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Azrael [SolidSnake]

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About Me


I am a drummer and I'm trying to form a doom/stoner band with elements of thrash, if you are interested in jamming please message me.
I'm Jake, I'm born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and no, I'm not a fucking redneck. My entire life I have been very interested in music, with metal being my favorite. I first came to appreciate metal early due to my cousin Chuck Billingsly. Chuck exposed me to Metallica's "...And Justice For All" and it changed me into a die hard metal fan instantly. The way blackened came in tearin' fucking ass all over the place was enough to interest me for life. Later he gave me Obituary "World Demise", two albums that were very important to me, thanks Chuck. Anyway, as time went on I got more and more into all kinds of music and although I like some pretty weird shit, metal is the only music I truly care about. Eventually I starting playing in my own band and writing my own music. I was in a Nirvana cover band in '97 with Matt Pethel, Brodie Smith and Ben Skinner called The Rabid Monkey Chasers. Ever since then I have been in or trying to form bands constantly, I was in Object of Aggression with Ben Skinner, Matt Watness and Gary Savage for three years starting in '00 and ending in '03. We had one demo and one pressed relase called "Sansmethod" which were both recorded at Ledbelly Sound by Matt Washburn. After Object disbanded I was in Locust Grove in '05 with Karl Frohschamer, Lee Wilson, Joseph Roderick, Steve Casey and Jordan Johnson, we had two demos and one pressed release called "The Hour At Hand". One of the demos was recorded by Matt Washburn, the other demo and album were recorded by E.C. Hamilton. All LG releases were mastered by Rodney Mills at Rodney Mills Master House. LG broke up in '07 and now I am trying to form another band.
"Can an ass be tragic? - Perishing under a load you can neither bear nor shead?...The case of the philosopher." - Nietzsche
"Even the bravest of us only rarely has the courage for what he actually knows..."- Nietzsche
"Formula for my happiness: a yes, a no, a straight line, a goal..." - Nietzsche
"No prize, however great, can justify an ounce of self-deception or a small departure from the ugly facts."-Dostoevsky
Christopher Jacob Benedict
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy VI

My Interests

Playing drums, all types of respectable metal, going to concerts, going downtown to the Drunken Unicorn, Junkman's Daughter, Criminal Records, The Silver Scream Spook Show at The Plaza Theatre and some Withered practices, irish car bombs, Guinness. PS2: Final Fantasy 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 12, Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King, Grandia 2 & 3, Champions of Norrath 1 & 2, Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Guitar Hero 2 & 3, X-Men Legends 1 & 2, The Terminator: Dawn Of Fate, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Evermore, Secret of Mana, Earthbound, Dynasty Warriors 4...

I'd like to meet:

Henry Rollins

Music:

1349, Celtic Frost, Darkthrone, Mayhem, Burzum, Immortal, Emperor, Dissection, Marduk, Gorgoroth, Setherial, Watain, Arkhon Infaustus, Deathspell Omega, old Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Goatwhore, Withered, Nachtmystium, Xasthur, Sargeist, Satyricon, Leviathan, Lurker of Chalice, old Metallica, Slayer, Max era Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Nile, Behemoth, Angelcorpse, Vital Remains, Obituary, Six Feet Under (Haunted only), Amon Amarth, At The Gates, Old Man's Child, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, High On Fire, Superjoint Ritual, Down, Darkest Hour, Mastadon, Misfits, Danzig, Municipal Waste, Skeletonwitch, Zoroaster, old Machine Head (Burn My Eyes and ...The More Things Change), old Fear Factory (Soul Of A New Machine, Demanufacture and Obsolete)

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, The Lost Boys, 300, Ravenous, The Crow, The Man With No Name trilogy, High Planes Drifter, Hang 'em High, Pale Rider, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, Tombstone, The Propostion, Frailty, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jakie Brown, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk Till Dawn, True Romance, Four Rooms, Sin City, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, Lady In The Water, House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, The Matrix trilogy, The Terminator trilogy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars Episode 1-6, Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army of Darkness, Near Dark, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Gerorge A. Romaro's zombie movies, Dark City, The Howling, Pathfinder, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, Lost In Translation, Adaptation, Matchstick Men, TMNT trilogy, Die Hard trilogy, The Gate, Event Horizon, Bubba Hotep, Apocalypse Now, Talladega Nights, Anchorman, Napolean Dynamyte, Escape From New York, Escape From L.A., Boondock Saints, 12 Monkeys, Braveheart, Running Man, Total Recall, Commando, The Prestige, Batman Begins, Batman, Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands, Apocalypto, The DaVici Code, Ghost Rider, Jurrassic Park, Metal: A Headbangers Journey, The Howling, 1408, Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children, No Country For Old Men...

Television:

Metalocalypse, The Simpsons, Hell's Kitchen, How It's Made, Modern Marvels, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, House M.D., Batman: The Animated Series or The History Channel if one of the previously mentioned shows are not on.

Books:

The Holy Bible, Lords of Chaos by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind, Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft, Existentialism- From Dostoevsky To Sartre by: Walter Kaufman, 1984 by George Orwell, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, Beowulf, Edgar Allen Poe: The Complete Collection, The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, The Nietzsche Reader (A complete collection up to Will to Power), The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and Return Of The King, The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien and Diary of Indignities by Patrick Hughes.

Heroes:

Frost, Hellhammer, Horge, Faust, Adrian Erlandsson, George Kollias, Pete Sandoval & Robo

My Blog

I beat Final Fantasy 12

Fuck yeah. I have 78 hours logged and it took me forever due to me being such a slacker, but, I just beat the both forms of Vayne Solidor and The Undying. On my first try even. I was a little weary of...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:12:00 PST

Skeletonwitch & Toxic Holocaust

I went with Mike and Tron to the Masquerade last night. It was Toxic Holocaust, Skeletonwitch, Soilent Green and Hate Eternal. Beau-corn was there, along with Calliente and Mark. It fucking ruled...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:29:00 PST

INSOMNIA

Fuck! With everything that has been going on I’m really out of my comfort zone and it shows in my sleep pattern. The last few weeks I have been sleeping only an hour or two and then I wake up fo...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:14:00 PST

Folie Circulaire

I’ve been lucky enough to spend some time behind the scene with Withered while they prepare for their new album. Actually, I think I was around pretty much from the time the started writing...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:46:00 PST

I’m Single and Heartbroken

Chrissy left last week for Vacation to Arizona to visit old friends. Things had been very rocky in our relationship for many weeks because I felt the vacation was not as important as us getting a plac...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:36:00 PST

Follow Your Heart?

I don’t know about you but I grow weary these days when I hear someone say something to the effect of "Just follow your heart". I’ve been following my heart for my entire life, I stand and...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:42:00 PST

Municipal Waste Is Gonna Fuck You Up!

Last night Adam Hay and I went to the Drunken Unicorn to see Iron Lung and Municipal Waste. Anthony was also there and Mark. Iron Lung was this crazy fucking two piece from Seattle, it was sludgy, cru...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:45:00 PST

Unprepared and Unawares

Well, Chrissy and I had the best two weeks ever staying at the house all by ourselves. It was great, tons of privacy, a huge jamspace, lots of great things. Things were going so great, I had paid half...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:58:00 PST

We’re getting settled in now.

So I've been staying at Chrissy's for the last week and it has ruled some serious ass. It's great leaving for work and returning from work to see her everyday, I love sleeping beside her everynight. S...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:54:00 PST

Maybe a break?

So, Chrissy's Mom got that sweet ass high paying job in Hilton Head, SC. Congrats to her, that will help them a lot. As of now the plan is that they are going to move to South Carolina and Chrissy and...
Posted by Azrael [SolidSnake] on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:16:00 PST