Dirk Verbeuren (born 1975, Antwerp) is a Belgian heavy metal drummer. He plays in Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork, French technical death metal band Scarve (of which he was a founding member), [French melodic death metal band Phaze I, Dutch death-thrash metal band Anatomy of I, and American thrash metal band, Powermad. He recently created the grindcore band Bent Sea, which features Devin Townsend on bass and vocals by Sven de Caluwe of Aborted.
He has played as a session drummer for Aborted, Fredrik Thordendal, Lyzanxia, Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition, Manu Livertout, Infinited Hate, 7th Circle, Headline, Colosso (in the album Abrasive Peace) and Taliandorogd. He acted as session drummer on Sybreed's 2007 album Antares, as well as Yyrkoon's Occult Medicine. In 2011, he played in the Devin Townsend Project's Deconstruction, sharing drum duty with Ryan Van Poederooyen.
He has recorded drums for and the solo album of Warrel Dane of Nevermore, Praises to the War Machine, which was produced by fellow Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers, as well as Plains of Oblivion, a solo album by Jeff Loomis, another member of Nevermore. He also recorded several tracks on the Nuclear Blast All Stars CD Out of the Dark with several current and former Soilwork members Henry Ranta and Peter Wichers.
As it is confirmed on the official The Project Hate MCMXCIX web-site, Verbeuren is also to be filling up in studio for the upcoming Project Hate album, due to busy schedule of their drummer.
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