“The objective was for each drummer to compose their own section of a song, the only rules were that they would get 18 bars at 140 bpm and match a similar fill at the end,” explains project mastermind Aric Improta of Night Verses. “Once they sent me their compositions, I tried to tie it together and order it in a way that felt cohesive. I then sent the full track to Nick and Reilly, of Night Verses, to compose a song around it. This video is the final result.”
Improta, who is joined by eight other technically gifted drummers from the alternative scene on the project, explains that none of the contributors were aware of what the other was creating. He is keen to emphasise that this is not a drum battle, but rather a collaborative project.
The drummers are, in order of appearance, Anup Sastry of Monuments, Mike Ieradi of Protest The Hero, Matthew Lynch of Trioscapes, Loniel Robinson of letlive., Billy Rymer of Dillinger Escape Plan, Improta, Garrett Henritz of Fol Chen, Alex Bent of Battlecross and Arkaik, and Joseph Arrington of A Lot Like Birds.
All other music has been created by Night Verses.