Ag Fox Bas BloodTears BudDa D.T. Metal Dane Train Deadsoulman Doc G. Fat & Sassy! GT Introspekrieg Jason W. jupitreas KwonVerge Milena Nefarious psykometal R Lewis R'Vannith Raiden Richard Susan Troy Killjoy White Winter Sun wormdrink414

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Ag Fox From: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Working on: working on some reviews. And listening to all the great music of the past that I have missed out!   Likes: Good music, yum food, quality ice cream, Real friends, long distance running, comfy bed, pretty girls :P Hates: bad hygiene, not enough sleep, fake people Musical taste: JS Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Rimsky Korsakov, Claude Debussy; most metal sub genres except gore Latest discovery: ÆGES - The Bridge   Album picks: The Water Witch - The Heavens In Traction   Unipolar Manic-Depressive Psychosis - Psychodelicus Decibeli   Incoming Cerebral Overdrive - Le Stelle: A Voyage Adrift   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (4)  Reviews (35)     Languages: English, Chinese, Cantonese Personal text: Still have a lot to catch up with as far as metal is concerned... Did I mention I am a hopeless romantic? Member since: 06.02.2009 | Last seen online: 30.07.2022

Bas From: Basel, Switzerland Working on: RETIRED: Reviews   Likes: Interesting music, good food (cooking and eating), a drink every now and then, being lazy. Hates: I try to be open-minded and to not hate anything by default :) Musical taste: Lots of different stuff, all sorts of metal (mostly but not only melodic) and a ton of non-metal. Latest discovery: Pig With The Face Of A Boy - These guys have nothing whatsoever to do with metal but they do amuse me a lot.   Album picks: Forty-Two Tits - The Probability Theory Proven Wrong   Laments Of Silence - Restart Your Mind   Sepia Dreamer - The Sublime   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (18)  Reviews (145)  Interviews (8)  Galleries (5)   Languages: German, English, Dutch and a wee bit of French Member since: 13.03.2005 | Last seen online: 13.08.2013

BloodTears From: Barreiro, Portugal Working on: News, events, sporadic reviews, like to check band-related stuff as well. I have a special interest for Portuguese bands.   Likes: Guitars, books, films, series, guitar picks, posters, going to shows, cats, playing guitar (acoustic and electric), writing poetry, being random, good sense of humour, original CDs, surf, karate Hates: some types of fish, waking up early, deadlines, copy-cat bands, Manowar (can't help it sorry!), annoying drunks, bad hair days, big stairs, not having what I want when I want it, bands forgetting PT Musical taste: Mostly melodic metal, a lot of progressive whether it is metal or other kind, all its variations. I tend to enjoy specific bands, not genres. l'll listen to anything that's good, regardless of genre. Latest discovery: Mortals, Past Undone, Equaleft   Album picks: Oddland - Origin   Névoa - Re Un   Riverside - Out Of Myself   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (28)  Reviews (26)     Languages: Portuguese, English, Italian, French (out of practice), Spanish and German (a little) Personal text: My interests are mostly music, books and films/television. I do some gaming if it's GTA or the likes. Discovered recently that I also like to write articles about the music I love and the different perspectives you can look at music. For me music was always a transcendent thing. I value the work of bands a lot and cherish the moments I enjoy while I'm listening to their music. I'm also very cheesy and philosophical as you can see ahah Member since: 01.02.2006 | Last seen online: 24.12.2018

BudDa From: Kampala, Uganda Working on: Database, Events/Tours, News   Likes: Bass, Cuisines, Nature, Sports, Bollywood Movies Musical taste: Thrash, Doom. I also listen to alot of African Rhythms, Jazz & 80's/90's cheesy disco/dance music Latest discovery: Rumpelstiltskin Grinder - Ghostmaker   Album picks: Putrevore - Macabre Kingdom   Show all ››   Languages: English, Swahili, Luganda Member since: 08.07.2009 | Last seen online: 26.11.2016

D.T. Metal From: Colorado Springs, CO, USA Working on: Photography, Reviews, Interviews   Hates: Fake people !!! Musical taste: Speed, Thrash, Power, Black, Death   Album picks: Degial - Savage Mutiny   Striker - City Of Gold   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (136)  Reviews (31)  Interviews (48)  Galleries (74)   Languages: German, English Personal text: No clue; but if I would have to explain you wouldn't understand! Member since: 03.01.2012 | Last seen online: 30.11.2022

Dane Train From: Asheville, NC, USA Working on: Reviews and Articles   Likes: Good company, good beer and theological discussions. And Sci-Fi! Hates: The shallowness and lack of passion of the American populous. Musical taste: Progressive Metal, Stoner/Doom/Sludge Metal, Funk Metal, Neo-Folk/Americana Latest discovery: Void Of Sleep   Album picks: Three - The End Is Begun   Demon Hunter - The World Is A Thorn   James LaBrie - Static Impulse   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (11)  Reviews (23)     Languages: English Personal text: My name is Dane, and I work as a Family Rehabilitation Specialist doing in-home family coaching with an element of wilderness therapy to it. When I am not working, a good deal of my time is focused on my various hobbies. I am the vocalist and Theremin player for band, and we're in the process of recording an album and trying to book shows for a regional tour. I've also begun writing my first graphic novel which is even more evidence that I love comic books. I'm the sort of guy who would much rather go to a convention or festival than an amusement park. Well I think that is enough of my ADD rambling for now. Member since: 21.01.2004 | Last seen online: 12.10.2015

Deadsoulman From: France Working on: Band edits, other things   Likes: Being awesome, life, music, cooking, wine, books, basketball, video games, movies, bullying weaker people. Hates: Tomatoes. Clichés, generalizations, judgemental people, people who act like someone they're not in order to fit in, starting to get bald. Musical taste: I like MUSIC. Mainly metal (especially extreme and alternative), hip hop and alt rock, but also electronica, ambient, games and movies OSTs, old stuff (jazz, blues, swing, country...), classical music Latest discovery: Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields   Publications: Articles (26)  Reviews (176)  Interviews (16)  Galleries (5)   Languages: French, English, Italian, understands Spanish but does not speak it (unless you have all day) Personal text: I want to hug you all. Member since: 04.09.2002 | Last seen online: 26.05.2022

Doc G. From: Calgary, Canada Working on: Former Editor In Chief, now just a part time reviewer.   Likes: Music and a bunch of other stuff. Musical taste: Mostly metal from all genres, but also love good country, hip-hop, blues, jazz, punk, soul, folk and even a little pop.   Album picks: Motörhead - Ace Of Spades   The Graviators - Motherload   Keitzer - The Last Defence   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (44)  Reviews (376)  Interviews (19)  Galleries (7)   Languages: english Personal text: Former E.I.C., pretty much exclusively doing album reviews these days. Be sure to check out my wonderful lists for some of my picks for each year. Member since: 05.11.2005 | Last seen online: 22.01.2024

Fat & Sassy! From: Hall of the Mountain King, USA Working on: Trying to contribute more as one may be reading this. >_>   Likes: Frank Zappa, clapping my hands, getting ready to rock and proceeding to do so, being ridiculous, making situations awkward, animals, films, candy, space clowns... and... uh... you. I like *you*. Hates: Phony music, lack of integrity, bananas, people who claim they like "all music" but really don't have much of an interest in the art at all. Musical taste: Anything that pushes the envelope in terms of originality usually peaks my interest, but I still know how to friggin' rock (or groove) to some more classic/conservative types of music.   Album picks: Arkona - Явь   Satan - Life Sentence   Hammerforce - Access Denied   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (1)  Reviews (2)     Languages: English Personal text: I love music. I find the complexity of the human psyche extremely intriguing. Sometimes, I can get a bit romantic when talking about my passion for the art of music. Because of this, I may tell you that I *love* when music takes me on rides, on the wings of beauty, into the mysterious vortex of imagination deep within my subconsciousness. =3 Remarks like this *may* come off as a bit cheesy, but hey... not a fuck is being given right now. Cheers to you all, and I wish you the best of luck in using this website and the internet as a convenient tool in broadening your tastes in music. ;3 Member since: 07.06.2008 | Last seen online: 16.11.2020

GT From: Holstebro, Denmark Working on: mostly bands and a few news and events   Likes: Good beer and whisky...and of course coffee Hates: People that can/will not understand common sense Musical taste: Mostly melodic   Album picks: Wuthering Heights - Salt   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (9)  Galleries (3)   Languages: Danish, English, Understands: Swedish, Norwegian and some German and French Personal text: Got a master in auditing and accounting and is currently working as such while studying to became a state authorized public accountant (CPA). Since my daughters was born, I haven't had enough time to contribute a great deal to the site. That will hopefully change as they get older. Member since: 11.04.2006 | Last seen online: 03.09.2024

Introspekrieg From: Montgomery, AL, USA Working on: Emotional Support   Likes: Milk/Shuffleboard/Forward Slashes Hates: Snapchat\Seafood\Comic Book Movies Musical taste: Avantgarde/Experimental/Post/Jazz/Rock Fusion/Tech/Extreme, Industrial, Electronic, Ambient, New Age Latest discovery: Sammath - Godless Arrogance   Album picks: Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us   Kekal - Multilateral   Sleep Terror - Unihemispheria   Show all ››   Publications: Reviews (9)     Member since: 21.09.2005 | Last seen online: Yesterday

Jason W. From: Western Massachusetts, USA Working on: Reviews, some photography, band profiles and interviews   Likes: analytical and emotional topics, equality, people watching, photography Hates: superficiality and stereotypical thinking Musical taste: Most symphonic, gothic, doom, and atmospheric metal. Also, some atypical post, melodic metal, and an eclectic choice of older black & death. Latest discovery: Unseelie - Urban Fantasy, EnkElination - Tears Of Lust, Fright Night - Life Eternal   Album picks: Nightmare - Dead Sun   Weeping Silence - Opus IV Oblivion   Kowai - Dissonance   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (11)  Reviews (27)  Interviews (2)  Galleries (7)   Languages: English Personal text: Writing has and always will be my first love. I'm one of the few people left who still sends hand written letters, a lost art. I also enjoy traveling - even alone - or to meet and reconnect with new and old friends Member since: 08.09.2004 | Last seen online: 01.08.2024

jupitreas From: Warsaw, Poland Working on: Reviews, Articles   Musical taste: Djent, Industrial, Alternative, Death, Extreme   Album picks: Aesth - The Fall Of Illusions   Vildhjarta - Måsstaden   Circles - The Compass   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (30)  Reviews (244)  Interviews (7)  Galleries (8)   Languages: English, Polish Member since: 15.01.2002 | Last seen online: 15.07.2024

KwonVerge From: Greece Working on: Reviews, reviews, reviews, ..., errr, reviews. Did i say reviews already? Oh, some interviews from time to time. And reviews.   Likes: Alcohol, smoking, pongo, party crashing and pongo surfing with the crew, etc. Hates: Narrow-minded shitloads of narcoleptic thoughts from the dead embryonic core of a non-conscious pile of shit named brain. Fascism, patriotism, national socialism, state terrorism. Musical taste: Thrash, heavy etc. Nah... everything dark from gothic rock, dark wave, post punk, ebm/industrial to doom/gothic/black metal etc etc etc. Oh and glam/sleaze! The pink dot in the dark! Latest discovery: Too bored to think right now. My discoveries take place every day, so...   Publications: Articles (8)  Reviews (429)  Interviews (21)     Personal text: Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthin' ta Fuck Wit! Member since: 15.09.2003 | Last seen online: 06.07.2022

Milena From: Norway Working on: reviews, Metal Storm Awards, interviews   Likes: hiking in the rain, landscape photography Hates: being detached and subdivided in the mass production zone Musical taste: prog metal, everything that ever came out of Finland, and all kinds of more melodic metal   Album picks: Leprous - Coal   Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves   Ørkenkjøtt - Ønskediktet   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (9)  Reviews (64)  Interviews (4)  Galleries (1)   Languages: Serbian, English, Norwegian Member since: 21.10.2010 | Last seen online: 18.03.2023

Nefarious From: Dubai, UAE Working on: Band edits, Interviews, news, events & Clandestine Cuts   Likes: Music, Bourbon, attending live concerts/festivals, travelling Hates: Justin Bieber Musical taste: Most metal genres but mainly doom, death, progressive & black metal Latest discovery: Nasheim - Solens Vemod   Album picks: Vastum - Hole Below   Dead To A Dying World - Litany   Anopheli - The Ache Of Want   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (72)  Interviews (3)     Languages: English Personal text: Can be found lurking around metal festivals in Europe during the summertime. Namely Wacken (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015), Brutal Assault (2011-2015), Unirock (2011), Summer Breeze (2012), Hellfest (2014) & Progpower Europe (2015). Member since: 14.12.2003 | Last seen online: Last Friday

psykometal From: Clear Lake, TX, USA Working on: Database. Forum moderation.   Likes: Wife, son, metal, tv shows, anime, movies, video games Hates: Total fucking morons Musical taste: Many forms of metal and some hard electro/industrial Latest discovery: Destroid - The Invasion   Album picks: Bakos Attila - Aranyhajnal   Blood Of An Outlaw - Southern Hymns   Lascaille's Shroud - The Roads Leading North   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (1)  Reviews (3)     Languages: Good English, Bad English, Broken English, and various bits and pieces of a few other languages Personal text: Started contributing heavily to the database in April 2011. Joined MS Staff in October 2012. Became the Database Manager in March 2013. Member since: 08.04.2009 | Last seen online: 28.09.2021

R Lewis From: Bologna, Italy Working on: Reviews, news, random edits. Interviews? Constant annoying presence, in general.   Likes: Reading, TV series, cinema, sports (both to practice & watch), vintage clothes, tidiness, irony, Mediterranean food. Last, but not the least, Sasha Grey. Hates: Stereotypes, my English, drugs, smoking, putting on weight again (yes, I was a fatty), both blasphemy and religious fanatism, having to shout, how people cook pasta outside of Italy Musical taste: Most melodic metal, hard rock, punk, post-rock, everything that doesn't suck. Lately also some extreme power and atmospheric black. Also love to rest to blues, soft jazz, country and funk Latest discovery: Arrow Haze   Publications: Articles (3)  Reviews (76)  Interviews (3)     Languages: Italian, English, a bit of Spanish Personal text: I'm just a student who likes knowing what he's listening to. I find myself sometimes a little pathetic, but everyone I meet say I'm funny, so, let'em say - positive propaganda is always welcome. Born and living in the North-East of Italy. Proudly. But if this dear crisis doesn't end, I'm ready to emigrate in order to work. So better improve this damn English. Breaking Bad, Game Of Thrones, The Walking Dead and House Of Cards fanboy. Please, don't be the nth person to say me that mine is not a "metal face". I already know I'm similar to Bruno Mars. And this is quite sad. Completely sobered up on June 1st, 2014. Member since: 24.06.2011 | Last seen online: Last Thursday

R'Vannith From: Australia Working on: Album Reviews, Proofreading, Database dabbling   Musical taste: Ozric Tentacles, rock (progressive and psychedelic), metal (preferably melodic or progressive)   Album picks: Saor - Aura   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (5)  Reviews (178)     Languages: This one Member since: 01.04.2010 | Last seen online: 19.03.2016

Raiden From: Bendigo, Australia Working on: Reviews, bands editing, bits and pieces of other things   Likes: Metal, gaming, basketball Hates: Facebook Musical taste: Just about everything metal except Nu Metal/Metalcore/etc   Publications: Articles (1)  Reviews (50)  Interviews (3)  Galleries (1)   Languages: Australian, English, Perl, PHP, English (UK), English (US), English (NZ), Danish (a bit) Member since: 04.08.2004 | Last seen online: 28.02.2013

Richard From: United Kingdom Working on: RETIRED: Moderating   Likes: Music, literature, and old British horror films. Musical taste: Mainly Extreme Metal, but there are certain bands I like from most Metal genres.   Publications: Reviews (7)  Interviews (1)     Member since: 15.04.2004 | Last seen online: 10.07.2012

Susan From: Oakland, CA, USA Working on: Clandestine Cuts, Album and Concert Reviews, work on Metal Storm Awards   Likes: Thoughtful metal music. Hiking. Awesome people. Baseball. Astrophysics. Geeking out with friends and board games. Quality vodka. Hates: Fennel. Olives. Cheap metal bands. Musical taste: Anything QUALITY. I'm into nearly all genres of metal. Latest discovery: Celestial Ruin - Pandora EP (heavy)   Album picks: Spheron - A Clockwork Universe   Spelljammer - Ancient Of Days   Ancient Bards - A New Dawn Ending   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (36)  Reviews (98)  Interviews (20)  Galleries (1)   Languages: English, a little Italian Personal text: Best band I've ever seen live: Turisas. It was part of Paganfest I, the North American tour. All bands contributed to it being the most amazing night, but I'd trade any of them, even the incredible Eluveitie, for another set of Turisas. To Holmgard and beyond, baby! Member since: 16.04.2004 | Last seen online: 31.12.2019

Troy Killjoy From: Canada Working on: album reviews, banning bots, spamming opinions in the forums   Likes: documentaries, retro gaming, improv comedy Hates: censorship, governance, fatalism Musical taste: black and death metal, indie, psych, synth   Album picks: Ethereal Riffian - Aeonian   Monolord - Empress Rising   Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (34)  Reviews (253)  Interviews (4)     Languages: English Member since: 20.01.2009 | Last seen online: 26.06.2023

White Winter Sun From: Paris, France Working on: RETIRED: News and Edits (band profiles & events)   Likes: Music of course (mainly metal) Hates: Hypocrisy Musical taste: Mostly: Black, Death, Thrash, Doom   Album picks: Isole - Born From Shadows   Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us   Deathspell Omega - Paracletus   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (5)  Reviews (14)  Interviews (1)  Galleries (6)   Languages: French, English and just few words of Spanish Member since: 05.03.2007 | Last seen online: 25.08.2012

wormdrink414 From: Eugene, OR, USA Working on: Reviews   Musical taste: Metal and non-metal, but mostly metal.   Album picks: Spazztic Blurr - Before... And After   Ysengrin - Nigrum Nigrius Nigro   Clutch - Psychic Warfare   Show all ››   Publications: Articles (16)  Reviews (141)  Interviews (1)  Galleries (2)   Member since: 13.11.2008 | Last seen online: 21.05.2021