Randy Black

Born Nov.17 in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, after a brief stay I moved with my family to Zweibrücken, Germany, lived there for 5 years before we settled back in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Started playing drums and taking lessons at the age of 11. 1980 - Played in first professional band “The Edge”. 1982- Did first tour (7 months) across Canada with “The Kaotics”. 1984 - Joined Rush cover band “Click”. Click played together (no member changes) for 9 years. 1993 - Moved to Vancouver, B.C. Joined “Annihilator” for the 2nd leg of the touring cycle for the “Set The World On Fire” tour. Toured with the band all over the US, Canada, Europe and Japan. 1994 – Recorded first CD with Annihilator “King Of The Kill” and toured Europe and Japan. 1996 – Recorded 2nd Annihilator CD “Refresh The Demon” Joined Bif Naked later that year. Also toured with and recorded Annette Ducharme’s CD “Bloom”. Toured with Bif Naked until late 1997 before getting an offer to teach drums in Berlin, Germany, at “The Drum Factory” which gave me the opportunity to be with my fiancé Ulrike whom I met in 1995 during the Annihilator K.O.T.K. tour. 1998 - Recorded Bif Naked’s 2nd CD “I Bificus” before moving to Berlin Germany. Played with several local bands which included Gom Jabbar, Pool Star and Schwarz. 1999- 2000 Recorded Schwarz’s CD “Das Schloss” and toured Europe. 2001 - Rejoined Annihilator and toured Europe and Japan. In the same year joined and recorded Rebellion’s first album “Macbeth - A Tragedy In Steel”. 2002- Recorded Annihilator’s “Waking The Fury” CD, toured Europe with Annihilator and Rebellion. 2003 - Recorded Annihilator’s “Double Live Annihliation” and Rebellion’s “Born A Rebel”. Performed first workshop for Mapex-Drums at the “Frankfurt Musikmesse”. Later that year joined Primal Fear as a steady member after doing the U.S. God’s Of Metal Tour. 2004 - Recorded “Devil’s Ground” with Primal Fear. Toured extensively in support of the CD which included North & South America and Europe. 2005 –Recorded “Seven Seals” with Primal Fear. Toured through out Europe in support of the CD. Recorded DuskMachine’s debut CD The Final Fall. Joined Berlin based rockers Skew Siskin and toured Europe. 2006 – Toured with Primal Fear in support of Seven Seals through out Europe, South America, and Japan. Toured with Skew Siskin in Europe. Did first show with Berlin based drum group “Drum Connection”. 2007- Recorded Skew Siskin’s 6th CD “Peace Breaker” followed by a tour in France. Recorded Primal Fear’s 7th CD “New Religion” Release date Sept.26th. Touring in support of the new CD will start Oct.6th in Atlanta USA followed with a tour of Europe and Japan. Played shows with Drum Connection.

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