Short bio:

Based in Adelaide, Australia, I have been playing gigs and recording since 2005 and teaching drums since 2008. I hold a Diploma in Jazz from The University of Adelaide and am endorsed by Gretsch Drums, Evans Drumheads, Promark Drumsticks, Czarcie Kopyto Pedals and Precision Kicks Triggers. I specialise in progressive metal and fusion style drumming and am currently drumming for Adelaide bands Dyssidia, Freedom of Fear and Voros as well as James Norbert Ivanyi (Sydney), Alarum (Melbourne) and Hadal Maw (Melbourne). I am also available for cover gigs.  I have played all around Australia many times over, as well as shows in England, China and Taiwan. 

Long bio (in cringy 3rd person format :p) :

Liam has been playing live and recording with bands since the age of 14 after picking up the sticks at age 11. He has played many different genres such as pop, rock, jazz, funk, punk, latin and big band which have all had a profound influence on the way that he plays his main genre of choice: progressive metal/fusion. During his mid-late teens the most notable bands he was involved with were Sonic Euphoria and Asphyxia, the latter of which supported Whitechapel and Psycroptic as well as winning the award for “Best Youth Band” in the Australian Metal Awards in 2009. It is also worth noting that Liam was part of the Rostrevor College Big Band that took out 2nd place in the National School Band Competition ‘Generations in Jazz’ in 2008. He was also selected by acclaimed brass player James Morrison as a Future Finalist for the James Morrison Scholarship in the same year. The following year he completed a Diploma in Jazz from the University of Adelaide.

Liam joined Adelaide metal heavyweights DOUBLE DRAGON in mid-late 2010 at the age of 19. Seeing as the band had played national tours with the likes of Slayer, Megadeth, Chimaira and The Haunted it was an easy decision to make. While with Double Dragon he played shows all around Australia including shows with Soilwork, Darkest Hour, Carnifex and Tim Ripper Owens. The band released their sophomore album ‘Sons of Asena’ on the 4th of December 2011 which received airplay on Triple J and was followed by extensive touring around Australia. 

Following the dissolution of Double Dragon in May 2012, Liam formed the band VOROS with two of his band mates from Double Dragon. Since then, Voros has released 2 Eps and a full-length album. The band has toured around Australia several times and played with such notable bands as At the Gates, Napalm Death, Arcturus, Kataklysm, Entombed AD, Psycroptic, Be'lakor and King Parrot. 2016 saw the band tour Taiwan and China including Wake Up Festival in Tapei. 

In January 2015 Liam joined Adelaide progressive metal band DYSSIDIA, who have since played shows with international heavyweights Opeth, Trivium, Tesseract, Between the Buried and Me, Katatonia, Fallujah, The Ocean, as well as regular shows with Aussie veterans such as Caligula’s Horse & Voyager. Dyssidia have now released 3 EPs and a full-length album and have toured Australia several times.

Liam has also been playing live with Sydney progressive metal guitarist JAMES NORBERT IVANYI since September 2016, with the band playing shows around Australia as well as an appearance at UK Tech Fest in July 2017 alongside bands such as Obscura, The Black Dahlia Murder, Beyond Creation, Exivious, Northlane and many more. International supports include Haken and Katatonia, as well as The Ocean and Monuments as part of the Progfest 2019 tour.

Liam has also been the live drummer for Melbourne jazz metal fusion legends ALARUM since February 2017 with the highlight so far being the support for the Obscura (GER) Australian tour in March 2019.  

Staying with Melbourne, Liam joined the 8 string technical death metal cohort HADAL MAW in September 2019 with several shows in late 2019/early 2020. The drums for four new tracks were recorded in March 2020 (just before the world fell apart due to Covid), with the release for this EP planned for New Years Eve 2020.

Finally, Liam started playing live drums for Adelaide blackened death/thrash metal band Freedom of Fear in mid-late 2021 with the first show at Froth and Fury Fest in Port Adelaide in October. A national tour with Disentomb in September was cancelled due to Covid.

Liam is currently playing live with Dyssidia, Freedom of Fear, Voros, Alarum, Hadal Maw and James Norbert Ivanyi as well as occasional gigs with various bands spanning multiple genres. Past jazz/cover band work has included playing with the Baker Boys Band, Party Club Band, Rachael Leahcar, Triplescore, Mr Goodnight, Bill Parton Trio, Chesterfield Brass and Twisted J. He has been teaching drum lessons in Adelaide since 2008 and is currently available to take on more students.