Masterclass Thursday 13th October 2005 Heavy metal and extreme music enthusiasts
were able to get their fix this week at Drumtech due to Spanish death metal drummer
Alfred Berengena paying a visit.

The clinic got to a great start with a play along track from Alfreds band Baalphegor. The
track consisted of very heavy guitar riffs and Alfred demonstrating his blistering chops and
technique. With a lot of eager hands in the air Alfred began answering questions most of
which regarded technique and stamina.

As Alfred answered the questions it seemed that a lot of what he does has come from
studying double bass drumming books and playing from the exercises, nice and slow to
start off with. Even though Alfred is Spanish and English is very much his second language
through an interpreter he was able to answer every question given to him.

Altogether Alfred played four play along tracks all as jaw dropping as the first leaving
everyone dazzled by his talent. It was refreshing to see a drummer of that style and to have
so much enthusiasm for it, Alfred is an “EXTREME” player who gave an “EXTREME”
Masterclass.