Andrew Whale played drums in Bolt Thrower, old school death metal band from the UK. Whale is featured on all albums until "...For Victory" and demos thusfar, but left the band after the the US tour in 1994. Because he was fed up with Bolt Thrower and thought there are other things in life to do. In addition Andy Whale thought that his skills weren't increasing at all anymore and searched for a different challenge: He's now laying cables for a living. Whale was replaced by Martin Kearns.