Odin's Court is a Progressive Metal band hailing from Maryland, USA that blends
dynamics, ambience, energy, groove, and more in an imaginative way to create a lively,
interesting sound. The band was founded in late 2001 by band leader, singer, guitarist, and songwriter
Matt Brookins
along with 2 friends from Southern Maryland: bassist Scott Adley and drummer Troy Ribail. Troy was replaced by
John Abella
in late 2002 when the band released their first demo.
Matt, Scott, and John proved to be the long term core of Odin's Court, with several member changes along the way. Notably,
the addition and then loss of Craig Moran on keyboards. While Craig Moran was in the band, the band released a live album
and a full length album entitled Driven By Fate.
The most important change, however, came with the additions of
Rick Pierpont
on guitar and
Savino Palumbo
on keyboards. This built futher upon the strong foundation that Matt, John, and Scott had laid. Unfortunately, duty called and
bassist Adley was forced to "retire" from the band. Pressing on with this heavy loss, the band picked up
Craig Jackson.
This new lineup shows more promise and potential than any makeup Odin's Court has ever had.
Despite all the setbacks and member changes, the band has finally been able to get back to the studio and record their follow up
to Driven By Fate. This new album, slated for an early 2006 release and titled ReDriven By Fate, includes
newly arranged and recorded versions of old Odin's Court fan favorites, as well as an "Acoustic EP" - which includes old
songs rearranged acoustically as well as new songs and solo pieces by various members. The band is currently writing brand new
material that will be part of a concept album tentatively slated for a late 2006 release.
Though Odin's Court shows great drive in the studio, lives shows are their strong suite. The group's popularity increases
each day due to their highly energetic shows filled with well delivered playing. This has gained them the honor of sharing
the stage with legendary and modern Metal bands such as Helloween, King's X, Sonata Arctica, Symphony X, Seven Witches,
Kamelot, and Devin Townsend.
To learn more about the individual members, click on their names linked in the above text, or use the banner at the top of the page
and click on each members picture.
Metal on!