Adam Bennati is a musician who was born in Columbus, OH. He has played punk music from a young age. Though he has performed with many different types of groups, he is most known for being the drummer for New York/Los Angeles based heavy metal band, Early Man.[1] Bennati joined up with Mike Conte in New York in 2003 to form the group. In the past, Early Man has been signed to Monitor Records (Baltimore), Matador Records and is currently signed to The End Records. From 2007-2008 Adam Bennati also performed with Skyler Spohn and Jonny Ollsin (former member of Vancouver based metal group, S.T.R.E.E.T.S.) in the band Children.[2] The group started out in January 2007 and quickly gained attention in New York. Their music is described as progressive-thrash-art-metal. They had two releases on Kemado Records. Bennati's drumming style has been described as powerful, creative, and unique. He plays in the rare "open-style", where the hands do not cross as they traditionally do when playing the hi-hat and snare drum in a drum beat. Bennati also plays single kick pedal, something that is quite rare in Heavy Metal music. He achieves the quick pedal movements (that simulate double-pedal) by using a kick-pedal style known as the "slide technique". Adam Bennati currently resides in Los Angeles and plays with other musical groups or does session work when he is not busy with Early Man.