Sabian - Because Sound Matters

Facts

Country	Canada
Groups	DETHKLOK
Genres	Metal

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Biography

He is famous for his highly technical playing and execution of complex patterns on the drums at extremely high speeds.

Funnily enough he began his music career as a roadie (light engineer) for thrash metal band Slayer, which is where he began playing the drums during the soundcheck. That year he was asked to join the thrash metal band Dark Angel where he wrote most of the lyrics for Bandâ?™s next two 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. Later he recorded an album with the thrash band Testament meeting 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.

In 2004, Hoglan stood in for Martin Lopez of progressive death metal band Opeth in Vancouver, British Columbia (Opeth's Lamentations Tour) and, in 2005 Hoglan stood in again for most of the Sounds of the Underground Tour having Hoglan play double duty doing a set with Strapping Young Lad then later performing with Opeth. Hoglan also appears in Opeth's music video "The Grand Conjuration" filmed on-tour while in Los Angeles.

He is also part of death metal band â??Tenetâ??, the brainchild of Strapping Young Lad guitarist Jed Simon. The band has been signed to Century Media Records but has yet to record an album.

He has recorded albums with the Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child and the Danish death metal band Daemon.

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