COFFINDROP is a heavy skate-rock project featuring Robert Trujillo of METALLICA, Rick Smith of TORCHE, Brent Eyestone and Graham Scala of BLEACH EVERYTHING, Kurt Ballou of CONVERGE, and Kyle Durfey of PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH.
Members of the project originally assembled in Venice, California, several years back to hang out and cover a bunch of BLACK SABBATH songs. As everyone got loose, shared Ozzy stories, and did their best to do The Prince Of Darkness and the Birmingham lads justice, the collective idea was hatched to write something entirely new on the spot and record it.
Not too long after, material was down on tape (courtesy of friend and Renaissance Man Chris Owens) and shipped out to Kurt Ballou with an open invitation to join in the fun. Eventually, the dulcet tones of Kyle Durfey's voice also found their way to the project and Kurt mixed the entire thing himself out in Massachusetts.
To celebrate Halloween 2025, "Shining Wizard" and "The Sounding Wall" are being issued as a standalone 7" and as part of the Dark Operative compilation LP It Came From The Abyss (Volume 2). With cover illustrations by Florian Bertmer and Matt Stikker respectively, it's a pleasure to now be able to share the collective's love of heavy music, cool graphics, skateboarding, and collaboration with others, right down to all royalties for the project being entirely donated to The Skatepark Project.
FOR FANS OF: METALLICA | CONVERGE | TORCHE