List of heavy metal drummers

A

Sal Abruscato (Life of Agony, Type O Negative)

Chris Adler (Lamb of God)

Steven Adler (Guns N' Roses, Slash)

Peter Alcorn (Alestorm)

Tommy Aldridge (Black Oak Arkansas(Whitesnake)

Tim Alexander (Primus)

Bill Andrews (Death, Massacre)

Seven Antonopoulos (Leaves' Eyes, Atrocity)

Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell)

Steve Asheim (Deicide)

Nick Augusto (Trivium)

B

Laurens Bakker (Picture)

Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P.)

Brandon Barnes (Rise Against)

Angel Bartolotta (Genitorturers, Dope)

Roger J. Beaujard (Mortician)

Chuck Behler (Megadeth)

Charlie Benante (Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death)

Noah Bernardo (P.O.D.)

Bobby Blotzer (Ratt)

Jan Axel Blomberg (Mayhem)

Mike Bordin (Faith No More, Ozzy Osbourne)

Paul Bostaph (Slayer, Testament)

Jimmy Bower (Down, Eyehategod)

Stef Broks (Exivious, Textures)

Mike Browning (Morbid Angel)

Dirk Bruinenberg (Elegy, Adagio)

Ronald Bruner, Jr. (Suicidal Tendencies, The Temptations)

Ivan Busic (Dr. Sin, Ultraje a Rigor, Eduardo Araújo)

C

Will Calhoun (Living Colour)

Danny Carey (Tool)

Eric Carr (Kiss)

Randy Castillo (Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne)

Deen Castronovo (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Steve Vai)

Igor Cavalera (Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy)

Jim Chaffin (The Crucified, Deliverance)

Dave Chavarri (Ill Niño, Soulfly)

Jonny Chops (Wednesday 13, Trashlight Vision, Anti-Product)

Richard Christy (Charred Walls of the Damned, Death, Iced Earth)

Louie Clemente (Testament)

Tommy Clufetos (Ozzy Osbourne, John 5)

Ricardo Confessori (Angra)

John Connolly (Pierce Dogs, Sevendust)

Fred Coury (Cinderella)

Mikey Cox (Coal Chamber)

Shawn Crahan (Slipknot)

Peter Criss (Kiss)

Dave Culross (Malevolent Creation, Suffocation, Incantation)

D

Greg D'Angelo (White Lion, Greg Leon Invasion)

Brann Dailor (Mastodon)

Adrienne Davies (Earth)

Bevan Davies (MonstrO)

Daniel Davison (Underoath, Norma Jean)

Ivan de Prume (White Zombie)

Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper, F5)

Jon Dette (Testament, Slayer)

Jean Dolabella (Sepultura, Paul Di'Anno)

John Dolmayan (System of a Down)

Gary Driscoll (Rainbow)

Shawn Drover (Megadeth)

E

Vladimir Ermakoff (Black Obelisk)

Lester Estelle II (Pillar)

Daniel Erlandsson (Arch Enemy)

F

Chris Fehn (Slipknot)

Steve Felton (Mushroomhead)

Frank Ferrer (Tool, Guns N' Roses)

Ginger Fish (Marilyn Manson)

Justin Foley (Killswitch Engage, Blood Has Been Shed)

Brian James Fox (White Tiger, Silent Rage)

G

Greg Gall (Six Feet Under)

Lance Garvin (Living Sacrifice, Soul Embraced)

Jerry Gaskill (King's X)

Aaron Gillespie (Underoath)

Tom Gomes (Aftershock, Killswitch Engage)

Rocky Gray (Evanescence, Living Sacrifice, Soul Embraced)

Matt Greiner (August Burns Red)

Casey Grillo (Kamelot)

H

Chris Hakius (Sleep)

Dave Haley (Psycroptic)

Andrew Haug (Contrive)

Danny Herrera (Napalm Death)

R. J. Herrera (Suicidal Tendencies, Uncle Slam)

Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory)

Gene Hoglan (Fear Factory, Death, Testament, Dark Angel, Dethklok)

Eldon Hoke (The Mentors, The Screamers)

Gary Holland

Luke Holland (The Word Alive)

Steve Hughes (Nazxul)

Jeremy Hummel (Breaking Benjamin)

Will Hunt (Evanescence, Black Label Society)

Tom Hunting (Exodus, Angel Witch)

David Husvik (Extol)

I

Jorge Iacobellis (Hirax)

Arin Ilejay (Avenged Sevenfold, Confide, Islander)

Inferno (Behemoth)

J

Bobby Jarzombek (Riot)

Per Möller Jensen (The Haunted, Nightrage)

Dan Johnson (Back From Ashes, Brian "Head" Welch, Love and Death, Red, The Sammus Theory)

Joey Jordison (Slipknot)

K

Johnny Kelly (Danzig, Type O Negative)

Des Kensel (High on Fire)

Derek Kerswill (Kingdom of Sorrow)

Ontronik Khachaturian (System of a Down, KillMatriarch)

Reno Kiilerich (Dimmu Borgir, Old Man's Child)

David Kinkade (Borknagar)

Sean Kinney (Alice in Chains)

Ted Kirkpatrick (Tourniquet)

Ben Koller (Converge)

George Kollias (Nile)

Max Kolesne (Krisiun)

Chris Kontos (Machine Head, Testament, Attitude Adjustment)

Jim Korthe (Phantasm, 3rd Strike)

James Kottak (Scorpions)

Josh Kulick (Through the Eyes of the Dead)

L

Tim Lambesis (As I Lay Dying, Austrian Death Machine)

Mercedes Lander (Kittie)

Michel Langevin (Voivod)

Shannon Larkin (Godsmack)

Tony Laureano (God Dethroned, Angelcorpse)

Matthieu LeChevalier (Eths)

Jen Ledger (Skillet)

Kam Lee (Massacre, Death

Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe, Methods of Mayhem)

Dennis Leeflang (Bumblefoot)

Joe Letz (Combichrist)

Dave Lombardo (Slayer)

Sara Lee Lucas (Marilyn Manson)

Shannon Lucas (Black Dahlia Murder, All That Remains)

Ray Luzier (Korn)

M

Samantha Maloney (Mötley Crüe)

Jordan Mancino (As I Lay Dying, Wovenwar)

Mike Mangini (Steve Vai, Annihilator)

Bryan Mantia (Godflesh, Guns N' Roses, Buckethead)

Emilio Márquez (Possessed)

Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour)

Paul Mazurkiewicz (Cannibal Corpse)

Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)

Dave McClain (Machine Head)

Linda McDonald (Phantom Blue, The Iron Maidens)

Nick Menza (Megadeth, Marty Friedman)

Davy Mickers (Stream of Passion)

Cristiano Mozzati (Lacuna Coil)

Joe Musten (Beloved, Advent)

N

Craig Nunenmacher (Crowbar, Black Label Society)

O

Phil Ondich (Black Label Society, Raging Slab)

Nick Oshiro (Static-X, Seether)

Shane Ochsner

P

Tony Palermo (Papa Roach)

Vinnie Paul (Pantera, Hellyeah)

A. J. Pero (Twisted Sister)

Lori Peters (Skillet)

Roxy Petrucci (Madam X, Vixen)

Scott Phillips (Alter Bridge, Creed)

Corey Pierce (God Forbid)

Pinchface (Deli Creeps)

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold)

Aquiles Priester (Angra, Hangar)

Matt Putman (Living Sacrifice, Eso-Charis)

R

Chris Reifert (Abscess, Death, Autopsy)

Sean Reinert (Cynic)

The Rev (Avenged Sevenfold)

Blake Richardson (Between the Buried and Me)

Joe Rickard (Red, In Flames)

Scott Rockenfield (Queensrÿche)

Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal, Nile)

Alexei Rodriguez (3 Inches of Blood, Walls of Jericho)

Bobby Rondinelli (Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow)

Morgan Rose (Sevendust)

Aaron Rossi (Prong, Ministry)

Ilan Rubin (Nine Inch Nails, Lostprophets)

Phil Rudd (AC/DC)

Jason Rullo (Symphony X)

Hans Rutten (The Gathering)

S

Gar Samuelson (Megadeth)

Matt "Skitz" Sanders (Terrorust)

Neil Sanderson (Thousand Foot Krutch, Three Days Grace)

Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel)

Tony Scaglione (Slayer, Whiplash)

Christoph Schneider (Rammstein)

Seann Scott (Hellion)

Shagrath (Dimmu Borgir)

Jayson Sherlock (Horde, Mortification)

Martin Marthus Škaroupka (Cradle of Filth)

Matt Sicher (Mortician)

David Silveria (Korn)

Eric Singer (Kiss)

Jesse Smith (Zao)

Mike Smith (Suffocation)

Travis Smith (Trivium)

Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses)

Jesse Sprinkle (Poor Old Lu)

Jani Stefanovic (Renascent, Crimson Moonlight, Miseration)

Barry Stern (Trouble, Zoetrope)

Robert Sweet (Stryper)

Steven Sweet (Warrant, Plain Jane)

Chad Szeliga (OurAfter, Breaking Benjamin)

T

Kevin Talley (Dååth, Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus)

Donald Tardy (Andrew W.K., Obituary)

John Tempesta (Exodus, Testament, White Zombie)

Mike Terrana (Masterplan, Tarja Turunen)

Michael Thomas (Bullet for my Valentine)

Brian Tichy (Foreigner, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne)

Themis Tolis (Rotting Christ)

Scott Travis (Judas Priest)

Matt Traynor (Blessthefall)

U

Lars Ulrich (Metallica)

Greg Upchurch (3 Doors Down)

Jan Uvena (Iron Butterfly, Alice Cooper, Alcatrazz)

V

Stephen van Haestregt (Within Temptation, My Favorite Scar)

Alex Van Halen (Van Halen)

Matt Vander Ende (Defiance)

Carlos E. Vela (Wardust)

Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork, Scarve)

Chris Vrenna (Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails)

W

Britt Walford (Squirrel Bait)

Ed Warby (Ayreon, Gorefest)

Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)

Ariën van Weesenbeek (Epica, God Dethroned)

Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery, Ayreon)

Mike Wengren (Disturbed)

Steve West (Danger Danger)

Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)

Victor Ray Wilson (Body Count)

Y

Tim Yatras (Lord)

Tim Yeung (All That Remains, Hate Eternal, Morbid Angel, Vital Remains)

Z

Stix Zadinia (Steel Panther)

Steve Zing (Mourning Noise, Samhain)

Mark Zonder (Warlord)