Daniel Wilding


Daniel "Dan" Wilding is an English drummer from Chichester, England.

Biography

Wilding started playing drums at the age of 10 and at the age of 16 joined his first band called Killing Mode. After Killing Mode disbanded he formed a black metal band called Misery.
In 2007 Wilding joined Belgian death metal act Aborted. With them he had recorded Strychnine.213, released in 2008. In 2009 he left Aborted and joined UK technical death metal band Trigger the Bloodshed. He also plays drums for melodic death metal group The Soulless and blackened death metal band The Order of Apollyon. In 2011 he has begun serving as touring drummer for German metalcore band Heaven Shall Burn. In 2012 it was announced that Wilding will also be the drummer for grindcore/death metal veterans Carcass and recorded their latest album titled Surgical Steel.
He is also married and has two kids.

Equipment

Wilding uses Tama drums, Sabian cymbals, Remo drumheads and Vic Firth sticks. He formerly used Meinl cymbals.
Drum setup circa 2015: Tama drums, Remo drumheads and Meinl cymbals:
Tama Silverstar series in white abalone finish:
Meinl cymbals:
Drumheads: Remo:
Drumsticks: Vic Firth:
Drum setup circa 2018: Tama drums, Evans drumheads and Sabian cymbals:
Drums: Tama Starclassic Bubinga in red faded burst:
Cymbals: Sabian:
Drumheads: Evans:
Drumsticks: Vic Firth:

With Aborted