Kevin Foley (drummer)

Kevin Foley, 2008

Kevin Foley ^[1] (born March 10, 1988 in France) is a French and Irish drummer. He played with a lot of bands such as Sepultura, Sabaton (band), Disavowed, Benighted and Mumakil. He is a permanent member of Disavowed and Benighted. He has already recorded 3 albums with the French Death Metal band since he joined it in 2006.

He has been first shaped to the Death Metal (double bass and blast beat) by Benighted.^[2] But this young drummer has 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.

Simillarly two years later, Kevin is called by the famous bresilian band Sepultura because their drummer got hurt during their European tour. He joined them although he had only some hours to learn the setlist. He played for 8 shows with them. After the tour the Sepultura's members published a press release to thank him for his help.^[3]

In 2013, he toured with Decapitated.

Equipment

Kevin is endorsed by Drum Workshop and Sabian.^{[citation needed]}

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

• Benighted : 2006 - Today
• Disavowed : 2010 - Today

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

Records

• Benighted - Icon : 2007
• Benighted - Asylum : 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

Press

Recently Kevin has become a target for the media because of his tattoos and drum skills.^[4][5]

References

1. ↑ Kevin Foley's wesite
2. ↑ Benighted's Official page
3. ↑ The Sepultura's press release
4. ↑ n°266 of Batteur Magazine
5. ↑ n°52 of Parat Magazine