Drummer Evgeniy Novikov has been playing for more than 10 years and is an active drummer who performs on tours with leading Russian bands. At the moment he is playing in a Deathcore band, "Slaughter to Prevail". Evgeniy Novikov actively improves his speed playing techniques and is successful - in 2013 he won the first prize in the Russian Fastest Drummer contest, having played precisely 1000 single hit strokes during one minute.