By Brian Tonkin
Many popular metal bands are known for their skilled musicians, particularly their drummers. It’s hard to narrow down the drummers of these genres into just five great ones.
NOTE: This list is based off of sheer raw speed and talent, not how inspirational they are in metal. Unfortunately, I won’t mention any old-school heavy metal band.
5) Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad (Frost)
Fabled Black Metal drummer from the iconic bands Gorgoroth and Satyricon. Frost is famous for ridiculous blast-beating and double-bass kicking. Most Black metal drummers are known for this, but Frost is at the front in terms of talent.
4) Gene Hoglan
Hoglan has been in many popular Death/ Thrash Metal bands in his lifetime. These bands include the original Death Metal band… Death, Thrash Metal superstars, Testament, and even the beloved Dethklok.
3) Tomas Haake
Drummer and song-writer for Swedish Death Metal band, Meshuggah. It is common knowledge that Haake not only writes his song using a calculator, but also uses all four of his legs when performing a song.
2) Jon Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer)
Hellhammer is Black Metal… all things Black Metal have originated from him in some way. He has played in nearly every large Black Metal group since 1990, including Immortal, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Mayhem, and many more. He is also known to guest-star in many small time bands just for the fun of it, such as his appearance in Lord Impaler’s album, Admire the Cosmos Black.
WARNING: Listening to any song played by Hellhammer has been known to cause severe bleeding from the ears, nausea, and possible death.
1) George Kollias.
God-like drummer from the American Death Metal band, Nile. From double bass kicking to blast beating and drum fills, there is no soul on this earth faster than Kollias. On top of being a metal deity, Kollias teaches drum technique at a music school in Athens.
Many popular metal bands are known for their skilled musicians, particularly their drummers. It’s hard to narrow down the drummers of these genres into just five great ones.
NOTE: This list is based off of sheer raw speed and talent, not how inspirational they are in metal. Unfortunately, I won’t mention any old-school heavy metal band.
5) Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad (Frost)
Fabled Black Metal drummer from the iconic bands Gorgoroth and Satyricon. Frost is famous for ridiculous blast-beating and double-bass kicking. Most Black metal drummers are known for this, but Frost is at the front in terms of talent.
4) Gene Hoglan
Hoglan has been in many popular Death/ Thrash Metal bands in his lifetime. These bands include the original Death Metal band… Death, Thrash Metal superstars, Testament, and even the beloved Dethklok.
3) Tomas Haake
Drummer and song-writer for Swedish Death Metal band, Meshuggah. It is common knowledge that Haake not only writes his song using a calculator, but also uses all four of his legs when performing a song.
2) Jon Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer)
Hellhammer is Black Metal… all things Black Metal have originated from him in some way. He has played in nearly every large Black Metal group since 1990, including Immortal, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Mayhem, and many more. He is also known to guest-star in many small time bands just for the fun of it, such as his appearance in Lord Impaler’s album, Admire the Cosmos Black.
WARNING: Listening to any song played by Hellhammer has been known to cause severe bleeding from the ears, nausea, and possible death.
1) George Kollias.
God-like drummer from the American Death Metal band, Nile. From double bass kicking to blast beating and drum fills, there is no soul on this earth faster than Kollias. On top of being a metal deity, Kollias teaches drum technique at a music school in Athens.
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