Rites of PercussionDave Lombardo12 Album Coloured Vinyl (Limited Edition)Genre: Rock/PopLabel: Ipecac RecordingsDescription: Dave Lombardo needs no introduction. His reputation as a drum innovator and musical bellwether is unsurpassed. Whether it was his decades-long tenure with thrash metal titans Slayer his four-album stint with influential experimentalists Fantômas or his work with prestigious composer/saxophonist John Zorn Lombardo's passion for and spiritual connection to sound transcends all boundaries. His long-awaited solo album 'Rites of Percussion' is instinctual and cinematic. It's not entirely a drum album but it's a drum album the culmination of Lombardo's experience ambition and tenacity.