8/26/10 A huge thanks to Petar and everyone in Groznjan, what a great time! I'm home for a few weeks before heading out on another tour with Legacy of Disorder in NZ. I will play in OKC with Arms of the Sun and in Denton with Shaolin Death Squad.
4/29/10 Launched a youtube channel to collect and post videos.
4/20/10 I will be a guest artist/instructor at the Groznjan International Percussion Camp in Groznjan, Croatia this August with Mike Mangini, Mike Haid, Petar Curic and others, see you there! Shaolin Death Squad is currently playing shows. King Diamond is editing video for upcoming dvds. Aghora 3 is steadily progressing.
2/6/10 The Shaolin Death Squad cd is finished and out, it's called "Five Deadly Venoms". www.shaolindeathsquad.com ; Post Human, "Interference Patterns" is out as well. www.doforitrecords.com
12/29/08 Wrote an article regarding bass drum pedal and foot position for sick drummer magazine, read it at www.sickdrummermagazine.com
7/26/08
I did some drumming for Master Watchmaker and former Anthrax shredder Dan Spitz and he's gone public with it, here is the press release.
King Diamond will be appearing at Ozzfest during a tribute to Dimebag Darrell along with Vinny Paul, members of Metallica, Anthrax, Alice in Chains and others. here is King's statement along with other news (new King album and dvd, etc.), and here is MTV's story about it.
King Diamond/Brave Combo grammy nominations!
King Diamond "Never Ending Hill" has been nominated for "Best Metal Performance", and Brave Combo's "Polka's Revenge" is nominated for best polka album (I played on one song).
"Orchestrate" released and getting great reviews like this one!.
email: matt@mattthompsondrums.com
AIM: trogdorborgir
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