Readers of “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” website know full well that I like to post a wide number of award shows over there and feature both the nominations and winners list when the time comes for the big ceremony and reveals. Every so often this applies to the PiercingMetal side of the fence as well. This is usually relegated to the geekier side of things with Comic Book Industry or Anime Awards and believe me I love that stuff so say geeky with absolute pride. The website Drumeo was very new to me but when I learned that they held an awards ceremony for drummers I knew that I had to include it as one of the features here on the website. Though not active these days, I am a drummer and still get the impulse to play when time and the means allows so this was a fun one for me to include. Let’s take a look at the nominations.
Drummer Of The Year: This award will go to a drummer who checked all the boxes with recording projects, live/video events, online presence, and all-around excellence in their contributions to music.
Mark Guiliana
Chad Smith
Benny Greb
Steve Smith
Todd Sucherman
Rock Drummer Of The Year: The winner of this award will have had a busy, impactful year primarily in the rock genre.
Ray Luzier
Rook
Daniel Fang
Josh Freese
Travis Barker
Metal Drummer Of The Year: The winner of this award will have had a busy, impactful year primarily in the metal genre.
Tomas Haake
Craig Reynolds
Eloy Casagrande
Austin Archey
Art Cruz
Progressive Drummer Of The Year: The winner of this award will have had a busy, impactful year primarily in the progressive rock or progressive metal style.
Matt Garstka
Gavin Harrison
Danny Carey
Clay Aeschliman
Nic Collins
Jazz Drummer Of The Year: The winner of this award will have had a busy, impactful year primarily in the jazz genre.
JD Beck
Jonathan Barber
Allison Miller
Terri Lyne Carrington
Mark Giuliana
Contemporary Drummer Of The Year: The winner of this award will have had a busy, impactful year primarily in the contemporary/fusion genres.
Antonio Sanchez
Yussef Dayes
Anika Nilles
Simon Phillips
Andy Prado Jr.
Country Drummer Of The Year: The winner of this award will have had a busy, impactful year primarily in the country genre.
Jake Sommers
Kevin Murphy
Rich Redmond
Jim Riley
Fred Eltringham
Pop Drummer Of The Year: The winner of this award will have had a busy, impactful year primarily in the pop genre.
Ash Sloan
Sarah Jones
Kaz Rodriguez
Aaron Sterling
Ashton Irwin
R&B/Hip-Hop Drummer Of The Year: The winner of this award will have had a busy, impactful year primarily in the R&B or hip-hop genres.
Devon Taylor
Ricky Lewis
Giulliana Merello
Mike Reid
Rico Nichols
Soul/Funk Drummer Of The Year: The winner of this award will have had a busy, impactful year primarily in the soul and/or funk genres.
Adam Deitch
Stanton Moore
Jost Nickel
Nate Smith
Stanley Rudolph
YouTube Drummer Of The Year: This award goes to a drummer who has built their profile independently, has created a strong online community on YouTube, and is constantly inspiring or entertaining people with their drum videos, playing, and/or personality.
Samus Paulicelli
Alejandro Sifuentes
Zack Grooves
David Raouf
Gabe Helguera
TikTok Drummer Of The Year: This award goes to a drummer who has built their profile independently, has created a strong online community on TikTok, and is constantly inspiring or entertaining people with their drum videos, playing, and/or personality.
Hal Drums
Rockergirldrummer
El Estepario
Siberiano
Timothy Fletcher
Domino Santantonio
Instagram Drummer Of The Year: This award goes to a drummer who has built their profile independently, has created a strong online community on Instagram, and is constantly inspiring or entertaining people with their drum videos, playing, and/or personality.
Kristina Rybalchenko
Anastasia Sereda
Leko Bertoldo
Greyson Nekrutman
Wojtek Deregowski
Drum Performance Of The Year: The winner of this award put on a legendary, must-watch performance (captured on video), either with a full band or solo.
Nate Smith
Mario Duplantier
Shane Hawkins
Dennis Chambers
Anika Nilles
Drum Recording Of The Year: The winner of this award will have played on a single track or a full album that has made an outstanding contribution to their style (or music in general) via the drums.
JD Beck “Smile”
Antonio Sanchez “I Think We’re Past That Now”
Simon Phillips “Protocol V”
Jay Weinberg “The End, So Far”
Gavin Harrison “Harridan”
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: The winners will be announced during the awards show live stream on January 27, 2023 and you can count on my listing who every single one of them was when that happens. These were some solid categories but since this is drummer focused perhaps they can include something for equipment next time around or drum video or drum book. Closing up I hope you enjoyed this list of nominations and I wonder who you think will take home the win. Feel free to chime in if you know drummers at all because I’d love to hear from you. See you next time, please keep safe out there.
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