A few words from drummer, Jeramie Kling: “I have been playing since I was 2-3 years old. I started jamming with friends a lot around the ages 12-14 and eventually formed a band at 16 years old. That band led to another band and then I started the Absence with those same guys. It was at this point I really started to up my practice regime. Heavy amounts of rudiments and drills. My main goal has been fluidity, always trying to become water. I really respect drummers like Tim Alexander (Primus) and Stewart Copeland (The Police), as they look so effortless while being so concise. I have had the opportunity to work with some killer artists, played drums with Doro and Venom Inc.! I got to jam at sound checks with Sepultura, Hypocrisy, Immortal, and Suffocation.”
Jeramie Kling is a drummer, singer, producer, recording engineer, front of house engineer, and tour manager. He plays drums in many projects like Venom Inc., The Absence, Wombbath, and Ribspreader… to name a few. Jeramie also handles vocals for Goregäng. Jeramie handles FOH for bands like Sepultura, Exodus, and Soilwork, to name a few, and has built a solid career in the metal community. You can check out our past features on Jeramie here.
Jeramie’s Gear:
Ddrum Drums/hardware;
22” x18” kick Drum
10” rack tom
12” rack tom
16” floor tom
14”x 7” BKB brass patina snare
Aston/Audix microphones
Aston starlight condensers
Audix D6-D4-D2
Paiste Cymbals
18” 900 series crash
18” signature crash
20” 900 colorsound ride
20” rude novo China
10” signature splash
14” signature dark hi-hats
14” signature sound edge hi-hats
Evans Drum Heads
Kick – EMAD
Snare – G2 coated
Toms – G2
Sticks
Vic Firth X5A with Vic grip
Pedals;
Axis 21 longboards
Jerry Harvey in-ear monitors
Jeramie’s Links:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/theabsenceofficial
https://www.facebook.com/Wombbath/
https://www.facebook.com/VenomIncOfficial/
https://www.facebook.com/Ribspreader-148182408532846/
About The Absence:
Florida’s The Absence came onto the scene in 2005 with their crushing, Erik Rutan-produced Metal Blade Records debut, “From Your Grave.” The album and its two follow-ups, 2007’s “Riders of the Plague” and 2010’s “Enemy Unbound,” showcased the perfect mixture of heart-wrenching melodies and skull-pounding aggression, truly making them one of the premier bands of the melodic death metal scene. The Absence further ensconced their reputation via several tours supporting some of the biggest names in metal, including Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Amon Amarth, Goatwhore, Kataklysm, Destruction and Entombed.
And then they seemingly disappeared.
Despite some setbacks in personnel coupled with a desire by some band members to explore new terrain recording/performing with additional groups or working in related fields producing or handling live sound/tour managing for others, The Absence was merely put on hold until the time was right to return. Last year, the regrouped outfit of singer Jamie Stewart, drummer Jeramie Kling (Venom, Inc., Infernaeon, Necromancing The Stone) and bassist Mike Leon (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, ex-Havok, ex-Arsis), along with the addition of celebrated guitar duo Joey Concepcion (Sanctuary, Jasta, Armageddon) and Taylor Nordberg (Soilwork, Ribspreader), teased fans with the face-melting “Septic Testament.” The reaction was phenomenal and motivated the band to continue writing and recording their epic return, and be absent from the scene no more.
The Absence‘s new album, “A Gift For The Obsessed,” further proves why All Music Guide called the group “the greatest Swedish melodic death metal band ever to emerge from Florida.” Mixed at Sweden’s Panic Room (Watain, Scar Symmetry) and mastered at the country’s Ghost Ward Studios (Katatonia, Opeth), and featuring a striking layout by HKB Design (Sepultura), the album deftly mixes melodic death and thrash with incendiary guitar playing, pyrotechnic drumming and a sense of renewed hunger. Over its 10 blistering tracks – including a cover of Suicidal Tendencies’ “You Can’t Bring Me Down” featuring guest vocals by Soilwork / The Night Flight Orchestra frontman Bjorn “Speed” Strid – the group not only shows no signs of rust whatsoever but also sounds more potent than ever.
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