Comatose

Release Date: October 3, 2006

John Cooper- vocals, bass
Korey Cooper- keyboards
Ben Kasica- guitar
Lori Peters- drums

Classic rock riffs, swirling drums, monstrous hooks, and undeniably catchy choruses… hints of old school progressive rock mixed in with modern alternative flourishes… touches of classical influence as swelling strings intersect with sonic adrenaline rushes. It’s indeed a fusion unlike any other, marking the latest chapter in the continuous evolution of Skillet, whose moniker couldn’t be more fitting for their explosive new Lava/Atlantic Records release, Comatose.

The project follows Skillet’s 2004 Lava/Atlantic debut, Collide, which launched the group into the public eye with the single “Savior” (the #2 most added at CMJ’s “Loud Rock and Crucial Spins” panel the first week out), and garnered the quartet a prestigious Grammy Award nomination. Collide went on to become their best-selling project to date, with over 200,000 units sold, while the band played some 200 dates a year - including tours with the likes of Saliva, Shinedown and Finger Eleven, Three Days Grace - in the process becoming one of the hardest working, heaviest rocking, and most broadly appealing acts of its generation.

“We’re proud of where we’ve been in the past, but I feel like this is our strongest record,” says vocalist/bassist John Cooper of Comatose. Recorded at Chicago Recording Company (Smashing Pumpkins, Michael Jackson, R.