New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Death metal dummer legend DEREK RODDY (Hate Eternal, Malevolent Creation, Nile etc) returns to Italy for the third time after three years of absence, announcing the drum clinic tour, entitled "Derek Roddy Invasion", presented by Atlast Drum Event. The tour kicks off on April 18th at the ALPHA OMEGA Recording Studios in Blevio (Como)! The evening starts at 8pm with meet&greet + aperitif, followed by Derek's Masterclass and afterparty! Entry fee 20€. Reservations via email:
[email protected]. See all the tour dates below.
Stated Alex Azzali, Owner of the ALPHA OMEGA Studios and Management:
"ALPHA OMEGA Studios can boast a very strong experience and extensive list of well-known clients who have recorded, mixed and mastered their albums in our studios. Furthermore we can offer the ideal environment also for the clinics and such kind of events. Therefore we're especially thrilled to host Derek Roddy's first tour date in Como, on April 18th. Welcome!"
More information at:
DEREK RODDY: https://derekroddyslessons.com
ALPHA OMEGA: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement
Watch Derek Roddy performing at
Modern Drummer Festival 2008: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp5jaAHoXSM
DEREK RODDY Invasion Tour dates in Italy:
18 April - Alpha
Omega Studios & Management - Blevio (Como)
19 April - X4M Perform Schoo of Musicians - Torino
20 April - FreeStroke Drum School - Firenze
21 April - Musical Academi - Terni
22 April - Rebel's House - Roma
23 April - Bateras Beat Drum School - Cagliari
24 April - Avatara Recording Studios - Milano
25 April - Individual Drum lessons - Verona
26 April - Musical Box - Verona
Biography:
Derek Roddy is an American drummer and snake breeder, originally from South Carolina. His ability to record entire drum tracks in one or two takes earned him the nickname "One Take". Derek is most known as an Extreme Metal drummer playing with many influential Extreme bands including Hate Eternal, Nile, Malevolent Creation,
Divine Empire, Council of the Fallen (where he also played guitar), Today Is the Day, Traumedy, and
Aurora Borealis.
In early 2007, Roddy started an instrumental band called SERPENTS RISE, which almost immediately grabbed the attention of drummers/musicians around the world. SERPENTS RISE is often referred to by fans as having an obscure sound for their bizarre guitar parts and incorperation of various percussion instruments, atmosphere and dynamics.
In 2010 Roddy was one out of seven drummers who was asked to auditioned to replace Mike Portnoy as the drummer for
Dream Theater.
Since his departure from Hate Eternal in 2006, he has become a featured drum clinician for several companies, including Meinl Cymbals, Axis Percussion, and DW Drums. He's performed at most every major drum event around the world including: The 2007 and 2010 AUDW (Australia Ultimate Drummers Weekend), the Singapore Drum Festival, multi apperances at the NAMM Show, 2007 and 2010 Meinl Drum Festival, 2007 and 2012 DrummerLive, PASIC, Moscow Drum Fest, South Africa Drum Fest and at the 2008
Modern Drummer Festival-a performance which has since been released in the DVD format by Hudson Music. Derek was the first Extreme Metal Drummer to author instructional material on extreme metal drumming. "The Evolution of Blast Beats" and was released by Hudson
Music in 2006 and was the first time Blast Beats had been published in instructional notation. Since, he has also authored 2 other DVDs.."Blast Beats Evolved" (2009) and his latest "Playing With Your Drums" (2012) also released by Hudson Music.
Derek continues to perform clinics and masterclasses, recording and freelance work in addition to his newer musical projects.
Discography: With Serpents Rise: Serpents Rise (2010), Serpents Rise 2 (2012), With
Aurora Borealis: Praise the Archaic Light's
Embrace (1998), Northern
Lights (2000), Northern Lights: DieHard Release (2001), With Council of the Fallen: Demo (1999), Revealing Damnation (2002), With Creature: Demo (1997), With The Deboning Method: Demo (1988), Cold Demo (1991), Democracy Demo (1993), With
Divine Empire: Demo (1998) Redemption (1998), With Gothic Outcasts: Sights Unseen (1997), With Hate Eternal: King of All
Kings (September 16, 2002), I, Monarch (June 27, 2005), With Malevolent Creation: In Cold Blood (1997), With Nile:
Black Seeds of Vengeance (September 5, 2000), With Today Is the Day: Axis of Eden (2007),
Various artists: Drum Nation Vol. 3 (2006), Visionaries of the Macabre: Vol.1 (1998), Worldwide Metal Inquisition (1998).
