Artist description Solo drummer/percussionist, with various guest artists. Byron Metcalf, Ph.D., M.S., is a drummer, percussionist, recording artist, and record producer. With over 30 years as a professional musician, he has performed on gold and platinum albums in the pop and country fields and in recent years has been experimenting with the use of drums, percussion, and other sounds to induce nonordinary (altered) states of consciousness in both ceremonial and therapeutic contexts.

Music Style World, Tribal, Shamanic, Trance, Electronic

Artist History Byron's 1998 CD Helpers, Guides & Allies continues to receive enthusiastic reviews in the shamanic, trance dance, and therapeutic communities, and was rated #4 in Backroads Music's 1998 Best of Year Selections in the World Music category. The 2nd release The Serpent's Lair (Projekt Records, Sept. 2000) is an epic two-disc package which is the result of a year long collaboration with award winning recording artist and sonic innovator Steve Roach. NOT WITHOUT RISK (Sept. 2001) is Byron's newest solo project

Group Members Byron Metcalf

Instruments Drums & percussion, didgeridoo, synthesizers, voice, sounds from the earth and other worlds

Albums Not Without Risk (2001), The Serpent's Lair-with Steve Roach (2000), Helpers, Guides & Allies...Navigating the Shamanic Landscape (1998)

Press Reviews "The best shamanic drumming, group trance/dance title to come along in ages."- Lloyd Barde, Backroads Music" "It is rhythmic, it is trance inducing, and it is altered state inducing. You find yourself breathing rhythmically as the music directs you and then you are transported elsewhere. This music takes you to the inner landscapes that most of us do not visit enough."- Magical Blend Magazine, July 1999

Location Prescott, Arizona - USA

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