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Tom: I love my Gretsch USA Custom set. When it Corphagy
comes to cymbals I really like couple of different - Split with Unmerciful, Worms Inside and Infected
brands and lines. It really depends on the type of Malignity - 2006
music that I am working with at the time. - π - full length 2006

Gorgasm
SDM: Can you explain all your gear? - 2006 Destined to Violate Promo

Tom: Gretsch USA Custom 10 x10 & 12 rack Ad infinitum
toms. 15 & 18 floor toms. Two 20 bass drums or - Dies Irae 1999
2 Roland KD-120 V-Drum Pads. 13 x8 brass/copper
hybrid Gretsch custom snare. 14 x5 maple Tama Thrustor
Masters series snare. DW9000 series stands and - Abysmal Fear 2012
pedals. Mix of Sabian, Paiste and Mainl cymbals.
Promark 747, hickory, nylon tip. Alesis DM5 drum Agony Climax
module. Roland SPD-S sampling pad. Laboga - 2013 Displayed In Decay Promo
cables. Shure in-ear monitor and Pork Pie throne.
Immense Grief
- EP / Planned release 2014
SDM: Do you have any pre-show rituals?
Holocaustum
Tom: If it s possible, I like to take a 30-60 minute - In The Fields They Bled Planned release 2014
power-nap. Then have some coffee, stretch and
warm up for about half an hour.

SDM: If you could give one piece of advice to young AGONY CLIMAX - DISPLAYED IN DECAY
drummers, it would be...

Tom: Listen, be patient and always play with the
click!

SDM: If you had to stop drumming, what would you
want to do with your life?

Tom: That s a really scary thought... I have no idea.
I d be lost.

Tom s Discography:

Disinter
- The Beauty of Suffering EP 1999
- War Machine Demo 2000
- Welcome to Oblivion Full-length 2000 1 (52%)
- Demonic Portraiture Full-length 2001
- Vedma Compilation 2002
- As We Burn Full-length 2004 1 (92%)
- Designed by the Devil, Powered by the Dead
fulllenght 2006

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