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David

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About Me


Hey,
I am David, I am metal and I am music. I'm tall, black hair, why do i tell you this?.. I love music, with passion, I play guitar (ESP EX400) through an Ashdown fallen angel all valve amp (local manufacturer now out of production :().
I hope to start up a band.. but more about that later... I enjoy going to gigs LOTS. Local gigs, London gigs... any that have great music to hear.. I also believe you should support your local artists, go to gigs, buy the merch, be their friends and tell them how much they rule! (That might be slightly odd)
I can be a bit hyperactive and very immature at times, I don't believe in all this ACT YOUR AGE bulcrap, sure act mature at times where its needed but still go out there and have the time of your fucking life!
Have a large interest in modern rail but some interest in steam. I am a railway enthusiast NOT a trainspotter :-p The most important things in my life are my music, Dukey, Ron and my music.
I have a wide range of music taste but most of it comes from true heavy metal. IE Power metal or traditional heavy metal. However I have a love for progressive metal in the vein of Fish era Marillion (Some H Marillion) and solo Fish.... I adore 'interesting' black metal, as aposed to the bog standard boring blasting black metal, bands I deem interesting usually have some sort of progressive element (Enslaved for example), or just experiment and aren't all oh look at us we're kvlt and true..Musics my life and I think i'd die without it..(I don't want to find out, this is why I treasure my harddrive like hell.. and now back it up.. Imagine losing over 90gb of music collected throughout your life?!)
I really love music thats emotional in overall sound and lyrics, (No, NOT emo.) One of my all time favourite albums is Misplaced Childhood by Marillion which pretty much sums up the emotional statement above! Saw Fish on tour recently where he did the whole album live (Very rare) and it brought tears to my eyes and THAT my friend is what makes music the most powerful and amazing thing in the universe.. and why I cannot live without it!
I also have an amazing girlfriend called Iona.. shes pure awesome I can't believe I found her.. so.. ! Mine ! It feels like I was always meant to be with her, everything before was to prepare for this.. to be hurt and learn from it so I could make myself a better person.. :) Its funny how life works. Thank you Iona! My one and only!
BAND PROJECTS

I play guitar and i'm currently trying to get a band going.
When it comes to my black/death metal guitar/songwriting my influences are:
Enslaved
Hecate Enthroned
Akercocke
Graveworm
Opeth (some elements).
I'm deffinately trying to create a mix between Black/Death metal with progressive elements to steer away from the straight forward blasting a lot of boring BM bands stick to!
One of my long term aims is to have a Progressive Folk/Epic/Pagan metal band, and my influences in that area are;
Ensiferum
Turisas
Eluveitie
Moonsorrow
TrollfesT
Finntroll
Amorphis
I would like a balance between fun folk metal and folk/pagan black metal, although this seems pretty difficult.. Its a future thing though... when I have contacts with people who play violin/accordian/keys/bagpipes (Anything that suits the above genre).
I do draw influences from all bands when writing generally though. But the above bands are the ones that drive me to want to create my own music of similar genres
My weekly top listened to artists chart:
My weekly top listened to song chart:
Yes i'm a long time loyal Audiscrobbler/Last.fm user! Woohoo!Wow watch this entire Do Make Say Think gig, its amazing.. totally.

My Interests

Music, History, Photography, Railway, trainz, love, Hammer Horror, power metal, melodic death metal, death metal, true metal, heavy metal, progressive rock, progressive metal, gothic metal, black metal, gothic rock,

I'd like to meet:

IonaAnd people passionate about the same kind of music! :)Infact a few people I know .. i'd really love to meet in real life, Fish, (Legendary) Fry, Figgybee/David, Jeroen/Neoray, Blackwizard/Ron, etcI've met quite a few of people i've wanted to meet and its been great! Thanks all! Ron, Luuk, Boris, Hexie, Elliott and anyone else not mentioned of course

Music:



*Redoing this section*

I love music with atmosphere, emotion and that is interesting, this includes the genres;

+Heavy metal (True Metal, Classic Heavy metal, Power metal)
+Progressive Rock (Such as Marllion/Fish The Reasoning, Genesis, Yes, all those cliche's)
+Progressive Metal
+Celtic Folk Rock/Metal (Awesome with Prog elements ala Karnataka/Mostly Autumn/Iona)
+Black Metal
+Doom metal
+Death Metal
+Symphonic metal
+Power metal
+Gothic Rock/Metal
+Emotional Rock/metal (ANATHEMA, Katatonia)

Pretty much metal and all its sub genres not including Metalcore or emo, commercial metal pretty much does nothing for my ears but their are exceptions.

I really do enjoy any genre with added progressive elements, bands that break barriers and try different things.

Heres a basic list of my current favorite artists or artists I've been a fan of and love greatly! It would be wise for you to check my Last.fm profile if you're really interested in what I'm into and what i have in my massive collection.
1349 (live)
Abyssic Hate
Adagio
Aesma Daeva
Aeternitas
After Forever
Aina
Akercocke **** (Live twice)
Alex Harvey Band
Amon Amarth
Amorphis
Anal Cunt
Anathema ***** (live)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Anne-Marie Helder (live four times!)
Anglagrd
Angra **** (Live)
Anorexia Nervosa
Apocalyptica (live)
Arch Enemy
Arkona
Asrai
Astarte
At the Gates
At Vance
Avantasia
Ayreon
Balseraph
Bathory
Battlelore
Behemoth
Belphegor
Beto Vzquez Infinity
Blackfield **
Blind Guardian
Bloodbath
Bolt Thrower
Brainstorm **** (Live)
Brimstone
Bruce Dickinson
Burzum
C.W. McCall
Cadaveria
Camel
Catamenia
Chaostar
Charon
Children of Bodom
Citizen Cain
Clepsydra
Collage
Cradle of Filth (Live)
Crucified Barbara
Cryhavoc
Cryptopsy
Crystal Eyes
Custard
Cydonia
Dame En Noir
Daniele Liverani
Dark at Dawn
Dark Fire
Dark Moor
Dark Sanctuary
Dark Tranquillity
Darkane
Darkthrone
Darkwoods My Betrothed
Death
Death SS
Decapitated
Deicide
Demons & Wizards
Dimmu Borgir
Dio
Dionysus
Dismember
Dispatched
DragonForce (Live)
Dragonhammer
Dragonland **** (Live)
Dream Theater
Dreams of Sanity
DreamTale
Dyslesia
Edge of Thorns
Edguy
Elvenking
Emperor
Enchantica
Ensiferum
Entwine
Enslaved ***(live)
Enya
Epica ***(Live)
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Europe
Eva Cassidy
Evergrey
Ewigkeit
Excelsis
Exhorder
Eye Of Odin
Eyes Of Shiva
Fairyland
Finntroll **** (Live)
Fish ***** (Live, twice)
Flowing Tears
Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers
Folklord
For My Pain...
Freedom Call
Freezepop
Full Strike
Game Over
Gamma Ray
The Gathering
Genesis
God Forbid
Grand Belial's Key
Grave Digger
Graveworm
Halford
Hammerfall ****(Live)
Harkonin
Heavenly
Heavens Gate
Hecate Enthroned
Helloween
Howard Shore
Iced Earth
Illdisposed
Impaled Northern Moonforest (Its a bit of fun! :P)
Impellitteri
Imperia
In Flames
Intense (Live)
IQ
Isengard
James LaBrie
Jefferson Airplane
Jethro Tull
John Petrucci
John Williams
Judas Priest
Kalmah
Kamelot
Kataklysm
Kate Bush
Kayak
Kiko Loureiro
Kiss
Kotiteollisuus
Kroda
Labyrinth
Lacuna Coil
Leaves' Eyes
Liquid Tension Experiment
Liv Kristine
Lord Byron
Lorenguard
Love Like Blood
Luca Turilli
Magic Kingdom
Magic Pie
Magica
Mago de Oz
Majesty *****
Manowar ****
Marillion *****
Megadeth
Messiah's Kiss
Metalium
Metallica
Ministry
Moonsorrow
Moonspell
Morgana Lefay
Morifade
Mortiis
Mostly Autumn **** (Live) Amazing!
My Dying Bride ***
NanowaR
Napalm Death
Narnia
Nashville Pussy
Nation
Nektar
Nepal
Nightwish **(Live twice)
Nile
Norther ***(Live)
Obiat
Old Man's Child
Omnium Gatherum **** (live)
Opera IX
Operatika
Opeth *** (live)
Orbital
Paradise Lost (live)
Paradox
Peter Gabriel
Pineapple Thief
Porcupine Tree ****
Power Quest ***
Powergod
Powerwolf
The Reasoning **** (Live)
Rhapsody *****
Rough Silk
Running Wild
Rush
Sargant Fury
Satyricon
Saxon
Scorpions
Season's End (Live)
Secret Sphere
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Serotonal
Seventh Avenue
Shaaman ***
Sinergy
Sirenia
Slayer
Sonata Arctica * (Live)
Sonata Nocturna
Soulslide
Spinal Tap (!!)
Spiral Tower
Spock's Beard
The Storyteller
Stratovarius **(Live)
Symphony X**
Symphorce
t.A.T.u. (Yay!)
Talisma
Tarja Turunen
Tarot
Ted Maul (Live)
Theatre of Tragedy
Therion
Thy Majestie
To Elysium
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Tristania (Live)
Tristitia
Trollfest **** (Great entertaining!)
Trollheim's Grott
Tvangeste
Unicorn
Uriah Heep
Usurper
Valhalla
Van der Graaf Generator
Vangelis
Venom (Back with new album!)
VIPER
Vision Divine
Warmen
Whispering Gallery
The Whores of Babylon ***
Wig Wam (Norway should have won Eurovision).
Winterlong
Within Temptation
Wizard
X Japan
Xandria
Yes
Zyklon (live)
***********

Movies:

A clockwork Orange, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star wars, Magnolia, Planet of the apes films, Spinal Tap!, Hammer Horror, Phantasm films,

Television:

League of Gentlemen (UK Comedy)
Red Dwarf
Monkey (Monkey Magic)
Look around you
Dragons Den (Awesome and hilarious)
Ideal (Uk comedy)

Books:

Just started reading, I don't really own many books in this day and age (appart from all the children's ones which are in the attic ;)).But this is what I do have! Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion (Reading) Lords of Chaos (and some others somewhere i've forgotten :..)

Heroes:

Never die, they sail forever.

Fish!
Peter Cushing
Ralph Bates
Richard Dawkins

My Blog

Bleugh

No i'm not sick, but I wish I was.I really don't want to go to the railway today. I don't feel up for it but i'm gonna have to. Gay. I woke up crap but my bed was cosy, just woke up low, sleep doesnt ...
Posted by David on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:40:00 PST

I'm away!

I've had a lovely time, mostly with Iona but now I must depart!I'm going to Buddhafield East festival, summer gathering whatever you want to call it.Iona's at reading too so no loss! I'll miss her and...
Posted by David on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:19:00 PST

Stolen.. My zodiac sign :|

>>>CAPRICORN >Nice >Sassy. >Intelligent. >Sexy. >Predict future. >Irrestible, awes0me kisser. >Loves being in long relationships >Great talker. >Always gets what he or she wants. >BY FAR the BEST in ...
Posted by David on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:13:00 PST

Charting the single

So. Its Sunday. Yes.. Hmm..I am kinda bored but still i'm doing okay. I got pissed off at my parents earlier as we were meant to be going out today but I couldn't get to sleep so when it came to the m...
Posted by David on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:25:00 PST

Another survey thingmejig stolen from Emily

9 Last's 9.] last place you were: In the kitchen 8.] last cigarette: Many years ago 7.] last beverage: Does water count? 6.] last movie watched: Full metal jacket 5.] last phone call: My mum, 2 rooms...
Posted by David on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:56:00 PST

Meow. Lonely!

Sucks!Life is a rollercoaster, fuck you ronan keating.I only just kinda got attached to someone. Say a week ago i'd be fine but now that I know of them and how awesome they are, I have to go over a we...
Posted by David on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:59:00 PST

Sleep, nervous?

So, Iona tells me to sleep as I never seem to. And guess what?I CAN'T SLEEP!I just keep thinking, and thinking, and thinking. Its not bad things, its nice things, kinda planning stuff in my head and w...
Posted by David on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:59:00 PST

Yesterday, Iona =D

Hmmmm so yesterday was really nice.It is a reason to make a blog entry... Met Iona at the YPAB office and had amusing times on the phone to J, playing countdown and annoying him muchly. Oh how Iona ru...
Posted by David on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:45:00 PST

SEX!

You prefer Romantic sex!You like romantic sex.  For you, it's not all too much about being horny - it's more an expression of how you feel about your partner(s).  It's an experience that you...
Posted by David on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:23:00 PST

Stolen from the lovely Iona, sorry!

l a s t 1. friend you saw: Shit um, I don't remember.. was it that long ago? 2. Talked to on the phone: Noone, oh wait, probably my mum then. 3. Text: Iona 4. Messaged over myspace: Iona t o d a y ...
Posted by David on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:00:00 PST