Dave Lombardo is a drummer, a drum innovator, a drumming enthusiast and a founding member of the seminal thrash metal band Slayer. Since his final departure from Slayer in 2013, Lombardo has kept himself busy touring, recording and performing with Fantomas, John Zorn, Mr Bungle, Dead Cross, Empire State Bastard and The Misfits, to name a few. On May 5th, we will see his first and long awaited solo effort, Rites of Percussion (Ipecac Records), a percussive rich, tonally conscious, cinematic drum record. In this episode, Dave shares the catalyst behind his solo debut, the process of writing and recording entirely on his own and the freedom that it brought him. We learn about his practice of celebrating tone in his many collaborations and the significance it has on those recordings. Joe and Dave swap favorite drum records, Dave shares a few of his favorite moments making the new record and we hear a few tunes.

https://ipecac.com/

https://davelombardo.bandcamp.com/album/rites-of-percussion