“You think you know Dirk Verbeuren,” begins DRUM! Magazine Assistant Editor Andrew Lentz’s three-page feature, “the rail-thin pummeler responsible for the seamless blasts and furious fills of SOILWORK. But the Swedish melodic metallers are a mere fraction of this multi-faceted drummer’s life. The SOILWORK speed demon brings new sensibility to the band and leaves his mark on extreme metal in both the studio and the digital realm.”
In his April 2013 DRUM! feature, Verbeuren goes on to discuss the working challenges of a democratically written record, what doesn’t happen when you lock in with the guitars a little too much, and his work on “Library Of The Extreme” with the Swedish software company ToonTrack (known for its “Drumkit From Hell” program).
The April issue (with Mike Johnston on the cover) can be purchased online here. Tech-heads can check out the studio set-up of Dirk’s drum kit during the recording of The Living Infinite here.
Verbeuren is offering in-person drum lessons during SOILWORK’s current North American Infinity headlining tour: one lesson per day (two persons maximum) on a first-come, first-served basis only. Details available here.
Remaining tour dates with Jeff Loomis (featuring Verbeuren on drums for Loomis for the last 11 shows) and Blackguard include:
04/23/13 The Gig – Beaumont, TX
04/24/13 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
04/26/13 State Theater – St. Petersburg, FL
04/27/13 Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
04/28/13 The Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
04/29/13 Kingdom – Richmond, VA *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
04/30/13 Soundstage – Baltimore, MD *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
05/01/13 Mexicali Live – Teaneck, NJ *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
05/02/13 The Chance Theater – Poughkeepsie, NY *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
05/03/13 Broadway Joes – Buffalo, NY *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
05/04/13 Al Rosa Villa – Columbus, OH *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
05/05/13 Music Hall – London, ON – CANADA *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
05/06/13 The Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
05/07/13 The Palladium – Worcester, MA *Dirk Verbeuren on drums for Jeff Loomis*
Advanced ticket links are available on the SOILWORK Facebook page.
VIP Meet & Greet packages (early entry + a shirt of choice from the band’s merchandise) are available at EnterTheVault.com.
Buy the SOILWORK double-CD masterpiece digitally via iTunes: http://bit.ly/soilworktli.
The Living Infinite is available as a double LP on clear blue vinyl at Store.NuclearBlastUSA.com.
Order an exclusive The Living Infinite album artwork t-shirt (while supplies last) at JSR Direct: http://www.jsrdirect.com/webstores/nuclearblast/the-living-infinite-t-shirt.
SOILWORK’s ninth studio & first dual-disc album, The Living Infinite, was released on March 5th and debuted at #60 on the American Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, #11 on the Independent Albums chart, and #2 on the Hard Music chart with 7,854 copies sold. The Living Infinite also debuted at #1 in the iTunes Metal Top Albums chart and was the #1 most added album on the CMJ radio charts.
“Rise Above The Sentiment” is SOILWORK’s latest video.
Visit Dirk Verbeuren at www.DIRKVERBEUREN.com and on Facebook.
Visit SOILWORK online at:
www.SOILWORK.org
www.facebook.com/SOILWORK
Twitter.com/_SOILWORK
www.youtube.com/SOILWORK
