FREEDOM OF FEAR DRUM CAM FROM THE DETHKLOK TOUR PLUS EURO TOUR DRUM CAM!

What a time we had on the Dethklok tour! We were very fortunate to play at such iconic venues as The Forum in Melbourne (twice!) Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide, The Astor Theatre in Perth and The Roundhouse in Sydney. The crowd response was amazing at every show. It was very cool to see Dethklok every night and hang out with the band members as well, including the legendary Gene Hoglan. Here’s the closing track of the set from the first Melbourne show.

I also recently got my hands on some drum cam footage from our Euro tour last year with Ne Obliviscaris. This was from our first show of the tour at the House of Culture in Helsinki, Finland. There’s a really nice, open sound just from the stage/camera audio so you can really hear the snare ghost notes and natural kick sound.

Apologies for all the shirtlessness!

I’ve got a fair bit of free time for the rest of the year, so please get in touch for any live or studio work. I’m also available for drum lessons in Adelaide as always.

EURO TOUR WRAP UP + DETHKLOK AUS TOUR SUPPORT

I’m pretty late here, but the Freedom of Fear European tour with Ne Obliviscaris and Walkways was a great success! 21 shows across 15 countries, what a time! Here are a couple of videos from one of the bigger shows in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

The rest of the Freedom of Fear crew have been busy recording their parts for the new album (I recorded the drums in July last year), but we will be joining Dethklok on their Australian tour in early April which features the biggest venues we’ve ever played. This is quite a strange tour as Dethklok are a fictional band from the animated cult classic Metalocalypse. The touring band is real musicians however, including the legendary Gene Hoglan on drums!

I’ve got a couple of spots available for drum lessons, please don’t hesitate to contact me if you are interested.

EUROPEAN TOUR WITH FREEDOM OF FEAR + DYSSIDIA ALBUM UPDATE

I’m very excited to be heading to Europe in less than a couple of weeks with Freedom of Fear to support our Melbourne mates in Ne Oblivscaris alongside new mates Walkways from Israel! While I’ve played overseas a few times now, this will be my first time doing a proper month-long tour which has been the main goal for a very long time now. We are playing 21 shows in 14 different countries which will be incredible!

It’s NeO’s 9th European tour, so they well and truly have a strong fanbase over there which means fairly large venues/crowds. Can’t wait to kick off!

In other news, Dyssidia’s long awaited follow up to our 2020 album Costly Signals is nearing completion. The mixing has almost been finalised so we’ll be sending off the album for mastering in the next few weeks. It’s looking like an early-mid 2025 release with touring to follow. We have all put in so much time into these songs over the last few years and we’re very proud of how the album has turned out. It’s extremely progressive with lots of odd-time and challenging sections, but with also some more accessible sections than on our past releases. Can’t wait for everyone to hear it :)

Other than that, drum lessons have been going really well this year with students making great progress in areas such as the AMEB rock school curriculum, learning jazz & latin concepts, as well as extreme metal drumming! If you are looking for lessons for you or your child, please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Cheers!

HAMMERSONIC FESTIVAL (INDONESIA) WITH FREEDOM OF FEAR

We were lucky enough to play at the massive Hammersonic Festival in Jakarta last weekend! Check out the line up below as well as a few photos and video from our set. The video features blast beasts, skank beats and double kick at 240bpm, but also has a more sophisticated quintuplet based section around the middle followed by a drum solo.

Now time to continue learning the material for the next album, my first with the band. I’ll be in the studio in the next few months to get it done!

Above image courtesy of Jess from JV Photo & Film

Above photo courtesy of Tuaniroo

NEW ELECTRIC KIT FOR DRUM LESSONS & PRACTISE!

I just upgraded my electric drum kit for my drum teaching as well as my personal practise. It’s a doozy of a kit - the Roland VAD307. Practising just got a whole lot more enjoyable!

If you’re in Adelaide and are interested in learning drums with me, please get in touch on 0403 751 774 or liam.weedall@gmail.com. Whether you want to work on really difficult drumming or if you’re a beginner, I can help you out. Same goes for if you want to improve your extreme metal drumming or whether you’re into funk, rock, jazz, pop, fusion, whatever, I’ve got you covered.