Dave Lombardo

Dave Lombardo might just be the greatest heavy metal drummer who ever lived, and I don't say that lightly. The man co-founded Slayer and played on Reign in Blood — a record so brutally precise and relentless that it rewrote what drums were even allowed to do in a metal context. His double-bass work had this almost inhuman evenness to it, yet it never felt mechanical; there was genuine fury behind every hit. What makes him even more impressive in my eyes is the life he's built after Slayer: jumping between Fantômas, Dead Cross, Mr. Bungle, and the Misfits, proving he's not a one-genre wonder but a flat-out world-class musician comfortable across noise rock, avant-garde, and hardcore. Born in Havana and raised in Los Angeles, there's something quietly remarkable about a Cuban immigrant becoming one of the defining architects of American thrash metal.

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Name (English)

Dave Lombardo

Name (Japanese)

デイヴ・ロンバード

Reading

でいゔ・ろんばーど

Born

February 16, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Occupation

drummer / musician / session musician / percussionist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

High school

South Gate High School

• Official sitehttps://davelombardoofficial.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/davelombardo/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Lombardo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312336

Tags

• Havana Province
• drummer
• musician
• session musician

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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