Gene Hoglan

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Gene Hoglan

Eugene "Gene" Victor Hoglan II (born August 31, 1967 in Dallas, Texas) was a well-known American extreme metal drummer. He also played guitar, although not on any records (save for some riffs on Dark Angel's Leave Scars and Time Does Not Heal and one lead on SilentScream's record From the Darkest Depths of Imagination). He was 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 called "kick triplets")[citation needed]. His highly technical playing was extremely accurate at almost any tempo, earning him the nickname "The Atomic Clock" [1].

Career

Hoglan got his first drum kit when he was 13 and was completely self-taught. In 1984, Hoglan began his music career as a roadie (lights engineer) for the legendary thrash metal band Slayer, where he also played the drums during concert soundchecks[2]. He was also part of the band War God with Michelle Meldrum[3]. At the end of the same year he was asked to join the thrash metal band Dark Angel as the drummer[4]. He penned most of the lyrics for Dark Angel's next three albums. He achieved greater notoriety 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.[citation needed]

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 [5]. 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[6]. 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, Gene and George have been close friends, and both are well respected drummers within the extreme metal community.

Gene has been working with Dethklok, the band from the animated TV show Metalocalypse. Hoglan features in Dethklok's debut album, The Dethalbum which released on the 25th of September, 2007.[7] He will also have been touring with the band as the drummer.

Gene had been working with the band Unearth as their temporary touring drummer. Gene has also joined the metal band Pitch Black Forecast, with former Mushroomhead singer Jason Popson, as the band's permanent drummer. Even more recently, Gene was announced as the drummer for the reunited Bay Area Thrash metal band Forbidden's reunion tour, replacing original Forbidden drummer Paul Bostaph.

Gene played drums for Zimmer's Hole's third studio album When When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan in 2008.

NOTE: GENE HOGLAN IS NOT DEAD! Desipite *rumors*, Gene is very much alive and well and will be touring with Dethklok this summer.

Discography

(Gene Hoglan played drums, unless otherwise noted)

References

  1. ^ "Moderndrummer.com - 2004 - Gene Hoglan: Haulin' With Strapping Young Lad" 2004
  2. ^ Voicesfromthedarkside.de - Dark Angel interview
  3. ^ Voicesfromthedarkside.de - Dark Angel interview
  4. ^ Voicesfromthedarkside.de - Dark Angel interview
  5. ^ "Blabbermouth.net - April, 2006 - OPETH Mainman: We Don't Know If Drummer MARTIN LOPEZ Is Ever Coming Back" April 11, 2006
  6. ^ "Blabbermouth.net - April, 2006 - OPETH Mainman: We Don't Know If Drummer MARTIN LOPEZ Is Ever Coming Back" April 11, 2006
  7. ^ "STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's GENE HOGLAN Laying Down Tracks For DETHKLOK Album" Dec. 23, 2006.

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