Gene Hoglan

Gene Hoglan is the drummer I point to when someone claims metal percussion is just speed and aggression. Known for his work with Dark Angel and Testament, he earned the nickname Atomic Clock for a reason; his timing is uncanny. But what I admire is his inventiveness, the willingness to treat the kit as a laboratory and to engineer abstract percussive textures rather than merely hit harder. His signature extended double-kick passages feel architectural to me, structures rather than barrages. From a Long Beach high school to the foundations of extreme metal, Hoglan made the drums a creative voice, and I find that genuinely thrilling.

Name (English)

Gene Hoglan

Name (Japanese)

ジーン・ホグラン

Reading

じーん・ほぐらん

Born

August 31, 1967 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

Origin

Dallas, Texas, United States

Occupation

drummer / musician / session musician / percussionist / guitarist

High school

Millikan High School

• Official sitehttp://www.hoglanindustries.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/therealgenehoglan/
• Xhttps://x.com/GeneHoglan
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Hoglan
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514197

Tags

• Texas
• drummer
• musician
• session musician

Last updated

2026-06-21

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