Alex Rüdinger (born November 18, 1991) is an American drummer. He started playing drums at the age of 13, and since then he has played for numerous

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bands including Conquering Dystopia,

the Faceless The Faceless are an American technical death metal band from the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles. They released their debut album, ''Akeldama'', in November 2006, and a follow-up, '' Planetary Duality'', in November 2008. The band's third ...

and

Threat Signal Threat Signal is a Canadian heavy metal band from Hamilton, Ontario. The band has had numerous lineup changes, with only Jon Howard remaining from the original incarnation. Their music is often classified as metalcore, melodic death metal, groo ...

. He has also done a variety of session work, both live and in the studio. Some of the bands he has worked for are

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Evan Brewer Evan Brewer (born September 23, 1981) is an American musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He is the current bassist of Fallujah and formerly played bass for Entheos and technical death metal band The Faceless. He has also been involved in other ...

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Light the Torch Light the Torch (formerly Devil You Know) is an American metalcore supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2012. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast Records and have released four albums: two under the "Devil You Know" moniker ('' The Beau ...

and

Intronaut Intronaut is an American progressive metal band from Los Angeles, California, that incorporates complex polyrhythms, progressive rock, and jazz. History Intronaut formed in 2004, and their initial line-up included guitarist/vocalist Sacha Dunabl ...

Gear

Rüdinger uses and endorses Tama drums and hardware, Meinl cymbals, Evans drumheads,

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drumsticks, Trick pedals, 1964 Ears in-ear monitors, 2box electronics, Gator cases and Vratim drum shoes.

Membership in bands

Current *

7 Horns 7 Eyes 7 Horns 7 Eyes is an American Christian death metal band based out of Seattle, Washington. The band formed in 2006 and released their debut album '' Throes of Absolution'' on April 24, 2012, on Century Media Records in North America and Basick ...

(2018–present) * Conquering Dystopia (2013–present) *

(2021–present) * Ordinance (2009–present) Former * Azrael * Samadhi * Burning Shadows (2006–2008) *

(2010, 2011–2012) * The HAARP Machine (2012–2013) *

The Faceless The Faceless are an American technical death metal band from the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles. They released their debut album, ''Akeldama'', in November 2006, and a follow-up, '' Planetary Duality'', in November 2008. The band's third ...

(2013–2014) * Good Tiger (2015–2018) Live *

(2014) *

(2015) *

(2019–2021) Session * Midnight Realm (2012) * Cognizance (2013–2014) *

War of Ages War of Ages (sometimes abbreviated WoA; formerly known as Point Zero) is an American Christian metal band formed in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2002. The band's self-titled debut album ''War of Ages'' was released in 2005, and in February 2006, the ...

(2017) *

(2020) * Merrow (2021)

Discography

Ordinance

* ''Internal Monologues'' (2011) * ''The Ides of March'' (2016)

Threat Signal

* ''Threat Signal'' (2011)

Cognizance

* ''Inquisition'' (2013) * ''Inceptum'' (2014)

Conquering Dystopia

* '' Conquering Dystopia'' (2014)

Good Tiger

* ''A Head Full of Moonlight'' (2015) * '' We Will All Be Gone'' (2018)

Intronaut

* ''Fluid Existential Inversions'' (2020)

Merrow

* ''The Nasum EP'' (2020)

Whitechapel

* ''

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'' (2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudinger, Alex 1991 births Living people American drummers American people of German descent Death metal musicians Musicians from Maryland People from Frederick, Maryland 21st-century American drummers Conquering Dystopia members The Faceless members