William Gray (born July 2, 1974 as William Gray) was Evanescence's drummer until 2007. He worked with John LeCompt when John was a lead singer in Killsystem. He also worked with LeCompt when John laid vocals on “Seems Like Forever” for Soul Embraced’s Immune album. He made his first appearance with Evanescence in 1998 where he performed the drums on the track Understanding on their first EP.