Eugene Ryabchenko - Locracy - Crust of Creation

Eugene Ryabchenko (Banisher, Castrum, Locracy) born in the small town of Perechin in Ukraine in 1992, went to music school and played piano for about 7 years. Eugene started playing drums as a hobby at the age of 14 with local punk bands. He got seriously into metal drumming in 2010 after joining a local death metal band called Castrum. After that, he started doing session gigs as a live and studio drummer with different bands abroad in Europe. From 2016 to 2017 he did three tours with Vital Remains including European shows, Summer Festivals and a Latin American Tour.

In 2018 Eugene joined Belphegor (Austria) as a live session drummer and had almost 2 years of intense touring with them including several European Tours, a South American Tour, Australia/New Zealand Tour, Mexican Tour, and many notable Summer Festivals including a recent Tour in the US. In 2019 Eugene filled in as a live session drummer for Decapitated (Poland) for 11 shows including Summer Festivals in Europe and a Tour in Japan. Eugene is an active teacher at Marthyn Jovanovic‘s Drum Technique Academy, an online-based drumming educational platform that provides a vast amount of content weekly with live streams featuring drummers from all over the globe like Kerim Lechner (Septicflesh), Ken Bedene (Aborted), Sebastian Lanser (Obscura), Kevin Paradis (Benighted), David Diepold (Cognizance), Dan Presland (Ne Obliviscaris), Janne Jaloma (Dark Funeral) and many others.

Eugene’s Gear in This Video:

Axis Percussion pedals – A21 Sabre double pedal with micro tune spring tensioners

Footblaster Triggers

Paiste Cymbals:

Formula 602 Modern Essentials Crashes 19″, 20″

2002 Medium Hi-hat 14″

Signature Thin China 16″

Rude Mega Power Ride 24″

Vater Drumsticks:

Shedder Hickory

Eugene’s Links:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/EugeneRyabchenkoDrummer

Instagram – https://instagram.com/eugeneryabchenko

Twitter – https://twitter.com/Eugene_The_Kid

Vkontakte – https://vk.com/eugeneryabchenkodrummer

Locracy Links:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/LOCRACY/

Bandcamp – https://locracy.bandcamp.com/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/locracy/

About Locracy:

Locracy (Austria) Tech/Prog/Melodic Death Metal from Vienna established in 2007

Discography:

Locracy 2009 self-released demo

Blinded By The Glory Hole – 2011 LP via DeinVertrieb.de

Fisting the Wormhole – 2011 EP via Bandcamp

Black Goddess – 2019 EP via Bandcamp

Following their formation, the band spent one year working on material in the practice room and after that, took to the studio to create their full-length demo entitled ‘Locracy.’ This opened possibilities for them to hone their skills playing live shows and garnering some reputation in the Austrian Metal community. They played festivals like the Rape The Escape Festival in Vienna and the Metalcamp Festival in Tolmin (Slo), various other shows abroad in Germany, Lithuania and Poland as well as numerous shows in Austria, headlining or supporting some massive names in the industry.

In 2011 the Band released their current Opus ‘Blinded By The Glory Hole,’ in which they show much-refined playing and songwriting. Picking the finest from Technical and Melodic Death, Thrash, Grindcore, and Stoner Metal they forged a powerhouse of brutality, epicness and melodic technicality. The release of their free 2-track EP ‘Fisting the Wormhole’ predated a hiatus due to line-up changes which in the end only steeled the band’s will to improve even further and write kickass songs. Extracting the essences of all which was already good and adding yet more variety and input, Locracy has written enough material for their next release which became the EP titled ‘Black Goddess’ released in April 2019. After such a long break and lineup changes the band brought their creativity to a whole new level in terms of performance quality. Recorded and produced together with one of the best sound engineers in Austria – Norbert Leitner, ‘Black Goddess’ has proven how much Locracy’s music has matured since the previous release.

Line-up: Peter (vocals), Jack (Guitars), Dominique (Guitars), Kevin (Bass), Eugene (Drums).