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Daniel Wilding
Wilding with Carcass in 2025
Background information
Born	(1989-01-22) 22 January 1989 (age 37) Kettering, England
Genres	Death metal, technical death metal, grindcore
Occupation	Drummer
Years active	2005–present
Member of	Trigger the Bloodshed, Carcass
Formerly of	Heaven Shall Burn, The Soulless, Aborted

Daniel "Dan" Wilding (born 22 January 1989) is an English drummer.

Biography

Wilding started playing drums at the age of 10^[1] and at the age of 16 joined his first ban, 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 recorded Strychnine.213, released in 2008. In 2009, he left Aborted and joined UK technical death metal band Trigger the Bloodshed. Wilding has also played drums for melodic death metal group The Soulless and blackened death metal band The Order of Apollyon. In 2011, he began to serve as touring drummer for German metalcore band Heaven Shall Burn.

In 2012 it was announced that Wilding joined as drummer for grindcore/death metal veterans Carcass, and has recorded with them all releases since Surgical Steel including their latest album titled Torn Arteries.

Wilding is married and has two kids.

Equipment

Wilding uses Tama drums, Paiste cymbals (as of 2021),^[2] Remo drumheads and Vic Firth sticks. He has formerly used Sabian as well as Meinl cymbals.

Discography

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