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Heiko

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About Me

Your general good boy next door... doomfreak, wild animal, all you want!
I don't hope for luck. Absence of bad luck would be a bliss already.
Some more details for those who really want it: I was born in Bruges (see this site for one of the prettiest cities in the world). I studied in Gent (see this site for another one of those prettiest cities in the world), became a Master in Engineering Sciences, Materials Science. During day time, I'm working at Bekaert (see here ) as process engineer in a steel wire plant.
I'm engaged with Ceren since last year and we plan to marry this coming year. She's from Istanbul (see this site for another one of those...) and living together with me in Gent.
In my free time I like to spend time with listening to music, talking/chatting about music, attending gigs and organizing events. Some of my past organisations:
1. 09/03/2002 Doomed Party in Gent
2. 04/10/2002 Antimatter gig in Gent
3.February 2003 Doomination of Europe tour (11 dates with MORGION (US), MOURNING BELOVETH (IRE) and THE PROPHECY (UK) in Ireland, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands and Belgium)
4. April 2003 Funeral Procession tour (6 dates with SKEPTICISM (FIN), PANTHEIST (B) and UNTIL DEATH OVERTAKES ME (B) in Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium and Netherlands)
5. 19/04/03 Belgian Doom Night with Skepticism, Insanity Reigns Supreme, Pantheist, Despond, Cambian Dawn and Until Death Overtakes Me in Mundo, Zottegem
6. 04/10/03 gig with Evoken, Desire, Officium Triste, Insanity Reigns Supreme and Pantheist in The Frontline, Gent
7. 9-10/04/04 Belgian Doom Night II with Endor, Bunkur, Orodruin, Voodooshock, Penance and Moss, Indesinence, Thee Plague of Gentlemen, Mourning Beloveth, Esoteric, While Heaven Wept in The Frontline, Gent
8. 22-23/04/05 Belgian Doom Night III with Heavy Lord, Thee Plague of Gentlemen, Mar de Grises in The Frontline, Gent and Ataraxie, Doomshine, Rising Dust, Pale Divine, The Gates of Slumber, Mirror of Deception, Officium Triste, Place of Skulls, Count Raven and Esoteric in De Centrale, Gent
9. 04/11/06 Belgian Doom Night IV with Semlah, The River, Centurion's Ghost, The Gates of Slumber, Mirror of Deception, Mourning Beloveth and Reverend Bizarre in The Frontline, Gent
I have also been involved with helping the start-up of doom-metal.com by providing a series of reviews, interviews and gig reviews. I used to be a moderator on the doom-metal.com forum as well.
You Have A Type A- Personality
A- You are one of the most balanced people around Motivated and focused, you are good at getting what you want You rule at success, but success doesn't rule you.When it's playtime, you really know how to kick back Whether it's hanging out with friends or doing something you love! You live life to the fullest - encorporating the best of both worlds Do You Have a Type A Personality?
Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||||||| 63%
Stability |||||||||||||||| 70%
Orderliness |||||||||||||||||| 80%
Accommodation |||||||||||||| 56%
Interdependence |||||||||||||| 56%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Mystical |||||| 30%
Artistic |||||| 23%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||| 16%
Materialism |||||||||||| 50%
Narcissism |||||||||||||| 56%
Adventurousness |||||||||| 36%
Work ethic |||||||||||||||| 70%
Self absorbed |||||||||||| 43%
Conflict seeking |||||| 30%
Need to dominate |||||||||||||||| 70%
Romantic |||||||||||| 50%
Avoidant |||| 16%
Anti-authority |||||||||||| 43%
Wealth |||||||||||| 43%
Dependency |||||| 23%
Change averse |||||||||||| 50%
Cautiousness |||||||||||||||| 63%
Individuality |||||||||||| 50%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Peter pan complex |||||| 23%
Physical security |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Physical Fitness |||||||||| 37%
Histrionic |||||||||||| 50%
Paranoia |||||||||||| 43%
Vanity |||||| 30%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||| 36%
Female cliche |||| 16% Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who likes to share thoughts, have a chat, has some questions: feel free to contact me. Anyone who digs the doom is more than welcome! Assholes and spam: stay away.

Music:

I'm a big fan of music that catches me, that is made from the heart, where emotions play a larger role than skills. A minimum in skills is necessary however, obviously. I'm mostly into doom metal, next to other kinds of metal, rock, classical music, folk, and some other stuff.

You scored as Funeral Doom Metalist. You are a funeral doom fan, you like music that has common in death (Music of funerals/ inside the casket) don't worry if someone calls you a goth, you are superior than them as you do not even fear death!

Funeral Doom Metalist


78%

Progressive Metalist


55%

Death Metalist


45%

Black Metalist


45%

Heavy Metal/Old School


40%

Thrash Metalist


33%

Non-Metal


25%

Power Metalist


13%
Which metal genre do you love the most? (Prepare for a long quiz!!!)
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Some important names in my record collection: The 3rd and the Mortal - Aarni - Aeternus - After Forever - Agalloch - Amorphis - Anathema - Antimatter - Apocalyptica - Ataraxie - At The Gates - Autopsy - Avernus - Avrigus - Bathory - Bethlehem - Beyond Dawn - The Blood Divine - Bolt Thrower - Canaan - Candlemass - Cannibal Corpse - Cathedral - Celestial Season - Celtic Frost - Cemetary - Chalice - Cold Embrace - Cradle of Filth - Cruachan - Dark Funeral - Decoryah - Desire - Despond - Deinonychus - Dimmu Borgir - diSEMBOWELMENT - Dissection - Dissolving of Prodigy - Dolorian - Doomshine - Dusk - Earth - Elend - Emperor - Empyrium - Esoteric - Evoken - Finntroll - Forgotten Silence - Forgotten Tomb - Forsaken - Funeral - The Gates of Slumber - The Gathering - Green Carnation - Hagalaz' Runedance - Haggard - Hierophant - Hollenthon - Immortal - Indesinence - In-Quest - Insanity Reigns Supreme - In the Woods... - Katatonia - Lacuna Coil - Limbonic Art - Mar de Grises - Mayhem - Metallica - Mirror of Deception - Moonspell - Morgion - Mournful Congregation - Mourning Beloveth - My Dying Bride - My Shameful - Neuthrone - Novembers Doom - Officium Triste - the Old Dead Tree - Opeth - Orodruin - Orphaned Land - Pantheist - Paradigma - Paradise Lost - Paramaecium - Penance - Pentagram - Place of Skulls - Poema Arcanus - Primordial - The Prophecy - Ras Algethi - Revelation - Reverend Bizarre - Rotting Christ - Saint Vitus - Samael - Saturnus - Satyricon - Sentenced - Septic Flesh - Shape of Despair - Silent Stream of Godless Elegy - Sirrah - Skepticism - Skyclad - Solitude Aeternus - Solstice - Swallow the Sun - Theatre of Tragedy - Thee Plague of Gentlemen - Thergothon - Therion - Thorr's Hammer - Tiamat - Tool - Trail of Tears - Tristania - Tristitia - Trouble - Type-o-Negative - Tyranny - Ulver - Unholy - Until Death Overtakes Me - Virgin Black - Void of Silence - Wall of Sleep - Warhorse - While Heaven Wept - Winter - Within Temptation - Worship - The Wounded

Movies:

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Epic movies, Historic stuff... I'm an absolute fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Television:

what's that?

Books:

Fantasy, detectives, science fiction, thrillers, stories in historic settings etc (Lord of the Rings!!). Obligatory also: scientific literature on metallurgy and heat treatments and some management books.

My Blog

Dutch Doom Day 6 pictures

Hey peeps! The Dutch Doom Day 6 has been great and was a party never to be forgotten. Cheers to all the bands who played and all the fans who cheered! A report has been written and will be put online ...
Posted by Heiko on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:11:00 PST

Doomed!

These last weeks have been pretty crazy in terms of great gigs! All year long we had a rather poor agenda for doom bands playing around, but the last couple of weeks were almost an overdose... I went ...
Posted by Heiko on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:13:00 PST

Wedding pictures

Let me keep it short: I'm a very happy man now, the wedding was beautiful. For all of you, see the pictures here: http://foto.telenet.be/6897624521...
Posted by Heiko on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:56:00 PST

Tarte Tatin

On popular request, the recipe of a cake I was successful in making a couple of times recently. Enjoy: Dough: 250 g self-rising flour; 125 g butter (firm, not molten!!), 100 g sugar, 1 egg Mix everyth...
Posted by Heiko on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:57:00 PST

inner numbness

I'm sure most of you know the feeling of getting and still not being awake, talking to someone while not realizing you're really there. I have this wall between myself and reality. Only small bits and...
Posted by Heiko on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 07:35:00 PST

Happy New Year!

Best wishes to all of you... Health, love, success, fun, many new and exciting things and a total lack of bad luck to you and the ones you love. Ceren and I celebrated New Year's Eve at home with her ...
Posted by Heiko on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:55:00 PST

Snowday

It was snowday today... When getting up this morning, we had the intention of taking a quick breakfast and then leaving for Amsterdam. However, a few matters came in between pretty soon. When we were ...
Posted by Heiko on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:15:00 PST

msn space

  Just to let you guys know, I also have an msn space set up, with a couple of nice pics etc. Check it out: http://spaces.msn.com/members/hisselee/...
Posted by Heiko on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:58:00 PST

Danny & Vinnie @ Negasonic, Aalst

And so it was that at the end of 2005, Danny and Vinnie ended up in the lowlands, sharing some songs with friends and fans... The second day brought them to the Negasonic venue in Aalst (yesterda...
Posted by Heiko on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:37:00 PST