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
6/29/09 It's the middle of a very busy summer. Shaolin Death Squad should wrap up tracking for our third release very soon. I'll be touring with Legacy of Disorder in New Zealand and the USA. I'm playing shows with Shaolin, The Bright, Jet Black, The Killhawks, and High Def. King Diamond is working on DVDs and cd remasters. There are good rumours afoot for Aghora! I don't want to jinx anything. Dan the man Spitz has gone public with the band name and some tunes! www.myspace.com/deuxmonkey , shred it Spitz!
5/3/09 Finished tracking drums for Aghora 3 at Indian Trail studios last week. Shaolin Death Squad played with the Invincible Czars and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum last night in Ft. Worth. Random Urban Cowboy Quote: "what the hell is that crap?!"...will track 4 songs this week with Legacy of Disorder, crushing metal!
2/27/09 Shaolin Death Squad is in the home stretch tracking our new cd, we hope to start mixing soon. www.myspace.com/shaolindeathsquad
King Diamond is working on dvds and remasters, and is in Guitar Hero: Metallica.
Legacy of Disorder gets here today for U.S. shows! www.legacyofdisorder.com
Upcoming shows: Shaolin Death Squad, Legacy of Disorder, Michael Harris, Nagual.
12/29/08 Wrote an article regarding bass drum pedal and foot position for sick drummer magazine, read it at www.sickdrummermagazine.com
Legacy of Disorder New Zealand '09 dates have been announced, if you are in NZ in January or February, come catch a show! The dates and venues are listed here: www.myspace.com/legacyofdisorder
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.
Shaolin Death Squad have released Scorpion, one of 5 Deadly Venoms. It will be on the Do For It Records compilation. SCORPION
Shaolin Death Squad also has a song, "Choreographer of Fate" on Gutterths 1st compilation available here
5/13/08
Last night I was interviewed by sickdrummer.com for their podcast. They have built an impressive list of podcasts and I'm honored to have been asked.
I will play drums on the next Aghora effort. This is a huge deal for me, if you don't know why, email me and I'll tell you!
Pending releases:
Post Human: psychedelic, industrial, metal, new age. Link
Omid Afkhami: Flamenco-fusion largely based on Persian folk melodies and rhythms. Link
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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