DRUMMER CAFE

Judging by your screen name, you might enjoy these:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/b00000106k/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/b00000106s/


Heavy music with OUTRAGEOUS drumming.

You can hear some particularly sweet excerpts from these CDs here:

http://www.keithcronin.com/fromhell.html

Scroll down the page and look for excerpts from these two CDs featuring the drumming of Deen Castronovo.  Enjoy!

Hello!
I also like Joey Jordison. Great drummer.
Igor Cavalera to..but I have`nt listen to Voivod. So I think I had to. Thanks

funny you should mention mahavishnu.  this friend of mines a turntablist (not a dj, theres a difference) as well as drummer.  at one of his shows he had this cobham intro bit looping with some napalm death riffs pitched down.  together it was easily the heaviest music I had ever heard.  that cobham riff was lethal I wish I could remember which it was.

Jeez, what was I thinking?  In addition to the above, for outrageous drums, check out Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Visions of the Emerald Beyond" with Narada Michael Walden on drums.  He is a true "storm".

I've been doing my best to evangelize Pat Mastelotto's drumming on the most recent King Crimson album. Just such an amazing approach.

Yeah, but Crimson's the kind of band that lets these guys play with almost no restraint. It's like the difference between seeing how a Mustang handles at 45 vs the way it handles at 110.

Mark, since you listen to a pretty diverse kind of music, check out Dillenger Escape Plan, I think some people labeled them math-core once. Its heavy and hard, but drums-wise pretty impressive. Odd timing all over the place.

If you are gonna give it a try, I suggest their latest EP (with Mike Patton on vocals), called "Irony is a Dead Scene"

my favorite of that EP - Rock Paper Scissors

some other DEP stuff:  Weekend Sex Change (instrumental)

and their classic: 43% Burnt
           

Hey pdangelo, sounds like you and I have a lot of the early '70's stuff in common, although when it comes to Mahavishnu Orchestra, I prefer "Birds of Fire" over "Inner Mounting Flame". I also really like Waldon on "Visions of the Emerald Beyond" except of those "funky" songs he wrote -- I usually skip them.
Speaking of Narada Michael Waldon (which we were) There is some excellent material both written and played by him on Jeff Beck's "Wired" album -- I especially like "Sophie".
Staying in the WayBack machine, does anyone remember Alphonse Mouson? Give a listen to him on "Back Together Again" with Larry Coryell.

Hey MetalManiac, I suppose it goes without saying that you are familiar with Tool? I just saw them a couple of months ago and Danny is a very impessive drummer. It's not a matter of power or speed, it's those complex patterns that he plays. Listen to "Lateralus" and tell me you can catch (and repeat) all of those patterns the first time! And then offer to sell me a bridge!

Lots of folks at the Cafe mention Joey in Slipknot but the drummer in Fear Factory holds his own in the death metal arena -- I think his name is Raymond Herrera.

yeah, and Kerry King didnt like his style because herrera is someone who plays more double bass then anything else, following the guitar whenever he can.

But I think his best drumming is on Fear Factory's last album, Digimortal.

Lately I've been listening to Steps Ahead a lot...who might know on which CDs Steve Gadd played? Im interested in those few.

Thanks alot James, Im gonna check if I can get my hands on that Smoking in the Pit cd

Right you are! Mouson does some nifty stuff on DiMeola's "Land of the Midnight Sun", but I think I would have to go with Steve Gadd on "Casino". Gadd can do a special Latin feel that I just don't think is in Mouson's tool kit.

Return To Forever - Light As A Feather ... Airto Moreira drums/percussion

Herbie Hancock - V.S.O.P. ... Tony Williams live and on fire.

Vinnie Colaiuta, Robben Ford, Jimmy Haslip - Jing Chi ... some heavy stuff from Vinnie.

Irakere - AFROCUBANISMO!  ... the Cuban jazz group that gave us Chucho Valdez, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito d'Rivera, and "Anga" Diaz live.  Some incredible drums and percussion.

Sergio Mendes - Brasileiro ... not the usual fluff of Brasil '66, but some heavy hitting samba and timbalada with the help of Carlinhos Brown.  



 

I'm still going through a Brian Blade fanatical phase. It may never end.

1. Brian Blade Fellowship (first solo album)

2. Wayne Shorter - Footprints Live

Nice choice Mister_Arcolite. Marty Friedman's an awesome guitarist, probably one of my favorites of all time. Man, that Cacaphony pre-Megadeth stuff is killer.

If you're looking for a Metal CD with killer drumming (beyond just double bass-there is life beyond double bass), I'd recommend these two CD's very strongly. Death-The Sound of Preserverence, and Control Denied-The Fragile Art of Existance. Those two albums are the last recorded works of the late Chuck Shuldiner, and feature the drumwork of Richard Christy, who really lets his insane jazz-influenced chops fly in these two records. Not to be outdone in the double bass department either, Death's cover of the Judas Priest song "Painkiller" features Christy doing Scott Travis' drum solo-only better.

Aside from the Metal genre, I'd strongly recommend (and I'm surprised no one here has yet) getting some of those old Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich videos. Max Weinberg, drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E-Street band, has a very killer "old school" method to drumming and listening to his work is amazing. I don't think he really did anything spectacular with Bruce Springsteen (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but I believe that there are one or two Max Weinberg 7 (his band from Late Night with Conan O'Brian) CD's.