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Ben Yeo

Press Kit 2010

Drums

Los Angeles, CA

drumwork@gmail.com

www.yeoda.net

Profile

Contact Information

Full name: Benjamin Yeo

Address: 12550 Pacific Avenue, Apt. 7

Los Angeles, CA 90066

Telephone: 310.428.0509

Email: drumwork@gmail.com

CV: www.yeoda.net/music.html

Web: www.yeoda.net

Biography

• All Gods Kill (2009 – present)

• Lightning Swords of Death (2006 – 2008)

• Phlebotomy (2005 – 2006)

• Hammerstroke (2003 – 2004)

• Hamyzfear (1998 – 2003)

• Source of Raw Energy (1994 – 1997)

Current Project

ALL GODS KILL (2009 – present)

• Death metal

• Los Angeles, CA

• allgodskill.com

• myspace.com/allgodskill

• Featured Band of the Month (July 2010) in Local Music Fanzine

(LMSF)

• “All God’s Kill who brought out the best in everybody with their “In

your face” attitude with aggressive side splitting edges of aggression

it kept the music constantly flowing never wanting to miss a beat.” –

Natalie’s World, 2010

• Interviewed and featured in various media including Bare Bones

Music Network, All Access, WPMD, Thrashpie Radio, etc. 2010

ALL GODS KILL (2009 – present)

ALL GODS KILL (Selected Shows)• 05-Sep-2009 – Joe’s Grotto – Phoenix

• 11-Sep-2009 – Fitzgerald Pub – Huntington Beach

• 30-Jan-2010 – Di Piazza’s – Long Beach

• 31-Jan02010 – Malone’s – Santa Ana

• 13-Mar-2010 – Angel’s Roadhouse –Yucaipa

• 01-May-2010 – Galaxy Theater – Santa Ana; w/ Flotsam & Jetsam

• 29-May-2010 – Old Towne Pub – Pasadena

• 05-Jun-2010 – Que’s Bar – Monterey Park

• 11-Jun-2010 – Key Club – West Hollywood; w/ Exodus

• 17-Jul-2010 – Bull’s Bar – Long Beach

• 28-Aug-2010 – Slide Bar – Fullerton

• 04-Sep-2010 – Juke Joint – Anaheim

• 18-Sep-2010 – Bull’s Bar – Long Beach

• 24-Sep-2010 – Di Piazza’s – Long Beach

ALL GODS KILL

Selected Shows (2009 – Present)

ALL GODS KILL

Selected Shows (2009 – Present)

ALL GODS KILL

Selected Shows (2009 – Present)

Credits

National TV

Entertainment Partners (Acting) 2007 to present

Appeared as Lynn Seary’s (Indigo Sky) drummer in “Girlfriends”

CW Network (Season 8)

Endorsements

Soultone Cymbals , 2007 to present

www.soultonecymbals.com

UKKO Drum Mics, 2010 to present

http://www.b-band.com/ukko

Axis Percussion, 2010 to present

http://www.axispercussion.com

Drums Setup

Drums Setup

Setup DescriptionNumber Specification

2 22” x 16” bass drums

1 16” x 16” floor tom

1 13” x 11” rack tom

1 12” x 10” rack tom

1 14” x 5.5” snare

2 Axis drum pedals (X-L)

1 20” ride cymbal (Soultone Custom Brilliant)

2 20” china cymbals (Soultone Custom Brilliant and FXO)

2 18” crash cymbals (Soultone Extreme and Custom Brilliant)

1 14” hihat cymbals (Soultone Extreme)

4 UKKO mics

2 Axis triggers

1 Simmons SDHB2

Previous Projects

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH

(2006 – 2008)

• Darkened Black/Thrash Metal

• Los Angeles, CA

• Countless gigs (Knitting Factory, Viejes Casino, etc)

• myspace.com/lightningswordsofdeath

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH

(2006 – 2008)

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH

Discography (2006 – 2008)

• The Golden Plague (2007)

• Performed as Thrudvang

• Blackmetal.com Records

• West Coast Tour (2007)

―…with steady snare patterns and unpredictable cymbal work,

Thrudvang's drumming holds even more surprises — not many

could do those on-off machine gun blasts so suddenly and

seemingly without effort.‖ – Maelstrom, 2007

―still plenty mathy and complex, the drums manic, with impossible

flurries of lightning fast blasts,‖ – Aquarius Records, 2007

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH

Discography (2006 – 2008)

• Self-Titled Split (2008)

• Cult War Records

• Performed as Thrudvang

Soundtrack for Techmo’s Undead Knights on Sony PSP

www.undeadknights.com

―a tour-de-force of shock and awe,‖ – Thrashpit, 2008

―Lightning Swords of Death has a powerful approach to this art.‖

– The Metal Crypt, 2008

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH

Selected Shows (2006 – 2008)

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH

Selected Shows (2006 – 2008)

PHLEBOTOMY (2003 – 2004)

• Grindcore Death Metal

• East LA, CA

• Formed by ex-Infamy guitarists

• myspace.com/phlebotomyweb

PHLEBOTOMY (2003 – 2004)

HAMMERSTROKE (2003 – 2004)

• Thrash/Death Metal

• Port Matilda, PA

• Major gigs in Central PA

• myspace.com/hammerstroke

HAMMERSTROKE (2003 – 2004)

HAMMERSTROKE

Discography (2003 – 2004)

• The Harder, the Better.

Vol. 9 (2004)

• Turkey Vulture records

• Compilation, featuring

Hammerstroke’s “The

Unseen”

• Self-Titled Demo (2004)

• Self-released

HAMMERSTROKE

Selected Shows (2006 – 2008)

Side Projects

Side Projects (2005 – 2010)

• X-Rated (2009 – 2010)

• Taoism (2009)

• Tea Wolf (2006 – 2008)

• Helm’s Fire (2005)

X-Rated (2009 – 2010)

• Asian live entertainment

• Selected shows:– 28 Feb 2010, Chinese Lantern

Festival, Hacienda Heights, CA

– 28 Feb 2010, M-Wave Corporate

Event, Area DNA, Monterey

Park, CA

– 12 Mar 2010, Area DNA,

Monterey Park, CA

X-Rated (2010 – present)

Taoism (2009)

• Asian live entertainment

• Selected shows:– 17-Oct-2009, CSULB TSA, KTV

Long Beach, CA

– 04-Oct-2009, USC CSSA Mid-

Autumn Concert, Los Angeles,

CA

– 30-Sep-2009, Chinese National

Day Concert, Alhambra, CA

– 05-Sep-2009, Broadway Café,

San Diego, CA

T WOLF (2006 – 2008)

• Asian live entertainment

• Selected shows– 31 Dec 2008, STC New Year’s

Eve Concert, Rowland Heights,

CA

– 31 Dec 2007, STC New Year’s

Eve Concert, Rowland Heights,

CA

Live Shots