Danny Walker - Studio and session drummer specializing in progressive technical music; has achieved a notable reputation as a technically high performing artist in the Hard Rock/Metal and avant-garde genres. Over 15 years of experience and technical training in the percussive arts. Studied styles ranging from rock and funk to Latin and jazz. Also has been an instructor for over 4 years in addition to full time work and maintaining a steady schedule of session work. Played with groups: Intronaut, Phobia, Jesu, Uphill Battle, Exhumed, Thornlord & Basatrd Noise. Released 11 full-length records and toured extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and Mexico with various bands.

I will be helping students improve technique, expand drum vocabulary, learn rudiments, learn different styles of music, increase speed & strength, warm up exercises etc.... If you are interested let me know. Mobile lessons available! (I have a studio located in Downtown LA, but I can come to your house or studio) $25 half hour lessons / $50 hour lessons

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Tomorrow brings us the New Year & Saturday 1/3/09 brings you Issue 4 of Sick Drummer Magazine. Subscribe Free for your chance to win signed gear from Brann Dailor, Kevin Talley and a $250.00 prize pack from Evans Drumheads! 

Issue 4 also includes interviews and columns from: Eyal Levi of Daath, the legendary James Murphy, Tommy V of Leng Tch'e, Ali Richardson of Bleed From Within (with video), drum clinic footage from Ray Luzier of Korn, Max Blunos of Trigger The Bloodshed, Gus Rios and more... 

Our March issue will hold footage and interviews from the NAMM show, Luke Dumke of The Informant (studio feature), Jan Benkwitz, Peter Wildoer of Darkane, Soliwork's Dirk Verbeuren, Todd Hansen of The Berzerker and a column or two from some of our insane contributors. 

Happy New Year from Sick Drummer.com & SD Magazine...

All Shall Perish is seeking a temporary replacement for guitarist Chris Storey for upcoming touring commitments. The band has released the following statement:

“Our lead guitarist Chris Storey will be taking some time off to deal with some family issues and will be missing out on a few tours. We are looking for a touring replacement for a handful of upcoming tours, one fest run in Europe and one fest tour in the states. Please only apply if you are:

1. Over 18
2. Have all pro gear
3. Able to perform all lead guitar parts to "Black Gold Reign", "Never Again" and "When Life Meant More"
4. Drama and hard drug free
5.  In possession of a valid drivers license and passport

If you meet all these requirements please email us a link to a video of you playing any of the songs mentioned. If you can do a good enough job by ear, we will send you a response e-mail with tabs and videos.

Email all tryout videos to  tryout[at]allshallperish.com”

The band recently wrapped up a North American tour with Hate Eternal, Job For A Cowboy, Animosity and AOAA.

ASP’s third full-length album, "Awaken the Dreamers", which sold just under 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 126. The follow-up to "The Price of Existence" was recorded once again at Castle Ultimate Studios in Oakland with producer Zack Ohren.

I have been fortunate enough to get the chance to collaborate with Eric Wood & Bill Nelson of avant garde-noise/sludge group Bastard Noise. So far the new line up is a trio, but others will partake in this journey soon. Eric and I are currently writing material and piecing together fragments. The group has a 2 week long tour of Japan booked at the end of February through the beginning of March and will be Performing next year at LA's Murder-fest. We will also be recording a full length collaboration record with the group The Endless Blockade. Let the new year bring much brutality! ~Danny Walker

On another note, check out the Australopithecus video from Intronaut!

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Footage from Dimmu Borgir’s appearance on Fuel TV’s “The Daily Habit” is now available online at www.fuel.tv/dimmuborgir

The recent “Blackest Of The Black” tour with Danzig helped support Dimmu’s latest DVD titled The Invaluable Darkness, which debuted at #5 on the Nielsen SoundScan “Top DVD Music Videos” chart in mid-October.  It was also the band’s last North American tour promoting their eighth studio album, In Sorte Diaboli, which debuted on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart at #2, on the Top 200 Albums chart at #43, and has sold over 66,000 copies in the U.S.

Obscura have posted a second preview track, “Incarnated”, from their forthcoming Relapse debut Cosmogenesis. “Incarnated” can be heard online now via the band’s official MySpace: MySpace.com/RealmOfObscura . Cosmogenesis will see its North American release on February 17th, 2009 (March 2nd internationally). Additional release information and album artwork can be found here .

Additionally, Obscura drummer Hannes Grossmann has recently joined the Meinl Cymbals artist roster. Grossmann’s artist profile can be viewed here , with audio and visual samples viewable here .

Obscura are confirmed as co-headliners of Euroblast Festival 2009 along with Dew Scented. This festival will take place January 24th, 2009 in Cologne, Germany. For more information, please visit MySpace.com/EuroblastFestival.

While in the studio recording their new album, The Concealers, the members of Daath decided to record a medley of classic death metal songs by Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel and Dying Fetus, Charmingly dubbed “Fecal Finger,” the track won’t actually appear on the band’s new album, but you can listen to it on MetalSucks...

Kevin Talley explained the genesis of the track:  “Fecal Finger”… A beautiful name for a beautiful piece of music. One day we jammed some death metal songs and we jokingly said we should play them at a show… so we did. We chose the DYING FETUS song because I wrote and recorded it with them and many people never saw me play it live. Matt DeVries [Chimaira] and I used to jam that MORBID ANGEL riff a couple years ago so we brought that in since it is crushingly brutal. And you can’t jam a jam without Jim Carrey’s favorite death metal band CANNIBAL CORPSE. We recorded this freakin shit because kids these days need to recognize who influenced the newer bands they listen to. After hearing the originals for so many years, it’s weird hearing these songs with a newer style recording. But Sean Z’s vocals are fucking sick and Jonny Davy’s (Job for a Cowboy) guest vocals on the MORBID ANGEL part are amazing. This recording is finally growing on me and it’s actually my favorite thing to listen to right now.

How would you like to Win The Snare Drum in this video? Yes, this is the same snare drum that was used to record "Destroy The Opposition".

Subscribe free to our Magazine and check out the next issue on January 1st! Details on how to win this snare drum, signed by Kevin Talley, Netherton, Gallagher and Voyles! The winner will also receive a signed copy of Kevin talley's DVD and a signed copy of Destroy The Opposition!

Everyone who enters to win this snare drum will receive a copy of Kevin's drum DVD! 

Good Luck!! 

Misery Index have posted a 30-second teaser for their brand new video, “Traitors”, online now at this location . “Traitors” was lensed by director Dave Brodsky of MyGoodEye in Philadelphia, PA. The full video will premiere via Headbangersblog.com imminently with its televised premiere to follow on MTV2’s ‘Headbanger’s Ball’.

Misery Index is currently on tour alongside The Black Dahlia Murder and Soilent Green in the mid-western US and then into Canada. Misery Index will follow-up this tour with a six-week European tour that will include a month alongside Hate Eternal in the mainland followed by a headlining run in the U.K. A complete listing of Misery Index tour dates can be found below with more to be announced soon...

Terrorizer Magazine recently launched an exclusive full album stream of Psycroptic’s latest album "Ob(Servant)". The album‘s sheer technical brutality can be heard in its entirety at the following location http://www.terrorizer.com/radio.php !

"Ob(Servant)" was released in North America on October 14 via Nuclear Blast Records, following their appearance as part of this years Summer Slaughter Tour installment, which included The Black Dahlia Murder and Kataklysm among others. The follow-up to 2006's "Symbols of Failure" was mixed and mastered by former Machine Head and Soulfly guitarist Logan Mader and was recorded once again by guitarist Joe Haley. The album includes a free bonus DVD featuring a studio diary as well as performance footage from a 2006 gig in Amsterdam, Netherlands and 2008 concert in Wellington, New Zealand. The free bonus DVD runs approximately 85 minutes. www.psycroptic.com   www.myspace.com/psycroptic