this could be very good....or very,very bad. ill be sure to buy or d/l when it comes out, tho.

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Ya gotta give props to Lombardo, he coulda easily played it safe and stayed all these years with Slayer, but he ventures out and has done a wide variety of different styles and projects.

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Originally posted by schroeder:
WOW!!!
That looks interesting and Chuck D on vocals is fuckin cool.

Ya gotta give props to Lombardo, he coulda easily played it safe and stayed all these years with Slayer, but he ventures out and has done a wide variety of different styles and projects.

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Originally posted by Imran X:
My opinion only, Lombardo as good as he is, is overrated (Away totally blows him away)

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I'm a fan of Voivod. Away is a great drummer. But I won't blind myself as to think he's the best drummer in the whole multiverse, or at least better than Lombardo, a man who changed the way people look at metal drummers/drumming. Sorry, that's your opinion and I fully respect it. Can't agree with you, though.

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Oh, you mean DAVE Lombardo... Yeah that looks sweet (if i may say). Public Ennemy is probably the only rap band i actually enjoy. But doesn't Lombardo rely too much on the speed and double bass drums? I tend to think that Away is a more subtle drummer...

This project sounds kinda hit or miss to me though... we'll see.

All hail King Buzzo, Luna!

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Originally posted by Imran X:
My opinion only, Lombardo as good as he is, is overrated (Away totally blows him away), but Chuck D is incredible.

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From a Drummers point of view i would have to disagree.
Away is under-par when it comes to Lombardo.
No offence meant to Away, who is one of my Drummer Idols, but Lombardo does so much more
on the kit.

Now...I am strictly speaking from a Drummer's Technical point of view.
I do certainly respect Imran's opinion on this though.

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Away is under-par when it comes to Lombardo.

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But my vote is with Lombardo. Listen to Reign In Blood and South Of Heaven side by side and you can hear the raw aggression and speed in the former, and the maturity/subtleties in the latter. I would say that he never 'overplays' and has impeccable timing, way better than, for instance, Paul Bostaph's whilst he was in Slayer. He made everyone think again about the way drums are played in metal. He's not the fastest, nor is he the most technically proficient, but in my mind he deserves a lot of kudos for what he has achieved and his willingness to branch out into other fields. Slayer could indeed learn a lot from him.

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New fantomas should be awesome tho!

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to me, Lombardo vs. Away = apples vs. oranges, even though they are both technically "thrash metal drummers" in a lowest common denominator way of describing their playing.

i think Aways got more soul/inventiveness, Lombardos got better technique/power.

both are fucking amazing to watch.

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