Raymond Herrera
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| Raymond Herrera | |
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| Born | December 18, 1972 Los Angeles |
| Genres | Thrash metal, alternative metal, industrial metal, heavy metal, rock, orchestral, electronica |
| Occupations | Songwriter, Drummer, Sales and Marketing VP, Investor |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Roadrunner, E1 Entertainment, |
| Associated acts | Fear Factory, Kush, Arkaea, Brujeria, Phobia, 3volution Productions |
Raymond Herrera (born December 18, 1972) is the drummer for industrial metal band Arkaea. He is a former member of the industrial metal band Fear Factory and Mexican metal band Brujeria.
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[edit] Biography
Raymond Herrera is an award winning composer and producer of music for video games, television, feature films and transmedia. An RIAA certified Platinum-Selling recording artist, Herrera recorded his commercial album debut with his first band Fear Factory in 1992, Soon after the album's release, Herrera began a nearly two decade long recording and touring schedule that included over twelve commercial album releases and numerous world tours.
In 1996 Herrera started to secure music licensing of Fear Factory's music for dozens of video game titles, this allowed Herrera to branch out and create Herrera Productions (Became 3volution Productions in 2003 with videogame industry veteran Laddie Ervin) as cross-genre composer-producer working on numerous videogame projects. His experience writing and producing rock, metal, industrial and rap music combined with orchestral, techno and other genres lead him to work on projects for many top videogame publishers and developers in North America, Japan and Europe including Microsoft, SEGA, Sony, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, THQ, Midway, Capcom, Namco, Atari, Majesco and others.
Some of Herrera's notable game projects include: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (1 and 2), Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Scarface: The World is Yours, MX vs. ATV Reflex, NFL Gameday 2004, WWE Smakdown vs. Raw 2006, Alpha Protocol, Test Drive 4, Too Human and Iron Man 2. Projects he has worked on have sold more than 30 million units in combined sales and have been nominated for various awards including the BAFTA award for game of the year.
Herrera has produced, composed or performed with notable recording artists including: Fear Factory, Arkaea, Cypress Hill, Shavo Odadjian (System of a Down), Billy Gould (Faith No More), Everlast, DJ Lethal, Frank Black (The Pixies), Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), Puddle of Mudd, Gary Numan, Wayne Static (Static-X), Pat Lachman (Damageplan), Doug Carrion (Circle Jerks), Megadeth, The Prague and Magik Magik Orchestras, Jeff Kendrick & Mike Spreitzer (Devildriver) and Junkie XL.
In 2006 Herrera created Temple Studios LLC, which is a recording studio located in Chatsworth, California. It is a partnership between 3volution LLC and B-Real's (Cypress Hill) Audio Hustlers Inc. Production Company. X-Zibit became a partner in the summer of 2011. Together they record, Produce, Mix and Master on their state of the art equipment and facility to produce top notch music, voice over and sound effects. for all entertainment mediums.
in 2006 Herrera co-created a Beverage company called Redux Beverages LLC, Which is a fully owned subsidiary of Redux Enterprises Inc. and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Redux Beverages created the wildly popular, Cocaine Energy Drink. Within 90 days, Cocaine claimed the distinction of being the fastest globally branded Energy Drink product in history.
In 2008 Herrera played drums with Arkaea along with former Fear Factory band member Christian Olde-Wolbers along with Jon Howard and Pat Kavanagh from Threat Signal. The band release an album entitled Years In The Darkness.
In 2009 Herrera started Alt-Strum Productions. (ASP) is in the forefront of the new age of digital distribution and artist promotion for the music and gaming industries. Participating as part of the newly launched Rock Band Network initiative ASP authors and programs existing audio and custom audio content which is then sold as playable Rock Band tracks to a video game audience of million.
In 2010 Herrera co-created Freedom To Rock and is on the board of directors. Freedom To Rock is a 501c3 non-profit organization (Loretta Palacios CEO) has become a strategic partner with The United States Entertainment Force Inc, a 501c3 non-profit, proud home of The Hopes and Dreams Project (Jerry Payne, CEO, and former USO producer). Freedom To Rock touches the lives of our military through Music, Art, Film and Services. This partnership will bring two entertainment organizations; with over 25 years of experience in serving our Armed Forces. Freedom To Rock will be a yearly event to the Military installations featuring Bands and Artists to entertain our troops.
Gameography
Mortal Kombat - Movie and CD Soundtrack 1995
Carmageddon - DOS, Macintosh 1997
Wing Commander Prophecy - PC/Gameboy Advance 1997
Wing Commander Prophecy - (Videogame Soundtrack) 1997
NFL Xtreme - Playstation 1998
Test Drive 5 - Playstation/PC 1998
Test Drive Off-Road 2 - Playstation/PC 1998
Carmageddon - Playstation 1999
Demolition Racer - Playstation/PC 1999
Hydro Thunder - Tv Commercial 1999
Test Drive 6 - Playstation/PC/Dreamcast/Gameboy Color 1999
Messiah - PC 2000
Gran Turismo 2 - Playstation 2000
Gran Turismo - Music At The Speed Of Sound (Videogame Soundtrack) 2000
Frequency - Playstation 2 2001
Resident Evil - Movie and CD Soundtrack 2002
NFL Gameday 2004 - Playstation/Playstation 2 2003
Greg Hasting’s Tournament Paintball - Xbox 2004
Greg Hasting’s Tournament Paintball Max’d - Xbox/Gameboy Advance/ Nintendo DS/Playstation 2 2005
Battlefield 2 Modern Combat - Playstation 2, Xbox 2005
Blitz The League Playstation 2 - Xbox/Xbox 360/PSP/Wii 2005
WWE Smackdown VS RAW 2006 - Playstation 2/PSP 2005
Colosseum Road To Freedom - Playstation 2 2005
Infected - Sony PSP 2005
Taxi Driver - E3 Demo Xbox 360 2005
Tom Clancy Rainbow Six Lockdown - Xbox/Gamecube/PC/Mobile Phone /Playstation 2 2005
Rainbow Six Lockdown - CD Soundtrack 2005
WWE Smackdown VS RAW 2007 - Playstation 2/PSP/Xbox 360 2006
Jaws Unleashed - Playstation 2, Xbox, PC 2006
Battlefield 2 Modern Combat - Xbox 360 2006
Scarface The World Is Yours - PC/Playstation 2/Xbox 2006
Final Fight Streetwise - Playstation 2/Xbox 2006
Scarface The World Is Yours - Wii 2007
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter - PC/PS2/XBOX 360 2007
Rockband 2 - Xbox 360 2008
Too Human - Xbox 360 2008
MX VS ATV Reflex - Nintendo DS/Playstation 3/Sony PSP/Xbox 360/PC 2009
Battle Of The Bands - Nintendo Wii 2008
MX VS ATV Reflex - (Videogame Soundtrack) 2008
Wheelman - Playstation 3/Xbox 360/PC 2009
Rockband 2 - Xbox 360 2008
Nail’d - Playstation 3/PC/Xbox 360 2010
Nail’d - (Videogame Soundtrack) 2010
Rockband 3 - Xbox 360 2010
MX VS ATV Alive - Playstation 3/Xbox 360 2011
MX VS ATV Alive - (Videogame Soundtrack) 2011
Need For Speed The Run - Playstation 3, Xbox 360 2011
Discography
Fear Factory - Soul Of A New Machine 1992
Fear Factory - Fear Is The Mind Killer 1993
Brujeria -Matanda Gueros
Phobia- Return To Desolation 1994
Fear Factory - Demanufacture 1995
Brujeria - Raza Odiada 1995
Fear Factory - Remanufacture 1997
Fear Factory - Ozzfest Volume 1 Live 1997
Fear Factory - Obsolete 1998
Fear Factory - Universal Soldier 2 Movie Soundtrack 1999
Fear Factory - Carrie 2 The Rage Movie Soundtrack 1999
Brujeria - Brujerizmo 2000
Fear Factory - Ginger Snaps Movie and CD Soundtrack 2000
Fear Factory - Digimortal 2001
Fear Factory - Loud (Various Artists) 2001
Fear Factory - Digital Connectivity DVD 2002
Brujeria - Mextremist Greatest Hits 2002
Asesino - Corridos de Muerte 2002
Fear Factory - Concrete 2002
Fear Factory - Hatefiles 2003
Brujeria - Best Of Brujeria 2003
Fear Factory - All Tapped Out 2004
Fear Factory - Bite The Hand That Bleeds And Related Archetypal 2004
Fear Factory - MTV2 Headbangers Ball Volume 2 2004
Fear Factory - Saw Movie Soundtrack 2004
Screen Savers TV Series 2005
Fear Factory - Best Of Fear Factory 2006
Fear Factory - Gigantour DVD & CD Soundtrack 2006
Fear Factory - Transgression 2007
Fear Factory - Heart Of Roadrunner Records (Various Artist) 2007
Brujeria - Mexecutioner! The Best Of Brujeria 2007
Fear Factory - Alone In The Dark Movie Soundtrack 2008
Arkaea - Years In The Darkness 2008
[edit] Style
Herrera's drumming is considered to be a key part of Fear Factory's signature sound and their appeal to fans. Herrera is known to use triggers on his drum set. He is also known for his high speed playing, particularly his double bass technique, which involves the use of tuplets and other embellishments rather than the blast beats commonly found in extreme metal percussion. Herrera's bursts of double bass often share a dualism with Dino Cazares's fast palm muted staccato guitar notes, resulting in the machine gun-like sound found in many Fear Factory songs.
[edit] Equipment Endorsements
- Pro-mark drum sticks
- Zildjian cymbals
- DW pedals (5000 series)
- Remo drum heads
- Tama Drums
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Fear Factory
- 3volution Productions LLC
- Redux Beverages LLC
- Cocaine Energy
- Alt Strum Productions
- Arkaea
- Freedom To Rock
- Cocaine Energy Merchandising
- Cocaine Energy Web Store
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