Mark Castillo, born October 10, 1980 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 is an American

United States

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 musician. He is the drummer for post-grunge

Post-grunge

Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...

/hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band

Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

 Crossfade

Crossfade (band)

-Studio albums:-Singles:...

, and a founding member and former drummer for American Metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band Bury Your Dead

Bury Your Dead

Bury Your Dead is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, formed in 2001. To date they have had eight releases; one EP: Bury Your Dead, one live DVD: Alive, and six studio albums: You Had Me at Hello, Cover Your Tracks, Beauty and the Breakdown, Bury Your Dead, It's...

, which he left to join Crossfade in 2010.

Early life

Castillo attended North Shore Technical High School, Middleton, Massachusetts where he studied Health Science.

Between The Buried and Me

Mark played drums on progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Between the Buried and Me's 2003 release The Silent Circus

The Silent Circus

The Silent Circus is the second album by American heavy metal band Between the Buried and Me. Released October 21, 2003 through Victory Records...

.

Bury Your Dead

In 2001, he and guitarist

Guitarist

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 Brendan "Slim" MacDonald formed a side-project which would later evolve into Bury Your Dead

Bury Your Dead

Bury Your Dead is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, formed in 2001. To date they have had eight releases; one EP: Bury Your Dead, one live DVD: Alive, and six studio albums: You Had Me at Hello, Cover Your Tracks, Beauty and the Breakdown, Bury Your Dead, It's...

. Throughout numerous line-up changes Castillo was ever-present in the band as they released five albums via Victory Records

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 before Castillo departed amicably in December 2010 to join Crossfade

Crossfade (band)

-Studio albums:-Singles:...

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Crossfade

Throughout 2010 Crossfade was actively seeking a drummer following the departure of James Branham in 2007, culminating in the band holding auditions in lead-singer Ed Sloan's garage. Castillo would make the long journey to West Columbia, South Carolina

South Carolina

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 and successfully audition, becoming a full-time member of the line-up and going on to perform frequently alongside them throughout 2011. Their June 21, 2011 release We All Bleed

We All Bleed

We All Bleed is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Crossfade. It was released on June 21, 2011 - the band's first album in five years as well as their first album since signing with Eleven Seven Music.-Background:...

 was recorded in 2009/10 with Evanescence

Evanescence

Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide...

's Will Hunt

Will Hunt

William Martin "Will" Hunt is an American musician who has served as drummer of the band Evanescence, Dark New Day, Skrape , ELI, Static-X and Black Label Society, just to name a few. Hunt was in Skrape until 2004 and Black Label Society until 2011. Both were signed to major record labels...

 performing Drums and Percussion on the album.