What album introduced Tim Yeung's playing to a wider audience?

Divine Heresy's Bleed the Fifth (2007), the band's debut album, is widely credited with introducing Tim Yeung to a significantly wider extreme metal audience. Released via Century Media Records in North America and Roadrunner Records in Europe, the album combined Yeung's death metal blast beat pedigree — built across Hate Eternal, Vital Remains, and Morbid Angel — with the groove-forward riff style Dino Cazares brought from Fear Factory. See the [full Tim Yeung drummer profile at MetalForge](/drummer/tim-yeung) for his complete career chronology.

How fast are the blast beats on Bleed the Fifth?

The title track, "Bleed the Fifth," runs a blast beat at approximately 200 BPM — near the upper boundary of what most extreme metal drummers can sustain cleanly. "Inferno of Violence" isolates Yeung's double bass technique at roughly 195 BPM, and "Anarchists of the Underground" operates at around 185 BPM with a groove-within-brutality approach that trades pure speed for rhythmic variation. For technique breakdowns of all three tracks, see [Tim Yeung's lick pages at MetalForge](/drummers/tim-yeung/licks).

Who produced Divine Heresy's Bleed the Fifth?

Bleed the Fifth was produced by Logan Mader, formerly the guitarist of Machine Head, at Undercity Studios in North Hollywood, California, where it was recorded, mixed, and mastered between February and May 2007. Mader's production emphasizes tight, groove-conscious riff architecture beneath the album's extreme drum performances.

What drum kit did Tim Yeung use on Bleed the Fifth?

Tim Yeung played a Pearl Reference Masters kit on Bleed the Fifth — maple/mahogany hybrid shells in a double 22" x 18" bass drum configuration, with 10" and 12" rack toms and 16" and 18" floor toms. His setup included Sabian AAX and HHX cymbals, a DW 9002 double bass pedal, and Vic Firth 5B sticks — the same rig documented on his [complete drum setup breakdown](/articles/tim-yeung-drum-setup).

Bleed the Fifth Drum Setup — Tim Yeung's Extreme-Speed Debut | MetalForge

Inside Tim Yeung's drum performance on Divine Heresy's Bleed the Fifth (2007): Pearl Reference Masters kit, Sabian AAX/HHX cymbals, and the 200 BPM blast bea...

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