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About Me


I've been a rock writer since 1987 and have been widely published including appearances in Kerrang!, Terrorizer, Decibel, Record Collector, Music Collector, metal-is.com, various Guinness guides and other encyclopaedias and reference works, plus sleeve notes for bands such as Cradle Of Filth and Venom. I actually almost completed my book on Venom - 'Sons Of Satan' - but it'll never be published; I couldn't get 'them three to meet again'. In thunder, lightning or in rain.
I also played keyboards in Cradle Of Filth from 1995 to 1997.
Latest stuff here:
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Artists that I've grilled include Anthrax, At The Gates, Anathema, Angels Of Light, Apollyon Sun, Artillery, Atomkraft, Acid Reign, Anaal Nathrakh, Axegrinder, Black Sabbath, Bolt Thrower, Bulldozer, Bottom, Brutal Truth, Celtic Frost, Cerebral Fix, Cradle Of Filth, Carcass, Cryptopsy, Cannibal Corpse, Cirith Ungol, Cathedral, Candlemass, Conquest Of Steel, Christian Death, Cronos, Destruction, Deicide, Deep Purple, Diary Of Dreams, Deviated Instinct, Dissection, Dimmu Borgir, Dodsferd, Doom, Diamond Head, Dio, Bruce Dickinson, Death Angel, Exodus, Electric Wizard, Esoteric, Extreme Noise Terror, Entombed, Fields Of The Nephilim, Front Line Assembly, Front 242, Funeral Nation, Fight, Gillan, Green Carnation, Grand Magus, Goatsnake, Godflesh, GGFH, Hellhammer, Hellbastard, The Hidden Hand, The Haunted, Helloween, HammerFall, Halford, Heaven And Hell, Immolation, Incantation, In Flames, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, King Diamond, KISS, Kreator, Krux, Love Like Blood, Lawnmower Deth, Metal Church, Mayhem, Marduk, Metallica, Megadeth, Manowar, Mercyful Fate, Malevolent Creation, Morbid Angel, My Dying Bride, Mantas, Mistress, Nuclear Assault, Nine Inch Nails, Napalm Death, Nihilist, Nile, Obituary, The Obsessed, Onslaught, Overkill, Opeth, John Peel, Prophecy Of Doom, Paradise Lost, Pentagram, Place Of Skulls, Primal Fear, Pegazus, Queensryche, Rush, Slayer, Satyricon, Sodom, Saxon, Sepultura, Sabbat, S.O.D., Susperia, Suspiria, Sinner, Swans, Sunn0))), Solitude Aeturnus, Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, Testament, Trouble, Type O Negative, Therapy?, Tangerine Dream, Venom, Voivod, Vintersorg, Rick Wakeman, Warfare, Witchcraft and Yes.
To view the splendour of my hometown, please visit www.limavady.org
I'm a truth and freedom advocate, opposed to the endless wars of control and conquest and the increasingly invasive surveillance state.




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My Interests



Music, vinyl records, movies, books, sci fi, horror, comedy, analogue synthesizers, cold climates, writing, cars, motor racing, cooking, eating out, Belgian & German beer, walking, travel, politics, architecture, astronomy, technology, the human condition, quantum physics, cats

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Music:



Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Venom, NWOBHM, Bathory, Immortal, Blut Aus Nord, Burzum, Satyricon, Darkthrone, Celtic Frost, Hellhammer, Deicide, Dark Angel, Razor, Exciter, Destructor, Piledriver, Carnivore, Esoteric, Paradise Lost, Head Of David, Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, Evoken, My Dying Bride, Winter, Pentagram, Candlemass, Cirith Ungol, Manilla Road, Diamond Head, Saxon, Raven, Accept, Primal Fear, Iced Earth, Earth, Dead Meadow, Red Sparowes, Slayer, Megadeth, Black Flag, Samhain, Danzig, Prong, Pantera, Alice In Chains, A Perfect Circle, Andrew WK, Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, UFO, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush, Swans, Suicide, U2, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, The Answer, The Almighty, Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Devo, Alec Empire, Killing Joke, Chrome, The Cure, Fields Of The Nephilim, Sisters Of Mercy, All About Eve, Joy Division, The Chameleons, Editors, Interpol, Christian Death, New Order, Diary Of Dreams, Wolfsheim, Depeche Mode, Front Line Assembly, Recoil, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Gary Numan, John Carpenter, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Autechre, Hawkwind

Movies:



"I don’t give a fuck about your war. Or your president.” - Escape From New York, The Long Good Friday, Heat, Get Carter, Traffic, Assault On Precinct 13, The French Connection, Deliverance, Dirty Harry, The 13th Warrior, 28 Days Later, The Quiet Earth, Scanners, The Terminator, Mad Max, Phase IV, Death Race 2000, Rollerball, The Last Man On Earth, The Omega Man, Soylent Green, Zardoz, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Predator, Excalibur, Dune, Halloween, Halloween III, The Fog, The Thing, Christine, Quatermass, Nightbreed, The Omen, The Keep, The Wicker Man, The Witchfinder General, The Masque Of The Red Death, Fall Of The House Of Usher, Dr. Phibes, Zombie flicks, The Exorcist, The Dead Zone, Spaghetti Westerns, Spinal Tap, James Bond

Television:



"Get yer trousers on, yer nicked!" - The Sweeney, Sledge Hammer!, Police Squad!, Fawlty Towers, Bottom, Filthy Rich & Catflap, 500 Bus Stops, Bo Selecta!, Chris Morris, Black Adder, Alan Partridge, Father Ted, Monty Python, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2000, Count Duckula, Henry’s Cat, Roobarb & Custard, World’s Wildest Police Videos, Day Of The Triffids, Dr Who, The Prisoner, The Tomorrow People, Blakes 7, Danger Man, The Professionals, The Avengers, The New Avengers, The One Game, The Mighty Boosh

Books:



Michael Moorcock, Brian Aldiss, John Wyndham, Robert Heinlein, HG Wells, Philip K. Dick, Dennis Wheatley, Arthur C. Clarke.

Heroes:

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My Blog

Crystal Ball Album Review

CRYSTAL BALL Secrets AFM There's a fine line between cliché and classicism. In upholding the style and traditions of classic rock and metal, what makes one band the torch bearers for a new generation ...
Posted by Greg" on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:32:00 PST

Helloween / HammerFall Album Reviews

HELLOWEEN Gambling With The Devil SPV   HAMMERFALL Steel Meets Steel  Ten Years Of Glory NUCLEAR BLAST If you've ever wondered where European power metal came from, then look no further than He...
Posted by Greg" on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:09:00 PST

Sodom Album Review

SODOM The Final Sign of Evil SPV Back in 1984 when Sodom first released In The Sign of Evil, the critical response was scathing. Laughable artwork, abysmal lyrics and a level of musicianship that made...
Posted by Greg" on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:28:00 PST

Axxis Album Review

AXXIS Doom Of Destiny AFM In the glittering, crystalline annals of power metal, the fate of Axxis has been a curious one. While fellow countrymen and purveyors of melodic pomp such as Helloween and Ga...
Posted by Greg" on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:21:00 PST

Anaal Nathrakh Gig Review

ANAAL NATHRAKH METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, LEEDS For a band conceived exclusively as a studio project, Birmingham black metallers Anaal Nathrakh have established a fearsome live reputation after just a h...
Posted by Greg" on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:21:00 PST

Candlemass DVD Review

CANDLEMASS 20 Year Anniversary Party PEACEVILLE Doom fanatics flew from as far afield as Australia and South America to witness Candlemass' 20th birthday bash in Stockholm this year, and with good rea...
Posted by Greg" on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:26:00 PST

Remove The Veil Album Review

REMOVE THE VEIL Another Way Home FACEDOWN "We feel like this is what God wants us to do as a band - reach kids by letting them know that you can be a Christian and still have fun," say Remove The Veil...
Posted by Greg" on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:11:00 PST

Sworn Enemy Album Review

SWORN ENEMY Maniacal CENTURY MEDIA The '80S thrash influences that made both 'As Real As It Gets' and 'The Beginning Of The End' the epitome of 21st Century crossover have finally evolved Sworn Enemy ...
Posted by Greg" on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:07:00 PST

Electric Wizard Album Review

ELECTRIC WIZARD Witchcult Today RISE ABOVE In 2003, when drummer Mark Greening and bassist Tim Bagshaw walked out of the Wizard after a decade of doom and fractal head-fuckery, many assumed that the g...
Posted by Greg" on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:26:00 PST

Evoken Album Review

EVOKEN A Caress of the Void I HATE Just like their music, Evoken's career has moved at an extremely slow pace. Debuting in the early '90s with a pair of demos, it wasn't til '96 that the second of the...
Posted by Greg" on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:17:00 PST