Carn
09-19-2006, 07:16 PM
Highlights:
Killswitch Engage's Justin Foley on a pretty cool prog/rock/fusion/metal with some latin percussion thingies, Chris Pennie on his very own 'I can do Aphex Twin all night long', Chris Adler trying to do a pretty decent 'I`m Haake!' track, Candiria's Ken Schalk with a really cool Jazz-influencend rock track and Mike Justain (unearth) with a pretty neat metal track and ditto solo outro.
Lowlights:
Bittner with a 'convincing' Dream Theater ripoff, As I Lay Dying's Jordan Mancino playing on what probably is a AILD B-Side, Derek Roddy sounding like Death Metal in general (aka Boring, No musicality etc)
Promotalk:
Peter Morticelli, founder of Magna Carta Records, wants the world to know that drummers are people, too. He's made that notion the theme of the third CD release in Magna Carta's acclaimed "Drum Nation" series. And so that all might witness, "Drum Nation Volume 3", a compilation of the most provocative tracks ever tabled by drummers, is supplemented with a video component — a series of vignettes peering into the lives of the participants.
We're talking the most cutting-edge drummers of our time: Chris Adler (LAMB OF GOD), Jason Bittner (SHADOWS FALL), Raanen Bozzio (STASIS), Jeremy Colson (STEVE VAI, MARTY FRIEDMAN), Justin Foley (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE), Michael Justian (UNEARTH), Jordan Mancino (AS I LAY DYING), Joe Nunez (SOULFLY), Chris Pennie (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN), Derek Roddy (BLOTTED SCIENCE), Kenneth Schalk (CANDIRIA), and Tom Taitano (TOTALISTI). Each has produced an audio track and a video exclusively for this exciting release. This is stuff you won't see anywhere else.
The audio is rich with the contributions of diverse personalities. The breadth of vision is evidence that, when unfettered by commercial constraints, drummers make amazing musical and production decisions. The music ranges stylistically from blast metal to ethereal soundscapes to quasi-jazz liquid vamps.
The video is a truly rare glimpse into each players extraordinary lives. Not to give it all away, but imagine Chris Adler against a green screen cavorting for a video game camera crew, or Joe Nunez narrating from the dentist's chair, or Kenneth Schalk on the golf course, or Jason Bittner demonstrating "no pain, no gain" while submitting to a tattoo. That's just the start of it.
"Drum Nation Volume 3" is scheduled for release on August 15
Killswitch Engage's Justin Foley on a pretty cool prog/rock/fusion/metal with some latin percussion thingies, Chris Pennie on his very own 'I can do Aphex Twin all night long', Chris Adler trying to do a pretty decent 'I`m Haake!' track, Candiria's Ken Schalk with a really cool Jazz-influencend rock track and Mike Justain (unearth) with a pretty neat metal track and ditto solo outro.
Lowlights:
Bittner with a 'convincing' Dream Theater ripoff, As I Lay Dying's Jordan Mancino playing on what probably is a AILD B-Side, Derek Roddy sounding like Death Metal in general (aka Boring, No musicality etc)
Promotalk:
Peter Morticelli, founder of Magna Carta Records, wants the world to know that drummers are people, too. He's made that notion the theme of the third CD release in Magna Carta's acclaimed "Drum Nation" series. And so that all might witness, "Drum Nation Volume 3", a compilation of the most provocative tracks ever tabled by drummers, is supplemented with a video component — a series of vignettes peering into the lives of the participants.
We're talking the most cutting-edge drummers of our time: Chris Adler (LAMB OF GOD), Jason Bittner (SHADOWS FALL), Raanen Bozzio (STASIS), Jeremy Colson (STEVE VAI, MARTY FRIEDMAN), Justin Foley (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE), Michael Justian (UNEARTH), Jordan Mancino (AS I LAY DYING), Joe Nunez (SOULFLY), Chris Pennie (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN), Derek Roddy (BLOTTED SCIENCE), Kenneth Schalk (CANDIRIA), and Tom Taitano (TOTALISTI). Each has produced an audio track and a video exclusively for this exciting release. This is stuff you won't see anywhere else.
The audio is rich with the contributions of diverse personalities. The breadth of vision is evidence that, when unfettered by commercial constraints, drummers make amazing musical and production decisions. The music ranges stylistically from blast metal to ethereal soundscapes to quasi-jazz liquid vamps.
The video is a truly rare glimpse into each players extraordinary lives. Not to give it all away, but imagine Chris Adler against a green screen cavorting for a video game camera crew, or Joe Nunez narrating from the dentist's chair, or Kenneth Schalk on the golf course, or Jason Bittner demonstrating "no pain, no gain" while submitting to a tattoo. That's just the start of it.
"Drum Nation Volume 3" is scheduled for release on August 15