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Federico Leone

Federico Leone

I'm a self-taught drummer mainly active in Milan, Italy. The drums fascinated me as a child and when I first heard a double bass drum live i immediately understood what kind of drummer I would become.
So I started playing in small bands in my hometown Monza as a kid, directing my sound towards heavy metal and hard rock without disdaining any other genre (from funk to hip-hop by participating in small local collaborations).
Returning to the favorite genre I would say that my style is mainly influenced by the German school of the mid-90s: Alex Holzwarth, Uli Kusch and Jörg Michael above all. Outside the metal the other important influences are Chad Smith and Alex Van Halen (obviously names like Vinnie Colaiuta, Buddy Rich and all the masters played their role). In the end I found my ideal playground in death metal and after a few years traveling around Italy with Black Rage (sharing stages with bands like Decapitated and The Crown) led me to other collaborations in the underground italian metal scene with Horrid and Ghostheart Nebula . And now I'm ready for any kind of adventure.

My Soultone Set: 

18" Extreme Crash
14" Extreme Hi Hat Pair
18" Extreme China
20" Extreme Ride