Best Drummer in your opinion

[Mr Bacon 106]

Neil Peart(Rush), Mike Portnoy(DT) and The Rev(Avenged Sevenfold).

As for Jap...the guy from Mouse on the keys is amazing. as for Visual, Naoki(Deathgaze), Sho(UnsraW) and Sujk(Deluhi).

[kurorockdude 0]

Sujk form DELUHI. seeing him drum in revolver blast was crazy! and D=OUT"s drummer, he has really good drumming for their jazzy songs. and kimon! gawd I love the drumming in the verse of that song. Also Jin from ScReW when he get's the chance to do some crazy fast drumming. ex. anaphylaxis. In none japanese music I'd say. Escape the fates drummer. nothing mind blowing but truly enjoyable never the less.

[beni 2149]

MEJIBRAY's Meto because I'm biased and I've never really payed attention to drummers until I started noticing him.

[nullmoon 784]

Zukki from -OZ-. All you need to do is listen to Blaze to see why.

K from NoGoD is awesome too

[Pretsy 1343]

Semi-necroing this (with links!):

 

Japanese:

 

Bobo (MIYAVI's drummer, I prefer his work with TK though)

Nero (MERRY, especially in those albums where Merry's "drop d abuse" is minimized - e.g. nu chemical, peep show, Under-world)

Sakura (ex-L'Arc~en~Ciel, this exact track has one of his best drumlines ever!)

Tetsu (D'erlanger, cannot think of good showcases for now)

 

 

And speaking of Shinya (Dir en grey): he's actually at his prime (at least in terms of making memorable, intriguing drumlines) when he's not attempting to do anything that's "too metal/proggy" (attempting to imitate Neil Peart @"Vinushka" is just...ouch) or "way too fast" (+ involves blasting, since he cannot blast anyway and that's given) for him - examples of his "prime work" as far as I am concerned:

 

Intriguing, very memorable mid-tempo-ish drumlines are his trump card tbqh

His ballad-y drumlines are also intriguing to the point of being superficially simple, yet very intricate in detail...dem random signature changes and pauses!

 

 

Non-Japanese:

 

"guilty pleasures" (aka folks that most people here would get anal about) spoilered:

David Silveria (ex-Korn) - their first two albums had the real groove on with David's special tendencies on mixing various drumming frills and tricks from urban and alt. scene genres

Dave Lombardo (Fantomas, Slayer) - Slayer stans will kill me for this but I think his drumlines are much more intriguing in Fantomas...hehe

 

I do respect certain "classic, renowned" drummers in rock music (Bonham, maybe Peart etc.) but I wasn't really that exposed to their special antics and whatnot...maybe one day though?

[yakihiko 1480]

Sujk (ex.DELUHI)

Issei (D.I.D.)

Katsuma (coldrain)

Tsukasa (ex.D'espairsray)

Shinya (Dir en Grey)

[doombox 4421]

K from NoGoD is awesome too

 

Bobo (MIYAVI's drummer, I prefer his work with TK though)

 

Agree with these so hard. Also vouching for those old Eiji (FACT) mentions.

 

Tatsuya Amano (Crossfaith) is a little insane beast. Another drummer that's underrated af is Godri (SiM). I mean how many styles does he have to breeze through for you in one song?

 

VK drummers it's Satochi (MUCC), he's another one that seems to be solid in just about every style they attempt.

 

As far as outside Japan:  Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age), Morgan Rose (Sevendust), Matt Nicholls (Bring Me The Horizon)... I could go on for days, tbh. I may or may not have a soft spot for drummers. >>;

[Traxan 148]

Yay resurrecting another old thread.

 

Let's show a little love for the blue haired wonder Hana of Gacharic Spin. She has to sing and play a very hyperactive style of music, which can't be easy.

 

And I will miss Aruto. Aldious liked to play real fast and without her steady time it would all fall apart. I have high hopes for the new girl given who her stepdad is.

 

As for the west, Neil Peart has been my idol since my teens (ain't saying how long that is). Also love the work of Martin Axe of Opeth and Witchery, Dave Lombardo formerly of Slayer (how did I not see him listed?), Brann Daillor of Mastodon, Gar Samuelson of Megadeth (RIP), and Henry Ranta, formly Soilwork. IMO Henry played on Soilwork's best albums.

[blackdoll 907]

ichiro - Lycaon is daddy, eve had his momments like in the end of but ichi was way better to me

[Nisimaldar 153]

I only care for double bass(ing) when it come to drums - whoever does that in a satisfying manner is my thus favourite.

It should fit into the overall composition of course...

 

Edit:

 

As for the west, Neil Peart has been my idol since my teens (ain't saying how long that is). Also love the work of Martin Axe of Opeth and Witchery, Dave Lombardo formerly of Slayer (how did I not see him listed?), Brann Daillor of Mastodon, Gar Samuelson of Megadeth (RIP), and Henry Ranta, formly Soilwork. IMO Henry played on Soilwork's best albums.

 

Ugh. Yes, that's a good list.

[anakuro 847]

roji (f.k.a. logic), currently in XAA-XAA, is the best drummer I personally have seen. 
Admittedly it was more impressive watching him when he was in Belmosaic and when he was doing support for RevleZ, but he's amazing. I never got the chance to see GNz-WORLD so I'm not sure what his style was like in that band, though.

 

Sel'm's MANJ is also on my list.

 

 

Personally, I like to watch Syuma from Oneness and Rai from GIGAMOUS drum as well but I wouldn't claim they are the best drummer. lol. I just like their style of drumming. 

[Aferni 2381]

Sujk (ex.DELUHI)

Issei (D.I.D.)

Katsuma (coldrain)

Tsukasa (ex.D'espairsray)

Shinya (Dir en Grey)

 

Issei[2] (D.I.D.)

Manj(Sel'm)

Yuu(ex-NEGA)

Len (THE BLACK SWAN/ THE WHITE SWAN)

Tetsuya (MY BACTERIA HEAT ISLAND)

Kaiji (ex-REIGN)

Rui(ex-Grieva)

Junjii Tokai(Kiryu)

Takashi(ex-D.I.D.)

Hiro(ex-Halienju)

Saz(DEZERT)

Yukino(ex-Para:noir)

Zuuki(ex- -OZ-)

[MaikoMizu 167]

Sujk (Far East Dizain)

Yuki (Versailles)

Zukki (-OZ-)

Яyo (girugamesh)

Ruka (Nightmare)

[Ro plz 1290]

Kai (the Gazette)

Shinya (Dir en grey)

Will Hunt (Evanescence)

Daniel Williams (the Devil Wears Prada)

[emmny 4139]

Yuu(ex-NEGA)

yay first yuu mention, i think he's really underrated.

i love yuu's drumming, its kind of messy at times but he puts life to nega's songs which are kind of stale otherwise

[PsychoΔelica 648]

Not an expert on drums but I think: 

Nero - Merry
Sujk - Deluhi/FED

Hiroki - D

Toll - Buck-Tick

Asanao - Lynch
Ryo - Girugamesh.

 

Edit: I forgot about Twilightning, I think their drummer is awesome.

[DogManX 179]

Behemoth's Inferno easily.

[Bear 1817]

He's a monster behind the kit. Far from my favourite of course, but a beast anyway. Tight, fast and technical but not without feeling and groove when needed. Was very impressed with him live too.

[robkun 4184]

Well, the drummer that really inspired me was Kami of Malice Mizer. Although Takashi Kashikura, Shinya from Dir en Grey and Levin from La'cryma Christi are also really inspirational to me.

[platanity 99]

- shinya : dir en grey

- nero : merry 

- sujk : deluhi

- go : kuroyume / sads

 

- abe cunningham : deftones

- joey jordison : slipknot

- danny carey : tool

- mathhew mcdonough : mudvayne

[Pandabear 414]

This thread needs more love

 

For  non japanese drummers

 

Brann daillor - Mastodon

Neil pert - Rush

Mat halpern - Periphery

Matt Gratska - Animals as Leaders

Abe Cunningham - Deftones

Mario Duplantier - Gojira

Morten - Raunchy

Mark Castillo - Emmure/ Between The Buried And Me

Gene Hoglan - Testament/Fear Factory/Dethklok/Strapping Young Lad

Simon Scott - Slowdive

Sam Loeffir - Chevelle

Anup Sastry - Intervals

Brett Powel - The Human Abstract

James Casell - Asking Alexandria

Brandon Sailor - Atreyu (Sings and plays drums at the same time)

Aaron Stechauner - Rings Of Saturn

Chris Adler - Lamb Of God

Lee stanton - Thy Art IS Murder

Jay Wienberg - Slipknot 

Shannon Lucas - The Black Dahlia Murder/All That Remains

Tamara - Conquer Divide

Jeff Williams -  RWBY Soundtracks 1 & 2

Marco Minnemann - The Aristocrats

John Freese - total drumwhore, guy is probably on at least 1 album you own

Alex Rudinger - The Faceless/The HAARP MAchine

 

 

 

 

Japanese

 

Kiyoshi Ijichi - Asian kung fu generation (Band would not be the same without him) 

Hiroshi "Bucchi" Sasabuchi - Plastic Tree/Tokyo Shoegazer

Gami - Blood Stain Child

Junichi Satoh - Galneryus

Koji Hasegawa - Abingdon boys school

yuyoyuppe - Don't know if he actually plays drums or programs them but his drum tone is sick

Whoever does the drums for Babymetal

 

Also Amano Tatsuya from Crossfaith

 

 

Probably forgetting a lot more from both sides, but that's all I can think of for now. 

[DeithX252 1266]

Maybe not the best, but the list are my fave:

 

- Gaku Taura (additional drummer Crystal Lake and other band)

 

 

- 凛として時雨's Pierre Nakano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6iXQwiZr9o

 

- Uchu Konbini's Drummer Yuto Sakai

 

-aquarifa's drummer Rintarou

[SeoulCat 11]

CHARGEEEEEE

[Traxan 148]

If the two new songs from Aldious are any hint (I refuse to listen to "die for you" ever again), we need to add Marina to the list. I thought Aruto would be tough to replace but boy did they do it. Just goes to show what you can find when you take your time and don't rush, Yoshi.

[Augie1995 325]

Matt Greiner (August Burns Red)

Matt Halpern (Periphery)

Matt Gartska (Animals As Leaders)

Galneryus' drummer