Fellow Fanatics of the Beat, I've got some exciting news for you:starting in a few days, I'll be hosting exclusive drum lessons during Soilwork's current North American Infinity tour! There will be one lesson per day (two persons maximum) on a first come, first serve basis only. So don't waste any time and SIGN UP NOW for an in-person drum lesson & chat with yours truly! Details on the flyer below.

                              


Speaking of Soilwork, here's a big shout out to all of you who bought our new album The Livjng Infinite! We reached #1 on the iTunes metal chart, #10 in Finland, #17 in Germany and #60 in the US Billboard- thank you all for making that happen! You rock!!!

For those of you who haven't gotten your copy yet: it's not too late, folks!
Purchase The Living Infinite here!

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Hell yeah I'm back, my friends! And I've got lots of exciting stuff to share, so let's get straight to it, shall we?

Here's a quick roundup of last year's blastivities. Thanks to the awesome folks at Meinl and Tama, I did two drum clinic tours in China as well as tours/shows in Germany, Poland, France, Sweden and The Netherlands. To all of you who stopped by and/or made these clinics possible: thank you!!! And you can always relive some of the fun here, here and here.


                              


On the Soilwork front there wasn't exactly any rest for the wicked either... We wrote and recorded our ninth, The Living Infinite, which is a double album. That's right people: twenty brand new songs! This beast will be hitting the stores in early March and we're gonna tour all over the planet to bring YOU some of our new Swedish hymns. Soilwork's FB page has our new singles, tourdates, pre-order links and all that grind. By the way, our amazing new band pics were once again shot by Hannah Verbeuren Photography who killed it as always!

                           


In 2012 I was fortunate enough to record drums for a bunch of kick ass people. Most of the resulting records have yet to see the light of day; but one is available now and I can't urge you enough to check it out. It was entirely self-produced and self-released by a truly passionate and insanely talented man named Lord K. Philipson. And it kicks major ass! I'm of course talking about The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda, the ninth full-length by Swedish maestros The Project Hate MCMXCIX. You wanna hear over 80 minutes of truly unique metal? And you wanna support a band who does everything from A to Z without any label support? Look no further! Go to The Project Hate website and order that platter o' splatter now!

And then there's also the new singles by Arsafes, Malevolence and Powermad which yours truly performed on... Check 'em out!


                    


Last but not least, I'm stoked to announce my first ever US drum clinic on February 20th in Miami, FL! Also on the bill of the Titans of the Throne III are none other than Derek Roddy (Serpents Rise, Traumedy) and Gus Rios (Malevolent Creation, Upon Infliction, Resurrection). There's gonna be something blasting in the state of Florida... See you there!

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That's right y'all, I've got some more funky-ass drum workshops coming up courtesy of the awesome Meinl Cymbals and Tama Drums!

September 2012
Sat 22nd: Dresden, DE - Dresdner Drum & Bass Festival (12 noon)
Mon 24th: Wroclaw, PL - Muzyczny (5pm)
Tue 25th: Sopot, PL - Sfinks 700 (8pm)
Wed 26th: Warszawa, PL - Klub Remont (8pm)
Thu 27th: Bielsko-Biala, PL - Rude Boy Club (6pm)
Fri 28th: Gliwice, PL - BEST Centrum Kultury (7pm)

October 2012
Sat 6th: Luxembourg, LUX - M&R Rockhal (6pm) - CANCELLED *
Sun 7th: Rotterdam, NL - Rotterdam Drum Dept (3:30pm)
Thu-Sat 11th-13th: Shanghai, CN - Music China Expo
Mon 15th: Wuhan, CN - Old Songs Bar (5:00pm)
Tue 16th: Changsha, CN - 46 Livehouse (9:00pm)
Wed 17th: Chengdu, CN - Minilive Live House (6:30pm)
Thu 18th: Guangzhou, CN - 1850 Art Village (7:30pm)

* Due to last minute visa issues, I was regretfully forced to cancel my Luxembourg show on the 6th of October. All my apologies to the attendees and organizers. A new show will be scheduled as soon as possible.

Howdy, folks! I hope you're all grins and blastbeats. Here's some of the stuff I've been busy with:
* thrashing and blistering new Soilwork hymns;
* grinding and deadly new Bent Sea anthems;
* face-melting drum recordings for The Project Hate, Powermad, Malevolence and more;
* a series of instructional videos about double kick drumming which can be found on my official blog.

Secondly, here's what I've got coming up for ya:
* two Meinl/Tama drum clinic tours, including my first ever shows in Luxemburg and Dresden (complete list coming soon);
* a new Soilwork album called The Living Infinite, and an infernal metal cruise;
* and uhh, more fun shiaaa that I can't talk about just yet.

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Here's Sylvain Coudret and yours truly as shot by Hannah Verbeuren Photography. To those of you wondering: yes, Scarve is alive! We're just taking our sweet ole time.