As you may have guessed by now by I love HEAVY FUCKIN' METAL!!!!! Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, NWOBHM, Grindcore, Hardcore and some Punk, and OK a bit of Prog Rock every now and then but don't tell anyone! I also love Real English Ales and pricey Imported Lagers, old Horror movies and what I like to call MOVIES OF METAL! (See my Blog), gigs, curry, books, writing, fine Red wines.
Like minded people! People who love their Metal, people who love the macabre, People who love movies. People who have an interest in History, People who can read and eat with their mouth closed! Those last two are essential!!
Please, please, please only request to be my friend if we have something in common!!!!!!
NO MORE BLOODY INDIE BANDS!!!!!!
These are just a few of my favourites! I can waste days trawling through my CD's and vinyl!
The Vikings, 13th Warrior or anything with Vikings in it! Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Troy, King Arthur, Excalibur, 300 or any Swords and Sandals epic, LOTR etc. Zombie films of George Romero and Lucio Fulci. John Carpenter films like Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Escape From New York. Hellraiser movies, Anything starring the unique Mr Vincent Price, The Wicker Man, Dario Argento films like Susperia, Tenebrae, Phenomena, Profondo Rosso. I also enjoy 80's cheesey action movies - Bruce Willis, Schwarzenneger or Chuck Norris. Smokey & The Bandit, Cannonball Run, The Big Lebowski, Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, and I wear my anorak with pride: I adore 1950's and 70's Science Fiction films and of course... STAR WARS!
Sharpe, Robin Of Sherwood, Rome, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, Cadfael, The Mighty Boosh, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Simpsons, Black Books, Green Wing, Vic Reeves, X-Files, Buffy, Doctor Who, The Prisoner, Anything on the History Channel about Ancient Greece, Saxons, Romans, Vikings or WWII.
I love Historical Fiction, recently I have been reading a lot of Bernard Cornwell, his books really bring history to life and I would recommend them to anyone. Similarly the Troy novels by David Gemmell and the Roman novels of Simon Scarrow are also excellent. I like books on Norse and Greek mythology. I also love books about music such as Lucifer Rising by Gavin Baddeley, Lords Of Chaos by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind and Choosing Death by Albert Murdrian. Old Science Fiction also features heavily in my library; Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, Man Plus by Frederick Pohl, H.G. Wells, Michael Moorcock, Arthur C. Clarke, Phillip K. Dick etc etc. The Sorrow Of War by Bao Ninh is an incredible story and perhaps the most moving I have ever read. Also anything by Michael Moore and Jon Ronson fascinates me!! And of course... Terry Pratchett!
I don't believe in hero worship, but I do respect the work of many people, see the categories above. And I draw daily inspiration from the stories of the Gods of the Norse Pantheon.