Derek Roddy is a death metal drummer. Roddy gained his popularity behind the kit of several extreme metal bands. Among the more notable are Malevolent Creation, Nile, Divine Empire, Aurora Borealis, Council of the Fallen, and Hate Eternal. He left his most recent band due to the stress of touring. He is also known to enjoy playing straight jazz, blues, and other non-metal music forms. The Derek Roddy forum, which can be found on his web site, … Wikipedia
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Roddy jumped into this adrenaline pumping style of drumming when extreme metal music emerged on the '80s underground scene, and he has continued to push the bpm's off the scale to speeds almost humanly impossible to perform. When Roddy's former group, Ha www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001618