Daniel "Dan" Wilding (born 22 January 1989) is an English drummer.

Biography

Wilding started playing drums at the age of 10 and at the age of 16 joined his first band called Killing Mode. After Killing Mode disbanded he formed a black metal band called Misery. In 2007 Wilding joined Belgian death metal act

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. With them he had recorded '' Strychnine.213'', released in 2008. In 2009 he left Aborted and joined UK technical death metal band Trigger the Bloodshed. He also plays drums for melodic death metal group The Soulless and blackened death metal band The Order of Apollyon. In 2011 he has begun serving as touring drummer for

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. In 2012 it was announced that Wilding will also be the drummer for grindcore/death metal veterans

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and recorded their latest album titled '' Torn Arteries''. Wilding is married and has two kids.

Equipment

Wilding uses Tama drums,

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cymbals (as of 2021),

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drumheads and

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sticks. He has formerly used Sabian as well as Meinl cymbals.

Discography

With Aborted

*'' Strychnine.213'' (2008,

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)

With The Order of Apollyon

*''The Flesh'' (2010,

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) *''The Sword and the Dagger'' (2015,

)

With Trigger the Bloodshed

*'' Degenerate'' (2010, Rising Records) *''Kingdom Come EP'' (2011, Independently Released)

With Heaven Shall Burn

*''

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'' (2013, Century Media Records, guest appearance)

With Carcass

*''

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'' (2013,

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) *'' Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel'' (2014, Nuclear Blast) *'' Despicable'' (2020, Nuclear Blast) *'' Torn Arteries'' (2021, Nuclear Blast)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilding, Daniel 1989 births Living people English heavy metal drummers Carcass (band) members British death metal musicians 21st-century English drummers