Aquiles Priester takes his Paiste Color Sound cymbals on tour with W.A.S.P.
The amazing Brazilian drummer Aquiles Priester is going on tour with the American 80’s heavy metal legends – W.A.S.P. The band is about to embark on a world tour celebrating their 35th anniversary. As a Paiste endorsee, Aquiles will use cymbals from the Color Sound 900 series, most of them red.
Here is what his cymbal set is going to be like:
19” CRASH – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
18” GIGA BELL RIDE “PSYCHOCTOPUS” – 2002 (ORIGINAL BLACK COATED)
19” CRASH – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
18” CHINA – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
14” HEAVY HI-HAT – SIGNATURE (CUSTOM, RED COATED)
18” CRASH – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
10” SPLASH – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
8” SPLASH STACKED – SIGNATURE (RED COATED)
10” SPLASH STACKED – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
10” SPLASH – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
18” HEAVY CRASH – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
18” CHINA – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
15” SOUND EDGE HI-HAT – 2002 (RED COATED)
18” HEAVY CRASH – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
14” BLAST CHINA – RUDE (RED COATED)
18” GIGA BELL RIDE “PSYCHOCTOPUS” – 2002 (ORIGINAL BLACK COATED)
19” HEAVY CRASH – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
20” CRASH – COLOR SOUND 900 RED
What is your opinion of coloured cymbals?
Aquiles Priester is a Brazilian (though born in South Africa) heavy metal drummer. He has collaborated with such bands and solo artists as: Angra, Hangar, Midas Fate, Primal Fear, Paul Di’Anno (ex-Iron Maiden), Tony Mac Alpine, Vinnie Moore and, currently, W.A.S.P. He is also known for having participated in the widely talked about Dream Theater drummer audition, which took place after Mike Portnoy had left the band. As we all know, Aquiles didn’t succeed at the audition but no-one can say he failed either. It was after that event that Dream Theater guitarist, John Petrucci, recommended Priester to another great guitar virtuoso – Tony MacAlpine.
Priester has released three educational publications: the book “Inside My PsychoBook: 100 Double Bass Patterns” (2011) as well as two DVD’s, titled “Aquiles Priester – The Infallible Reason of My Freak Drumming” (2010) and “Aquiles Priester’s Top 100 Drum Fills” (2013).
Apart from Paiste, Aquiles Priester is endorsed by the following brands: Mapex, Roland, Evans, Gibraltar, Pro-Mark, LP, Ahead, DW, JBL, XTREMEEARS and AKG.
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