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Dross
Primed by his siblings love for Hard Rock
and Heavy Metal, Dross fell headlong into his destiny when in 1986 he
purchased a seventies-era Ludwig Vistalite six piece. His teenage years
would be filled with rehearsals and playing various gigs, all the while
honing his skills. In 1998 Dross attended Los Angeles Recording Workshop
in North Hollywood, California where he earned his degree as an Audio
Engineer. In 1999 he began to form a Symphonic Black Metal band called
Sothis. It would take him four and a half years to complete an
impressive lineup of some of Los Angeles’s most talented extreme Metal
musicians. In 2004 Dross would play drums on, as well as produce the
self titled “Sothis” EP that would ultimately receive critical acclaim
landing the band the “Best Independent Release of 2005” by Brave Words &
Bloody Knuckles magazine. In 2006 Dross and the band went on a South
West Mini Tour in support of the EP, which ultimately yielded their
“Official Bootleg” DVD. The band would release one more independent DVD
titled “Live In Mexico” before entering the studio to record their debut
full length. In late 2007 Dross engineered and produced the band debut
album entitled “De Oppresso Liber” which he mixed with Andy LaRocque
(KING DIAMOND) in Varberg Sweden.
Once the album was complete, the band
shopped the album and signed a three album worldwide deal with
Candlelight Records. The album would ultimately be released on September
1st 2008 in Europe and September 2nd 2008 in the US and the rest of the
world. Most recently, Dross partnered up with Sick Drummer Magazine as a
writer and contributor. His regular monthly column is called "PLAYING
SMART: A Drummer Guide To Modern Technology" and focuses on introducing
the average drummer to the vast amount of tools available to them in the
way triggers, sound modules, samplers and the use of soft-synths
amoungst many other topics.
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