David Wayne McClain (born October 22, 1965) is an American drummer. He is best known as the former drummer for the American heavy metal band,

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. He joined the band in 1995 and left the band in 2018 after 23 years in the band. He replaced

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when the latter left shortly after their first album, ''

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''. He was formerly a member of

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(not to be confused with the

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-based

Slayer Slayer was an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California. The band was formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style ...

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offshoot Narita, Turbin, Catalepsy, Murdercar (featuring producer

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)
Ministers of Anger (Dave Clemmons)
Currently he has rejoined

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in 2018, which he originally played for from 1991–1995. McClain has been a

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since 2017.

Endorsements

He currently endorses Remo drumheads, Yamaha drums and hardware and Zildjian cymbals. He also uses Zildjian Dave McClain signature Drumsticks. He previously endorsed Tama,

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and DDrum.

Discography

Albums and EPs

; S.A. Slayer * ''Prepare to Die'' EP (Rainforest Records, 1983) * ''Go for the Throat'' (Under den Linden Records, 1988) ; Murdercar * ''unreleased album'' (1990) ; Sacred Reich * '' A Question'' EP (

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, 1991) * ''

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'' (Hollywood Records, 1993) * '' Heal'' (Metal Blade Records 1996) * '' Awakening'' (Metal Blade Records, 2019) ; Machine Head * '' The More Things Change...'' (

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, 1997) * ''

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'' (Roadrunner Records, 1999) * ''

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'' (Roadrunner Records, 2001) * '' Through the Ashes of Empires'' (Roadrunner Records, 2003) * ''

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'' (Roadrunner Records, 2007) * ''

Unto the Locust ''Unto the Locust'' is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head, released in Australia on September 23, in the UK on September 26 and worldwide on September 27, 2011. The album was produced and mixed by Robb Flynn, and ...

'' (Roadrunner Records, 2011) * '' Bloodstone & Diamonds'' (

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, 2014) * ''

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'' (Nuclear Blast, 2018) ; Compilations * with

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''In the Blood of Virgins'',

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(

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, 1986) * with Murdercar ''Mirage of Blood'',

Metal Massacre X ''Metal Massacre'' is a series of compilation albums released through Metal Blade Records. It is famous for "shedding light" on bands such as The Obsessed, Trouble, Overkill, Metal Church, Metallica, Slayer, Virgin Steele, Hellhammer, Voivod, ...

(

, 1989) * with Ministers of Anger ''The Great Escape'', Metal Massacre XI (

, 1991)

References

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