He is known for playing in the bands [[Dark Angel (band)|Dark Angel]], [[Death (band)|Death]], Dethklok, [[Strapping Young Lad]] , [[Fear Factory]] and most recently (again), [[Testament]] .
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Hoglan got his first drum kit when he was 14 and is completely self-taught. In 1984, Hoglan began his music career as a roadie (lights engineer) for the band [[Slayer]], where he also played the drums during concert soundchecks. At the end of the same year he was asked to join the thrash metal band [[Dark Angel (band)|Dark Angel]] as the drummer. He penned most of the lyrics for Dark Angel's next three albums. He achieved greater notoriety during the mid-1990s playing with [[Death (band)|Death]], at the same time that bandleader [[Chuck Schuldiner]] was taking that group into a more progressive style. Subsequently, he recorded one album with the thrash metal band [[Testament (band)|Testament]], and made the acquaintance of Canadian multi-instrumentalist Devin Townsend, forging a lasting friendship. He has since recorded several albums with Townsend, both as part of the speed/industrial/death metal band [[Strapping Young Lad]] and under Devin Townsend's name.
Hoglan was also part of death metal band Tenet, a side project of Strapping Young Lad guitarist [[Jed Simon]], from 2003 to 2007. Hoglan left the band on amiable terms in January, 2007. He was replaced by Adrian Erlandsson only to return to the group in June of the same year. Hoglan recorded his drum parts for the entirety of the following album in a mere two days.
In 2004, for the Vancouver, British Columbia show of progressive metal band Opeth's Lamentations tour, Hoglan stood in for Martin Lopez, who was said to be having panic attacks. Opeth's drum tech had filled in for the two previous dates on the tour and Lopez rejoined the band for the Seattle, Washington show.
In 2005, Hoglan stood in once again for Lopez for the majority of the Sounds of the Underground tour when Lopez began having more panic attacks. Hoglan played double duty by playing a set with [[Strapping Young Lad]] then later that night performing with Opeth. It was later announced Lopez had a rare blood disorder and was seeking treatment. Hoglan also appears in Opeth's music video "The Grand Conjuration" as they filmed it on the tour while in Los Angeles, California.
Other bands have also recruited Hoglan as a session drummer. He has recorded albums with the Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child and the Danish death metal band Daemon. Additionally he has done production and engineering work for other albums and demos. He was also asked to do drums for Nile on their album In Their Darkened Shrines, but he turned this down, citing Tony Laureano for a better choice. He was then asked again to drum with them, but (along with Derek Roddy) recommended Greek drummer [[George Kollias]] to drum with them, citing that Nile was "not of his musical tastes". Since then, Hoglan and Kollias have been close friends, and both are well respected drummers within the extreme metal community.
Hoglan is working with Dethklok, the band from the animated TV show Metalocalypse. The show was co-created by stand-up comedian/actor/musician Brendon Small, who also composes or performs all of the music. Hoglan features in Dethklok's debut album, ''The Dethalbum'' which was released on September 25,2007. He toured during the summer of 2008 with the live band as the drummer He later performed on ''Dethalbum II'', the sequel album released on September 29, 2009.
Hoglan filled in as the drummer for Unearth when the drummer at the time, Mike Justian quit on tour. He has also joined the metal band Pitch Black Forecast, with former [[Mushroomhead]] singer Jason Popson, as the band's permanent drummer. Even more recently, Hoglan was announced as the drummer for the reunited Bay Area Thrash metal band [[Forbidden (band)|Forbidden]]'s reunion tour, replacing original Forbidden drummer [[Paul Bostaph]].
Hoglan played drums for Zimmers Hole's third studio album When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan in 2008.--->
[[Dino Cazares]] and [[Burton C. Bell]] have reformed [[Fear Factory]], which also features one of his former bandmates from '''Strapping Young Lad''', [[Byron Stroud]]. Hoglan will be drumming for Fear Factory from 2009.
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