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Metalstopheles

Heavy Metal Never Dies

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I enjoy various types of extreme music and that is a huge part of my life. I started listening to metal in 1990 and I haven't looked back since. It's hard to describe exactly why music means so much to people, but then again, if you have to explain it to people, they wouldn't understand anyway. If I had to pick a favorite musical genre, overall I would have to say early 90's Death Metal usually does the trick for me. It was so great listening to those bands back then when the riffs mattered and it wasn't all a br00tality contest like it is now. Grindcore is also a big part of my musical rotation, and despite the fact that there are so many fake grind bands out there now, it's one genre that seems to constantly produce new and interesting bands. The same can be said of a lot of modern Black Metal, although some of that has turned to sports with no feeling behind the riffing which leads to boring bands. Crust/Punk and the DIY attitude is also something I'm really interested in. As much as the style has been beat into the ground in the last 25 years, there's something about a good Swedish crust band that really sounds good to my ears. I like lots of other types of metal as well as some other stuff that isn't extreme, although that's usually not too often it seems. But I have a pretty good collection of music to satisfy all the different moods.
I play drums as my main instrument, but I also play guitar as well. I have a 9 piece Pearl Export kit, Yamaha Akira Jimbo snare, Axis Longboards pedals, various Zildjian and Sabian crashes/chinas some other random stuff too. I also have 10 different snares, mostly wood, ranging from cheap to sorta pricey. The Akira Jimbo is my main snare because I love the deep wood tone a lot. I'm really itching to try out those new Trick Pedals, but I haven't yet. They look sweet!
I haven't collected drums for a while, as I've focused on guitars since the beginning of 2005. I'm up to almost 35 guitars now, and you can see pictures of all of them in the Guitars section of my pics. Out of all of them, I'm really into the Jackson Kellystar, the Peavey Vortex 1, the Westone Dimension IV, the Kramer Voyager, and the red BC Rich NJ Ironbird the most. I try to jam on most of my guitars on a regular basis, but those are the ones that I really love the most. There are still a few other guitars I need to complete my collection, but I'm happy with what I have for the time being. My current setup is two Fender MH-500 Metalheads running through 7 cabs for 1100 watts of extreme old school Death Metal power.
Another expensive hobby I have is performance cars. Mainly German cars tickle my fancy, but of course there are exceptions. I recently sold my BMW M3 to concentrate on saving up some money for something in the future. The M3 deserves every bit of praise it gets. There's really no other sedan like it in the world. I'm hoping to pick up a Lotus Elise in the next year or two. It's my reasonable dream car [can't quite afford a McLaren F1] and it's 2000 pound curb weight and supreme handling are the main draw for me. I'm only interested in rear wheel drive cars [and the occasional exception can be made for AWD], so please don't bother talking to me if you think a Dodge Neon SRT-4 is a performance car or you have chrome 20's on your Maxima.
That's all I can think of right now. More to come..

My Interests

Anne. Metal. Guitars. Drums. Horror Movies. Performance Cars. CD/Vinyl Collecting. Home Recording. Computers. Burgers. Pizza. Satan. Not Living In Massachusetts.
Guitars Jackson Kellystar. Jackson Warrior. Peavey Vortex 1. Charvel Avenger. Charvel Star. Westone Dimension IV. Westone Dynasty. Westone Monark. BC Rich Ironbird. BC Rich Bich. Kramer Voyager. Kramer Vanguard.
Amplifiers Fender MH-500 Metalhead. Peavey Supreme 160. Peavey Ultra 120. Rivera Knucklehead Tre. Marshall JCM-800. Peavey Butcher.
Percussion Pearl Export Drums. Yamaha Akira Jimbo Snares. Yamaha Stage Custom Drums. Axis Pedals. Trick Pedals. Zildjian/Sabian Cymbals.
Performance Cars Lotus Elise. Lotus Exige. Lotus Esprit. Superformance S1. Ariel Atom. Ameritech McLaren F1. Triumph Spitfire. Sunbeam Tiger. Mazda Miata. Honda S2000. BMW M3. BMW M Coupe. BMW M6. Dodge Viper RT-10. Porsche Carrera GT. Koenigsegg CCR.

I'd like to meet:

Any old school metalheads that HATE this new trend of garbage that gets called metal these days.

Anne

Music:

Old School Death Metal. Real Grindcore. Funeral Doooom. Thrash/Speed Metal. Black Metal. Gangsta Rap. Noise. Viking/Folk Metal. Insurgent Country/Bluegrass. Old Punk/Hardcore. Freak Out Jazz. Power Electronics.
Bands/Artists 324, Absu, Acheron, Aesop Rock, Agnostic Front, Alaamaailman Vasarat, Anaal Nathrakh, old Anal Cunt, Anal Vomit, Angizia, Anti-Cimex, Apoptygma Berzerk, ASPHYX, Assuck, Ataraxie, Atlain, old Atrocity, Aurora Borealis, Autopsy, Avskum, Azaghal, Bathory, Bathtub Shitter, Battle Of Disarm, Believer, Black Flag, Black Mass of Absu, Blood Feast, Bombstrike, Borgul Torkhain, Burial [UK], BURNING WITCH, Bushwick Bill, Bywar, Candlemass, Cannabis Corpse, old Cannibal Corpse, Cannibal Ox, Carnage, Carnal Diafragma, Celph Titled, Cianide, Circle of Tyrants, COFFINS, Corpse Molestation, Creamface, Crimson Thirst, Cripple Bastards, Cruachan, Crucifier, Crossed Out, CRYONIC TEMPLE, Current 93, Dahmer, Dataclast, old Dayglo Abortions, Deacon The Villain, Dead Infection, Dead Kennedys, old Death, Deathevokation, Deathspell Omega, December Wolves, Decomposed [UK], Demigod [Fin], Demigodz, old Demolition Hammer, DENAK, Denying Nazarene, old Destruction, Devil Doll, Devil In A Woodpile, Devil Lee Rot, Dick Dale, Discordance Axis, Dismember, Dissect, Dissection [Can], Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Dominus Xul, Doom, Driller Killer, DROPDEAD, Drowned [Ger], Dusk [US], Dysmenorrheic Hemorrhage, Edge Of Sanity, old Entombed, Epitaph [Swe], Eternal Darkness, ETERNAL SOLSTICE, Evil Angel, Evocation, Exhumed [Swe., Ca. and Ma.], Eucharist, Farmers Market, Festering Puke, Fleshcrawl, Flesh [Swe], Flesh Parade, Forsaken Grief, Fulmination, Funcunt, Funebrarum, Gammacide, G-Anx, Gehenna, Gehennah, General Surgery, Ghoul-cult, Goatholocaust, Goat Messiah, Goat Molestor, God Macabre, Gore Beyond Nectopsy, Goretex, old Gorguts, Grand Ulena, old Grave, Guitar Wolf, Gut, Handful Of Hate, Havohej, Heavenly, Hella, Hellnation, old Helloween, Hellwitch, Heol Telwen, Herald, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Hermeto Pascoal, Hexx, Hin Onde, Holy Dragons, Horned God, Horrid, Hypnosia, Ice Cube, ILL BILL, Immured, Imperial Crystalline Entombment, INCANTATION, Incubus [Fl], INFERNAL WAR, In Mourning, Insane [Italy], Inverted [Swe], Iron Maiden, John Zorn, Kate Bush, Katharsis, Killing Addiction, Kilslug, Koenji Hyakkei, Kool Keith, Korova, old Kreator, Krigshot, Krisiun, Last Days of Humanity, Lawnmower Deth, Leprechaun, Leprechaun Holocaust, Leprocy, Liege Lord, Lost Horizon, Loudpipes, Luca Turilli, Maggoty Corpse, Manegarm, MARDUK, Massacre, Masters Hammer, Mater Tenebra, Megaslaughter, Melechesh, Merciless Death, Merzbow, Messer Chups, Metal Inquisitor, Metal Onslaught, Mezzrow, old Miasma, Minor Threat, Misanthrope, Mithotyn, Mob 47, Monolithe, MOONDARK, Morbid Execution, Morbosidad, Mordicus, Morpheus [Swe], Mortal Decay [Swe], Morta Skuld, Moshquito, MOSS [UK], Motorhead, My Minds Mine, Mule Skinner, Municipal Waste, MYSTIFIER, Mythic, Mythos, Naer Mataron, OLD NAPALM DEATH, Necrodead, Necrophile, Necrophobic, NECROS CHRISTOS, Necrovation, Nephritis, Neuro-Visceral Exhumation, Niden Div. 187, NIRVANA 2002, Non Phixion, Nortt, Notorious BIG, Nunfuckers, Nunslaughter, OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, Orphaned Land, old Overkill, Pagan Winter, Pan-Thy-Monium, old Paradise Lost, Pentacle, People, Pestilence, Phlebotomized, Phobia, Portal [Aus], Preacher [Tx], Primigenium, Primordial, Procreation [Swe], Professor [Swe], old Pungent Stench, Purtenance, Putrid [Fin], Realm [US], Reanimator, REBAELLIUN, Redman, Regurgitate, Ribspreader, Ripping Corpse, Rottrevore, Sacrophobia, Sacrosanct, Sadistic Intent, Sadogoat, Sadus, Sanctuary, Sargatanas, Schandmaul, Sculptured, old Septic Flesh, Shub Niggurath, Shyshit, old Sisters of Mercy, Skitsystem, Slapshot, Smut Peddlers, Sororcide, Split Lip Rayfield, Sportlov, Squash Bowels, Stabat Mater, State of Fear, Storm, Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition, Succulent Torso, Suffocation [Ger], Suicidal Tendencies, Sunn 0))), TEETH OF LIONS RULE THE DIVINE, Tenebrosus, The County Medical Examiners, old The Cure, The Ethereal, The Flesh, The Legion, The Queers, The Raunchous Brothers, Thorr's Hammer, Thunderbolt [Pol], Thy Primordial, Timeghoul, Totalitar, Toxic Holocaust, Tristitia, Tuatha De Danann, Tub Ring, Tyrant's Reign, ULCERRHOEA, old Unleashed, Unholy Grave, Unlord, UPSIDEDOWN CROSS, Vaginal Jesus, Varathron, Vermin [Swe], VIOLATOR [Bra], Virgin's Cunt, old Vital Remains, Volatile [US], Vomiturition, VNV Nation, Voltaire, Vomit For Breakfast, Voorhees, Vulcano, WAR PLAGUE, Warsore, Whitehouse, White Willow, Wombbath, Wormphlegm, Wumpscut, XTC, old Xysma, Yacopsae, Young Zee, and a lot more.

Movies:

Horror. Exploitation. Giallo. Zombies. Pinku. J-Horror. Slasher. Suspense. Comedy.
Favorite Movies 2000 Maniacs, 3 Extremes 1 and 2, Alien, Aliens, A Night To Dismember, Bad Taste, Basket Case, Battlefield Baseball, Battle Royale, Beautiful Girl Hunter, Beware! Children At Play, Bio Zombie, Black Christmas, Black Roses, Blood Feast, Brain Damage, Camp Blood, Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Hookers, Castle Freak, Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, Christmas Evil, C.H.U.D., Cigarette Burns, Clownhouse, Color Me Blood Red, Crazy Lips, Day Of The Dead, Dead Alive, Dead and Buried, Dead Dudes in the House, Dead Life, Death Bed - The Bed That Eats, Dellamorte Dellamore, Demons series, Don't Torture A Duckling, Dr. Lamb, Ebola Syndrome, Evil Dead, Evil Dead Trap, Evil's City, Feast, Final Destination series, Flesh For The Beast, Frankenhooker, Friday The 13th series, Halloween 3, Hard Rock Zombies, Hell Comes To Frogtown, Hell Night, Hellraiser series, Hide and Creep, High Tension, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Horror Hospital, Ice Cream Man, I Drink Your Blood, Irreversible, Jack Frost 2, Jack-O, Jenifer, Joshua, Just Before Dawn, Killing Spree, Land Of The Dead, Leprechaun series, Let's Scare Jessica To Death, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Living Hell, Long Island Cannibal Massacre, Maniac, Microwave Massacre, Murder Set Pieces, Nekromantik, Nutbag, Oldboy, Omen [Pang Brothers], One Missed Call, Organ, Pick Me Up, Pieces, Phantasm, Plaga Zombie, Popcorn, Porno Holocaust, Premutos, Psycho Cop Returns, Puppet Master series, Pyrokinesis, Rabid Grannies, Redneck Zombies, Red to Kill, Revenge of the Living Dead Girls, Salo: 120 Days of Sodom, Satan's Little Helper, Schramm, Se7en, Silent Night Deadly Night, Skinned Deep, Sleepaway Camp series, Sleepless, Slime City, Slugs, Slumber Party Massacre series, Sorority House Massacre 1 and 2, Stagefright, Suicide Circle, Tenebre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Beyond, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, The Church, The Dead Next Door, The Eye 1 and 2, The Flower Of Flesh And Blood, The Fly, The Gore Gore Girls, The Gruesome Twosome, The Janitor, The New York Ripper, The Omen series, The Park, The Pig Fucking Movie, The Prowler, The Toolbox Murders, The Untold Story, The Wicker Man, Three On A Meathook, Unhinged, Videodrome, Whispering Corrodors, Zombi 2 and 4, Zombie Honeymoon, Zombie Night, as well as "normal" ones like: Airplane! 1-2, Along Came A Spider, Back to the Future 1 and 2, Beer League, Being John Malkovich, Cabin Boy, Contact, Dirty Work, Election, Ghost World, Happy Gilmore, Higher Learning, In The Line Of Fire, Million Dollar Baby, Naked Gun 1-3, National Lampoons Vacation, National Lampoons European Vacation, Pi, Police Academy 1-7, Rushmore, Teen Wolf 1-2, The Godfather 1 and 2, The Great White Hype, WarGames, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and some others.
Current TV Shows Simpsons. The War At Home. Bullrun. King of the Hill. The Colbert Report. Conan O'Brien. American Inventor. National Geographic Channel. Discovery Channel. Those shows on History Channel about natural disasters and the end of the world.
Old TV Shows Get a Life. X-Files. Boston Public. Seinfeld. Grounded For Life. Family Ties. Charles In Charge. Head of the Class. Titus. Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Wings. NewsRadio. Futurama.

Books:

Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain. Inferno of Dante. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake. The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire. Paradise Lost by John Milton.
Favorite Authors Moliere, Alexander Pope, Dylan Thomas, William Butler Yeats, Arthur Rimbaud, T.S. Eliot, William Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, John Keats, Pablo Neruda, William Shakespeare.

Heroes:

Eric Daniels. Colin Chapman. Lemmy. The Devil. Mark Twain. Takeru Kobayashi.

My Blog

Check out my new videos..

..> Check out my new videos.. I bought a webcam and I'm testing it out by playing along to a few songs. So far I have: Decrepitaph - Demonic DevastationDecrepitaph - The Depths of PossessionSkulle...
Posted by Metalstopheles on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:29:00 PST

More proof the scene is dying

http://groups.myspace.com/GrindcoreKidz If this doesn't make you sick, you're part of the problem....
Posted by Metalstopheles on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:03:00 PST

What happened to Metal?

I'm not exactly sure when it happened, but it did. This is a plague that threatens all we hold true. Of course, I'm taking about what is passed off as "metal" these days. Seriously, when did metal be...
Posted by Metalstopheles on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:58:00 PST

Gear List - February 28th, 2007

UPDATED FEBRUARY 28th, 2007I'm going to list all my music gear and what I paid for it. I'm going to do my best to list them in order as well. This will be a pain in the ass but I feel like trying it. ...
Posted by Metalstopheles on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:26:00 PST