Chris Adler

Christopher Adler (born November 23, 1972 in Washington, D.C.) is an American drummer.

Lamb of God Drummer Chris Adler

Adler plays drums for the Richmond, VA metal band, Lamb of God. He is an extraordinarly precise drummer employing double bass pedals as is the norm in the genre of music he plays. Adler also plays the piano, the acoustic guitar, the saxophone, and the bass guitar.

Eventually he settled on the drums during his stay at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1990 when he started the proto-Lamb Of God band, Burn The Priest. After four years of touring with them, they changed their name due to a new line-up of the band, adding Christopher's brother Willie Adler. They changed their name to Lamb Of God.

Chris Adler uses Mapex drums, Aquarian drumheads and Meinl Percussion cymbals. He has his own Meinl MB20 signature ride cymbal, as well as his own 'Chris Adler' Pro-Mark drum sticks.

Chris was interviewed in Drum! magazine in the April 2006 issue, which primarily discussed his double bass playing, and his overall creativity in the Lamb of God song "Ruin." There is a written transcription of the drum part in the song available according to Wally Schnalle. The "creative" aspect that the discussion focused on revolved around consisted heavily of the drum break in the middle of the song. Chris, "punches you in the stomach with an avalanche of notes that employs all four limbs. It not only smartly bridges the difference between 12/8 and 4/4 time signatures, but also establishes a whole new tempo with authority. It's cool," (courtesy of Andy Doerschuk page 118 in the April 2006 issue of "Drum!" magazine).

There are three videos currently available (May 25, 2006) showing him at a drum festival and him showing a double-bass technique involving the right foot doing a double stroke - also known as the "heel-toe" technique. The method consists of only the heel pushing the pedal down for the first stroke and the ball of the foot (or toe) coming down on the pedal for the second stroke. This technique enables the player to perform extremely quick double strokes. Danny Carey of Tool is also known to use this method. Chris Adler is one of two vegetarians in Lamb of God, the other being John Campbell.