The Best 30 Songs To Play On The Drums!

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The Best 30 Songs To Play On The Drums!

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Oracles
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August 07, 2013
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Hello this is my list of the best and most fun songs to play on the drums for me. The only rule I tried to keep it to two songs per band and has to be metal (or very close to it). Enjoy
Also the songs I didn't add, but are very fun are Liquid Tension Experiment: Paradigm Shift, Another Dimension, Blotted Science: Oscillation Cycles, and Rush: Spirit of the Radio.
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Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
A Change of Season | No Question the most satisfying and fun song to play, has all elements in it.
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Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
Now You Got Something to Die for | From odd time signatures to unique beats with cymbals this has it all.
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Dream Theater - Awake
6:00 | What an opening to make the song top 10 worthy, but the whole song brings it into top 5.
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Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
CAFO | Who said electronic drums were bad? GREAT song and definitely the toughest to play of list.
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Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia
The Near Dominance of 4 Against 5 | Adler's second song on here and one to remember.
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Age Of Nemesis - Terra Incognita
Tree of Life | This song shows how awesome Prog Metal & and rhythmic drumming is, personal favourite.
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Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Prequel to the Sequel | This is the song that made me love Richardson as a superior drummer.
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Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
Dance of Eternity | Come on boys how could I leave this song off?
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
The Egoism | Beautiful.
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Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity
Your Treachery Will Die With You | The attention to detail is at a all time high here, amazing.
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Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked - Part 1)
Ten Thousand Strong| The double bass on this song and unique style is sick.
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Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
Specular Reflection | Amazing technique song,Richardson has clearly improved
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Luna Sea - Mother
Rosier | Yes they are classified as a J-Rock band, but this a really good song made possible by that drum and bass combo.
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Rush - Moving Pictures
Tom Sawyer | Do I need to say more??? Probably the song which made a few of you into drummers.
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Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
Explosia | Another great song with heavy drum sound which adds such a great and new element, D.B. is insane.
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Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
Mirror Mirror | One of the best Speed Metal drumming songs you can find, instant classic.
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Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
Back to the Magic of Childhood: Exploring Life | Such a great instrumental to play.
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Stratovarius - Dreamspace
Reign of Terror | Sad that Tuomo Lassila left the band when they became popular, such an underrated drummer.
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Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
Kylän Päässä | Atmospheric drumming at it's best, makes the song that much better.
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Versailles - Noble
The Revenant Choir | The Japanese version of Symphony X, this song is just an overall kickass fun one to play.
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Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
Behaving Badly | Another beautiful, fun, yet hard track by the electronic drums here.
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Stormlord - The Gorgon Cult
Dance of Hecate | Just overall a brutal headbanging song to play on the kit.
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DevilDriver - The Last Kind Words
The Axe Shall Fall | Pretty damn underrated song and hella fun one to play.
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Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Anesthetize | Long one, but great Progressive Rock song to play, reminds me of golden age of Prog R.
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Wintersun - Wintersun
Beyond the Dark Sun | A lot of ride cymbal, but yet Kai Hahto makes it unique and enjoyably to play. #25
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Symphony X - The Odyssey
The Odyssey | Another twenty minute instant classic that makes you go from a symphony to slow back to the power
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles
As Tyrants Fall | Brutal drumming and by far the fastest I have heard ever in the chorus.
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DragonForce - Valley Of The Damned
Black Winter Night | One of the best Power Metal/Speed Metal songs out there, plus you get a workout!
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Dethklok - The Dethalbum
Thunderhorse | Not a very different or difficult song by any means, but surprisingly a very fun one to play.
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Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn
Frantic Disembowelment | Not a fan of CC per say, but no drummer can go wrong learning this song.
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