Mastodon’s Brann Dailor was recently in the spotlight with AMP Rock TV! He spoke about how “playing music, that’s just what you did” when he was growing up, when he realized that Mastodon was going to be a pretty special band and the most emotional he’s ever been on stage!

Avenged Sevenfold’s drummer Arin Ilejaydoes a pretty solid job, there’s no denying that! Behind every great musician though, is a great set of influences. Arin shared his top 9 drumming hero’s with Music Radar, is there anyone awesome that he’s missed?

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There is no doubt in anyone’s mind thatthe guys inSlipknot are a pretty creative bunch, and when drummerChris Fehn (or #3) announced that he was going to release an art collection, it was sure to deliver. He has finally unveiled his collection on his websitewith 5 amazing collections, 13 pieces of art in total.

The change of drummers inTrivium came as a bit of a shock to everyone and been given only 24 hours for a new guy to come in and learn the band’s set mid tour is not easy for anyone, no matter how skilled you might be. Here you can check out their (now ex) drum techMat Madiro is doing as the band’s new drummer!

The DrumHouse have just released a video of Trivium’s Nick Augusto playing ‘Brave This Storm’. Definitely not a view you’ll (easily) get when seeing these guys at Soundwave! Check it out below if you want to see how it’s done!

I always find it kind of cool to see how my favourite musicians warm up and these videos with Mike Mangini are no different! Check out how theDream Theater’s drummer warms up for their shows!

Yesterday we brought you Kye Smith, a badass drummer from Newcastle, smashing drums to every Fat Wreck Chordrelease in a short medley! Today he has gone one better and rocked