Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan of Dark Angel, Death, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, and Dethklok repute among others, has laid down the drum tracks on the long-awaited comeback album from Los Angeles thrashers Viking, entitled 'No Child Left Behind'. Comments the band: "We were pretty bummed when [regular Viking drummer] Matt Jordan's schedule suddenly rearranged to keep him from the studio dates we'd booked for the end of October. But he told us to put the fans first — he wants 'No Child Left Behind' to get into [the fans'] hands as soon as humanly possible. So, then we were stuck in the position of having to find someone in a short period of time, work out the tunes, and give the fans an album that would still be true to the spirit of the third full-length Viking album."
Gene Hoglan was Viking's drum tech in the studio when they recorded drums for 'Man Of Straw'. Gene and former Viking Brett Eriksen also played in Dark Angel together.
Watch some video footage of Gene Hoglan in the studio with Viking here:
Gene brutally bashing out Helen Behind The Door for the new Viking album, 'No Child Left Behind':
About Viking
Founded in the spring of 1986 in Los Angeles, Viking released two full-length albums on the Metal Blade label, 1987's 'Do Or Die' and 1989's 'Man Of Straw'.
Long hailed as one of the most rare and hard to find speed/thrash metal albums by collectors, 'Man Of Straw' was re-released in 2006 via Lost And Found Records. This fully licensed cd release was remastered and contained rare and never-before-heard bonus tracks.
