Gene Hoglan
Encyclopedia
Eugene "Gene" Victor Hoglan II (born August 31, 1967 in Dallas, Texas
) is an American
drummer
. He is acclaimed for his creativity in drum arrangements, including usage of odd devices for percussion effects and his trademark lengthy double-kick drum rhythms (using what he calls "kick triplets"). His highly technical playing is extremely accurate at very high and challenging tempos, earning him the nicknames "The Atomic Clock" and "Human Drum Machine".
He is best known for his works with the bands Devin Townsend
, Dark Angel
, Death, Dethklok
, Strapping Young Lad
, Pitch Black Forecast
, Testament
and most recently Fear Factory
. He has temporarily rejoined Testament to record the drum tracks for their upcoming tenth album, entitled The Dark Roots of Earth
, which is due for release in February 2012.
and Rush
records. In 1984, Hoglan began his music career as a roadie
(lights engineer) for the thrash metal
band Slayer
, where he also played the drums during concert soundchecks. He was also part of the band War God with Michelle Meldrum
. At the end of the same year he was asked to join the thrash metal band Dark Angel
as the drummer. He penned most of the lyrics for Dark Angel's next three albums. He achieved greater fame during the mid-1990s playing with Death, at the same time that bandleader
Chuck Schuldiner
was taking that group into a more progressive style. Subsequently, he recorded one album with the thrash metal band Testament
, and made the acquaintance of Canadian
multi-instrumentalist Devin Townsend
, forging a lasting friendship. He has since recorded several albums with Townsend, both as part of the speed
/industrial
/death metal
band Strapping Young Lad
and under Devin Townsend's name.
Hoglan was also part of death metal
band Tenet, a side project of Strapping Young Lad guitarist Jed Simon
, from 2003 to 2007. Hoglan left the band on amiable terms in January, 2007. He was replaced by Adrian Erlandsson
only to return to the group in June of the same year. Hoglan recorded his drum parts for the entirety of the following album in a mere two days.
In 2004, for the Vancouver
, British Columbia
show of progressive metal band Opeth
's Lamentations tour, Hoglan stood in for Martin Lopez
, who was said to be having panic attacks. Opeth's drum tech had filled in for the two previous dates on the tour and Lopez rejoined the band for the Seattle, Washington show.
In 2005, Hoglan stood in once again for Lopez for the majority of the Sounds of the Underground
tour when Lopez began having more panic attacks. Hoglan played double duty by playing a set with Strapping Young Lad
then later that night performing with Opeth. It was later announced Lopez had a rare blood disorder and was seeking treatment. Hoglan also appears in Opeth's music video "The Grand Conjuration" as they filmed it on the tour while in Los Angeles
, California
.
Other bands have also recruited Hoglan as a session drummer. He has recorded albums with the Norwegian
black metal
band Old Man's Child
and the Danish
death metal
band Daemon. Additionally he has done production and engineering work for other albums and demos. He was also asked to do drums for death metallers Nile
on their album In Their Darkened Shrines
, but he turned this down, citing Tony Laureano
for a better choice. He was then asked again to drum with them, but (along with Derek Roddy) recommended Greek drummer George Kollias
to drum with them, citing that Nile was "not of his musical tastes". Since then, Hoglan and Kollias have been close friends, and both are well respected drummers within the extreme metal community. Hoglan also was recruited by the Vancouver Groove Metal band, The Almighty Punchdrunk
, and appeared as a band member for their only album to date, Music For Them Asses
, which was released in 2001.
Hoglan is working with Dethklok
, the band from the animated TV show Metalocalypse
. The show was co-created by stand-up comedian/actor/musician Brendon Small
, who also composes or performs all of the music. Hoglan features in Dethklok's debut album, The Dethalbum
, which was released on September 25, 2007. He toured during the summer of 2008 with the live band as the drummer. He later performed on Dethalbum II
, the sequel album released on September 29, 2009, and has toured with Brendon Small performing as Dethklok.
Hoglan filled in as the drummer for Unearth
when their then drummer, Mike Justian, quit on tour. He has also joined the metal band Pitch Black Forecast
, with former Mushroomhead
singer Jason Popson
, as the band's permanent drummer. Even more recently, Hoglan was announced as the drummer for the reunited Bay Area Thrash metal band Forbidden
's reunion tour, replacing original Forbidden drummer Paul Bostaph
.
Hoglan played drums for Zimmers Hole's third studio album When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan in 2008.
Recently Hoglan was approached by Jason Nugent of Fall of Olympus, Hoglan will be drumming for Fall of Olympus from 2009 onwards.
Currently, Gene is the drummer for Fear Factory
, and played on their latest release Mechanize
. As of June 2011, he is temporarily back in Testament
, where he is recording their new album The Dark Roots of Earth
. He's filling in for Paul Bostaph
, who is unable to participate in the recording sessions because of a "serious injury".
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
. He is acclaimed for his creativity in drum arrangements, including usage of odd devices for percussion effects and his trademark lengthy double-kick drum rhythms (using what he calls "kick triplets"). His highly technical playing is extremely accurate at very high and challenging tempos, earning him the nicknames "The Atomic Clock" and "Human Drum Machine".
He is best known for his works with the bands Devin Townsend
Devin Townsend
Devin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
, Dark Angel
Dark Angel (band)
Dark Angel was an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Their over-the-top style earned them the nickname "the L.A...
, Death, Dethklok
Dethklok
Dethklok is both a virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, as well as a real band created to perform the band's melodic death metal music in live shows. The band was created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon...
, Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
, Pitch Black Forecast
Pitch Black Forecast
Pitch Black Forecast is a Groove Metal supergroup formed in 2005 with a lineup consisting of ex-Mushroomhead frontman Jason Popson and ex-Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan and Integrity bassist Steve Rauckhorst. Formed in Ohio back in 2005 under the name Absentee...
, Testament
Testament (band)
Testament is an American metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are often credited as one of the most popular bands of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
and most recently Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
. He has temporarily rejoined Testament to record the drum tracks for their upcoming tenth album, entitled The Dark Roots of Earth
The Dark Roots of Earth
The Dark Roots of Earth is the upcoming tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Testament. It is currently scheduled to be released in late April/early May 2012 by the independent German record label Nuclear Blast Records...
, which is due for release in February 2012.
Career
Hoglan got his first drum kit when he was 13 and is completely self-taught. He started jamming along to his KissKISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
and Rush
Rush (band)
Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
records. In 1984, Hoglan began his music career as a roadie
Road crew
The road crew are the technicians or support personnel who travel with a band on tour, usually in sleeper buses, and handle every part of the concert productions except actually performing the music with the musicians...
(lights engineer) for the thrash metal
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
band Slayer
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
, where he also played the drums during concert soundchecks. He was also part of the band War God with Michelle Meldrum
Michelle Meldrum
Michelle Meldrum-Norum was an American hard rock guitarist known for being a member of the bands Phantom Blue and Meldrum.-Biography:...
. At the end of the same year he was asked to join the thrash metal band Dark Angel
Dark Angel (band)
Dark Angel was an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Their over-the-top style earned them the nickname "the L.A...
as the drummer. He penned most of the lyrics for Dark Angel's next three albums. He achieved greater fame during the mid-1990s playing with Death, at the same time that bandleader
Bandleader
A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
Chuck Schuldiner
Chuck Schuldiner
Charles Michael "Chuck" Schuldiner was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.Schuldiner was the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the band Death, which he founded in 1983, initially under the name Mantas. He also recorded as guitarist and songwriter with his other band, Control Denied...
was taking that group into a more progressive style. Subsequently, he recorded one album with the thrash metal band Testament
Testament (band)
Testament is an American metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are often credited as one of the most popular bands of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
, and made the acquaintance of Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
multi-instrumentalist Devin Townsend
Devin Townsend
Devin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
, forging a lasting friendship. He has since recorded several albums with Townsend, both as part of the speed
Speed metal
Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music....
/industrial
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
/death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
and under Devin Townsend's name.
Hoglan was also part of death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Tenet, a side project of Strapping Young Lad guitarist Jed Simon
Jed Simon
Jed Simon is a Canadian musician. He has been a member of numerous metal bands, including Front Line Assembly, Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, and TENET.-Biography:...
, from 2003 to 2007. Hoglan left the band on amiable terms in January, 2007. He was replaced by Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson is a prolific Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Brujeria, Netherbird, with his wife in Nemhain and in Yorkshire doom metal band Paradise Lost...
only to return to the group in June of the same year. Hoglan recorded his drum parts for the entirety of the following album in a mere two days.
In 2004, for the Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
show of progressive metal band Opeth
Opeth
Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...
's Lamentations tour, Hoglan stood in for Martin Lopez
Martin Lopez
Martin Lopez is a drummer, known best for his nine years with the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth.Lopez was born in Sweden to Uruguayan settler parents, later moving to Uruguay, then back to Sweden.-With Soen :...
, who was said to be having panic attacks. Opeth's drum tech had filled in for the two previous dates on the tour and Lopez rejoined the band for the Seattle, Washington show.
In 2005, Hoglan stood in once again for Lopez for the majority of the Sounds of the Underground
Sounds of the Underground
The Sounds of the Underground tour was a festival-like tour that rivaled Ozzfest in its first year of existence .The tour features extreme metal and metalcore, and hardcore bands. The existence of this tour, which was held in national arenas, was to attract the rising interest of metal, hardcore,...
tour when Lopez began having more panic attacks. Hoglan played double duty by playing a set with Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
then later that night performing with Opeth. It was later announced Lopez had a rare blood disorder and was seeking treatment. Hoglan also appears in Opeth's music video "The Grand Conjuration" as they filmed it on the tour while in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Other bands have also recruited Hoglan as a session drummer. He has recorded albums with the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Old Man's Child
Old Man's Child
Old Man's Child is a black metal band from Norway. The band is the brainchild of Galder who is the only permanent member of the band now.-Formation:...
and the Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Daemon. Additionally he has done production and engineering work for other albums and demos. He was also asked to do drums for death metallers Nile
Nile (band)
Nile is an American death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, formed in 1993. Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian/Near Eastern mysticism, history, religion, and art, as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft.- History :...
on their album In Their Darkened Shrines
In Their Darkened Shrines
In Their Darkened Shrines is the third studio album by American death metal band Nile. It was released on August 20, 2002 through Relapse Records....
, but he turned this down, citing Tony Laureano
Tony Laureano
Tony Laureano is a heavy metal drummer originally from Puerto Rico. He has been playing for a number of metal bands including Dimmu Borgir, Nile, Angelcorpse, Malevolent Creation, God Dethroned, Acheron, Aurora Borealis, Belphegor, Nachtmystium, 1349 and Brujeria...
for a better choice. He was then asked again to drum with them, but (along with Derek Roddy) recommended Greek drummer George Kollias
George Kollias (drummer)
George Kollias is a Greek heavy metal drummer best known for his work with American death metal band Nile. He is the first of their four drummers to perform every song on more than one full length album...
to drum with them, citing that Nile was "not of his musical tastes". Since then, Hoglan and Kollias have been close friends, and both are well respected drummers within the extreme metal community. Hoglan also was recruited by the Vancouver Groove Metal band, The Almighty Punchdrunk
The Almighty Punchdrunk
The Almighty Punchdrunk was a project that featured Gene Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad, Cam Kroetsch of Savannah, and Shane Clark of 3 Inches of Blood. They released one album titled "Music for them Asses" in 2001, produced by Devin Townsend and released on his label Hevydevy Records....
, and appeared as a band member for their only album to date, Music For Them Asses
Music for them Asses
Music For Them Asses is the first and only album released by the Heavy metal band The Almighty Punchdrunk featuring Gene Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad and Cam Kroetsch of Savannah...
, which was released in 2001.
Hoglan is working with Dethklok
Dethklok
Dethklok is both a virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, as well as a real band created to perform the band's melodic death metal music in live shows. The band was created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon...
, the band from the animated TV show Metalocalypse
Metalocalypse
Metalocalypse is an American animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006 on Adult Swim...
. The show was co-created by stand-up comedian/actor/musician Brendon Small
Brendon Small
Brendon Small is an American sitcom writer/producer, actor, comedian, voice actor, composer, and musician...
, who also composes or performs all of the music. Hoglan features in Dethklok's debut album, The Dethalbum
The Dethalbum
The Dethalbum is the debut album by virtual band Dethklok, from American animated sitcom Metalocalypse. It was released on September 25, 2007. The album features full length songs from the TV series, as well as previously unreleased tracks...
, which was released on September 25, 2007. He toured during the summer of 2008 with the live band as the drummer. He later performed on Dethalbum II
Dethalbum II
The album peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 45,000 copies in its first week of release.-Track listing:-Virtual personnel from Metalocalypse:* Nathan Explosion – vocals, lyricist* Pickles the Drummer – drums, backup vocals...
, the sequel album released on September 29, 2009, and has toured with Brendon Small performing as Dethklok.
Hoglan filled in as the drummer for Unearth
Unearth
Unearth is an American metalcore band from Winthrop, Massachusetts. Formed in 1998, the group has released five studio albums. Their fourth record, The March was released on October 14, 2008 meeting with high positive reception by many...
when their then drummer, Mike Justian, quit on tour. He has also joined the metal band Pitch Black Forecast
Pitch Black Forecast
Pitch Black Forecast is a Groove Metal supergroup formed in 2005 with a lineup consisting of ex-Mushroomhead frontman Jason Popson and ex-Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan and Integrity bassist Steve Rauckhorst. Formed in Ohio back in 2005 under the name Absentee...
, with former Mushroomhead
Mushroomhead
Mushroomhead is an American industrial metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1993 in Cleveland Warehouse District, the band's music can be described as a synthesis of alternative music, heavy metal, and electro-industrial...
singer Jason Popson
Jason Popson
Jason Popson is best known for his eleven years as a singer in the band Mushroomhead, during which time he was known by the stage name J-Mann...
, as the band's permanent drummer. Even more recently, Hoglan was announced as the drummer for the reunited Bay Area Thrash metal band Forbidden
Forbidden (band)
Forbidden is a thrash metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area. Formed in 1985 as Forbidden Evil, the group was founded by Russ Anderson and Craig Locicero, who are both permanent members. Since their formation, Forbidden have broken up and reformed twice with numerous line-up changes...
's reunion tour, replacing original Forbidden drummer Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph is a heavy metal drummer. His drumming career began in 1984, when he was 20 years old, and he had since worked with bands like Slayer, Forbidden, Exodus and Systematic. He is from Newark, California and currently drums for Testament...
.
Hoglan played drums for Zimmers Hole's third studio album When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan in 2008.
Recently Hoglan was approached by Jason Nugent of Fall of Olympus, Hoglan will be drumming for Fall of Olympus from 2009 onwards.
Currently, Gene is the drummer for Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
, and played on their latest release Mechanize
Mechanize
Mechanize is the seventh studio album by Fear Factory. It is the first album to feature Gene Hoglan on drums and the first since 2001's Digimortal to include original guitarist and founding member Dino Cazares who rejoined the band after a reconciliation with vocalist Burton C. Bell in April 2009...
. As of June 2011, he is temporarily back in Testament
Testament (band)
Testament is an American metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are often credited as one of the most popular bands of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
, where he is recording their new album The Dark Roots of Earth
The Dark Roots of Earth
The Dark Roots of Earth is the upcoming tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Testament. It is currently scheduled to be released in late April/early May 2012 by the independent German record label Nuclear Blast Records...
. He's filling in for Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph is a heavy metal drummer. His drumming career began in 1984, when he was 20 years old, and he had since worked with bands like Slayer, Forbidden, Exodus and Systematic. He is from Newark, California and currently drums for Testament...
, who is unable to participate in the recording sessions because of a "serious injury".
Discography
Gene Hoglan played drums on the songs, unless otherwise noted.- 1983 - SlayerSlayerSlayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
- Show No Mercy, backing vocals in Evil Has No Boundaries - 1985 - Wargod - Wargod (demo)
- 1986 - Dark AngelDark Angel (band)Dark Angel was an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Their over-the-top style earned them the nickname "the L.A...
- Darkness DescendsDarkness DescendsDarkness Descends is the second studio album by the American thrash metal band Dark Angel. The album is the first to feature drummer Gene Hoglan. Rob Yahn was replaced with Mike Gonzalez by the time this album was released, however, Gonzalez was given credit over Yahn on the album sleeve... - 1989 - Dark AngelDark Angel (band)Dark Angel was an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Their over-the-top style earned them the nickname "the L.A...
- Leave ScarsLeave ScarsLeave Scars is the third studio album released by the American thrash metal band, Dark Angel.-Track listing:-Credits:*Ron Rinehart - Vocals*Eric Meyer - Rhythm and lead guitar, Backing vocals... - 1990 - Dark AngelDark Angel (band)Dark Angel was an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Their over-the-top style earned them the nickname "the L.A...
- Live Scars (EP) - 1991 - Dark AngelDark Angel (band)Dark Angel was an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Their over-the-top style earned them the nickname "the L.A...
- Time Does Not HealTime Does Not HealTime Does Not Heal is the fourth and final album by Dark Angel, which was released in 1991. When released it had a sticker reading "9 songs, 67 minutes, 246 riffs!".-Track listing:-Credits:*Ron Rinehart - Vocals*Eric Meyer - Guitars... - 1992 - Dark AngelDark Angel (band)Dark Angel was an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Their over-the-top style earned them the nickname "the L.A...
- Decade Of Chaos (best of CD) - 1992 - Silent Scream - From the Darkest Depths Of The Imagination (mixing, production)
- 1993 - Death - Individual Thought PatternsIndividual Thought PatternsIndividual Thought Patterns is the fifth album by the death metal band Death, released in 1993. The album continues to expand on the technical, progressive style that began with Human, and incorporates elements of jazz as well...
- 1995 - Death - Symbolic
- 1995 - Naphobia - Of Hell (guest drummer)
- 1997 - Strapping Young LadStrapping Young LadStrapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
- CityCity (Strapping Young Lad album)City is the second album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on February 11, 1997. The album was re-released in 2007 with several bonus tracks and altered cover art... - 1997 - TestamentTestament (band)Testament is an American metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are often credited as one of the most popular bands of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
- DemonicDemonic (album)Demonic is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Testament. It was released in 1997. The lyrics deal with occult themes akin to their 1980s efforts, instead of the political topics covered on more recent releases.... - 1998 - Old Man's ChildOld Man's ChildOld Man's Child is a black metal band from Norway. The band is the brainchild of Galder who is the only permanent member of the band now.-Formation:...
- Ill-Natured Spiritual InvasionIll-Natured Spiritual InvasionIll-Natured Spiritual Invasion is the third studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child. Most of the lyrics were improvised by Galder while in the studio.- Track listing :All music, lyrics and arrangements by Galder.... - 1998 - Strapping Young LadStrapping Young LadStrapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
- No Sleep Till Bedtime (live) - 1998 - Devin TownsendDevin TownsendDevin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
- InfinityInfinity (Devin Townsend album)Infinity is the third solo album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. The album was released in October 1998 on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records.-Background:... - 1998 - Devin TownsendDevin TownsendDevin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
- Christeen plus 4 Demos (EP) - 1999 - The Almighty PunchdrunkThe Almighty PunchdrunkThe Almighty Punchdrunk was a project that featured Gene Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad, Cam Kroetsch of Savannah, and Shane Clark of 3 Inches of Blood. They released one album titled "Music for them Asses" in 2001, produced by Devin Townsend and released on his label Hevydevy Records....
- Music For Them Asses
- 2000 - Devin TownsendDevin TownsendDevin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
- PhysicistPhysicist (Devin Townsend album)Physicist is the fourth solo album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. The album was released in June 2000 on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records.... - 2001 - Devin TownsendDevin TownsendDevin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
- TerriaTerriaTerria is the fifth solo album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. The album was released in November 2001 on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records.-Background:... - 2001 - Just Cause - Finger It Out
- 2001 - Frygirl - Someone Please Kill Me (conga's)
- 2002 - Daemon - Eye For An Eye
- 2003 - Strapping Young LadStrapping Young LadStrapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
- Strapping Young LadStrapping Young Lad (album)Strapping Young Lad is the eponymous third album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on February 11, 2003.-Background:... - 2003 - TenetTenet (band)TENET is a heavy metal band formed as a side project by Jed Simon and Gene Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad and Zimmers Hole.-Background:TENET originally started out in the Summer of 1996 for Jed Simon, founder of the band...
- Sovereign [demo] - 2005 - Strapping Young LadStrapping Young LadStrapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
- AlienAlien (album)Alien is the fourth album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on March 22, 2005. The album was written by Devin Townsend and Gene Hoglan over a 6 month time period.... - 2005 - OpethOpethOpeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...
- played drums on the video for "The Grand Conjuration", a song from their Ghost ReveriesGhost Reveries-Notes:# "Ghost of Perdition" is included in the soundtrack for the video game Saint's Row 2 on the radio station Krunch 106.66.# "The Baying of the Hounds" is partially inspired by lyrics from the song "Diana" from Comus's album First Utterance. The lyrics are "And she knows by the sound of the...
album. - 2005 - Ani KydAni Kyd- Career :Kyd has worked with musicians including Meegan Bradfield , Lisa Wagner , Gene Hoglan and Byron Stroud . Ani has played guitar for the legendary THOR as well as having Jello Biafra produce and perform back up vocals for her debut cd "Evil Needs Candy Too" which was released on Alternative...
- Evil Needs Candy Too - 2006 - Strapping Young LadStrapping Young LadStrapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
- The New BlackThe New BlackThe New Black is the fifth and final album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on July 11, 2006, debuting at #200 on the Billboard charts... - 2007 - MeldrumMeldrumMeldrum is a multi-national Heavy Metal band formed by ex-Phantom Blue guitarist Michelle Meldrum.-History:American guitarist Michelle Meldrum started her first band Wargod with Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan, later going on to form Phantom Blue, with whom she released two albums and an EP...
- Blowin' Up The Machine (guest drummer) - 2007 - DethklokDethklokDethklok is both a virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, as well as a real band created to perform the band's melodic death metal music in live shows. The band was created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon...
- The DethalbumThe DethalbumThe Dethalbum is the debut album by virtual band Dethklok, from American animated sitcom Metalocalypse. It was released on September 25, 2007. The album features full length songs from the TV series, as well as previously unreleased tracks... - 2007 - MR. PLOWMr. Plow"Mr. Plow" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons fourth season, which originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 19, 1992. In the episode, Homer buys a snow plow and starts a business plowing driveways. It is a huge success, and inspired by this, Barney Gumble starts a...
- "Apocalypse Plow" - 2008 - Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan
- 2008 - Pitch Black ForecastPitch Black ForecastPitch Black Forecast is a Groove Metal supergroup formed in 2005 with a lineup consisting of ex-Mushroomhead frontman Jason Popson and ex-Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan and Integrity bassist Steve Rauckhorst. Formed in Ohio back in 2005 under the name Absentee...
- AbsenteeAbsentee (album)Absentee is Pitch Black Forecast's debut CD featuring backing vocals from Randy Blythe of Lamb of God.-Track listing:All tracks by Pitch Black Forecast except where noted#"Atonement" – 3:10#"Dialtone" – 3:33... - 2008 - MechanismMechanism (band)Mechanism is a death metal band from Canada . Their debut album is called Inspired Horrific and combines death metal with progressive.-Line-up:...
- Inspired Horrific - 2008 - Fattooth - "Self Titled"
- 2009 - DethklokDethklokDethklok is both a virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, as well as a real band created to perform the band's melodic death metal music in live shows. The band was created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon...
- Dethalbum IIDethalbum IIThe album peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 45,000 copies in its first week of release.-Track listing:-Virtual personnel from Metalocalypse:* Nathan Explosion – vocals, lyricist* Pickles the Drummer – drums, backup vocals... - 2009 - Tenet - SovereignSovereign (album)Sovereign is an EP by the Oakland, California band Neurosis. As with the previous album, Times of Grace it was recorded by Steve Albini at Electric Audio in Chicago, Illinois...
- 2010 - Fear FactoryFear FactoryFear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
- MechanizeMechanizeMechanize is the seventh studio album by Fear Factory. It is the first album to feature Gene Hoglan on drums and the first since 2001's Digimortal to include original guitarist and founding member Dino Cazares who rejoined the band after a reconciliation with vocalist Burton C. Bell in April 2009... - 2011 - TestamentTestament (band)Testament is an American metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are often credited as one of the most popular bands of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
- The Dark Roots of EarthThe Dark Roots of EarthThe Dark Roots of Earth is the upcoming tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Testament. It is currently scheduled to be released in late April/early May 2012 by the independent German record label Nuclear Blast Records...
Videography
- Strapping Young Lad - For Those Aboot to Rock: Live at the CommodoreFor Those Aboot to Rock: Live at the CommodoreFor Those Aboot To Rock: Live at the Commodore is a live performance DVD by the Canadian Heavy Metal band Strapping Young Lad, released in 2004 by Century Media.-Track listing:#"Dire " – 1:05#"Consequence" – 4:26#"Relentless" – 3:11...
(DVD, 2004, Century Media Records) - Gene Hoglan - The Atomic Clock (DVD, 2010, Hoglan Industries)
- Behind the Player: Dimmu Borgir (DVD, 2010, Alfred Music Publishing)