Dave Lombardo degraded Slayer's new album by saying, "If you wanna listen to this album, you might as well just pick up the last album. It's nothing new."
To say that the split between Slayer and drummer Dave Lombardo is contentious might be a bit of an understatement. The skinbeater says in a new interview with Planet Mosh that the situation that led to his ousting could have been "an easy fix," but instead he now has a "non-existent" relationship with his former bandmates, calling their treatment of him "sickening." A
Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo is always outspoken, and in a new interview, the legendary percussionist had a lot to say. During the chat, Lombardo spoke about the second Philm album, Jeff Hanneman being snubbed during the Grammys' 'In Memoriam' segment, how money can come between bandmates + more.
Since parting ways with Slayer earlier this year, drummer Dave Lombardo has been branching out musically. The acclaimed stickman's most recent appearance came in a somewhat surprising venue as he joined the Golden State Pops onstage.
In a recent interview, frontman Tom Araya revealed some information about the ouster of drummer Dave Lombardo' from the band. Now, in a new interview, he goes into more detail about why Slayer parted ways with Lombardo.