Justin Foley

Yamaha Artist Justin Foley of Killswitch Engage: "Self Discipline & Drive"

Biography

Justin Foley

Justin Foley is the drummer for the Gold Album-Selling, Grammy-Nominated metal/hard rock band Killswitch Engage. He has appeared on KsE's The End of Heartache (Grammy nominated, Certified Gold), As Daylight Dies (Certified Gold), and the self titled 2009 Killswitch Engage. He was also a member of Blood Has Been Shed and tracked 2003's "Spirals" release, and recorded all the drums for Unearth's latest release "Darkness In The Light". Justin contributed to Drum Nation Volume 3 and has been featured in major drummer magazines such as Modern Drummer, Drummer UK and Drum!. He has appeared on well known tours such as Ozzfest, Mayhem, Taste of Chaos, Warped Tour, Soundwave, as well as playing the main stages of some of the biggest and most well known festivals in the world including Download, Wacken, and Loud Park.

Justin is classically trained with a bachelors in fine arts from The University of Connecticut and a masters from the prestigious Hartt School of Music. He was a freelance orchestral musician with various Connecticut symphony orchestras including Waterbury Symphony and New Britain Symphony. He just recently received the coveted fine arts alumni of the year award from The University of Connecticut.

Troy Miller

Troy Miller

Troy Miller, a multitalented drummer, music director and composer began playing drums in a family band and at church. As a teenager he reached the finals of the BBC 'Young Musician of the Year' competition. After graduating from the Guildhall School Of Music, Troy started playing with Jean Toussaint and soon after with Soweto Kinch. Having played opposite American Vibes Legend Roy Ayers several times, Roy asked Troy to go on tour with him and has been playing with him for the last 5 years both Europe and the US. This lead on to a number of other collaborations including tours with Don Blackman, Jocelyn Brown, Amp Fiddler and Michael Urbaniak the latter of whom is associated with Miles Davis.