Order of the Jackal

Order of the Jackal (OotJ for short) is a five piece metal band from Madison, Wisconsin. Its members are Adam Wood (vocals), Lisle Rohlwing (guitar), Luke Hawkinson (bass guitar), and Kevin McGinnis (drums). OotJ was founded in the summer of 2009 when Adam, Jason Sommers, and Lisle got together and began to jam out random noise in the basement. It didn’t take long for them to realize that among the “random noise” they were generating were some killer riffs and melodies which needed to be taken seriously, and they began fleshing these into full songs. OotJ began performing live shows regularly in 2010. Fast forward to 2012, and two rhythm section change ups, Kevin and Luke joined to round out the lineup. In 2014 Jason left the band and Adam took over the lead vocals. Chad Elliot joined up in 2015 to continue OotJ's two guitar attack. Order of the Jackal is keeping their focus on talent, creativity, and performance. There has never been nor will be any particular goal for what songs are to sound like, only that the band has to have fun doing them and like the result. With influences ranging from Alice in Chains to Mastodon to Napalm Death Order of the Jackal’s sound is a carefully and cleverly arranged blend that is aggressive and melodic. OotJ continues to play live as much as it can. Their fan base continues to grow locally, regionally, and nationally as the music reaches people through live performances, demos, social media sites, YouTube videos, and internet radio. They've also had the honor of doing opening sets for a number of world class metal acts including Raven, D.R.I., Shadows Fall, Holy Grail, Savage Master and Black Tusk. Order of the Jackal released their first full length album "King of Slime" in January 2016, and continue to expand their loud and energetic live performances to include more widely spread venues. The band is keeping the heavy in heavy metal. We have to turn the ooze that seeps out into music