what about Dave Culross?

@@ToxiKHarmst both are perfect man!!

@@ToxiKHarmst theres only one original.mikey is the man

No question. An objectice fact. That's like saying don tardy is best drummer obituary has. Hes only one. But suffocation sound. Since early 90s. Especially drums n bass that's Mike Smith n homie who plays bass. They created that sound. Eric is good drummer. But he couldn't fuck with mike smith on his best day or with Donald Tardy.

@@danielramosrezende8296 no doubt dave is good drummer. But understand what your looking at. Mike is holding sticks like a jazz drummer. Nobody plays drums like Mike Smith. Homie is a legend.

sharkwater sucks so bad he's left the band and isn't coming back for the new album. When he left he said it was cuz he had personal differences with the newer members of the band and he said not Terrence and Frank, so I guess it's Guy. and now Guy has left the band and won't be on the new album but they got a new drummer instead of Mike back :( There's guys who are faster than Mike Smith, do crazier fills and whatever, but I think he's definitely the most powerful drummer in extreme metal. His blasting on tracks like Bind Torture Kill and Dismal Dream made the songs so much heavier. Wish they could do an album with Mike and Doug Cerrito the old lineup cuz as good as some of the replacement members have been, I think Suffocation was at their best with Doug and Mike

Innovator yes , originator definitely no

@@Combustion47 What? Both terms are virtually the same thing, especially when discussing drumming. Also, considering the caliber of DM drumming that was around in 1991 (Death - Human, Morbid Angel - Blessed are The Sick, Carcass - Necroticism etc etc.) Mike's drumming on Effigy was an excellent mix of precision, speed, dynamics and power. He definitely set himself apart in that era and I believe its valid to say he is an innovator and originator.

@@anthonytenkku43 Everything EXCEPT power. He clearly does not hit any rimshots or hit hard for that matter. But he's excellent at his work and has lots of groove.

It is the groove that sets Mike Smith apart. Many are faster and more technical but Smith combined brutal drums with lots of groove.

Fact

It’s become ridiculous with who can go fastest and abuse the shit out of overly synthesized trigger sounds, barely tapping the heads. You can tell mike is pounding the skins hard and his sound is authentic.

@@joshhill5932 Kudos for mentioning Smith, he's another one of those exemplary drummers who understands groove instead of just playing fast for its own sake.

@@RamManNo1 MIDI drums that is initially at velocity 64 but cranked to 127 in post production.

Great taste

top 5? top 2 yes.

Also Steve Asheim from Deicide. He should be on the list....

Here's my top 5: 1. Flo Mounier 2. Kevin Talley 3. Mike Smith 4. Pete Sandoval 5. Steve Asheim

1. Mike Smith 2. Ricky Myer's 3. Dave Culross 4. John Longstreth 5. Kevin Talley

Lmfao 😂😂 my god

@@panzerwaffen2873 ?

@@ext93 ?

@@ext93 I'm with panzer. No matter how great Mike is on drums.. the bast on the planet is just childish ignorance, or extreme exuberance.

@@morbidmanmusic you're right. Lars Ulrich is the bast on the planet👌

you do realize that suffocation was also around in the early 90's, infecting the crypts came out on the human waste ep in 1991

12 years later.. ..i agree

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He would if the money was right. They should be out there but the industry is weak for the bullshit.

.................. hes CLEARLY using triggers lmao. Cmon dude don't talk about what you don't know.

Taco Crisma yeah but it doesn’t sound like shit like most drummers who use them live. It still actually sound like drums that he’s clearly beating the shit out of.

I'm suprised you haven't gotten hate for this comment. Joey also blasted with his entire arm and almost as fast as Mike. The only thing Mike has on Joey is that he came a decade prior.

Soy baterista y si le falta bastante rudimentos para mejorar la velocidad, la verdad, si me parece que es un poco tosco al tocar le falta mucha calidad

12 in 2019.......sadly

More technical.

What?

​@@fredsmith5925hes one of the best and one of the first bdm drummers ever Idk what's hard to understand about that comment?

Wow that's a interesting observation

No doubt Mike Smith is a total caveman on the kit but Kollias does not lack in power, quite the opposite.

Pete Sandoval of Terrorizer and ex morbid angel.

never. Sarcófago did this way before Suffocation

Mmmmm, not really sure about that. But I think he invented the "bomb blast".

@@freezzxxfred8745 fuckin dri and hirax?