Most underrated drummers in metal

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Steve Jacobs (amazing work with FORBIDDEN, although those albums could've been better)

Kirk Arrington (hands-down the most underrated. Should've been in METALLICA! Imagine how great that would've been.)

Mark Zonder (he gets some love occasionally but considering how great his playing was in WARLORD and FATES WARNING it's not enough)

Mikky Dee (they still haven't been able to adequately replace him in KING DIAMOND's band)

Rick Colacula (inimitable style)

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2690 Age : 33

Randy Foxe, ex-Manilla Road drummer. His drumming on LPs like The Deluge, Mystification and Open the Gates is symply amazing. It's too bad he left the band after the 1990 LP Courts of Chaos.

Mark Zonder, ex-Warlord and ex-Fates Warning. If you'd leave out the guitars, vocals and bass on a song Zonder plays on, you'd still have an amazing track. A lot of times I listen to Warlord, I just focus on his drumming. Amazing.

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Lance Garvin (Living Sacrifice, Soul Embraced)

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Mat Stancioiu (brings a wonderful heap of influence from the Sean Reinert, etc, school to power metal...a master of answering the question of 'what can be done with this rhythm?' see Labyrinth tracks: This World, Lost, Neverending Rest)

Rick Colaluca (one electric drum set, one acoustic drum set, and more interesting work on 2 albums then Peart had through most of the 80's, see WatchTower tracks: The Eldritch, Energetic Disassembly, Control and Resistance)

Antonio Leon (blends old school death metal feel with new school technicality and ferocity, never descends into br00taldom for the sake of itself, the influence of Lombardo does abound, see The Chasm tracks: Fortress, Procreation of the Inner Temple, Dark Cloud)

Horgh (a signature pummeling mix of black metal and thrash with fierce, fierce precision, see Immortal tracks: One By One, Triumph, Solarfall)

Mike Terrana (a 'power drummer' with a big bag of jazz tricks who has played in every European metal band there is at this point, an unstoppable visage of Mike Portnoy but with personality, see......stuff from Rage, Axel Rudi Pell, or his solo work.)

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Side note: Never really understood what you hear in LABYRINTH, THE CHASM, or RAGE's music. I hear no good guitar riffs there.

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Wayne Noon

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Temple of Blood wrote:: Side note: Never really understood what you hear in LABYRINTH, THE CHASM, or RAGE's music. I hear no good guitar riffs there.

I think The Chasm are amazing. Arghoslent are the better band (despite the retarded lyrics) when it comes to epic death metal, but they're definitely great. I wish more death metal bands could be melodic without sounding like some cheesy Gothenburg band.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5704 Age : 49

I hate the Gothenburg influence in most DM too but I hear nothing of value in ARGHOSLENT or THE CHASM. Never understood the hype around those bands.

Melodic DM that I like: DEATH, DISINCARNATE, OPPRESSOR, etc. etc.

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Ted Kirkpatrick.

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Jesusandmetal23 wrote:: Ted Kirkpatrick.

Underrated? The guy is celebrated as one of the best all the time.

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Lars Ulrich is so widely hated nowadays that he's probably considered "underrated" now Laughing

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GrandNational wrote:

Jesusandmetal23 wrote:: Ted Kirkpatrick.

Underrated? The guy is celebrated as one of the best all the time.

Tourniquet is a widely unknown band.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2690 Age : 33

Forgot to mention Clive Burr. His drumming is one of the many things that make early Maiden so amazing.

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1. Scott Columbus (Manowar)
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2. Ken Mary (Chastain, Fifth Angel, House of Lords)
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Master Sailboat Number of posts : 9301 Age : 45

Joey Baron
David Gray
Steve Asheim
Mick Harris
Nick Byckoff
Jan Axel Blomberg
Bob Bagchus
Alex Hernandez
Mike Smith
Tim Yeung

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ZetaReticuli wrote:: Wayne Noon

THANK YOU!!!! Most underrated drummers in metal 25679

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Ate his vegetables Number of posts : 4958 Age : 34

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

ZetaReticuli wrote:: Wayne Noon

THANK YOU!!!! Most underrated drummers in metal 25679

Haha, the second I saw that I seriously thought "Now where have I heard that name before?..."

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Jesusandmetal23 wrote:

GrandNational wrote:

Jesusandmetal23 wrote:: Ted Kirkpatrick.

Underrated? The guy is celebrated as one of the best all the time.

Tourniquet is a widely unknown band.

The subject is about underrated drummers, not bands Most underrated drummers in metal Icon_rolleyes

. HM magazine has voted him best or favorite drummer for over a decade now.

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GrandNational wrote:: The subject is about underrated drummers, not bands . HM magazine has voted him best or favorite drummer for over a decade now.

I hate to tell you this, but there are six people in the entire world that read HM.

Dinky Do Number of posts : 4830 Age : 43

Stian Lindaas Kristoffersen (Pagans Mind) also has drummed for Jorn Lande and Firewind...

This guy blows me away with his style and technique but yet I have never ever heard this mans name mentioned once. Listen to him shine on the track below.