Gene Hoglan
Background information
Birth name	Eugene Victor Hoglan II
Also known as	The Atomic Clock
Born	August 31, 1967 (1967-08-31) (age 40)
Origin	Dallas, Texas, United States
Genre(s)	Heavy metal Thrash metal Death metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums
Years active	1984 - present
Associated acts	Dark Angel Death Strapping Young Lad Dethklok Unearth Zimmer's Hole
Website	Gene Hoglan MySpace page

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]. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Dallas redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... An extended 4-piece drum kit A drum kit (or drum set or trap set - the latter an old-fashioned term) is a collection of drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a sole percussionist (drummer), usually for jazz, rock, or other types of contemporary music. ... This article is about the year. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, and dissolved in 1999. ... Strapping Young Lad is an influential progressive extreme metal band from Canada, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... Dethklok is a virtual death metal[1] band created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for the television show Metalocalypse. ... Unearth (formed 1998) is a metalcore band with melodic death, groove, and thrash metal influences from Winthrop, Massachusetts. ... Zimmers Hole, from left to right: Jed Simon, Chris Valagao, Steven Wheeler, and Byron Stroud Zimmers Hole is a humorous death/speed metal band from Vancouver, Canada. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Dallas redirects here. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... Extreme metal is an umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined, for a variety of heavy metal subgenres developed since the 1980s. ... For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Leave Scars is the third album by Dark Angel, which was released in 1989. ... Time Does Not Heal is the fourth and final album by Dark Angel, which was released in 1991. ... SilentScream is a Malaysian independent rock band which consists mainly of college students (though frontman John Oommen is a lecturer and guitarist Irwan Haadi a working enigneer), who claim to be pioneering a new sound called Rock Fusion, which incorporate electronic textures in their music, culutral influences and other elements...

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. This article is about the year. ... The road crew (or roadies) are the technicians 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. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... For other uses, see Slayer (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, and dissolved in 1999. ... A bandleader is the director of a band of musicians. ... Charles Michael Chuck Schuldiner (May 13, 1967, Long Island, New York – December 13, 2001) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and genre innovator. ... Testament are an American thrash metal band from California. ... Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972 in Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian musician currently residing in British Columbia. ... Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the early 1980s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal[1] [2]. When Speed metal first emerged as a genre, it innovatively increased the tempo of the music template set forth by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin... This article is about the musical genre. ... Strapping Young Lad is an influential progressive extreme metal band from Canada, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ...

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]} This article is about the musical genre. ... Tenet is a Canadian heavy/death metal band formed by Jed Simon of Strapping Young Lad. ... Jed Simon was born in 1964 in Victoria, British Columbia. ...

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. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944... Opeth are a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. ... Martin Lopez Martin Lopez (born in Sweden on May 20, 1978) is a drummer, known best for his nine years with the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ...

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. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Strapping Young Lad is an influential progressive extreme metal band from Canada, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

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. This article is about the musical genre. ... Old Mans Child is a Norwegian melodic black metal band which was founded in 1993. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Nile is a brutal / technical death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, USA assembled in 1993. ... In Their Darkened Shrines is the fourth studio album from the American death metal band Nile. ... Tony Laureano is an extreme metal drummer originally from Puerto Rico that has played for a number of bands including Dimmu Borgir, Nile, Angel Corpse, Malevolent Creation, God Dethroned, Acheron, Aurora Borealis, and Belphegor which he is currently working with. ... George Kollias is the current drummer for the American technical death metal band Nile, and Sickening Horror. ...

Gene is 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 be touring with the band as the drummer. Dethklok is a virtual death metal[1] band created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for the television show Metalocalypse. ... Metalocalypse is an animated television series on Adult Swim created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. ... The Dethalbum is the debut album by the fictional band Dethklok from the television show Metalocalypse. ...

Currently, Gene is 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. Unearth (formed 1998) is a metalcore band with melodic death, groove, and thrash metal influences from Winthrop, Massachusetts. ... Mushroomhead is a band from Cleveland, Ohio. ... Jason Jmann Popson Jason Popson is most popularly known from his eleven years as a singer in the band Mushroomhead, he was known as his stage name J Mann while he was a member. ... Forbidden was a thrash metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area, part of the Bay Area thrash scene, most popular in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. ... Paul Bostaph (born March 6, 1964 in San Francisco, California) is a heavy metal drummer, who has played for the bands Forbidden (originally known as Forbidden Evil), Slayer, Testament, and Systematic. ...

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. Zimmers Hole, from left to right: Jed Simon, Chris Valagao, Steven Wheeler, and Byron Stroud Zimmers Hole is a humorous death/speed metal band from Vancouver, Canada. ...

Discography

(Gene Hoglan played drums, unless otherwise noted)

• 1983 - Slayer - Show No Mercy backing vocals in Evil Has No Boundaries
• 1983 - Wargod - Wargod (demo)
• 1986 - Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
• 1989 - Dark Angel - Leave Scars
• 1990 - Dark Angel - Live Scars (EP)
• 1991 - Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
• 1992 - Dark Angel - Decade Of Chaos (best of CD)
• 1992 - Silent Scream - From the Darkest Depths Of The Imagination (mixing, production)
• 1993 - Death - Individual Thought Patterns
• 1995 - Death - Symbolic
• 1995 - Naphobia - Of Hell (guest drummer)
• 1997 - Strapping Young Lad - City
• 1997 - Testament - Demonic
• 1998 - Old Man's Child - Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion
• 1998 - Strapping Young Lad - No Sleep Till Bedtime (live)
• 1998 - Devin Townsend - Infinity
• 1998 - Devin Townsend - Christeen plus 4 Demos (EP)
• 1999 - The Almighty Punchdrunk - Music For Them Asses
• 2000 - Cranium - Speed Metal Satan (engineering)
• 2000 - Devin Townsend - Physicist
• 2001 - Devin Townsend - Terria
• 2001 - Just Cause - Finger It Out
• 2001 - Frygirl - Someone Please Kill Me (conga's)
• 2002 - Daemon - Eye For An Eye
• 2003 - Strapping Young Lad - Strapping Young Lad
• 2003 - Tenet - Sovereign [demo]
• 2004 - Strapping Young Lad - For Those Aboot to Rock (DVD)
• 2005 - Strapping Young Lad - Alien
• 2005 - Opeth - played drums on The Grand Conjuration video, song of Ghost Reveries album
• 2005 - Ani Kyd - Evil Needs Candy Too
• 2006 - Strapping Young Lad - The New Black
• 2007 - Meldrum - Blowin' Up The Machine (guest drummer)
• 2007 - Dethklok - The Dethalbum
• 2007 - Tenet - Sovereign (Not yet released)
• 2008 - Zimmer's Hole - When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan

For other uses, see Slayer (disambiguation). ... Show No Mercy is the debut album by the thrash metal band Slayer, which was released in December 1983 through Metal Blade Records. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Darkness Descends is the second album by Dark Angel, which was released in 1986. ... Leave Scars is the third album by Dark Angel, which was released in 1989. ... Time Does Not Heal is the fourth and final album by Dark Angel, which was released in 1991. ... Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, and dissolved in 1999. ... Individual Thought Patterns is the fifth album by Death, released in 1993. ... Strapping Young Lad is an influential progressive extreme metal band from Canada, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... City is the second album by Canadian Thrash/Grindcore band Strapping Young Lad. ... Testament are an American thrash metal band from California. ... Demonic is a Death metal/Thrash metal | album by Testament, released in 1997. ... Old Mans Child is a Norwegian melodic black metal band which was founded in 1993. ... Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion is a 1998 album by Old Mans Child. ... No Sleep Till Bedtime is a live album by the Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. ... Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972 in Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian musician currently residing in British Columbia. ... Line up Devin Townsend / vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, mixing and mastering Gene Hoglan / drums Christian Olde Webbers / Upright bass Andy Codrington / trombone Track listing All songs by Devin Townsend except Christeen by Devin Townsend and Ginger Truth (3:58) Christeen (3:41) Bad Devil (4:52) War (6... Christeen plus 4 Demos is an EP disk by Canadian heavy metal artist Devin Townsend. ... Cranium is a Swedish speed metal band. ... Line up Devin Townsend / guitar, vocals, ambience, samples, keyboards, program, chords, cello/violin Gene Hoglan / drums Byron Stroud / bass Jed Simon / guitar Track listing All songs by Devin Townsend Namaste (3:43) Victim (3:15) Material (2:47) Kingdom (5:55) Death (2:27) Devil (1:28) The Complex (3... Devin Townsend Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972 in Vancouver), also known as Hevy Devy or simply Devy, is a Canadian musician currently residing in British Columbia. ... Strapping Young Lad is the eponymous third album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Alien is the fourth album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. ... Opeth are a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. ... The Grand Conjuration is a promotional single for the Opeth album Ghost Reveries. ... Ghost Reveries is the eighth studio album release from the progressive death metal band Opeth. ... _____ is the new black is a catch phrase and snowclone used to indicate the sudden popularity or versatility of an idea at the expense of the popularity of a second idea. ... Dethklok is a virtual death metal[1] band created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for the television show Metalocalypse. ... The Dethalbum is the debut album by the fictional band Dethklok from the television show Metalocalypse. ... Tenet is a Canadian heavy/death metal band formed by Jed Simon of Strapping Young Lad. ... Zimmers Hole, from left to right: Jed Simon, Chris Valagao, Steven Wheeler, and Byron Stroud Zimmers Hole is a humorous death/speed metal band from Vancouver, Canada. ...

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.

External links

• Gene's Official website
• Gene's official myspace page