remember realizing how great a drummer Dave was on the South of Heaven album. That album gave him more space to show his creativity and sophistication. His genius was to put fills where there was so little space to fill. That pushed his creativity to say something meaningful in a blur of guitars. He always provided the right rhythm to support the riffs, but he found a way to provide the right fills and accents. That ride cymbal bell strike on War Ensemble is classic example of his genius and humor.
I never got into Slayer. I saw Lombardo playing with Mr. Bungle last year, though, and he killed it.
Listen to SLAYER’s masterpiece ‘Divine Intervention’ with Paul Bostaph debuting on drums.
Mr Bungle is incredible live!! Saw them in for the Mr Bungle album and followed them for 6 live show that where always insane, tight but radically different. This was when Mike was fully masked and mental tearing up stages and equipment lolz the best time of my life. The covers they always threw in where somehow better than the OGs.
@yhwhsozo3680 Nice. I got into them right before California came out. Didn't get to see them on tour until a year ago. I definitely prefer the old, weird Mr. Bungle, but they're still great live as a thrash band and still throw in the out of place covers.
Dave is such a bad-ass that he left Slayer and became a world-class, in-demand Jazz session drummer.
Jazz? I dont think so!
Dave rules at rockin n thrashin.
(Sarcasm),,,,@@davidperez5089
Completely false
ok
How about John Dette? Never got to record with them and the whole band faded into obscurity in that era, but interestingly enough he's gone pretty much under the radar.
Yeah he is great
There are some songs online of John playing those shows in Australia back in the day when Dave was fired again. Not gonna lie, at least at that point in time, he was the best of the 3 live. So much power, taste and confidence.
Right now, Jon would be behind the drums for their return as unfortunately Paul is not the old Paul anymore :-(...
For me his work with Grip Inc. is maybe the best he's ever done....just amazing
@@kosbou21 Testament the gathering great too
I'm old lol I forgot about grip Inc, they were awesome from memory, time to RUclips dive for grip Inc🤘
Only Slayer track that sounds like grip inc. was silent scream. It was all about the kick pedals and he was flawless just like he was with grip.
Never heard of them, but that will change starting now. Thanks for the heads up!
Listen to the second Philm album, if you've missed it. He put some amazing work there.
Got the Awesome tee shirt and thank you so much for the hand written thank you card I got to🤘🤘🤘
So glad it has made it! Thanks a lot for your support!
Daves playing has a feel to it, his time feels really good and he was very inventive
It's because he leads with his left hand, and it leaves you in a different position after, during and before fills, that you simply can't replicate leading with the right hand
Dave Lombardo is SLAYER !!
Dave is the best.
As a boy in the 80’s I thought the best thing about Slayer was Dave’s drumming.
I’m no drummer but he sounds great to me
That man plays drums for so many bands and he keeps getting better. His Slayer drumming was awesome but his drumming now is out of this world.
His self confessed use of Disco beats in Thrash will forever be my favourite thing about him😁
I would start a church with Dave Lombardo as my god.
You need to focus on Dave's fills, e.g. Ghosts of War, that same Postmortem live clip, Rusty Nail from Grip Inc, start of South of Heaven, Seasons of the Abyss.
Cleanse the soul and behind the crooked cross has his best fills imo, south of heaven was the best dave album
That Angel Of Death one.....holy shit. It sounds like double bass rolls after every measure, which is near every second!
Fastest double bass at the time
Love both Dave Lombardo and Paul Bostaphs drumming!
Same
Bostaph on God hates us all album is god tier.
@@metalslayergameplays6089 divine intervention. The album he did with exodus is good
2:25
New school thrash and death metal drummers do these type of bests with double bass but old school hardcore punk and thrash metal drummers used single bass.
Dave Lombardo is one of my 4 favorite drummers. I actually liked his drumming more in Grip Inc, but of course he was awesome in Slayer.
For unasked information, to round out my favorites list -
Haruna (Lovebites)
Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
Martin Lopez (Soen, ex-Opeth)
It’s not Slayer without Dave and Jeff.
❤ SOUTH OF HEAVEN ❤is my favorite Metal Record of alltime - 66,6% because of the tasty drumming - Lombardo 🥁GOAT🥁
Any chance of more interviews I personally think they’re the best part of your channel.
Thanks! I just asked my patrons about whom they’d like me to invite on the channel next! So yes!!! There are more interviews coming! I actually release at least one interview a week, but some of them go on the second channel!🤘
@@MetalPilgrimHow do I view your other channel please
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Personally my favorite drumming of Dave pertaining to technicality is definitely South of Heaven the entire album. Esp on songs like Behind the Crooked Cross, and crazy double bass endurance on Silent Scream. For some reason Dave stated he hates the drumming on that album, but he was playing on another level with the drum fills and being more technical compared to his straight up thrash drumming like on Reign In Blood. Do a video on Paul Bostaph. Paul's drumming on Forbidden's first album Forbidden Evil is awesome. Even before he was in Slayer, he was already killing it Forbidden. There's footage of Paul performing with Forbidden on the Combat records Combat Tour 2 movie from 1988.
I think the slower songs give him more room to run with it. Less chaos in the way.
To me Dave Lombardo just sounds more organic than may other Metal drummers. On these isolated tracks I find the dynamics in the double bass for Raining Blood eye-opening. The different attack levels really shape the groove in that part.
Totally agree dave is the best thrash drummer.,Paul is sometimes all over the place
I liked the tone of south of heaven the most, especially the snare. Nice and crispy with a little reverb. Excellent.
For my money, Dave is the best thrash drummer. How hard he hits, how he drives the band and how he adds feel to double bass and thrash speed is what puts him in a class by himself.
Dave pioneered thrash double bass, period!! The speed at which he had those bass pedals going was revolutionary at that time. Just as most other instruments, there's pioneers & there's the follow-ups! Sure, there's a multitude of players, now, that are playing double bass at 300bpm+, but, without pioneering influences, such as Dave, exactly, where would they be & what would they be doing on their bass drums?
Signed,
An avid fan of Dave & a drummer
Not revolutionary at all, Charlie Benante was doing it back then
@@jamiewalton666 sorry, but, afraid not, he was following the leader. Besides, that, Charlie wasn't the first drummer for Anthrax. Maybe you missed my signature, but, I'm a drummer, same age as just about everyone in the big 4 & I've met almost everyone but the guys in Anthrax. Smoked with Tom Araya, hung out with Metallica backstage, sat alone at a table with James Hetfield conversing about hotrods, hung out with Nick Menza discussing his new cage system, where it came from & how it was stowed, I was a musician/drummer in Dallas, TX & that afforded me this kind of clout. Oh, and, let me not forget to mention, I knew, and, hung out with Pantera, especially, Vinnie, when they were just a local band too, even warmed up for them... etc, etc...man! So, I was TRYING to keep up with Dave when Slayer's first album hit, along with Lars, Gar, & any other speed demon I could find on vinyl & play along with on a 500 watt stereo system 😂, so, unless you lived in & tried to copy it, as it was happening/coming out, then, maybe, just maybe, I'll listen. Now, as far as Charlie goes, his signature pioneering sound was the original blast beat. It wasn't as gnarly as recent drummers, but, neither is Dave's double bass work. Holy hell, I tried & tried to figure out, by sound, not watching, how in the hell he was hitting that snare so fast, along with all the other toms, cymbals & high-hat, at the same time, without missing a snare beat! I'll gladly give credit where credit is due, trust me, due credits are what they are & nobody can change it.
@benttwisted210 Doesn't change the fact I think Charlie is better. He can literally do anything Lombardo does plus more. Look at their drum battles live on RUclips Charlie definately is more impressive and versatile.
@@jamiewalton666 see, that's where we agree, for sure! Now, Charlie is much more versatile, where Dave, stayed inside his bubble & didn't progress as much. Dave did play in Suicidal Tendencies for a bit, and, he tried to get a few other projects off the ground. Charlie is more of a musician, in where, he didn't just venture out, he was willing to learn more & more, like any good musician should. I, myself, gave up at 30yo like I SHOULDN'T have. I let outside people pull me away from music to "have a career", I had just figured out I needed to start climbing the musical ladder to success instead of trying to be loyal, to the death, with one band..."man, we'll make it if we just stick together", ya, sounds nice Mark! 😂
Gar Samuelson was just as good as both of them IMO.
I fell in love with Slayer purely for the Drum sound. They are an amazing band but Dave took them to that next level!
Dave was one of the guys who made me want to play drums. I wish you had chosen "Mandatory Suicide" but hey, that's just my taste. "Mandatory Suicide" has one of the best fills of any metal song, ever... at about 2:48. "Silent Scream" is another masterpiece. Obviously my favourite album is "South of Heaven".
Lombardo! Slayer was better with him behind the kit!!!!
Dave …you’re one of my childhood Heroes..!
Purely Legendary 🤘🏽
So so tight and powerful!
The playing long sets of this style is a feather upon itself!!!
SLAYER IS Dave, Jeff, tom n kerry.
RIP JH
Dave kicked the doors open and took no prisoners on what metal drums should sound like. Period. Not that other drummers weren't badass in their own right. It's just Dave pushed that bar up of what is the standard. As far as the best drummer in the genre, my vote is Chuck Biscuits. He reminds me so much of Ringo Starr. What they are doing sounds easy... easy to follow for the listeners... but when you dig deeper it is so incredibly hard. 90% of really good drummers can't match their madness from beginning to end of a track. Plus the Chuck Biscuits head banging while playing is absolutely epic.
Man. Your English is getting better each time I listen to your videos. Great job dude. Пора бы уже приехать к нам в гости (В ШША 😉).
Dave is the best metal drummer on the planet 🌎
As "technically" powerful as Dave's drumming has always been, it's his "feel" for what every moment in a song requires that makes him a titan. In the end, Dave leaves nothing left to be desired; he pours on the gold in every project. 10/10 ⭐ s
I asked Dave once what it is like to be a drum GOD…he very kindly said I don’t think of it that way,I’m just blessed…does that guy know how to party or what
Being Technical means little, if you are not innovative. Dave is innovative, and pushed thrash drumming to a whole new level. He is the undisputed thrash drumming king.
It’s 100% Dave Lombardo is Slayers Best Drummer in my books! Wasn’t he also involved in Jazz Drumming at some point in his life? 😊
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South of heaven is pure magic. It crossed all the lines that permanently defined thrash. Its their best work and daves best lp.
I’m NEW to drumming but not to Slayer.
I grew up when they and Metallica etc. were starting out.
Dave Lombardo just gives me an insane rush (I do love Rush also). The feeling of top of the line hardcore drums matched with Slayers intense everything else- yeah it’s just kick ass !
King of drumming is his majesty Pete Commando Sandoval,the best ever.Greetings from Bosnia,Samir.
Yeah pete rules
Of that generation of drummers Mike Bordin of Faith No More is my favorite. Tribal, groovy and funky but HEAVY!!! One of the most underrated drummers in my 52 years of life.
I would recommend Dave Lombardo self titled release, it’s a psychedelic world drum trip
I read in the Metal Blade records book that Dave recorded the drums for Show no mercy in two parts. All the cymbals on another day! That's crazy
Edit: oops he mentioned it in the video. Cool!
Those were the days; when you heard what the person was playing. Everything is so processed, sampled, spliced, and triggered, now.
Dave Lombardo is definitely in my top 5. I agree he's not the most technical drummer and some say he has timing issues. But for self taught and the way he has pioneered thrash metal, definitely one of the greatest...
When Dave started out, he was among the best of the best as far as drummers go. Hyper-speed double-bass drumming was a rarity then. Today however, you've got a shitload of death metal drummers out there who can play circles around Dave. What a difference a few decades makes.
Ghosts of War and Spirit in Black are my favorite drum tracks by Dave. 🤘
Ghosts of war is my all time favourite Slayer track, it is the epitome of thrash!
Dave is very organic & smooth 100% my favorite drummer
Dave Lombard to me it is one of the best metal drummers out there. Precision and speed he's the man hands down. Seen him play a place called JJ Kelly's years ago and then everybody there was there because of Dave Lombardo. The dude is a god when it comes to the drums
Dude, Dave's drum work with Empire State Bastards is amazing
Dave's style is like Barimore Barlow on crack. One of my favorites and I'm fortunate to have seen him several times back in the early days.
It's not only the technical side of it...the rate of AGGRESSION in a Lombardo drum fill is the thing. It hangs you on the wall by the throath
Am i the only one that could hear the rest of the song in their head while listening to the isolated clips
Was belting out lyrics over South of heaven bahahaha totally agree
I feel Tom Hunting of EXODUS is the best thrash drummer.drummers who have played in Slayer and Exodus say Tom is the most difficult to replicate
Awesome!! Dave rules!!! 👍
Dave is most definitely one of the best and always will be 🤘🏻
Dave is probably one if my favorite drummers to listen to and watch. Dave with the misfits live sounds like the albums but a bit faster and its always fun to see danzig try to keep up lol sadly i never saw dave with slayer
Most underrated recording of Dave is the Apocalyptica track Last Hope. His fills are ridiculous.
How do you work with this tracks? Damn listen to Dave Lombardo's isolated track is a journey
Hell yeah!!! G.O.A.T. confirmed
It should be noted that he has been drumming with The Misfits recently - which was a surprise for this guy, until most of the way through the show, Glenn, The Main Man himself - announced the players... Wow! Those songs are NOT as simple as one may think - in that department. No wonder they sounded so good while keeping the energy to the max throughout! THAT is a perfect match, imo. One made in...well, let's just say south of...u get it.
Yeah man awesome video , can you do a drummer series including Paul Bostaph , Jon Dette , Charlie Benante , and Tom Hunting
Dave definitely was a drumming pioneer for sure.
Seeing Lombardo doing solo drumming shows he is way better a drummer than he ever got to demonstrate while in Slayer.
Both please
I don’t care what people think, he is one of my top favorite drummers, his drumming a d rhythm is just bad ass and his fill are so tasty. 🤘🐻🤘
Lombardo is my favorite drummer ever and I’m on his side in his feud with Slayer (he’s since moved on and wish the band well but Kerry is still a baby about the whole thing)
Dave is the main way they were able to tour without a bass player all those years
he is one of the best drummers there is... and my absolute favorite \m/
He’s the best, hopefully coming to N VA one more time this year!😊
I prefer the 1985' Dave Lambardo show no mercy live, you should show that video too.
A video about Bostaph would be cool :)
In my honest opinion, the drummers that truly pushed the boundaries and revolutionized metal drumming was Dave of course, Charlie Benante, Clive Burr and last but certainly not least, Gar Samuelson!!! R.I.P CLIVE BURR AND GAR SAMUELSON!!🤘🤘
he's my favorite by far.
I’m not reading all of the comments. But I think there’s better examples off of “Reign” than could have been used. Just my opinion. No matter what, you can’t deny that Dave is a great drummer. Dave “jazzy” Lombardo. Great person. Great drummer
Dave kicks everybody’s ass. There’s a live Silent Scream and a Mess Around cover here on RUclips that just destroy.
Dave said he never warms up before a show.
Dave FOREVER!
Tom Hunting never gets the praise he deserves
Goat 🤘 single stroke master, leads with the left hand, still going sick in Mr bungle, nothing but quality and brutality!!!!!
Not just thrash. Dave is one of the greatest drummers ever
Agree with all this and love Lombardo! Later stuff from him would be best for me. I was intrigued to hear how his timing on Raining Blood is actually a bit off - nobody is perfect I guess!?
Thanks for sharing.
Dave is pure genius on drums, Paul is more metronome oriented, but I can watch both of them all day long!! Slayer forever 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
They dont give Dave the props he deserves...back in the day he was the universal legend...so tasty
Not only the best drummer, the best percussionist