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About Me

Hi and welcome to my profile, which should be - in some way - be an extension of my website Thoughts Of Metal @ www.thoughtsofmetal.be.tt
The goal of the website should be pretty obvious and this registration @ MySpace is also a tool to help promote more bands.
Of course, all this is done in my spare time, since I have a daytime job. But everyday gets brightened up with a touch of Metal, although one should be aware of the consequences and welcome the silence from time to time to reflect upon one's actions that day, life and whatever else that has importance.
The connection with Fantasy and Sci-Fi is easily made and occasionally I read books from authors in those genres. Besides that, ancient civilizations are also among my interests, particularly Egypt and the Mayas.
The automobile industry is another interest I have, but due to a limited amount of time, it's sometimes hard to devote yourself to the other stuff besides the music.
Anyhow, if you like the reviews and want your band to have more exposure by review or interview, don't hesitate to contact me.
Next to that, I try to contribute to the environment through WWF Passport. Yes, I'm not perfect, but since nature is a great source of inspiration and life, it's not something to consider trivial, whether it's forests, animals, oceans, ...

My Interests

- Archaeology
- Astronomy (to a certain extent)
- Books (see lower)
- Cars
- Music (see lower)

I'd like to meet:

ht Jon Oliva, Gus Chambers, James Hetfield, Luca Turilli, Alex Staropoli, Rhapsody Of Fire, Edguy, Saxon, Ahab (the band ;-)), Swallow The Sun, Solitude Aeturnus, Obscene Gesture, Manticora, Manigance, and many others

Music:

What I like and support (one more than the other) - also because of T.O.M.:
- Hard Rock
- Gothic Rock
- Heavy Metal
- Power Metal
- Progressive Metal
- Thrash Metal
- Death Metal
- Black Metal
- Folk Metal
- Viking Metal
- Doom Metal
- Gothic Metal
- Industrial Metal
- Hardcore (some)
- etc...

Other music that I like:
- Classical (incl. filmscores)
- Jazz (to a certain extent, but anything Ã la Medeski, Martin & Wood)

Music I'm NOT (!) fond of or don't really care about: artists in these genres do NOT need to ask to be added!
- Hiphop (except some (!) stuff from 't Hof van Commerce, a West-Flemish band)
- Dance
- Electro
- House
- Nu-Metal
- Pop (at least, not today's crap)
- *-core (Mallcore, Metalcore, Emocore, Screamo, ...)
- Rap
- R&b
- Techno
- etc... anything like mentioned above

Movies:

- Outbreak
- The Constant Gardener
- Ice Age (both)
- LOTR
and more, which I can't remember now

Television:

- Documentaries (ancient civilizations, wildlife, ...)
- Police series (A Touch Of Frost, Cavanagh, Inspector Morse, ...)
- The Simpsons
- Cabaret/Comedy: Youp van 't Hek, Alex Agnew, Wouter Deprez, Nigel Williams, Hans Liberg, ...

Other than that, the hours I watch TV have decreased enormously because most times there's not really something worth seeing.

Books:

Fantasy: some examples
- Dragonlance (lots ;-))
- Death Gate
- Sovereign Stone
- The Rose Of The Prophet
- etc...

Other: Ancient civilizations (Egypt, Mayas, Incas, Atlantis, Lemuria, ...)

Authors:
- Robert Bauval
- Graham Hancock
- Tracy Hickman
- Dan Simmons
- Margaret Weis

My Blog

Reviews of Civil Chaos, Exoterik and Say Bok Gwai

Three newest reviews:Civil Chaos - Live It Up (download single) (Hard Rock)Exoterik - Don't Swallow (Rock)Say Bok Gwai - Say Bok Gwai (Thrash/Hardcore/Punk)Civil Chaos and Exoterik are on this page, w...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:09:00 PST

Reviews of Battlelore, Helstar and Reflection

Three new reviews, between all the other activities:Battlelore - The Last Alliance (Epic/Power Metal)Helstar - The King Of Hell (Power/Thrash Metal)Reflection - When Shadows Fall (Heavy/Doom Metal)Al...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:53:00 PST

Reviews of Kampfar, Randy Piper's Animal, Taletellers + interviews with My Shameful, Symphonity

The last few weeks and days have been very busy, leaving less time (or energy) to focus on reviews and interviews, although I try to amap. These are the latest reviews:Kampfar - Heimgang (Pagan/Black...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:18:00 PST

Reviews of Artas, Eldorado and Human Zoo

It's been a busy and hectic week at work, so working on reviews hasn't been easy. And if inspiration is lacking... But I managed to work on three reviews:Artas - The Healing (Thrash/Death/Hardcore)E...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:51:00 PST

Reviews of Dignity, Quadrivium, Serenity and Sinner

Four new reviews: Dignity - Project Destiny (Melodic Hard Rock)Quadrivium - Adversus (Avantgarde Black Metal)Serenity - Fallen Sanctuary (Symphonic Progressive Metal)Sinner - Crash & Burn (Ha...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:58:00 PST

Reviews of Dred, Squealer, Waldheim + interview with Crystallion

Three new reviews: Dred - A Path To Extinction (Death/Thrash Metal)Squealer - The Circle Shuts (Power/Thrash Metal)Waldheim - Fight Against Time (Melodic Death Metal) Squealer's and Waldheim's reviews...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:03:00 PST

Reviews of Hak-Ed Damm, Katra, Thy Final Pain + interview w/ Destruction + update Drum Inquiry

Lots of stuff to review as my list keeps growing. Add to that the hectic circumstances from moving to another building at work and you'll see that it's not easy to write a review every day. Anyhow, th...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:22:00 PST

UPDATED: Reviews of Destruction/Hartmann/Ross The Boss/Symphonity/Trustgame + Drum Inquiry

No time to rest, even though I took two weeks off. More releases to be reviewed, despite the holidays. Anyhow, here are some new reviews for ya: Destruction - D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. (Thrash Metal)Hartma...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:18:00 PST

Reviews of Red Descending, Svartahrid, The Mystery - interview with Battleroar

Three new reviews again. Summer ain't a calm period, as the list of reviews continues to grow. Anyhow, here are the newies: Red Descending - Where Dreams Come To Die (Melodic Death Metal)Svartahrid - ...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:45:00 PST

Alcatraz Metal Festival report

On the 27th of July the first edition of the Alcatraz Metal Festival was held at the Brielpoort in Deinze, Belgium. On the bill: Trenchfoot (BE)The Lucifer Principle (NL)Mortal Sin (AUS)Benedictum (US...
Posted by Thoughts Of Metal on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:09:00 PST