Latest drumming news from around the globe.
Death metal titans Obituary are readying to embark on a North American headlining tour in support of latest long player Darkest Day, released via Candlelight Records this past June. The tour will kick off on […]
Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle) brings his latest incarnation, the shape-shifting Puscifer, to cities throughout the Western U.S. for an evening the Las Vegas Review Journal dubbed as “a performance art spectacle equal […]
Germany’s Obscura has announced that they will join The Black Dahlia Murder, 3 Inches of Blood, Necrophobic, and more for the 2010 Bonecrusher Fest. This month-long European tour will kick-off on January 8th in Wiesbaden, […]
World-renowned power trio High on Fire has commenced work on its long-awaited, fifth studio album and follow-up to 2007’s Death is This Communion. The esteemed band just completed pre-production with producer Greg Fidelman (Metallica, Slayer, […]
Canadian extreme metal outfit KATAKLYSM will perform a series of shows in the provinces of Ontario, Québec and New Brunswick this Fall. Although KATAKLYSM plans a Canadian tour next year, which will cover the other […]
Denver, Colorado extreme metal troop ENEMY REIGN refuse to adhere to the restrictions of a closed-minded genre. Drawing influence from early ’90s death metal, late ’80s grindcore, East Coast hardcore, and Bay Area thrash, friends […]
SDM: From past to present, a lot of your studio experience has been pretty intensive. Going from Demigod, to Apostasy, to Evangelion… Can you tell me a little about the differences in the studio for […]
SDM: Considering you took your moniker from the band Hellhammer, how big of a fan are you of Hellhammer and Celtic Frost? Hammer: I’m a big fan, absolutely. I never met the guys or anything […]
SDM: Your new band Charred Walls of the Damned is set to release its debut album. How did the idea for this project come about?Richard: The television channel that I work for, Howard Stern’s Howard […]
Hey Sick Drummers! In the previous two lessons we learned how to play and approach seven. We did this by exploring three basic time signatures in seven, and by checking out some counting and grouping […]