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Dirk Verbeuren
Verbeuren in February 2009
Background information
Born	(1975-01-08) 8 January 1975 (age 43)[1][2] Antwerp, Belgium
Genres	Heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, grindcore, melodic death metal, industrial metal, technical death metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums, percussion, guitar
Years active	1990–present
Associated acts	Megadeth, Soilwork, Scarve, Aborted, The Devin Townsend Project, Bent Sea

Dirk Verbeuren (8 January 1975, Antwerp) is a Belgian musician, most known for having been the drummer of prominent Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork with whom he has recorded five full-length albums and a live DVD/Blu-ray, and performed in Europe, The United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Russia and China as a headlining act between early 2004 and July 2016.^[3] As of 2016, he left Soilwork to join thrash metal band Megadeth, as a full-time member.^[4]

Verbeuren is highly renowned in the metal scene for his studio recordings and/or live performances and recordings with Devin Townsend Project, Fredrik Thordendal of Meshuggah, Satyricon, Jeff Loomis, Warrel Dane, Aborted, Naglfar, Scarve,^[5]Powermad, The Project Hate MCMXCIX, Sybreed and others.

When he's not working as a session drummer at his Die Crawling Studio^[6] or touring worldwide as a drum clinician for Tama drums and Meinl cymbals, Verbeuren shares his knowledge and expertise through his Dirk Blasts instructional videos,^[7] in-person and online drum lessons. He's accumulated two decades of experience as a teacher, including ten years at Music Academy International in Nancy, France.^[8]

In 2011, Verbeuren created the grindcore band Bent Sea^[9] which features legendary Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury and vocalist Sven de Caluwe of Aborted.

In July 2016 it was announced that Verbeuren was the new official drummer for Megadeth who he had been touring with since May while filling in for Chris Adler. By joining Megadeth, Verbeuren officially left Soilwork.

Personal life

He is married to professional editorial and commercial photographer Hannah Verbeuren. The couple resides in Los Angeles, California.

Influences

He cites Dave Lombardo and Mick Harris as earliest influences on his drumming. Other influences include Gavin Harrison, Sean Reinert, Gene Hoglan, Tomas Haake, Steve Flynn, Pete Sandoval, Morgan Ågren, Tony Laureano and Chad Smith.^[10][11] Verbeuren is also a fan of hip hop music and mentioned The Beastie Boys, Run–D.M.C. and Public Enemy as his favourite hip hop groups in the teen years.^[11]

Equipment

Verbeuren is endorsed by Tama drums^[12] and sticks,^[13]Meinl cymbals,^[14]Evans Drumheads,^[15] Toontrack software, dB drumshoes^[16] and Alien Ears in-ear monitors. He recorded four elaborate MIDI drum packs for Toontrack: Library of the Extreme: Blasts and Fills,^[17]Death & Thrash,^[18]Fill Insanity^[19] and Metal Beats^[20] and contributed MIDI tracks to The Metal Foundry SDX^[21] and Metal! EZX.^[22]

Bands and collaborations

Current

• Megadeth


• Bent Sea


• Scarve


• Phaze I


• Cadaver

Former

• Soilwork


• Phazm (with Patrick Martin and Pierrick Valence of Scarve)


• Mortuary


• Yyrkoon

Session work

• Aborted


• Anatomy of I (with Steve DiGiorgio of Testament and Death)


• As I Destruct


• Colosso


• 
  Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy, Nevermore)


• Malevolence


• Naglfar


• The Devin Townsend Project


• One-Way Mirror (with Guillaume Bideau of Mnemic and Scarve)


• Powermad


• The Project Hate MCMXCIX


• Pulse of Nebulae


• 
  Satyricon (live session drums, January 2014)^[23]
  


• 
  Sybreed^[24]
  

• 
  Warrel Dane of Nevermore and Sanctuary
  


• Abyssal Vortex


• 
  Freya^[25]
  

Discography

Scarve

• 
  Six Tears of Sorrow (1996)


• 
  Translucence (2000)


• 
  Luminiferous (2002)


• 
  Irradiant (2004)


• 
  The Undercurrent (2007)

Aborted

• 
  Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003)


• 
  The Haematobic EP (EP) (2004)


• 
  Coronary Reconstruction (2010)

Soilwork

• 
  Stabbing the Drama (2005)


• 
  Sworn to a Great Divide (2007)


• 
  The Panic Broadcast (2010)


• 
  The Living Infinite (2013)


• 
  Beyond the Infinite (EP) (2014)


• 
  The Ride Majestic (2015)

Sybreed

• 
  Antares (2007)

Warrel Dane

• 
  Praises to the War Machine (2008)

One-Way Mirror

• 
  One-Way Mirror (2008)

Bent Sea

• 
  Noistalgia (2011)


• 
  Double Penetration (2013)


• 
  Animalist (2014)


• 
  Ascend (2016)

Devin Townsend Project

• 
  Deconstruction (2011)

Naglfar

• 
  Téras (2012)

Jeff Loomis

• 
  Plains of Oblivion (2012)

The Project Hate MCMXCIX

• 
  There Is No Earth I Will Leave Unscorched (2014)

Powermad

• 
  Infinite (2015)

Freya

• 
  Grim (2016)

Danzig

• 
  Black Laden Crown (2017) As I Destruct

As I Destruct

• 
  From Fear To Oblivion (2018)

References

External links

• Dirk Verbeuren's official website


• Megadeth's official website


• Bent Sea's official website


• Hannah Verbeuren's official website


• Soilwork's official website