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Latvala

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About Me


A drummer for Torture Killer , Demigod , Deepred and a Slayer/80's thrash metal cover band which is active whenever a gig is offered. I've also had some session work with Hellbox (studio/live) Funeral Feast (live). I started my serious relationship with drumming about at age of sixteen years. Before that I considered myself a bassist after trying to play classical guitar for a while during an age of eleven to twelve. I guess I managed to achieve a basic skill-level with those string instruments and enjoyed it a lot too, but once I realised that it was drumming where my heart lies there were no turning back. I started practising by myself but after a couple of years of playing I decided to start taking private lessons which really set a new course for my drumming, opening my eyes for other styles than metal too. I try to practise every day from one hour minimum to four hours. I use Pearl drums (BRX Masters Studio, birch shell) and hardware (1000 and 2000-series), Stagg symbals (Myra and DH) and Axis A longboard double pedal.
Whenever my activities doesn't include working or playing I enjoy listening to music, watching movies, reading books, drawing or hanging out with friends.
U P C O M I N G
S H O W S :

26/5/07 DEMIGOD - Kuopio, Henry's Pub
31/5/07 DEMIGOD - Helsinki, Hevimesta
01/6/07 DEMIGOD - Turku, Klubi
09/6/07 TORTURE KILLER - Tampere, Vastavirta
22/6/07 SLAYTANICS - Nummirock
30/6/07 TORTURE KILLER - Helsinki, Virgin Oil (TUSKA-Afterparty)
07/7/07 SLAYTANICS - Ruisrock
14/7/07 DEMIGOD - Annaberg-Buchholz(GER), "Thunders over Miriquidi Pt.III" -Festival

My Interests

Drumming, music, Movies, books, friends, drawing, beer, drumming...

Music:

Top 5 of 2006:

+All kinds of shit: Strapping young lad, Devin Townsend band, Death, Slayer, Sepultura, Exodus, Kreator, Sodom, Dark angel, Anthrax, Pestilence, Atheist, Cynic, Metallica, King Diamond, Mercyful fate, Iron maiden, Helloween, WASP, Judas Priest, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Fear factory, Malevolent Creation, Resurrection, Immolation, Incantation, Suffocation, Hate eternal, Dying Fetus, Devourment, Decapitated, Monstrosity, Nile, Meshuggah, The Dillinger escape plan, Exhumed, Aborted, Morbid Angel, Angelcorpse, Cryptopsy, Origin, Sotajumala , Kataplexia , Rotten Sound, Deepred, Cadaveric incubator, Demigod, Six feet under, Obituary, Bolt thrower, Carcass, Absu, Abigor, Darkthrone, Burzum, Gorgoroth, Dödheimsgard, Urgehal, Dissection, Funeral Mist, Watain, Emperor, Merciless, Dysrhythmia, Pantera, Nevermore, Obliveon, Mr.Bungle, Frank Zappa, Tool, Deftones, Fall of the leafe , Cosmosquad, Ephel Duath, Toto, Led Zeppelin, Dredg, Manes, Kingston Wall, Klaus Schulze, etc...

Movies:

Hellraiser, The Texas chainsaw massacre, Evil Dead, Evil dead trap, Clockwork orange, Fear & loathing in Las Vegas, The Shining, The thing, Cannibal holocaust, Cannibal ferox, Violent shit I-III, Zombie 90, 28 Days, Sin city, Alien trilogy, Lord of the rings trilogy and films by George A. Romero, Lucio Fulci, Dario argento, David Lynch, Tim Burton, Takashi Miike etc. One of my all time favourites is of course Star Wars and usually on sundays I like to watch some brainless comedy films like those with Jim carrey or Will Ferrell not to mention everything that has the great Arnold in it like Total recall, Conan the barbarian, Commando, Predator,
Running man and Terminator.

Television:

I don't spend that much time surfing channels but I like watching late night with Conan O'Brien or series like OZ, Band of brothers or Twin Peaks and Cartoons like the Simpsons, Southpark, Ren & Stimpy and Futurama.

Books:

H.P. Lovecraft, some Crowleys books, some Nietzsche, some Stephen King's work, Douglas Adams, Frank Herbert's Dune is absolutely fantastic, American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis, Robert Bloch, Erlend Loe, Jan Guillou's "Pahuus"...

Heroes:

MacGyver

My Blog

NEW DEMIGOD ALBUM!

Let Chaos Prevail finally ready for release After careful consideration we have decided to release our third album "Let Chaos Prevail" self-financed in Scandinavia. From the beginning we have strongly...
Posted by Latvala on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:14:00 PST

Balbex drumsticks

I have signed an endorsement deal with Balbex drumsticks. They are a newcomer on the stick market and they definetily provide drumsticks with quality. All you drummers should check them if you have a ...
Posted by Latvala on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:03:00 PST