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Sophia

The Dark Side of Heaven

About Me

I am the keyboardist and female vocalist for the band, URN. Also one can hear me play the flute and piccolo on a few tracks on the Dancing With The Demigods album.
Outside of the band, I work on a few graphic design projects and I am an audio recording engineer. Once in a while, I will teach classes on various metaphysical subjects.
You can find more about me and the band URN(u.s) at www.urncentral.com or click on the URN(u.s.) link below.


My Interests

Occult (not the fluffy stuff), Egyptology, dragon and angelic magic, Native American traditions, Norse traditions, Asian Traditions, Kabbalah, Gnosticism, psychic vampirism, therianthropy, different cultures, video games, reading, writing, writing music, keyboards, flute, piccolo, guitar, bass, audio recording engineering, graphic design, and hockey

I'd like to meet:

I like meeting people who have an open mind.

Music:

Alice in Chains, Amorphis, Tori Amos, Apocalyptica, Pat Benetar, Johnny Cash, Cher, Children of Bodom, Patsy Cline, Concrete Blonde, Cradle of Filth, The Cranberries, Crematory, Danzig, Daylight Dies, Dead Can Dance, Diary of Dreams, Dimmu Borgir, The Doors, Echoes of Eternity, Eluveitie, Fear Factory, Finntroll, The Gathering, Hagalaz Runedance, Insomnium, Jaramar, Katatonia, Lacuna Coil, Leaves Eyes, Loretta Lynn, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Loreena McKennitt, Sarah McLachlan, Megadeath, Metallica, Ministry, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Moonspell, Nightwish, Nine Inch Nails, Opeth, Pantera, Paradise Lost, Pink (the only pop artist you will get me to listen to), Poison Black, Prong, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Seraphim Shock, Shakespear's Sister, Shakira (she is a pop artist, but I like the songs in spanish), Skeletonwitch, The 69 Eyes, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Stabbing Westward, Stone Temple Pilots, Tapping the Vein, To/Die/For, Trail of Tears, Type O Negative, Unexpect, Virgin Black, Rob Zombie

Movies:

The Black Stallion, The Breakfast Club, Corpse Bride, The Crow, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Gone with the Wind, Interview With A Vampire, King Arthur, Kingdom of Heaven, The Last of the Mohicans, Legend, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Lost Boys, Nightmare Before Christmas, O Brother Where Art Thou, Pirates of the Caribbean movies, The Prophecy, The Queen, The Red Violin, The Scarlet Letter, Seabiscut, Sleeping Beauty, Sleepy Hollow, Strange Days, The 13th Warrior, Troy, 12 Monkeys, Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, Vampire Hunter D, Walk the Line, What Dreams May Come

Television:

Absolutely Fabulous, Black Adder, Cold Case, CSI, Doctor Who, Ghost Hunters, Law and Order, Metalocalypse, The Young Ones, Without a Trace, and a few others that I can't remember.

Books:

Books I like to read are: A Song of Fire and Ice series by Gearge RR Martin, The Valley of Horses and The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel, as well as other science fiction and historical fiction. I also like to read various occult books as well as those on religious studies.

My Blog

It’s snowing agin

As I look outside my window, everything around is covered in white. The scene is beautiful and quiet. Trees lined with white as the street lamp accents them in an orange glow. The steps and sidewal...
Posted by Sophia on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:52:00 PST

Spiritual Path

Many times in my travels I will be asked why I am pagan. My answer to them is that it is what best suits me. I am spiritual, not religious.For over the past 10 years I have been studying the occult....
Posted by Sophia on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:59:00 PST

Cold in Chicago

Well it was a balmy 50 degrees yesterday. Actually, that was Saturday, but I haven't gone to bed yet. Around 2 in the morning, the winds started to howl. My cat and I looked up at the noise. We he...
Posted by Sophia on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:39:00 PST

Promoting shows

I have played many shows since I started in this band in 2001.  But every year promotion for shows seems to become less and less.  What I have been hearing lately are local bands wantin...
Posted by Sophia on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:04:00 PST

Emails from "Mr. Romantic."

It has been interesting with the amount of emails that I have gotten from these all these romantic types. I have noticed a couple of my friends have gotten similar emails. Some of these have written...
Posted by Sophia on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:36:00 PST

URN, Whorrid, Cold Colors, and Withering Soul show

Saturday, turned out to be a good show in Aurora. For a local show, the turnout was good. We were surprised, because we had heard a lot of horror stories about the place. The owner was still less t...
Posted by Sophia on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:41:00 PST

Long Weekend

Last weekend was very busy. From photoshoots, performing at shows, to helping people move. I am still trying to catch up on sleep.It started Wednesday night doing a photoshoot for my friend, TJ. He ha...
Posted by Sophia on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:24:00 PST

Profile changes

Lately I have been receiving these strange creepy emails. Some of my friends have been getting some strange emails too. So I am taking a few pictures down, removing the calendar, and taking out some...
Posted by Sophia on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:34:00 PST

North Central Wisconsin

I went back to my hometown of Medford, WI this last weekend. It was a holiday weekend, with Monday being Labor Day. So I rented a car and took the trip up north.My aunt and uncle have what they call...
Posted by Sophia on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:30:00 PST

I have returned home from touring

I returned home from being on the road last week. It never felt so good to sleep in my own bed. Don't get me wrong, I had a lot of fun, but does feel nice to be at home. The hard part is returning to ...
Posted by Sophia on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:58:00 PST