Paul Mazurkiewicz ( ; born September 8, 1968) is an American drummer best known as a member for death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Mazurkiewicz was originally the drummer for the band, Tirant Sin, alongside two other future Cannibal Corpse members Chris Barnes and Bob Rusay. The trio joined Alex Webster and Jack Owen in 1988, forming Cannibal Corpse. He is also currently the drummer for assorted side projects including Umbilicus and Heaven's Gate. Besides drumming, he also plays the guitar, and is the group's primary lyricist and contributes heavily to composing songs; he penned the songs "Dead Human Collection", "Frantic Disembowelment", "Monolith", "Carrion Sculpted Entity", and "Worm Infested". Mazurkiewicz, along with Webster, is one of the remaining members of the band since its inception.

Personal life

Mazurkiewicz divorced in 2019. He has one daughter. He became a vegetarian in 2002 and he lives with his family and animals on a farm-like property including a couple of acres of land. In 2022 Mazurkiewicz also took time to expand outside the death metal genre he's become renowned for and co-formed the side projects Umbilicus, a 1970's style hard rock group with

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guitarist Taylor Nordberg and also Heaven's Gate, a crossover thrash project also featuring

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vocalist Tony Foresta.

Equipment

Mazurkiewicz uses and endorses

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drums,

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cymbals, Czarcie Kopyto pedals and

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drumsticks. He previously used and endorsed

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Current tour kit

*Drums –

USA Standard Satin Red, Black Nickel Hardware **22x20 Bass Drum (x2) **10x9 Tom **12x10 Tom **14x11 Tom **16x16 Floor Tom **14x5 Vintone Nickel Over Brass Snare Drum *Cymbals –

**14" A Custom Hi-Hats **18" A Heavy Crash **17" A Heavy Crash **18" A Custom Projection Crash **21" A Mega Bell Ride **20" A Custom China *Hardware **Monolit Czarcie Kopyto Pedals (x2) ** DW 9000 Hi-Hat Stand *Other **

Speed-Ex Drumsticks

References

External links

Cannibal Corpse tribute sitePaul's MySpace
*www.cannibalcorpse.net *facebook @PaulMazurkiewicz {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazurkiewicz, Paul 1968 births 20th-century American drummers American heavy metal drummers American male drummers American people of Polish descent Cannibal Corpse members Death metal musicians Jewish American musicians Jewish heavy metal musicians Living people Place of birth missing (living people)