"We’d build our own pyro - there was a lot of smoke and chaos": Dave Lombardo talks Cuban heritage, befriending Mike Patton and why Slayer were the greatest thrash metal band

Dave Lombardo.

Dave Lombardo might have been the jackhammer heart of Slayer, but there’s more to him than just thrash. If you really want to get his pistons pumping, you’ll get him talking about industrial metal. 

“When people were getting into nu metal and grunge, I ventured into the industrial scene and felt more at home there than anywhere else,” he reveals today. “I just found bands like Nine Inch Nails, Laibach and Einstürzende Neubauten so exciting.”