Even if Dave Lombardo was never Slayer’s leader, it’s hard not to compare his situation with that of Mike Portnoy and Dream Theater. Both men are extremely influential drummers in metal, and both now enjoy a freedom that allows them to sign up for as many projects in as many genres as they want. When Lombardo tells us in the following interview: “I’ve done more in the past two years than what I’ve done in ten years with Slayer”, we are inevitably reminded of Mike Portnoy’s confession a few months before that: “What I’ve done over the last four years, I never would have been able to do if I stayed in one band.”. Both also claim to be much happier now.
Listening to him, there’s no doubt the man who once played in one of the Big Four is fulfilling his potential in his current artistic life, far from Slayer’s crazy touring rhythm and the energy that demanded. He’s just released a second album with his trio Philm, is already planning a third one (to be released in April), is about to go back on stage alongside Mike Patton and Fantômas, is taking part in a cartoon pilot for Disney and in the soundtrack to horror movie Insidious 3… Far from being a thrash drummer only, Lombardo is a jack of all trades, and that’s precisely what he’s always claimed.
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