We have recently conducted voting for the best drummers of the year through the Prog Sphere newsletter, asking our subscribers to vote for the best drummers of the year, and after 30 days of voting we have results of the poll. We selected top 20 names, and we present them below.
20. Magnus Östgren (Beardfish) – 644 votes
19. Jan Axel Blomberg (Arcturus) – 793 votes
18. Casey Grillo (Kamelot) – 879 votes
17. Matt Halpern (Periphery) – 1,047 votes
16. Marko Tarvonen (Barren Earth) – 1,086 votes
15. Cato Bekkevold (Enslaved) – 1,273 votes
14. Jason Rullo (Symphony X) – 1,465 votes
13. Thomas Lang (stOrk) – 1,698 votes
12. Baard Kolstad (Leprous) – 1,868 votes
11. Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) – 1,973 votes
10. Martin Lopez (Soen) – 2,086 votes
09. Hannes Grossmann (Alkaloid) – 2,144 votes
08. Martin Axenrot (Opeth) – 2,308 votes
07. Sean Reinert (Cynic) – 2,492 votes
06. Gavin Harrison (solo, Porcupine Tree) – 2,572 votes
05. Danny Carey (Tool) – 2,653 votes
04. Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson, solo) – 2,879 votes
03. Mike Portnoy (Neal Morse Band, The Winery Dogs) – 3,122 votes
02. Blake Richardson (Between The Buried And Me) – 3,491 votes