(1964-03-04) March 4, 1964 (age 60) Newark, California, U.S.
Genres
Thrash metal
progressive metal
Occupation(s)
Drummer
Years active
1984–present
Member of
Slayer
Formerly of
Exodus
Forbidden
Systematic
Testament
Website
paulbostaphdrums.com
Musical artist
Paul Steven Bostaph (born March 4, 1964[1]) is an American drummer best known as a member of the thrash metal band Slayer, initially from 1992 to 2001, again from 2013 to 2019, and in 2024, after the reunion. His drumming career began in 1984 when he was 20 years old. In addition to Slayer, he has worked with bands such as Forbidden, Exodus, Systematic, Testament, and BlackGates. Metal-Rules.com describes Bostaph as "a true professional and one of the best drummers on today's metal music scene".[2]
^"Slayer on Instagram: "Wishing Paul Bostaph a happy birthday today (it was actually yesterday) here in Boston, MA – 3/6/2016 @paulbostaphofficial @vaterdrumsticks…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
^"Metal Rules". Metal Rules. February 4, 2007. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
Paul Steven Bostaph (born March 4, 1964) is an American drummer best known as a member of the thrash metal band Slayer, initially from 1992 to 2001, again...
classic thrash metal sound. It was Slayer's last album to feature drummer PaulBostaph until his return on their 2015 album Repentless. The album's release...
Sanders, and Slayer and former Testament, Forbidden and Exodus drummer PaulBostaph. The album's sound has been described as similar to Slayer. Work on From...
and Anthrax. Slayer's current lineup consists of King, Araya, drummer PaulBostaph and guitarist Gary Holt, who initially joined as a touring member in...
of music". It was later confirmed that he and former Slayer bandmate PaulBostaph were working on a new project that would "sound like Slayer without it...
same time, with his place taken by Forbidden drummer PaulBostaph. By April the following year, Bostaph had been replaced by former Exodus drummer John Tempesta...
the song "Piano Wire"). It is also the first album to feature drummer PaulBostaph since God Hates Us All (2001). Repentless is also the only album the...
sales. By 2009, it had sold over 306,000 copies in the United States. PaulBostaph returned to Slayer in early 1997 after his short-lived side project The...
departed Slayer and was replaced by PaulBostaph. 1994's Divine Intervention, the first album to feature Bostaph, peaked at number eight in the US, the...
release by Slayer with drummer PaulBostaph (before he came back in 2013), who left due to a chronic elbow injury. Bostaph was subsequently replaced by...
band's 1997 album Demonic. During the recording, Hoglan filled in for PaulBostaph who was unable to attend the recording sessions because of a "serious...
a raw edge than its predecessor. It is their last album with drummer PaulBostaph before he joined Slayer in 1992 when Forbidden was on hiatus. These are...
performed with Death, Hoglan was approached by Slayer to replace a departing PaulBostaph. Jon Dette, however, took the position, much to Hoglan's approval. He...
line-up Andreas Kisser, Tim Owens, PaulBostaph, and LoMenzo. Due to the death of previously announced Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, LoMenzo agreed on only one...
with Lee Altus as his replacement, and the only Exodus album to feature PaulBostaph on drums after Tom Hunting's second departure as a result of the reoccurrence...
Further lineup changes took place in 2005 – first Hunting was replaced by PaulBostaph in May, then Hunolt left in June, with Heathen guitarist Lee Altus taking...
Live at the Fillmore. In 1996, Dette auditioned for Slayer, following PaulBostaph's departure from the band, a goal he had set since he was 17, and eventually...
1994's Low, as well as the band's only studio album recorded with drummer PaulBostaph, who joined Testament in 1993 but became a full-time member in 2007 before...
Hail!. That band's rotating cast of members include Tim "Ripper" Owens, PaulBostaph, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy, Jimmy DeGrasso, Phil Demmel and Roy Mayorga...
Sabbath's Neon Knights with Ripper Owens, Andreas Kisser, James LoMenzo and PaulBostaph at two of their shows in Finland. On 14 August 2013, Hietala was the...
replaced by John Corabi Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo is replaced by PaulBostaph. Fantoft Stave Church near Bergen, Norway is destroyed by Varg Vikernes...
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