We are very happy to introduce Wilfred Ho, a new contributor to SD Magazine! Wilfred will be providing transcriptions and video examples of various metal songs for Sick Drummer Magazine, so feel free to leave comments below with suggestions of songs you would like to see transcribed and we'll see what we can do...

I was born in Hong Kong in October of 1989 and I started playing drums in 2003, when I was 14. Some of my High School classmates wanted to learn instruments and form a band, and I picked the drums. I took drum lessons in a local music store for 2 years. I have practiced everyday since I was 15, for 2-5 hours each day. I joined my first metal band when I was 16 and it was a great experience playing shows, recording demos etc. I fell in love with death metal drumming after I listened to bands like: Necrophagist, Decapitated and Deeds of Flesh. I am not currently in a band, but I am still looking for one I can fit in.

~ Wilfred Ho

Video Lesson 1: "Bite The Pain" by: Death and Richard Christy - Released on "The Sound of Perseverance" September 15th 1998 by Nuclear Blast Records

Download Transcription: Bite The Pain

Lyrics:

Look down at the body
you may see no trace of wounds
but in the eye
the eye of the beholder
one cannot asume.
Not a drop of blood is drawn
but you know how it bleeds
beware of the sharp edged weapon
called human being
It is a shield of passion
and strong will
from this I am the victor
instead of the kill
I will not feed your hunger, instead
I bite the pain
looking not back, but forward
I bite down hard
try to cover up the trail of deceit
and daggers spawned from your soul
(Solo Hamm/Schuldiner)
Acid, the tears of remorse
flow in vain, too late for regrets
save it
for the next ill fated game.