LAMB OF GOD, SHADOWS FALL, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Drummers Featured On 'Drum Nation Volume 3'

July 18, 2006

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.

For more information, visit www.magnacarta.net.

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