Ragnar Sverrisson – Ophidian I – Interview March 2023
My name is Ragnar, and I come from Iceland, a pretty small island in the middle of the north Atlantic ocean. I am the drummer for tech-death band OPHIDIAN I (Season of Mist records), and […]
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Alex Cohen – Contrarian – In Gehenna – Exclusive Drum Play-through
Drummer Alex Cohen and Progressive Death Metal Masters Contrarian will release Sage of Shekhinah, the band’s 5th album, on March 17 on CD, vinyl, and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The album’s first single, “In […]
Cameron Ahslund-Glass – Darkest Era – A Path Made Of Roots – Drum Play-through
Drummer Cameron Ahslund-Glass and Darkest Era have sent us a drum play-through for ‘A Path Made Of Roots,’ from their latest album, “Wither on the Vine,” which came out on 9/30 via Candlelight Records. From […]
Leviathvn – Ov Sulfur – Stained In Rot – Drum Play-through
Leviathvn has been playing drums for over 15 years after getting into metal and specifically its torrential style of drumming via the likes of Slipknot, Job for a Cowboy, and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, he’s […]
Manuel Del Giudice – Spiritual Deception – Hidden in Consciousness – Drum Play-through
Hello, I’m Manuel Del Giudice from Spiritual Deception, an atmospheric/brutal/slam death metal band based in Milan, Italy! I started playing drums at the age of 16, listening to bands like Emperor, Dissection, and Opeth, to […]
Adam Jarvis – Misery Index – The Eaters and the Eaten – Drum Play-Through + Festival and Tour Dates
Adam Jarvis is the drummer of Misery Index and also drums for Pig Destroyer, Scour, Fulgora, Lock-Up, Asthma Castle, and All Will Fall. His primary band, Misery Index, has a new record called “Complete Control” […]
Sadrac (Dr.) Murillo – Unidad Trauma ’33’ Drum Play-through + Tour Dates
Sadrac Murillo is a Mexican extreme drummer born in Tijuana, Baja California. Drumming since age 13, he developed s passion for metal drumming while learning and playing covers of bands like Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon, Deicide, […]
Gata Pinaya – Corporal Jigsore – The Embrace of the Hypocrites – Drum Play-through
Adriana Gata Pinaya was born in La Paz – Bolivia. She was a finalist of more than 300 contestants representing Bolivia in the first version of the world contest for Women Drummers “Hit Like a Girl […]
Guilhem Arbogast – Iron Flesh – Relinquished Flesh Drum Play-Through
My name is Guilhem Arbogast and I have been playing drums for more than 10 years. I’m a huge fan of black metal and raw stuff. I’ve also been playing in several projects over the […]
Kenneth Brand – The Odious Construct/The Ritual Aura – Interview – March 2022
SDM: How old were you when you started playing? Kenneth: I was introduced at a very young age. My dad has baby pictures of me sitting on his lap on his old Rogers kit! I […]