Dirk Verbeuren
Dirk Verbeuren | |
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Verbeuren in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 8 January 1975 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Genres | Heavy metal, extreme metal |
| Occupation | 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, Freya, Abyssal Vortex, Blood from the Soul, Kill Division |
| Formerly of | Soilwork, Aborted, Phazm, Anatomy of I, One-Way Mirror |
| Website | dirkverbeuren |
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 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. In 2016, Verbeuren left Soilwork to join Megadeth as a full-time member. With Megadeth, Verbeuren has since recorded the album The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!, released in September 2022.