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William Draven

About Me

Michael "William Draven" Vrazitoulis is a musician, writer and artist. He started his own music project in the year 2006. ____________________________________________________________ ____It all began in 2005, when I formed a band with two friends. My part in the band was as a singer and lyricist. With time my influence over the band's music grew less and less. I realised that I had to do my own music to achieve inner fulfillment. And so William Draven was born. I left my old band on the 16th of november 2008. My training in music consists of four years of learning keyboard (when I was really young) and I don't have any training in music theory. ____________________________________________________________ ____What inspireth me the most is the magnificence of the dark. This magnificence i seek in classical forms of the obscure: cemeteries dressed in moonlight, gothic cathedrals, crows at the churchyard, the occult and many more... I use mostly keyboards, but i also use guitars, violins and other instruments. A ghostly ambient sound dressed with classical elements and gothic romanticism: this is my music. ____________________________________________________________ ____IMPORTANT: There is another William Draven around, a magician. I am NOT that person. Also note that I am NOT the William Draven on facebook. I do NOT have a facebook account.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/04/2007
Band Members:insomnium
The Horror at Ioannina
Mary Mary
In Oblivion (sweet oblivion video) In Oblivion

Influences: Nox Arcana, Midnight Syndicate, Elend, Sopor Aeternus, Dead Can Dance, Arvo Pärt, Nicholas Lens, John Williams, Howard Shore, Clint Mansell, Jocelyn Pook, Zbigniew Preisner, Antonio Vivaldi, Henry Purcell, Hildegard von Bingen, Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, William ShakespeareHeader Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!
Sounds Like: the beating of a mourning heart, the lament for Lenore, a hymn to nocturnal beauty...ALBUM COVERS
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Rebirth

I have lost many things this summer; pieces of my self of which my very core consisted. I am going to take it all back; all of it; and I do not care how. I have slumbered in the shadows of my self-des...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:39:00 GMT

Back home

Dear all, because of depression and alcoholism I was forced to return to Ioannina. I decided that I had to be in a safe and familiar place to deal with my problems. This of course means a general chan...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:46:00 GMT

Stories Of The Black Count I: Deathless Days (part 2)

Where flap the tatters of the King  The sky above the manor had lost its usual grayness; the clouds were coloured by the golden light of the setting sun, glowing thus like a river of amber. This beaut...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:07:00 GMT

some of my greek poems

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Posted by on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:45:00 GMT

one of my german poems

DIE TOTEIn des Frühlings grünstem TaleLag eine Tote und sie sang.Des Himmels glänzte KathedraleLeicht im Sonnenuntergang.Sie wusste nun, dass sie nicht lebte;Sie wünschte sich ein kleines Grab.Auf ihr...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:56:00 GMT

My new poem: THE BLACK SHORE

THE BLACK SHOREOnce in a nocturnal dreaming, With no moon above me beaming,With bitterness my soul was screamingNostalgic for the days of yore.In the cold of dark December,Without the precious heat of...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:05:00 GMT

Stories Of The Black Count I: Deathless Days (part 1)

Countess Eleanor  Once upon a time in an old estate hidden by leafless trees and thick veils of mist lived the Black Count and his beloved Countess Eleanor. They did not go beyond the mist, for they d...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:19:00 GMT

Eden et Paradisus

Nisi mihi Paradisus dabitur, veniam ad portas Paradisi cum legionibus meis daemonum!
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:37:00 GMT

a dunsanian poem of mine

CELTIC FIREThe campers light a fire                               t...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:28:00 GMT

some of my poems and lyrics in latin

Esto Mors facies meaEsto Mors effigies mea!Esto necis facies ea!Esto mea vis caelorum,Immortalis vis deorum!Die illa lacrimarumIn complexu tenebrarumErit Mors triumphus meus!In excelsis tamquam deus !...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:45:00 GMT