🤘 Gods of Heavy Metal — Drummers

13.08.2026

Mike Portnoy

Mike Portnoy is one of the most influential drummers of his generation and one of the most recognizable figures in progressive metal. If Neil Peart is the archi…

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Cozy Powell

Cozy Powell is one of the most impressive drummers in the history of rock music. If John Bonham is an earthquake, and Ian Paice is a racing car, then Cozy Powel…

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Anika Nilles

Anika Nilles is one of the brightest names in the contemporary drum world. She is not just a technical virtuoso – she is an innovator who changes the way people…

13.08.2026

Neil Peart

Neil Peart is perhaps the most respected drummer in the history of progressive rock. He doesn't just play drums – he composes through them. For him, the drum ki…

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Ian Paice

Ian Paice is one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock music and one of the longest-serving – active for over five decades. He has been Deep Purple's …

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Gene Hoglan

After Dave Lombardo – the fury and speed, and Charlie Benante – the precision and control, Gene Hoglan is another category: weight, precision, and intelligence,…

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Charlie Benante

If Lombardo is the storm, then Charlie Benante is the precision machine. Lombardo makes the drums sound like an attack. Benante turns them into a perfectly tune…

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Dave Lombardo

Dave Lombardo is the man who literally gave the heart and pulse of thrash metal. After Terry Bozzio – the musical intellect and polyrhythmic freedom – comes a c…

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Terry Bozzio

With Terry Bozzio, we make a very interesting turn, because after Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy, and Mike Mangini, who are associated with progressive complexity, we…

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Mike Mangini

We come to one of the most interesting drummers of the modern era. If with Neil Peart we talked about the architecture of rhythm, and with Mike Portnoy about em…

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Ginger Baker

Ginger Baker is the third great drummer of that generation who completely changed the perception of what a rock drummer can do. If Bonham is power, and Keith Mo…

13.08.2026

Keith Moon

If Bonham is a mountain – heavy, stable, huge, and earthy – then Keith Moon is a volcano – unpredictable, explosive, chaotic, and absolutely unique. Many drumme…

29.07.2026

John Bonham

When rock drummers are discussed, John Bonham's name is almost always among the first. Not because he was the fastest, not because he used the most complex rhyt…