Doug Spears plays drums in Astaroth, a side project of Tampa death metallers Brutality. Previously Spears drummed in the band Dreamscapes of the Perverse.
Mausolus Arguelles Von Kiszka, vocalist and guitarist in Brutality and Astaroth explains early 2004:
"I listened to the five-song CD 'The Rise Of Self' [by Dreamscapes of the Perverse] just one time and was so impressed, I called him up and gave him the drummer's seat right then and there. Doug has all the chops and speed of anyone from Jim Coker in Brutality and Pete Sandoval of Morbid Angel to the slow, powerful beats like Fred Estby of Carnage."