Another exciting year of drumming has passed, and it’s time for the 2024 Modern Drummer Readers Poll. Congratulations to all of the winners! Thank you for your drumming and contributions towards the history and evolution of modern drumming. Your recordings, concerts, clinics, shows, books, videos, and articles, are a true inspiration to us all. Congratulations to all of the runners-up as well. As many have said, it’s truly an honor just to be nominated. Thanks to all of Modern Drummer’s readers and fans of talented drummers and notable music who voted in this year’s poll. Bill Ward Photo by Chris Wagner In 1968, Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, and Bill Ward invented heavy metal drumming. Their first three recordings Black Sabbath, Paranoid, and Masters of Reality are a holy trinity of metal. The band continued mightily with Vol 4., Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, and Sabotage. Never Say Die! and Technical Ecstasy […]