John Bennett is a British

United Kingdom

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 drummer

Drummer

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, and a founding member of the progressive doom death metal band, The Prophecy

The Prophecy (band)

The Prophecy is a progressive doom metal band from Yorkshire in England.- Biography :The Prophecy was formed in autumn of 2001 when Greg O'Shea and John Bennett from "The Local Family Butcherers," as the band was known at the time, met up with vocalist Matt Lawson, in the now demolished Empress pub...

. With The Prophecy, Bennett has completed several tours of Europe and the United States

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, and has also recorded three albums.

Bennett also played drums for fellow doom metal band My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...

 for two years, filling in for Shaun Steels

Shaun Steels

Shaun Steels is a British rock drummer and bassist.He replaced Bill Law in My Dying Bride, and once was a member of Anathema...

 while Steels recovered from an ankle injury. Bennett played as a session musician on the A Line of Deathless Kings

A Line of Deathless Kings

A Line of Deathless Kings is the ninth studio album by My Dying Bride. It was released on October 9, 2006.A limited edition of the album comes in a hard clamshell case with a double sided poster and five postcards, depicting the full-time members of the band. The drummer on this album John Bennett...

album. In 2007 he announced that he could not continue to play with My Dying Bride.

Discography

Year	Band	Title
2001	The Prophecy The Prophecy The Prophecy is a 1995 fantasy horror-thriller film starring Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, and Viggo Mortensen. It was written and directed by Gregory Widen, and is the first motion picture of The Prophecy series including four sequels...	Her Embrace My Ruin (demo)
2002	The Prophecy	To End All Hope
2003	The Prophecy	Ashes Ashes (The Prophecy album) Ashes is the debut album by the British Death/doom band The Prophecy. It was released in 2003 to coincide with the first date of the doomination of Europe tour...
2006	The Prophecy	Revelations
2006	My Dying Bride My Dying Bride My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...	A Line of Deathless Kings A Line of Deathless Kings A Line of Deathless Kings is the ninth studio album by My Dying Bride. It was released on October 9, 2006.A limited edition of the album comes in a hard clamshell case with a double sided poster and five postcards, depicting the full-time members of the band. The drummer on this album John Bennett...
2006	My Dying Bride	Deeper Down
2009	The Prophecy	Into the Light

Equipment

• Premier Percussion
  Premier Percussion
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   Cabria Exclusive (10”, 12”, 14”Ft, 22” & 14”Sn)
• Tama 12” side accent snare
• DW
  DW
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   9000 Hi Hat
• DW
  DW
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   5000 Pedal (DBL)
• Premier Percussion
  Premier Percussion
  Premier Percussion Limited is an English manufacturer of drums and percussion instruments.The company was founded in 1922 as the Premier Drum Company by London drummer Albert Della Porta and drum builder George Smith...
  
   Hardware
• 22” Zildjian Z Custom power ride
• 20” Zildjian A Custom China
• 18” Zildjian Z Custom projection crash
• 16” Zildjian Z Custom rock crash
• 16” Zildjian Avedis rock crash
• 14” Zildjian Oriental china
• 13” Zildjian A Custom mastersound hi-hats
• 12” Zildjian Z Custom splash
• 8” Zildjian A Custom splash
• Roland
  Roland
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   TD20BK V Drums
• Hardcase cases
• Vic Firth
  Vic Firth
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  5A Sticks