Here is some research on different drummers that I draw influence from
A drummer that I draw a lot of inspiration from when I’m performing with The Obscurities is Vinnie Paul of Pantera. In this song, one this you notice straight away is that Vinnie Paul accents the guitar riff with cymbal crashes to make the riff more apparent and hard hitting. He carries this on throughout the verses but accenting with open hi hats instead of crashes. Another aspect of this song is that he has his snare drum tuned quite high for a metal drummer which I like the sound of. These are aspects that I would like to incorporate into my drumming.
Another idea that Vinnie Paul uses is playing the beat normally for 4 bars, then switching the hi hat to the off beat for another 4 bars. You can hear this at around 2:25
Another drummer that I take inspiration from is Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers. The aspects that I like about his drumming is that in the intro he builds suspension in the introduction by simply playing single semiquavers on the snare but building dynamic. Another idea he uses which is similar to Vinnie Paul is accenting the guitar riff in the chorus with cymbal crashes.