Christopher James Adler is an American drummer, best known as a member and founder of the groove metal band Lamb of God, and Grammy Award winning member of Megadeth. He became a member of thrash metal band Megadeth from 2015-2016, playing on their fifteenth album Dystopia and performed most live touring dates in support of that album. In his 5th Grammy nomination, "Dystopia" won Chris his first Grammy Award for the Best Metal Performance at the 59th Grammy Awards.
In 2006 Adler collaborated with revered progressive guitarist Ron Jarzombek beginning the project Blotted Science.
In 2010, Adler moved to Toronto, Canada for 6 weeks and recorded and helped write the album "Volition" with the progressive metal band Protest the Hero. The album went on to win and provide Chris his first Juno Award
In 2014 he contributed several drum tracks to the Testament album Dark Roots of the Earth.
In 2016 Adler recorded three songs with Jim Gillette, Michael Angelo Batio, and Victor Wooten in a California studio for a Nitro reunion album.
As of October 2017, he left the Nitro reunion project to focus on a mid-2018 release and tour with Lamb of God.
He is the elder brother of Lamb of God bandmate and guitarist Willie Adler.
Chris played in several local bands including Calibra, Jettison Charlie, and Grouser before founding Lamb of God in 1994.
Adler is pescatarian and has worked with PETA.
He is recognized by his left-handed playing on a right-handed kit, his use of the heel-toe technique, his unusual approach to the drum kit.
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23. November 1972
