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Alain C

Opera metal is not gothic metal...

About Me

Hi,
I'm Troy Mc Clure, and you may know me from bands as Aeghir, Meadow, AIT and Like Wolves they hunt.
Actually I'm not Troy Mc Clure, but Alain Carels, living in a small town in Belgium called Hertsberge, and playing guitar.
I've been playing in and out of bands since 1992, and I'm a gearhead. I collect and abuse fine pieces of guitar instruments.
As main guitars I use Mayones and Jackson guitars, Mayones Setius pro custom, Jackon select SL2, or Jackson DR2. These are tuned to drop C. For regular tuning I use my Tom Anderson pro Am.
As main amp I use an Engl SE with EL34's.
I use a bogner 4x12 with vintage 30's and a stereo Paul Lenders 2x12 with eminence governors.
In my home studio I use a wet/dry/wet setup with an extra brunetti rockit and 2 VHT 1x12's with eminence P50's.
Depending on the live-space I use a pedalboard or a pedalboard with rack. The pedalboard has a RMC3 wah, Ernie ball volume pedal, peterson strobostomp tuner, masotti white box booster/buffer, and a X2 wireless and is powered by a Masotti PW4. The rack is controlled by a rocktron all access and consists of a GCX Switcher, with 5 pedals in it's loops, Barber LTD, RC booster, Barber tone press, Analogman TS9 and a mxr phase 90. The rack further has a TC Electronic Gforce, a psionic audio custom interface and a furmann AR2306. All wiring is done with george L cable.
I'll be adding pictures and more info on my small home studio later.
I'm currently looking for some new bandmembers or a new band, melodic thrash, death or even powermetal, located at the west-coast of Belgium.
Be sure to check out my former bands: AEGHIR and Like wolves they hunt
On a personal level, meet Sil and Kay. The dog's Kay, the wife's Sil...
Like woef they hunt...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/22/2005
Band Website: http://www.alaincarels.be"alaincarels.be
Band Members:Alain Carels - guitar

Influences: John Petrucci - Dream Theater
Jeff Loomis - Nevermore
Kerry King and Jeff Hanemann - Slayer
Dave Mustaine - Megadeth
Jerry Cantrell - Alice in Chains
Dimebagg - Pantera
Adam Dutkiewicz - KSE
and furthermore...
AC/DC, Anthrax, Amorphis, Arch Enemy, Alter Bridge, Biohazard, Bodycount, Daath, Buckethead, Jeff Buckley, Carcass, Cacophony, Death Angel, Dillinger Escape Plan, Devin Townsend, Divine Heresy, Exodus, Forbidden, Freak Kitchen, Gorefest, Iced Earth, In Flames, Opeth, Pain of Salvation, Paradise Lost, Metallica, Machine Head, Mercyful Faith, Motley Crue, Pearl Jam, Rammstein, Rob Zombie, Sacred Reich, Sodom, Soilwork, Stone Sour, Symphony X, Testament, Tankard, Yngwie,...
Sounds Like: Mayones, Tom Anderson, Jackson, PRS, ESP and Charvel guitars

bogner, Engl and brunetti amps

bogner, Paul Lenders and VHT cabs

fx .
psionic audio custom interface
TC electronic G force
Analogman TS 9
barber LTD
Barber tone press
MXR phase 90
Isp decimator
gcx switcher/looper
masotti pw4
furman AR 2306 voltage regulator
rocktron all access
teese rmc3 wah
EB 6166 volume pedals
masotti black box
peterson strobostomp
burkey flatliner
endorsed by
Type of Label: None

My Blog

zanger en bassist gezocht

Noord-Westvlaamse Bay area thrashers zoeken een nieuwe bassist en zanger!!   Repetities in het entrepot in Brugge!
Posted by Alain C on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:22:00 PST

Jackson DR2 with bareknuckle warpig

I've added a sample of the Jackson DR2 with it's new bareknuckle warpig pickup. The guitar is 10 years old, and has taken some gentle beatings.  I've bought this guitar this summer. I had a DR2 b...
Posted by Alain C on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:08:00 PST

Aeghir

Last friday, we had the first meeting with the guys and gals from Aeghir. First rehearsals are in July. Let's "run to the Hills" And Serial  Butcher is still looking for a guitar player!...
Posted by Alain C on Sun, 27 May 2007 01:40:00 PST

changement de décor

Major overhaul on this myspace... And why not. I've left AIT 2 months ago. There was an agreement concerning the website. AIT chose to break that.   therefor. This is now the AC myspace!   ...
Posted by Alain C on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:33:00 PST

Mayones endorsement

  Here it is, Alain's Mayones setius pro custom!!
Posted by Alain C on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:14:00 PST

teaser...

Added a teaser of "Chosen One" to this myspace   More to come early  '07 after the recordings...
Posted by Alain C on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:13:00 PST

OH... We have a blog...

Kind of forgot about it.   updates... Well 2 endorsements for Alain : Mayones guitars and Laboga amps We'll be recording a mini-cd early 2007, at this moment titled "The feared one has returned"...
Posted by Alain C on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:14:00 PST

rehearsal

Tomorrow the last rehearsal before the Morning gig. Looking forward to that one.
Posted by Alain C on Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:02:00 PST

the week after

Amaai... weekje moeten recupereren vooraleer we hier iets posten zeker. OK. AIT op Gothic night... We hebben ons geamuseerd en geërgerd. Geamuseerd... want we deden eindelijk waarvoor we samen kom...
Posted by Alain C on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

back on stage

Next week, AIT will play their first live gig as a band!!! For me, it's been to long since I was onstage. Very anxious!!! But I asume it'll all be perfect. last week's reheasal ruled!!! And Dav...
Posted by Alain C on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST