associated_acts image_size article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
gorefest hail of bullets , the 11th hour , demiurg , ayreon , elegy , star one , 150 ed warby
 ed warby solo_singer 7 march 1968 drums , percussion , guitars , bass , vocals , keyboards death doom metal , heavy metal , power metal , death metal n roll , progressive metal , symphonic metal , edportrait.jpg rotterdam , netherlands edward r. warby musician , songwriter , producer
ed warby

edward r. warby -lrb- born 7 march 1968 -rrb- was born and raised in rotterdam and is best known as the drummer for gorefest and ayreon .
he also appeared in the band agressor in 1982 and joined the eindhoven-based prog-outfit elegy in 1987 .
warby moved to gorefest in 1992 , where he replaced the former drummer just before the recording sessions of `` false '' , he had to learn all themes and develop his work in just two weeks , which he managed to achieve in a matter so fast that producer colin richardson nicknamed him `` fast eddy '' .
after gorefest split up in 1999 , he took part in the re-united gorefest in 2004 . .
in 1998 , arjen anthony lucassen asked him to perform on his album `` into the electric castle '' , because arjen was impressed with warby 's works with gorefest .
from that moment on , ed warby had performed on ayreon 's every album , except for '' '' .
he also performed on the re-recording of `` actual fantasy '' -lrb- the original recording featured a computerized set of drums -rrb- .
he 's also a member , since its creation in 2002 , of lucassen 's band star one and has also performed in his latest solo album `` lost in the new real '' .
he helped the dutch popband krezip during the recordings of `` days like this '' in 2002 .
he also helped german band love like blood with three songs of their album `` snakekiller '' , in 1998 .
in 2005 he played live with the dutch gothic metal band after forever while their actual drummer andré borgman was recovering from cancer .
in 2008 , warby began a doom metal project named the 11th hour , and released the album `` the burden of grief '' in 2009 .
all guitars , bass , drums , keyboards , and clean vocals are performed by warby , with the additional growls contributed by rogga johansson -lrb- ribspreader -rrb- .
the burden of grief is a concept album , `` about a man about to die from a lung disease . ''
