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Gene Hoglan
American drummer
- From
- Dallas, Los Angeles
- Since
- 1967–present
- Releases
- 0
- metal
About
Eugene Victor Hoglan II (born August 31, 1967) is an American drummer, known for his work with thrash metal bands Dark Angel and Testament. He is acclaimed for his creativity in drum arrangements, including use of abstract devices for percussion effects and his trademark lengthy double-kick drum rhythms. Though his playing style is very technically demanding, he retains high accuracy at extreme tempos, earning him the nicknames "The Atomic Clock" and "Human Drum Machine".
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Hoglan has played for numerous metal bands across his career. He first established himself as the drummer of Dark Angel in the 1980s, and began to expand his repertoire in the early 1990s after that band split up. Since then, he has played for Death, Strapping Young Lad and the solo projects of its frontman Devin Townsend, Fear Factory, Dethklok and Testament, amid two Dark Angel reunions and participation in several other side projects. He released his own album, the Gene Hoglan: The Atomic Clock DVD, and served as Testament's longest-serving drummer.
Hoglan was featured on the cover of Modern Drummer magazine in November 2010. He also won Terrorizer magazine's Reader's Poll for Best Drummer 2010, and Modern Drummer magazine nominated Hoglan for Best Metal Drummer, and Best Recorded Performance (for Dethklok's Dethalbum II) on their 2011 ballot. He was nominated for Best Drummer in Revolver magazine's 2010 Reader's Poll.
Member of
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Testament drums (drum set)
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Strapping Young Lad drums (drum set)
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Opeth additional, drums (drum set)
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Forbidden drums (drum set)
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Pitch Black Forecast drums (drum set)
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Zimmers Hole drums (drum set)
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Fear Factory drums (drum set)
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Also known as
Eugene Victor Hoglan II
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- b007f65c-c831-442c-bbf4-378638b236a4
- ISNI
- 0000000120787005
- IPI
- 00484353928
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.