Tagged: prog drummers
10 articles
Metal
Alex Cohen | Progressive drumming's advanced class
Alex Cohen writes books on extreme polyrhythm and does things on double bass most drummers would not attempt. His playing, his books, and his Yamaha kit.
Metal
Danny Carey | Tool's polyrhythm machine
Danny Carey has drummed for Tool since 1990. His jazz and tabla grounding, the odd-time playing, the sigils on the kit, and his Sonor and Paiste rig explained.
Metal
II | Sleep Token's masked drummer
II drums for Sleep Token and has won six Drumeo awards without ever showing his face. His playing, his DW and Istanbul Agop rig, and the anonymity.
Metal
Mario Duplantier | Gojira's deliberate hand
Mario Duplantier co-founded Gojira and played the Paris Olympics. His restraint, the Cyclone solo, and his Tama Starclassic and Zildjian rig explained.
Jazz
Mark Guiliana | Making acoustic drums sound electronic
Mark Guiliana played on Bowie's Blackstar and leads Beat Music. His electronic-inspired acoustic playing, and his Gretsch and Zildjian setup explained.
Metal
Matt Garstka | Animals As Leaders' linear brain
Matt Garstka brought gospel-chops vocabulary to progressive metal. His approach, his teaching, and his DW and Meinl rig explained.
Metal
Mike Portnoy | Dream Theater's returning monster
Mike Portnoy co-founded Dream Theater, left in 2010 and came back in 2023. His bands, his playing, the Monster kits, and his Tama and Sabian rig explained.
Prog
Ramon Montagner | Two sticks in one hand
Ramon Montagner pioneered advanced push-pull and dual-grip technique. His books, his teaching, and his Tama and Meinl setup explained.
Rock
Terry Bozzio | The drummer who writes music
Terry Bozzio sight-read The Black Page to win the Zappa gig, then spent forty years writing solo drum music on the world's largest tuned kit. His story and rig.
Metal
Tomas Haake | Meshuggah's polyrhythm engine
Tomas Haake made djent possible. How Meshuggah's polymetric riffs actually work, what Bleed costs to play, and his Sonor, Sabian and Vic Firth rig.