Dirk Verbeuren
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| Background information | |
| Born |
8 January 1975 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 (January 8, 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. As of 2016, he left Soilwork to join thrash metal band Megadeth, as a full-time member.
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,Powermad, The Project Hate MCMXCIX and many more.
When he's not working as a session drummer at his Die Crawling Studio 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, 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.
In 2011, Verbeuren created the grindcore band Bent Sea which features legendary Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury and vocalist Sven de Caluwe of Aborted.
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