Igor Cavalera vs Dave Lombardo — Drum Gear Comparison | MetalForge
Side-by-side gear: Igor Cavalera (Sepultura / Cavalera Conspiracy / Soulwax) vs Dave Lombardo (Slayer). Kits, cymbals, pedals, sticks — compare specs and prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What drum kit does Igor Cavalera use?
Igor Cavalera uses Tama Starclassic Maple with Paiste RUDE & 2002 Series (14" RUDE Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" RUDE Crashes, 22" RUDE Power Ride, 18" 2002 China). Igor currently plays a Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit with Zildjian cymbals, a setup adopted in 2018; from 2007-2018 he played a Tama Starclassic Maple kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14x6.5" G-Maple snare and Paiste RUDE & 2002 Series cymbals (14" RUDE Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" RUDE Crashes, 22" RUDE Power Ride, 18" 2002 China), driven by a Tama Iron Cobra double pedal and Vic Firth American Classic 5B sticks. Dave also plays a Tama Starclassic Maple kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14x6.5" G-Maple snare and Paiste RUDE & 2002 Series cymbals (15" Sound Edge Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" Crashes, 22" Reign Power Ride, 18" China), driven by a Tama Iron Cobra 900 double pedal and Promark Dave Lombardo Signature 2Bx sticks — Sepultura- and Slayer-era peers whose Tama/Paiste rigs converged independently before Igor's 2018 move to Yamaha and Zildjian.
What drum kit does Dave Lombardo use?
Dave Lombardo uses Tama Starclassic Maple with Paiste RUDE & 2002 Series (15" Sound Edge Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" Crashes, 22" Reign Power Ride, 18" China). Igor currently plays a Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit with Zildjian cymbals, a setup adopted in 2018; from 2007-2018 he played a Tama Starclassic Maple kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14x6.5" G-Maple snare and Paiste RUDE & 2002 Series cymbals (14" RUDE Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" RUDE Crashes, 22" RUDE Power Ride, 18" 2002 China), driven by a Tama Iron Cobra double pedal and Vic Firth American Classic 5B sticks. Dave also plays a Tama Starclassic Maple kit with a Tama S.L.P. 14x6.5" G-Maple snare and Paiste RUDE & 2002 Series cymbals (15" Sound Edge Hi-Hats, 18" & 19" Crashes, 22" Reign Power Ride, 18" China), driven by a Tama Iron Cobra 900 double pedal and Promark Dave Lombardo Signature 2Bx sticks — Sepultura- and Slayer-era peers whose Tama/Paiste rigs converged independently before Igor's 2018 move to Yamaha and Zildjian.
Which is better, Igor Cavalera or Dave Lombardo?
Igor Cavalera and Dave Lombardo are two founding pillars of 1980s thrash metal who took strikingly different paths from a shared starting point. Cavalera pushed Sepultura toward tribal groove and world-music fusion, creating a genuinely original sound within metal. Lombardo doubled down on extreme speed and technical precision, becoming the drummer most credited with inventing death metal's rhythmic foundation. That Cavalera cites Lombardo as a direct influence — despite the two never sharing a band — underscores how tightly linked thrash metal's founding generation of drummers really was.