Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz was a guest on Pod Scum and during the course of the chat, he talked about his biggest musical influences.
"Slayer's Dave Lombardo is my biggest influence, of course. If it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't be doing what I'm doing,” responded Mazurkiewicz. “He's the king of thrash, double bass and all that, so as a teenager, hearing him play in the mid-'80s, obviously I wasn't playing at that point yet, I [was] just starting out, so that really solidified me wanting to play the way I play today, what he was doing and still is doing. But all those bands and all those influences we had in the mid-to-late '80s, going from, I guess, any of the heavy metal like Iron Maiden, as it progressed, into bands like Metallica, Slayer and then the thrash bands of… Kreator and things like that, Dark Angel, that really, really were the forerunners of death metal and what we do in Cannibal Corpse. So, I mean, so many, so many influential bands and drummers back then, but, yeah, Lombardo would be my biggest one."
Get ready for one of the most highly anticipated tours of 2025. Swedish metal juggernauts, Meshuggah, will make their triumphant return to North American stages, bringing their genre-defying, mind-bending sound to fans across the US and Canada.
Joining them on this monumental trek, produced by Live Nation, are the fellow legendary acts Cannibal Corpse and Carcass, making this THE tour of the year for metal fans.
Tickets will be available starting with Citi and Artist presales beginning today, December 3 at 12 PM, ET / 9 AM, PT. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning Friday, December 6 at 10 AM, local time at LiveNation.com.
Citi is the official card of the Meshuggah tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning today at 12 PM, ET through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit citientertainment.com. The artist presale will also begin today at 2 PM, ET.
Tour dates:
March
28 - Quebec City, QC - Videotron Centre
29 - Toronto, ON - Great Canadian Resort Toronto
30 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
April
1 - Chicago, IL - Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
2 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
4 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
5 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
6 - Boise, ID - Revolution Concert House and Event Center
8 - San Francisco, CA - The Masonic
9 - Los Angeles, CA - The Kia Forum
10 - Reno, NV - Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort
11 - Las Vegas, NV - The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
13 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre
15 - Austin, TX - ACL Live - Moody Theater
16 - Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom
18 - Atlanta, GA - Coca-Cola Roxy
19 - Tampa, FL - Yuengling Center
22 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE *
23 - National Harbor, MD - The Theater at MGM National Harbor
24 - New York, NY - The Theater at Madison Square Garden
* Non-Live Nation Date
