Aurora Borealis is a black metal band from Waldorf, Maryland founded by guitarist Ron Vento and drummer Tony Laureano in 1994. Their first album "Mansions of Eternity" was released in 1996. Since then, the band has had Tim Yeung, Derek Roddy and now the drumming talents of Mark Green on their studio recordings.
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About Mark Green:
My interest in drumming was sparked when I was about 8 years old, messing around on my older brother’s kit. By the time I was 11 or 12 I was learning stuff by ear and jamming along to classic rock songs, which was the only style of music I was really exposed to at the time. When I was about 15, I was finally able to buy my first kit, a Premier APK 5 piece. From there I began jamming along with Metallica and Pantera songs, but I always had a desire for something more extreme.
I joined my first band when I was 16 and was soon exposed to the world of Death Metal. After a few moments of disbelief, I soon began drawing influence from Sandoval, Reinert, Hoglan, Christy and Roddy being the most memorable. This wasn't until 1996-1997, so by comparison I was late to the game and I knew I had my work cut out for me.
Over the next few years I began playing shows in my local band and recording a few demos. In 2005 I was introduced to a local producer who owned his own recording studio. I soon began recording studio albums for his clients, performing different types of music including blues, rock and even pop. Around this time I was approached by a band called "The Adept", who wanted me to record their next full-length album. We recorded “Catastrophic Ecstasy” within a few months and having just left two bands, I decided to join up with them full time.
The same exact time this took place, Insatanity hit me up asking me to play the last 3 shows of their tour giving me only a week and two practices to play an 8-song set. We pulled it off and I joined up with them full time and went on to record their full-length “The Day God Died.”
After jamming with both bands for a year or so, I soon moved on to a project called Embludgeonment. This was a new project and consisted of only two songs done with one guitar and a drum machine, which I was eager to replace. We spent the next year writing and acquiring members to become a full force band leading to the recording of a two-song promo in mid 2010.
Not long after that I found myself recording a try-out video to become the drummer for the next Aurora Borealis album. Before I knew it I was on my way to my one and only rehearsal with Ron, where we recorded scratch drum ideas for the entire album in two days. The album entitled "Timeline: The Beginning and End of Everything" was released in February 2011 and marked my 5th and biggest studio album to date.
How Mark got involved with Aurora Borealis:
I saw Ron’s post in the Derek Roddy forum about him needing a drummer to record his next CD. By the time I saw the post there was already 8 pages of responses, so I figured it was too late as I was sure he had some well known drummers applying for the position. Especially since Roddy, Laureano and Yeung did all the past albums. A day or two later, Derek Roddy himself sent me a text asking if I had contacted Ron about doing the CD. I explained how I thought it was too late, but Derek insisted I try out anyway.
I contacted Ron and he mentioned already having a few serious prospects narrowed down, but if I wanted to give it a shot he’d be willing to check out my video. Ron sent me the audition track with guitar only, and I spent the next few days writing ideas in order to meet the deadline, which was only a week away. After sending him my audition video, we traded a few emails back and forth where he finally offered me the position and we began working out the schedule. I took a ride down in late July and we spent two days working on ideas for the drums. We ended up recording scratch drum tracks for the entire album, which I took home and worked on for the next 6 weeks to prepare for the actual recording. We only had one real rehearsal together before the final sessions. We ended up recording the drums from September 3rd through the 7th.
This album was a great experience for me and I had a great time working with Ron and Jay. Nightsky is an awesome studio and Ron really knows what he’s doing! It’s definitely something I’d be willing to do again and I think Timeline is a great album that I’m very proud to have played on.
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