HUNGARY

Tadeusz Rieckmann

TYR

I started drumming in November 1998 in a small town of Western Hungary. I was accepted by Péter Hoffer, a quite influential Hungarian session drummer. At that time he was the drummer of Moby Dick, Hungary’s #1 thrash-metal band in the early 90s.
In 2001 I joined the heavy-metal band Steelium and in 2003 the remaining members and I founded Dalriada, one of the most well-known Hungarian metal bands today. Since then we released almost a dozen albums, toured Europe several times and had the privilege to participate in one of the most exclusive international festivals, the metal-cruise 70.000 Tons of Metal, taking place in the Caribbean.
In 2016 I was approached by Heri Joensen, vocalist/guitarist of the Faroese Metal-band TÝR. He asked me to fill in as a session drummer till the end of the year. Since the whole band and I were working out very well together I stayed and in the end of 2017 I became the new official drummer of TÝR. I left Dalriada in early 2018, after 18 years.
Since my joining TÝR we played almost 100 shows together, on four continents. This year, on March 8th our new studio album “Hel” hit the stores, promoted worldwide by Metal Blade Records. Three singles were released before the whole album (see links below) and the response was overall outstanding. Our next tour will take place in North America with Demons & Wizards and Lizzy Borden, from August 16th.

CURRENT SETUP
XIST Bell XIST Xist Bell
Bright and clear with more controlled su...
Istanbul Agop Xist Power Crash XIST Xist Power Crash
The larger, unlathed bell and unlathed c...
Istanbul Agop Xist Power Hi Hats XIST Xist Power Hi-Hats
Loud, bright and high pitched yet still...
Istabul Agop XIST Raw Ride XIST Xist Raw Ride
Dry, very penetrating and well defined s...
Istanbul Agop Traditional Trash Hi Traditional Traditional Trash Hit
A unique and creative lathing process gi...
Istanbul Agop Xist Power China XIST Xist Power China
An explosive, dynamic and cutting China...
Istanbul Agop XIST Ion Dark Trash XIST Xist ION Dark Trash
A darker, drier take on the Xist Ion Ser...
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