When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school.

During the third grade at the age of eight Lombardo brought a set of bongo drums with a Santana record to school for show and tell and played the bongos along with the record. The book and video contained warm ups eight sixteen and double bass grooves riding the toms and more. He's gifted with a groove that not many speed metal or metal drummers generally have.

Fantômas Philm and Testament in addition to Slayer. Lombardo's music career has spanned more than 25 years during which he has been involved in the production of 29 commercial recordings extending over a number of genres with bands such as Grip Inc.