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| 2007-04-16 | Necrophagist Drummer Schedules Drum Clinics | Last week German death metal band Necrophagist announced the addition of world renowned drummer Marco Minnemann to their line-up. Minnemann will begin playing drums for Necrophagist on the band’s upcoming headlining North American tour, the ‘Summer Slaughter Tour’ featuring Necrophagist label-mates Cephalic Carnage as well as Decapitated, Ion Dissonance, Cattle Decapitation, Arsis and more.
The ‘Summer Slaughter Tour’ will begin June 1st and is sponsored by Revolver Magazine, Ibanez Guitars, Tama Drums, Fixion Media and Jaxprints. Prior to the start of the ‘Summer Slaughter Tour’, Minnemann will be performing select Necrophagist songs at his upcoming drum clinics. A listing of clinic dates can be found below and a listing of Necrophagist tour dates can be found in the tour section on Relapse.com.
Marco's reputation as a talented drummer is worldwide. After establishing a reputation in his home country, Germany, in the late 90’s he began instructing solo workshops. Highlights included the Frankfurt Music Fair, PASIC in Dallas, and a solo performance at the "Modern Drummer Festival" in Toronto, where Marco had the honor of being the first German drummer to display his talents there. This performance, in the eyes of professionals and music trade magazines, catapulted him into the Top Ten of the drumming world. Following Drumfest included the Australian TUDW fest and the Montreal Drumfest in Canada.
Marco’s influences are quite diverse, and up to this point most of his work has included collaborations with many of Jazz and Funk’s leading musicians. Marco also co-produced and played instruments on Paddy Kellys (Kelly Family) solo CD which entered the charts in 2004 and played on the double platinum CD Nena feat Nena. Marco also performed and recorded with artists such as: Paul Gilbert, Nena, Udo Lindenberg, H-Blockx, Mike Keneally, FFW, Gianna Nannini, Garry Willis, The Kelly Family and many more. Marco Minnemann Drum Clinics:
April 14 Sioux Falls, SD Sioux Falls Music
April 15 Bozeman, MN Music Villa
April 17 Chico, CA Harried Music
April 18 San Jose, CA Lemmon Percussion
April 19 Las Vegas, NV Sam Ash
April 21 Albuquerque, NM Grandma's
April 22 Denver, CO Rupp's
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| 2004-06-09 | Necrophagist signs to RELAPSE! | Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of extreme technical death metal juggernaut Necrophagist! NECROPHAGIST will issue the follow up to the critically acclaimed "Onset of Putrefaction", entitled "Epitaph" on July 20th.
Uniting head-spinning musicianship, incredibly elaborate arrangements and an acute sense of dynamics within composition, Necrophagist have reset the bar for complexity and technique in modern-day death metal. Necrophagist's powerful riffs, mind-blowing sweeps and arpeggios, crisp and crushing percussion and intricately designed songs are at once unequalled and uncompromising. Epitaph is musically infallible, unveiling an invincible technicality so sharp and precise, it threatens to bore a hole directly through the heart of the existing progressive death metal playbook.
Source: Relapse |
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