When Lars Ulrich couldn't perform with Metallica at Download in 2004, drummers Joey Jordison of Slipknot and Dave Lombardo of Slayer stepped in. Lombardo performed the first two songs, Ulrich's drum ...

Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo recalled the “excitement” of being asked to stand in for Metallica’s Lars Ulrich at the U.K.’s Download Festival in 2004. Slayer had already delivered their ...

When it comes to metal drummers of the 21st Century, nobody could claim to be more iconic than Joey Jordison. Behind the kit with Slipknot, helped bring extreme metal motifs to mainstream audiences, ...

Kirk Hammett looked back on the frantic hours he spent trying to save Metallica’s headline set a the U..K.’s Download festival in 2004, after Lars Ulrich fell ill. The drummer had to be taken to ...

Joey Jordison, a prolific metal drummer and Slipknot founding member, has passed away. Pic credit: Joey Jordison/Twitter. Joey Jordison, best known as the founding drummer of Slipknot, has died at age ...