Kevin Foley (drummer)
Kevin Foley[1] (born March 10, 1988 in France) is a French drummer of Irish-Italian descent. He has played with bands including Decapitated, Sepultura, Sabaton (band), Abbath, Disavowed, Benighted and Mumakil. He is a permanent member of Disavowed and Benighted. He has recorded 3 albums with the French Death Metal band since he joined it in 2006.
Foley was first inducted into death metal (double bass and blast beat) by Benighted.[2] although the young drummer had already proved his talent in many other bands.
In 2011, he played with the Swedish band Sabaton (band) for three shows when their drummer hurt his knee. Sabaton was on a common tour with the Heavy Metal band Nightmare (French band) and Kevin was their session drummer. He had only some hours to learn all the tracks. Some months later on 25th, November 2011, he played drums with Nervecell (band from Dubai) at Abu Dabhi for the Metallica's opening.
Similarly two years later, Kevin was called upon by the famous Brazilian band Sepultura to stand in for their drummer after an injury he sustained during their European tour, with only hours to learn the setlist. He played for 8 shows with Sepultura. After the tour Sepultura published a press release to thank him for his help.[3]
Equipment
Kevin is endorsed by Drum Workshop and Sabian.
Current drum kit : DW Collector's Series Lacquer Speciality
- 12 x 8" Tom
- 14 x 12" Floor Tom
- 16 x 14" Floor Tom
- 24 x 18" Bass Drum
Finition : Snow Pearlescent to Charcoal fade
Cymbales : SABIAN
- 20" Sabian AA Rock Ride
- 16" Sabian AAX plosion Crash
- 18" Sabian AAX plosion Crash
- 14" Sabian AAXX Stage Hi Hat
- 10" Sabian AAX Splash
Career
Permanent Bands
Live Sessions
- F Stands For Fuck You
- Benighted: 2006 - Today
- Disavowed : 2010 - Today
- Destinity : 2010
- Sabaton (band) : 2011
- Nightmare (French band) : 2011
- The Seven Gates : 2012
- Nervecell : 2011-2012
- Mumakil : 2013
- Sepultura : 2013
- Decapitated (band) : 2013
- Abbath (band) : 2015
Records
- Benighted - Icon : 2007
- Benighted - Asylum Cave : 2011
- The Seven Gates - Of Gods... Of Saints... Of Graves : 2012
- The Seven Gates - Polymorph Demon : 2012
- Benighted - Carnivore Sublime : 2014
- F Stands For Fuck You
- Dawohl - Potestas . Ratio . Iustitia : 2014
- Abbath - Abbath : 2016
Press
Recently Kevin has become a target for the media because of his tattoos and drum skills.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Kevin Foley's website
- ↑ Benighted's Official page
- ↑ The Sepultura's press release
- ↑ n°266 of Batteur Magazine
- ↑ n°52 of Parat Magazine