Santiago Cabakian was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on May the 30th.,1979.
He started his musical studies when he was six years old ,
his carrier as a musician drummer at 15 performing in parties and also recording adds for radio stations among other session works.
Since 1994, he has been playing, recording and producing with a wide variety of local artists
Some of them :
1994-1998 Elefantes (Metal-rock )
1998-2000 Flores del mal (funk, rock, “candombe”, fussion),
2002 Giselle Graside Trio (folk)
2001-2002 Plancton (new metal)
2002 Erevan 50 (Armenian popular music)
2002 XXL (Blues)
2002 Progresión (Progressive metal -jazz fussion)
2003 AplanadorA (Hard rock , doom -Metal)
2004-2005 Radical (Death , Trash Metal)
2007 Índigo (New metal-rock)
Some relevant steps in his career
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During the last eleven years he has comitted with teaching drums, having imparted more than four hundred courses.
December 2005 - According to S.U.D.E.I. (Uruguayan Society of singer-songwriters), he is the first metal drummer who brought out two cd’s the same year.
May 2006 – He obtains the “Graffiti” award with the band “Radical” for “Best heavy metal record”
December 2007 – Recording of the theme “Migajas”, with Lmental Fernando Santullo (ex “Peyote Asesino”), included in Índigo’s CD “Al vacío”.
November 2008 – Recording and producing of “Ejecución”, AplanadorA’s CD, with Hugo Fattoruso.
He has played along with this international artists
:
-Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple , Black Sabbath )(England)
-Paul Dianno (Iron Maiden) (England)
-Oconnor (Hermética) (Argentina)
-Vitticus ( Riff ) (Argentina)
-Alma Fuerte (Hermética) (Argentina)
Andres Gimenez (A.n.i.m.a.l) (Argentina)
-Tim Ripper Owens ( Judas Priest / Yngwie Malmsteen)(England)