Meinl Cymbals welcomes Anthony Martone of Versa Emerge to its family of cymbal artists. Anthony and Versa Emerge have released their self-titled EP on the ever-popular Fueled By Ramen record label, home to chart-topping artists such as Fall Out Boy, Paramore, and Panic At The Disco. So needless to say, high hopes are pinned on this band from Florida. 

Currently on the road and gathering steam, Anthony and Versa Emerge are heading into the summer with a stint on the entire VANS Warped Tour. Keep your eyes peeled for these guys.

Check out Anthony's artist page here.

Meinl's Randy Chaisson  was on hand for Thomas Lang's clinic for Steve's Music in Montreal Canada.  Here are some images that Wendy Stevenson shot from that event and passed along to Randy.

Enjoy!

Meinl Cymbals welcomes Brett Powell to its family of cymbal artists. Brett slays the skins for the new wave of prog-rock masters, The Human Abstract. With a style that recalls the adventurous freneticism of early King Crimson combined with a modern hipness that places them neck and neck with any band on the Mayhem Festival or the Vans Warped Tour, Brett and The Human Abstract are a musical whirling dervish that still gets to the heart of a song.

Currently Brett and the band are on tour in support of The Human Abstract's second full length album, Midheaven.

Check out Brett's artist profile here.

Meinl Cymbals is pleased to welcome Mike Smith to its family of cymbal artists. Mike is the drummer for extreme metal pioneers Suffocation. Having begun his career with the band in 1989, Mike and Suffocation helped give rise to the modern day existence of extreme metal through their fusion of death metal, grindcore, and technically challenging musical passages. Mike himself is known for creating what is referred to today as the "Smith Blast," or "Suffo Blast," a version of a blast beat where the snare, cymbals, and bass drum are played together in synchronization. Over the last twenty years, Mike and Suffocation have always remained innovators within the metal community and have garnered international acclaim because of this.

Currently, Mike and the band are set to co-headline the increasingly popular US leg of the Summer Slaughter Tour, alongside fellow technical extreme metal legends Necrophagist.

Check out Mike's artist page here.

Drummer Alex Thomas is currently on European Tour with the British drum'n bass / electronic sensation "Squarepusher" supporting their recent album "Just A Souvenier".

Alex has been a Meinl Artist since 2002 and is using Byzance and Mb20 Series cymbals.

Click here for Alex's artist profile.

Australian Meinl artist Dave Atkins has joined the internationally renowned psychedelic metal band Wolfmother. The band is currently in Los Angeles recording their new album.
You can download their new song "Back Round" on the band's website wolfmother.com
Dave Atkins uses Meinl Byzance Series cymbals for the recordings.

More Chris Adler US in-store artist signings coming up!

Here's the latest - 

April, 23 -

Lafayette Music

3700 Johnston St.

Lafayette, LA 70503

337-984-3700

April 28 -

Rupps Drums

2045 S. Holly St.

Denver, CO 80222

888 756 5777

April 29 -

Explorers Percussion

8050 Wornall Rd

Kansas City, MO 64114

816 361 1195

April 30 -

Ellis Drum Shop

524 Snelling Ave. N.

St. Paul, MN 55104

651 603 0848

Meinl Artist Thomas Lang is getting ready to hit the road again for the 2009 U.K. Clinic Tour which has motto "Now for something different". This tour will be presented by mikedolbear.com at the following dates and locations:

May 18: The Drumshop, Gateshead
May 19: The Drum Centre, Manchester
May 20: Drum Central, Glasgow
May 21: Electro Music, Gainsborough
May 22: MIC Academy, Nottingham
May 23: Letterkenny, Co Donegal Reynolds Music, Ireland
May 24: X Music, Dublin
May 26: I Drums, Hertfordshire
May 27: The Institute of Music Masterclass, London
May 28: Orchard Percussion Masterclass, Colchester

All dates are subject to change without notice.

Just a reminder - there are some Meinl Cymbal Artist Clinics coming up - 

Jason Bittner -

Presented by Drome Sound -

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Waters Edge Restaurant and Inn

7:00pm

Call 518-370-3701 for more details

Thomas Lang -

OTTAWA SHOW:
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
BRONSON CENTRE
211 Bronson Avenue
Ottawa, ON
7:00 PM
Tickets Available at Steve's Drum Shop
Call: 613-789-1131

MONTREAL SHOW:
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
CORONA THEATRE
2490 Rue Notre Dame O
Montreal, QC
7:00 PM
Tickets available @ Steve's Drum Shop
Call: 514-878-2216

TORONTO SHOW
Thursday April 23, 2009
THE MOD CLUB
722 College St. West
Toronto, ON
7:00 PM
Tickets available at Steve's Drum Shop
Call: 416-593-8888

On Thursday, April 9, 2009, Meinl Cymbal artist Jon Wilkes of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus made an appearance in the drumchannel.com studios with his musical accomplice, DJ Capone. The two performed an amazing Drummer Vs. DJ show. They also sat down with host Curt Bisquera and had a live chat where they answered viewer's questions.

Click here to check it out.

Click here to check out Jon's artist page.

Meinl Cymbals welcomes Sam Smith to its family of cymbal artists. Straight out of Nashville, TN, Sam is the drummer for the widely acclaimed singer, song-writer, pianist, Ben Folds. With an uncanny nack for crafting the most complimentary of rhythmic foundations, Sam is the perfect drumming foil for Ben's syncopated piano runs. His pop sensibilities bring to mind Ringo, Hal Blaine, and the great Motown drummers, all in one. Welcome Sam!

Check out Sam's artist page. Click here.

Meinl Cymbals welcomes Jeral 'Scooter' Gray to its family of cymbal artists. Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Scooter currently holds down the drum chair for the chart-topping R&B artist Keyshia Cole.

Something must be in the water in Chicago, because the town is known for producing some top notch deep pocket drummers. Scooter is no exception to the rule. Check out his most recent television performance with Keyshia Cole on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Click here.

To view Scooter's artist page, click here.

Meinl Cymbal artist Matt Clark and his band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster have been hard at work in the studio, putting the finishing touches on their next album.

Here's the skinny from Matt himself - 

"Yeah, the record really turned out great. Of course, with the addition of some new members early last year, we expected the record to be different than the other two. I think the over all record has a real good groove to it. Some parts are more southern and twangy than on past records, and heavy parts are in some cases heavier, with a great deal of big choruses. I guess the record has a rock feel over all, which is what we were kinda going for and would like to continue to develop in future recordings. The band's story picks up with Dallas and Roman making their way through the attempted killing of the gang on the last record and forming with a new gang, representing the new guys in the band, and now preparing to unleash a whole new level of terror under Maylene and her new sons of disaster. I guess as for me, I've tried to learn as much as I can about drums and the art to it. My biggest approach to things now is Less is More. Making sure that the groove is in place, the tempo is kept, and all the other stuff being just an extra. I'm tired of trying to "Make My Mark," and am more focused on trying to be one piece of a six piece puzzle that is our band. We're all very excited about the record and can't wait to share it with everyone."

Meinl Cymbal artist Andrew Stricko and fellow Canadians Hello Operator have just released a brand new video for the song Take Me Away. Check it out...

Meinl cymbals would like to express its gratitude to all its artists, distributors, dealers, drummers, fans and friends who have stopped by our booth during last week's international Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. Thanks to all of you it has been a very successful show for us. We hope that you all have had a great time at our booth checking out our newest cymbals and watching our artists perform for you.

We are looking forward to seeing you all at the 2010 Musikmesse again.

Meinl Cymbals is proud to announce that its Soundcaster Fusion cymbal series has won the 2009 M.I.P.A. for Best Cymbal Line. The M.I.P.A. (Musikmesse International Press Award) is the "Grammy" of the Musical Instrument/Pro Audio industry.

More than 100 magazines from all over the world gathered together to vote for the best products of 2008/2009 in more than 40 categories. The awards were presented to the winners during an award show which took place during the Frankfurt Musikmesse on April 2, 2009. More than 300 international representatives of manufacturers and distributors of musical instruments and audio equipment were on hand for the MIPA Awards Show, including guests from the USA, Canada, Japan, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, Poland, Great Britain, Italy, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

Thanks to all who voted for and supported Meinl and Soundcaster Fusion Cymbals.