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Vortigern

EXTERMINATE !!! (old Dalek proverb)

About Me

CURRENT BANDS: ANGELI DI PIETRA / NOTTI DEL TERRORE

SESSION WORK: ASTOVIDATU
PROJECTS: CODEX MORTIS / MINOAN
If there's one thing you should know about me, then it has to be the fact that music is my passion. Growing up on blues, funk and soul, I quickly got the musician's virus. Funny enough, it took a long time before I actually picked up an instrument, but hey, nobody's perfect. The ones that think they are, are simply delusional beings. Anyway, seeing a video from AC/DC at the age of seven opened my eyes to the glorious realm of hard rock and metal and I never looked back since. The only problem with me is that I tend to like too many styles. I love black metal, every aspect of it, even though I know there are some that tend to take themselves way too seriously. But I'm not a purist, I aged with Celtic Frost, Venom but appreciate Marduk as well as Dimmu Borgir or Arcturus. Then there's the more gothic stuff like Paradise Lost or Tiamat. Then I also love death metal, both the straightforward Unleashed as the technical Nile and anything in between. Then there's the very melodic stuff like Kamelot or Evergrey and other genres like The Haunted, Killswitch Engage, Soilwork etcetera. I basically love too many things. Untrue according to some, not giving a shit according to me. That said, I want to have new musical experiences all the time, so i love to lend my services to bands. Vocally or guitarwise I never set boundaries for myself. So you can always ask. For the rest, well... just ask me.
I work as a teacher and I'm involved in the finest Belgian musicsite there is, namely Kwadratuur . I also joined the hallowed ranks of people that work for the metal radioshow Mental on FM Brussel. ENDORSED BY MAYONES
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Which Horror Movie Killer Are You? (pics)
Chucky
You're Chucky, the mischievous one of the bunch. You are very determined and open-mided. What you want your guarantee to get it. You dont kill to kill your more strategic and have a purpose. You use anything you can to get the job done. Good for you!
Take The Quiz Now! Quizzes by myYearbook.com Which Black Metal musician are You? (10 possible results)
Quorthon
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Quizilla | Join| Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code BANDS I'VE SHARED THE STAGE WITH (alphabetical order, list not complete): Aborted (B) / After All (B) / Aktarum (B) / A New Dawn (NL) / Double Diamond (B) / Dream Catcher (NL) / Eluveitie (CH) / Ensiferum (FIN) / Flesh Made Sin (NL) / Gwyllion (B) / Haggard (D) / Korpiklaani (FIN) / Moonsorrow (FIN) / Nemean (B) / Nemesea (NL) / Novact (NL) / Perzonal War (D) / Prejudice (B) / Sengir (B) / Sodom (D) / Stormental (BRA) / Squealer AD (D) / Sylver Myst (NL) / Thessera (BRA) / Thurisaz (B) / Týr (FAR) / Vinternatt (B) / Willow's Whisper (B) ...

My Interests

Sci-fi and horror films, especially old ones or B-grade; playing music all day, every day; literature in all forms and sizes, because I still know what books are and yes: I can read; dinosaurs, guitars (obviously)...

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I ALSO USE AND ABUSE THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT AT THIS TIME:

MAYONES CUSTOM GUITARS / IBANEZ & YAMAHA BASSES / DIMARZIO / SEYMOUR DUNCAN / DUNLOP / BOSS / LINE6 / KLOTZ / ERNIE BALL / GHS / EBH / CRATE / ASHDOWN / RANDALL / SHURE / COFFIN CASES

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Music:


What metal band are you?
Opeth
You are Opeth! You are very poetic with your lyrics, and your music flows like a waterfall. Your emotions change from angry to sad very quickly. Some people don't like you because you can sound too depressing. You're one of the best metal bands in the world, and you worship your fans!

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Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.AC/DC / Ajattara / Alchemist / Amorphis / Ancient Rites / Annihilator / Arcturus / At the Gates / Ayreon / Behemoth / Blackmore's Night / Black Sabbath / Bolt Thrower / CARCASS / Celtic Frost / Cruachan / Dark Funeral / Dark Tranquillity / Death / Deicide / Demons & Wizards / Deströyer 666 / DevilDriver / Dimmu Borgir / Eluveitie / Emperor / Entombed / Evanescence / Evergrey / Fear Factory / Finntroll / God Dethroned / Gojira / Gorefest / Hatesphere / The Haunted / Hypocrisy / I / Iced Earth / Immortal / Impaled Nazarene / Judas Priest / Kamelot / Kataklysm / Killswitch Engage / King Diamond / Korpiklaani / Kreator / Leaves' Eyes / Limbonic Art / Machine Head / Marduk / Mastodon / Mayhem / Mercyful Fate / Moonspell / Morbid Angel / Morgion / Motörhead / Napalm Death / Nasum / Nevermore / Nile / Opeth / Paradise Lost / Axel Rudi Pell / Primordial / Queen / Rammstein / Rotting Christ / Samael / Satyricon / Saxon / Slipknot / Soilwork / Soulfly / Suffocation / Testament / Tiamat / Type O Negative / Unleashed / Vader / Venom / Yyrkoon

Movies:

My score on The Which Transformer Are You Test :
Grimlock
(You scored 43% Leadership, 50% Loyalty, 61% Confidence, and 12% Cunning!)
What to say? You are super loyal and super leadership material. The Decepticons hate you. Your confidence can vary, but only because you are very realistic about your chances. The bad thing is that a big lumbering dino and a brain the size of a peanut don't allow for too much cunning. Oh well, you make up for it with those big nasty teeth.
Link: The Which Transformer Are You Test ( OkCupid Free Online Dating ) Which Godzilla movie monster are you?
You are: Mothra!You are emotional and deep in thought. You have strong opinions and care greatly about friends, family and issues concerning your environment and community. Mostly a peace lover, however when you have to, you kick ass with intelligence and strategy.
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Quizilla | Join| Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code 300 / The 13th Warrior / 20 Million Miles To Earth / Alien Quadrilogy / Antz / Battlestar Galactica / Blade / Blade Runner / Braveheart / Conan the Barbarian / Creature From The Black Lagoon / Dinosaur / El Laberinto del Fauno / Forbidden Planet / Frankenstein / From Hell / Ghostbusters / Gojira / Gremlins 1 & 2 / Ice Age / James and the Giant Peach / Kill Bill / King Kong / Lord of the Rings / Mad Max / Monsters Inc / Muppet movies / Once Upon A Time In The West / Over the Hedge / Pirates of the Caribbean / Reservoir Dogs / Serenity / Star Trek / Star Wars / Team America / The Rocky Horror Picture Show / The Secret of NIMH / The Thing / Transformers / Underworld / Van Helsing / Wallace & Gromit / Who Framed Roger Rabbit? / X-Men trilogy / anything Tim Burton cooks up (except Planet of the Apes) / Willow / Black Sheep

Television:


You Are Gonzo the Great
"Is something burning in here? Oh, it's just me."
You're a total nutball who will do anything for attention.
The first to take a dare, you'll pull almost any stunt.
You're one weird looking creature, but your chickens don't mind! The Muppet Personality Test Monty Python / Blackadder / Red Dwarf / Doctor Who / Buiten de Zone / Transformers / anything Sir David Attenborough has a say in / Willy's & Marjetten / Buiten de Zone / Raymann Is Laat!!! / Transformers / Het Peulengaleis / In de Gloria / Dinotopia / Battlestar Galactica / The Office / Little Britain / Fraggle Rock / Carnivàle / The 4400 / V / Knight Rider / Primeval

Books:

Lord of the Rings / The Once and Future King / The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse / Watership Down / all things Stephen King and Dean Koontz / Edgar Allen Poe / HG Wells / Jurassic Park / Moby Dick / Terry Pratchett stuff / Moby Dick / Renate Dorrestein / Jan Wolkers / Jef Geeraerts / Harry Potter-books / Thomas Thiemeyer

Heroes:

Guitarists: Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth / Demons & Wizards) || Henrik Danhage (Evergrey) || Axel Rudi Pell

Bassplayers: Mikael Hedlund (Hypocrisy)

Vocalists: Jeff Walker (Carcass) || Matthew Barlow (Iced Earth) || Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity)

and for being rolemodels: Martin Eric Ain (Celtic Frost), Proscriptor McGovern (Absu), King Diamond & Ihsahn (Emperor)

My Blog

Completion!

Finished the last bits of vocal work for Notti del Terrore's debut album today!Expect a blaster of a record!
Posted by Vortigern on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:15:00 PST

Inspiration strikes hard

Yesterday had a good rehearsal with NDT, as usual. Afterwards started tweaking on a new song, and by golly, the riffs we put together KILL!First we already have a pretty straightforward, almost single...
Posted by Vortigern on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:49:00 PST

New review - Battlelore

Battlelore - The Last Alliance
Posted by Vortigern on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:23:00 PST

Tumdiedum

Every now and again, I can't help but wonder about the people that actually are interested enough to read my blog every now and again. Surely some people must do this, seeing as i've accumulated about...
Posted by Vortigern on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:24:00 PST

MFVF warm-up has passed

Well, that is that. Played at a nicely filled Biebob again, made some new supporters, met some old friends/acquaintances, enjoyed the Gwyllion-show (they do kick ass, be sure to check them out!) and t...
Posted by Vortigern on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:28:00 PST

New review - Kampfar

Kampfar - Heimgang
Posted by Vortigern on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:18:00 PST

New review - Iskald

Iskald - Revelations of Reckoning Day
Posted by Vortigern on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:18:00 PST

Crapzor

Oh goodie, show tomorrow and guess what? I've got an annoying cold. Yay. Go me. Sure, I could blame the weather, but this is just typical. Do a show in Biebob with Haggard, be sick, why don't you. Bla...
Posted by Vortigern on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:56:00 PST

New review - Artas

Artas - The Healing
Posted by Vortigern on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:50:00 PST

New review - Funeral

Funeral - As The Light Does The Shadow
Posted by Vortigern on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:24:00 PST