associated_acts years_active alias birth_place label article_title name background birth_date instrument image origin birth_name occupation
anathema system heavenwood sirius anneke van giersbergen slamo leafblade del head control 1996 -- present del beja , portugal the productions end records jester records nuclear blast nocturnal art daniel cardoso
 daniel cardoso non_performing_personnel 28 march 1981 drums vocals , piano , guitar , bass guitar , danihcs1.jpg portugal daniel filipe pires cardoso musician audio engineer , composer , songwriter , record producer ,
daniel cardoso

daniel cardoso -lrb- born 28 march 1981 -rrb- is a multi-instrumentalist , song writer and producer .
he was born in the south of portugal , and is currently a member of british band anathema .
daniel was also in head control system with kristoffer rygg and leafblade with danny cavanagh .
first known as the drummer in the band sirius , and with whom he released two records through the norwegian label nocturnal art productions -lrb- property of tomas `` samoth '' haugen -rrb- .
in addition to his drumming , daniel was responsible for all the orchestral compositions , synth performance , most of the bass guitar recordings as well as co-producing both albums .
his experiences in sirius has helped daniel develop a multi-angled perception of music creation .
when sirius later nailed down a record deal with nuclear blast he decided to move on , because , as he said , `` it just was n't funny anymore '' .
he then conceived and commenced working on sindrome , i.e. severe damage on reason and equilibrium , his musical `` means '' to manipulate minds via sound , that would later become head control system .
daniel presently has an extensive curriculum as both producer and/or session musician for a vast list of bands : anneke van giersbergen , head control system , ava inferi , angelus apatrida , heavenwood , ramp -lrb- live -rrb- , anathema -lrb- live -rrb- , vertigo steps , w.a.k.o. , and many more .
furthermore , he was invited by the band re : aktor -lrb- signed on nuclear blast -rrb- to join their flanks - which he did for a while - featuring on their debut record 's single video and joining them on their european tour supporting us band exodus as a drummer .
one of his most acclaimed outcomes is the work with kristoffer rygg on `` murder nature '' , head control system 's debut album , released worldwide by the end records -lrb- us -rrb- and vme -lrb- europe -rrb- .
he also recently started developing his solo efforts as del , although things are not clear whether this is a serious project or not .
during late 2010 , daniel started producing and co-writing dutch artist anneke van giersbergen 's fourth studio album `` everything is changing '' .
the new single `` feel alive '' came out on youtube on september 2011 and the album is expected to come out on early 2012 .
daniel also owns the brand ultrasoundstudios , a franchised company that has two recording studios operating in portugal , one in braga , in northern portugal and the other one in moita , southern portugal .
he currently splits his production jobs across both studios .
