(1975-01-08) 8 January 1975 (age 49)[1][2] Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
Genres
Heavy metal, extreme metal
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instruments
Drums
Years active
1990–present
Member of
Megadeth, Scarve, Bent Sea, Powermad, Brave the Cold, The Project Hate MCMXCIX, Cadaver, Cobra the Impaler, Pulse of Nebulae, Geoda,[3] Freya,[4] Abyssal Vortex, Blood from the Soul
Formerly of
Soilwork, Aborted, Phazm, Anatomy of I, One-Way Mirror
Website
dirkverbeuren.com
Musical artist
Dirk Verbeuren (born 8 January 1975) is a Belgian musician and the current drummer of American thrash metal band Megadeth, amongst other projects. He previously was a member of the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork.
Verbeuren recorded five full-length albums and a live DVD/Blu-ray with Soilwork, and performed in Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Russia and China as a headlining act between early 2004 and July 2016.[5] In 2016, Verbeuren left Soilwork to join Megadeth as a full-time member.[6] With Megadeth, Verbeuren has since recorded the full-length album The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!, released in September 2022.
^"Dirk Verbeuren – Encyclopaedia Metallum". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^Dirk Verbeuren profile on Meinl Cymbals. Retrieved on 11 August 2012.
^"New album "Here and Now" to be released June 7th". geoda.com.ar. 3 June 2019.
^"FREYA Feat. MEGADETH/Ex-SOILWORK Drummer DIRK VERBEUREN: 'Eyes Of Malevolence' Song Streaming". Blabbermouth.net. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^"rockdetector.com artist profile: Soilwork" Archived 2 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^"MEGADETH Names DIRK VERBEUREN New Full-Time Drummer". 14 July 2016.
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death metal band Scarve. Was a student of previous Soilwork drummer DirkVerbeuren. Was a touring bassist from 2019 until January 2022 when he was announced...
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influence, including Chad Szeliga, Chris Pennie, Ryan Van Poederooyen, DirkVerbeuren, Andrew Spence, Raymond Hearne of Haken, John Merryman of Cephalic Carnage...
ex-Megadeth), Mark Tremonti of Creed and Alter Bridge, Kiko Loureiro and DirkVerbeuren of Megadeth, actor Kristian Nairn (Game of Thrones), and more, plus...
bit more guitar solos than on Sworn to a Great Divide and also let Dirk [Verbeuren, drums] get more space on the record for drumming. That was one of...
album with Dane and played on eight of its tracks. Soilwork drummer DirkVerbeuren and former Himsa guitarist Matt Wicklund also played on the album. Nevermore...
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