Randall Randy Black
Primal Fear

www.randyblack.de

Randall was born Nov. 17 1962 in Moosejaw Saskatchewan Canada. After a brief stat, he moved with his family to Zweibrücken, Germany, and lived there for 5 years before settling back in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Randall started playing drums and taking lessons at the age of 11 and played in first professional band The Edge at 17. His first tour was with Kaotics when he was 19, and they played all over Canada for 7 months.

In 1984, Randall joined the Rush cover band Click, which stayed together with no member changes for 9 years! In 1993 he moved to Vancouver, B.C., joining Annihilator in the middle of the touring cycle for the “Set The World On Fire” tour. He toured all over the planet and recorded 2 CDs “King Of The Kill” and “Refresh The Demon” with Annihilator until 1996. Then he joined Canadian band Bif Naked later that year.

Randall has also worked with Annette Ducharme (CD “Bloom” and a cross Canada tour), toured and recorded “I Bificus” with Bif Naked until late 1997 before getting an offer to teach drums in Berlin, Germany, at “The Drum Factory.” Randall accepted and moved back to Germany in 1998 to be with his fiancé Ulrike who he met in 1995 during the Annihilator K.O.T.K. tour.

In Berlin, Randall played with several local bands, including Gom Jabbar, Pool Star and Schwarz. During the next two years he recorded “Das Schloss” and toured Europe with Schwarz, and in 2001 he rejoined Annihilator and toured Europe and Japan. In the same year he also joined and recorded Rebellion’s first album “Macbeth - A Tragedy In Steel." In 2002 he recorded "Waking the Fury" and toured Europe with Annihilate and Rebellion.

In 2003, he recorded Annihilator’s “Double Live Annihliation” and Rebellion’s “Born A Rebel”. Randall performed first workshop for MAPEX-Drums at the “Frankfurter Musikmesse," and later that year he joined Primal Fear as a steady member after doing the U.S.God’s Of Metal Tour. Primal Fear recorded Devil's Ground in 2004 and have been touring extensively in North and South America and Europe to promote this CD.