Career
Verbeuren is highly renowned in the metal scene for his studio recordings and/or live performances and recordings with Devin Townsend Project, Fredrik Thordendal of Meshuggah, Satyricon, Jeff Loomis, Warrel Dane, Aborted, Naglfar, Scarve, Powermad, The Project Hate MCMXCIX and many more. When he"s not working as a session drummer at his Die Crawling Studio or touring worldwide as a drum clinician for Tama drums and Meinl cymbals, Verbeuren shares his knowledge and expertise through his Dirk Blasts instructional videos, in-person and online drum lessons. He accumulates two decades of experience as a teacher, including ten years at Nancy, France"s Music Academy International.
In 2011, Verbeuren created grindcore band Bent Sea which features legendary Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury and vocalist Sven de Caluwe of Aborted.
Verbeuren is endorsed by Tama drums and sticks, Meinl cymbals, Evans drumheads, Toontrack software, dB drumshoes and Alien Ears in-ear monitors. He recorded four elaborate MIDI drum packs for Toontrack: Library of the Extreme: Blasts and Fills, Death & Thrash, Fill Insanity and Metal Beats and contributed MIDI tracks to The Metal Foundry SDX and Metal! EZX.
Current
Soilwork
Bent Sea
Scarve
Powermad
Pulse of Nebulae
Phaze I
The Project Hate MCMXCIX
Former
Aborted
Anatomy of I (with Steve DiGiorgio of Testament (band) and Death (metal band)
Colosso
Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore)
Malevolence (band)
Naglfar
Phazm (with Patrick Martin and Pierrick Valence of Scarve
The Devin Townsend Project
Mortuary
One-Way Mirror (with Guillaume Bideau of Mnemic and Scarve)
Satyricon (live session drums, January 2014)
Warrel Dane of Nevermore and Sanctuary (band).