Dirk Verbeuren is a musical veteran and great drummer with a lot of knowledge to share. His drumming was first heard with bands such as Aborted and Sybreed. He co-founded Scarve, a forward thinking death metal band which released four albums and toured Europe extensively. Verbeuren’s fine-tuned ear, impeccable musical memory, sensitivity to structure, and ability to read and write rhythms, made him a highly in-demand session drummer nearly overnight. In 2004, Verbeuren joined the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork with whom he recorded and toured worldwide for twelve years. He also managed to find time to record and/or perform with a multitude of established artists, including Danzig, Testament, Sasami Ashworth, Devin Townsend, Fredrik Thordendal, At The Gates, and Satyricon. A long-term collaboration with Swedish software company Toontrack has resulted in the Library of the Extreme, the first ever collection of MIDI metal beats and fills. In May 2016, […]

September 2022 Issue