He also evolved Slayer's sound, designed Slayer's logo and got them signed to American Recordings. The big 4 of thrash was Dave Lombardo, Jeff Hanneman, Tom Araya and Kerry King.
Maybe the first word, can't be the only word. Otherwise you'd forget why you respected him; a drooling wreck repeating the word "respect" over and over before being carted away to a mental health unit.
@@u4ea70 Ironically my 2 fav Slayer albums (my introduction to them)..I borrowed both of them at the same time from a buddy probably 1991ish then started checking out the older stuff which is also great and followed them since but Dave is my guy.
@@oldenyz3148 SoH gets overlooked a lot but simply has some of the darkest, spookiest, most atmospheric tracks they wrote. I love that album. SITA was my first Slayer album and is my favourite to this day. RIB and SITA are their creatively best albums (SOH right behind it) but SITA has the variance. It's the last great Slayer album from start to finish IMO.
It was more than just Dave - they were visionaries but I believe that, musically, it was Dave who gave them their finesse and showed Hanneman how to express himself musically how he craved to.
He knew exactly how to amplify the evil sentiment that Jeff and Kerry were trying to portray. From the speed, the double bass, the signature single bass drum along with the riffing, the fast ride with slower snare hits, the memorable fills, his compositions were excellent.
He and Jeff needed each other, they helped each other achieve their musical goals. Jeff was a maniac on the guitar, Dave was a maniac on drums but a little more seasoned than Jeff. Such a shame that that dynamic lost so many years to disagreements but together they will made history as the greatest engine extreme music has known.
Won't lie. Never been a huge fan but have the utmost complete respect for what he did to the genre of metal!!!! All drummers that came after him owe him a "thank you" because he set the standard for everything you hear... even today!!! 1of1!! 💯👊
I've always loved Dave, such a powerful fast drummer.His fills are epic and inspirational.He is the reason I fell in love with Slayer.Tom Kerry and Jeff (RIP) are amazing too obviously, but I'm a drummer and no one sounded like Dave back in the day, or to this present day.He inspired so many drummers.
The trance-like level of consciousness, aka the zone, is the best thing about drumming. Due to its physical nature its maybe best compared to what I've heard of "runner's high." We metal drummers experience it on a different level.
He's why I got into Slayer in the 80's. You instantly know who it is as soon as you hear it. Whenever we auditioned a drummer, we'd play some Slayer tunes because Dave was pretty much the benchmark for a great drummer.
Holy shit! I never really gave "The Wanton Song" a close listen. This is a John Bonham extravaganza - the groove simply doesn't get sweeter. Anyone not familiar with it ... familiarize thyself.
Huge fan of Lombardo's work. I always found him to be the CLEANEST Thrash Drummer (is that an oxymoron???). His timing was impeccable and you could always distinguish the individual notes. But you can also see just good his technique is. Great metal drummer to be sure, but underrated in terms of his overall talent and ability.
I am not a drummer myself but it always truck me that Dave could just think/play in RPMs most others couldn't. Also, he is a musician who drummed, rather than just a drummer. He had style, swing, finesse, timing and creativity.
Dave signed my ticket after the show in Pontiac, Mi. Nice guy, he was talking to fans and relaxing after the show. I put the ticket in a too sided frame, he was remarking, "oh, sign both sides? Ok." He signed both sides nicely.
He didn't invent the blast beat. The first time he used blast beats was on Supremacist on Christ Illusion. He talks about it here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zMOKdiZeZRM.html
His drumming on Show No Mercy is phenomenal and the album as a whole doesn't get the credit it deserves. It was flawless on every level and really captured what Slayer was all about. So did Divine Intervention, but that doesn't have Dave on it.
I don't even drum, however the way he's just explained the whole drumming experience, Is the exact way that l would only imagine explaining it... ..Amazing
