Martin "Marthus" Škaroupka (born 20 January 1981) is a Czech

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drummer. He is a member and songwriter in the British

band

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Biography

When he was 6, Škaroupka started attending piano and singing lessons at LŠU Brno until he was 13. Because there were no drums lessons at any of the music schools of that time available, he began to take private lessons from prof. Cupák (member of Janáček opera in Brno). When he was 15 years old, Škaroupka was admitted to Leoš Janáček Conservatory Brno, where he graduated in drums and piano. Marthus began playing with various bands of various music styles when he was 15. In the same year, his first studio enterprise is released with the band Animal Farm, which was followed by another studio CD with the band Pink Chubby Cigar. In 1997 Marthus and his long-time friend Khaablus founded the band Inner Fear, where Marthus was responsible for all compositions, keyboards and drums. In the same year the first demo came out and by 2003 two more mini-CDs and three full-length albums were produced (out of which the first was never released officially). Also in 1997, Marthus filled in as touring drummer for Czech bands Monastery, Pluggulp, Inner Fear, Happy Death and Scharnhorst. In the years following (1997–2000) Marthus played live not only with Happy Death and Inner Fear, but also appeared as a guest drummer on Melancholy Pessimism mini-tour (2000), a project of

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singer Jiří " Big Boss" Valter, BigBoss and in 1999 recording CD of project Entrails (where he met Root guitar player, Petr "Blackie" Hošek). In the beginning of 2001, Marthus took played drums in Pandemia, setting out on a spring European tour, after which he left the band. In summer 2004, Marthus filmed his first drumming DVD and moved from

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to England. In autumn 2004, Marthus joined English band Mantas (featuring Venom guitarist

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) and in summer 2005 started collaborating with Czech power/speed/symphonic metal band Symphonity (ex Nemesis). In January 2006, Marthus recorded drums for a new Symphonity album at House of Audio studios in Germany. In October 2006, Marthus joined English

band

, replacing

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. On 1 July 2012, it was announced that Marthus would join melodic power metal band Masterplan...:: Masterplan taps Martin "Marthus" Skaroupka (Cradle of Filth drummer) for new album ::..
Marthus is also a songwriter and keyboard player. He wrote and recorded all the keyboards and orchestrations for the

albums ''

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'', ''

Hammer Of The Witches ''Hammer of the Witches'' is the eleventh studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 10 July 2015 and is their first release under record label Nuclear Blast. ''Hammer of the Witches'' features the band's new ...

'', ''

Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay ''Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay'' is the twelfth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 22 September 2017 through Nuclear Blast Records. It is the second and final album to feature Lindsay Scho ...

'' and most of the keyboards and orchestration for '' Existence Is Futile''. Marthus wrote the music for songs such as 'Right Wing Of The Garden Triptych' or 'Crawling King Chaos'.

Discography

Equipment

Marthus is endorsed by Pearl drums, Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth drum sticks, Remo drumheads and Serial Drummer clothing company. *Drums -

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**Toms – Emperor Clear **Bass Drums – Powerstroke **Snare – Ambassador Coated *Hardware – Pearl And

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**Pearl P2000B Pedals **Ddrum 4 SE **Ddrum Kick Drum Triggers *Sticks –

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References

External links

Official Marthus Website

Official Cradle Of Filth Website

Official Masterplan Website

Official Inner Fear Website

Official Titanic (heavy metal Brno) Website

Official Symphonity Website

Official Happy Death Website

Official Entrails Website
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