David Kinkade (born August 25, 1983) is an American metal drummer.

History

David Kinkade was born in New Jersey in 1983. At the age of three, he started picking up drums after his grandfather gave him his first drum kit. He has become known for his hard hitting, fast drum fills and double bass. His influences include bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Pink Floyd, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Sepultura, Immortal, Emperor and Devin Townsend Project. His drumming influences include Lars Ulrich, Dave Lombardo, Simon Philips, Gavin Harrison, Vinnie Paul, Nick Barker, Gene Hoglan, Hellhammer, Nick Mason and of course Neil Peart. In August 2011, he was announced as the drummer of

Soulfly Soulfly is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1997, and later based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in 19 ...

, replacing Joe Nunez. In October 2011, he parted ways with

Borknagar Borknagar is a Norwegian heavy metal band from Bergen, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines black metal and folk metal with progressive and melodic elements. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, paganism ...

. In October 2012, he announced his retirement from music, leaving Soulfly after their show in Bangkok. He retired in order to focus on his family. In 2020, Kinkade decided to return to creating music with his own band, Monarch. On his social media, he stated- "I felt as if I was just wasting my life by not making music. I'm older now, I have a child, a career. Everything is essentially great to the eye but I've sincerely missed doing what I do best- playing music. By resurrecting my own personal project that I started 20 years ago, I'm finally making it happen on my own terms and under my own rules. My back is fixed and I'm playing better than I ever have. Here we come." Monarch independently released (digitally through Bloodblast Distribution) debut album "All The World's Pain" in February 2021. In February 2022, Kinkade announced that his former Soulfly bandmates, Marc Rizzo and Tony Campos will join him on the next Monarch album, due in late 2022.

Personal

Aside from his drumming career, Kinkade is known for his interest in animal welfare. In 2007, he started a foundation called the "Metal 4 Pets Foundation", which stands against animal abuse. The Metal 4 Pets Foundation's goal is to unite the metal world to fight animal abuse. He currently lives in

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and works as a locomotive engineer.

Discography

With Monarch

*All The World's Pain (full length, 2021, Independent/ Bloodblast Distribution)

With Soulfly

* Enslaved (full-length, 2012,

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With Borknagar

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(full-length, 2010,

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) * Urd (full-length, 2012,

Century Media Records Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million. Background Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Ol ...

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With Council of the Fallen

*Sever All Negatives (EP, 2006)

Endorsements

* Pearl Drums Masterworks series drums & hardware *

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HH, AAX, AA, HHX * Trick Drums U.S.A. Pro 1-V BigFoot single pedals * Evans drum heads * Vater drumsticks 17 1/4" .630 Hickory- David Kinkade signature) * Ahead Spinal Glide throne, Ahead Armor cases

References

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