A few random thoughts.
*I'm kind of shocked that I was the only one to vote for Peter Wildoer. I don't expect everyone else to be super familiar with Darkane, Armageddon, Pestilence, Time Requiem, and other bands he's played with, but I would have thought placing third in the DT drum auditions and playing on two JLB albums would have him on more people's radars.
*Martin Axenrot getting only 7 points despite being with Opeth for over a decade and them still being a flagship prog band is surprising, but then, Hearne and others didn't make it either.
*Maybe I'm not as surprised, but it's interesting how little of a showing the death metal gods had, with low totals for guys like Derek Roddy (even despite getting a spotlight from the DT auditions), George Kollias, John Longstreth, and no votes at all for staples like Flo Mounier and Nick Barker.
*I'm sort of surprised that Clive Burr had over double the points that Scott Travis had.
*Other djent-adjacent players continued to not perform that well, notably with Tomas Haake and the aforementioned Matt Halpern. No Jay Postones at all.
*I remember the mainstream beginner fixation on Jordison vs. Travis Barker, which Jordison wins heavily here.
*I feel bad seeing Elvin Jones with only 3 votes, but also, I didn't vote for him, so I'm partially to blame. Oh well.
*It was serendipitous seeing Budgie. Really creative player that I completely forget, who might have made my honorable mentions list.
*The biggest single snub for me is Sean Reinert, who only I voted for. Disappointed to not see any other Dirk Verbeuren or Daniel Liljekvist votes either.