Paul Collier is currently based in St. Louis, MO and began drumming at age five, playing jazz very early on, eventually moving on into more aggressive musical styles. By combining intricate techniques of jazz/fusion with aggressive, modern death metal he is able to apply his style in a powerful live performance as well as the studio. His musical tastes range from classical and jazz, to harsher electronic sounds and extreme metal. Says Paul: “Stylistically my drumming is versatile and can cover many bases and my musical background is diverse, though I prefer and excel in more technical death metal of which I have a large background in. I find this style of drumming to be most challenging both physically and mentally on the kit- daring you to be just as great as you can be.”



By drumming in more of an aggressive technical style has included work recording as well as much live work opening for such acts as Nile, Hate Eternal, Deicide, Behemoth, Vital Remains, Cannibal Corpse, Origin, Deeds of Flesh, The Berzerker, and many others in this genre.



In 2008 Paul Collier started working with the band Angel Corpse. They are well established and known in the extreme death metal genre and have set a standard of their own design. Says Paul: “We just completed the successful Militant AntiChrist Tour 2008 in Europe w/ Revenge and Arkhon Infaustus, playing in 10 countries including a headline slot at the open air United Metal Maniacs Festival in Bitterfeld Germany. A west coast US tour was also just finished and was equally well received. New material from AngelCorpse will be recorded shortly and released worldwide on their label Osmose Productions. I will continue to develop my playing, for an eventual drumming book/dvd that will focus on independence and linear concepts on the drum kit, advanced double bass concepts, and developing speed and power in extreme drumming situations.”