Favourite Bands

Death, King Diamond, Evergrey, Memento Mori, Vanden Plas, Ark, Soilwork, Conception ... I could go on forever!

Favourite Albums

I will split these up into 2 groups as it would be impossible for me to decide.

Prog/Power
King Diamond - Them / The Eye
Memento Mori - La Dance Macabre
Vanden Plas -The God Thing
Conception - Parallel Minds
Adagio - Sanctus Ignis
Evergrey - In Search Of Truth

Death/Thrash
Death - Spiritual Healing / Human
Soilwork - A Predator's Portrait
Kreator - Extreme Aggression
Destruction - Release From Agony
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Atrocity - Longing For Death

Favourite Songs

Evergrey - Your Darkest Hour
Death - Living Monstrosity
King Diamond - A Broken Spell
Ark - Waking Hour
Vanden Plas - You Fly
Beyond Twilight - Crying
Conception - Roll The Fire
Destruction - Invincible Force

Favourite Video Clips

Evergrey - A Touch Of Blessing
King Diamond - Sleepless Nights
Korn - Make Me Bad
Kreator - Betrayer

Favourite Musicians

Chuck Schuldiner, Andy La Rocque, Mike Wead, George Lynch, Tore Ostby, Roy Khan, Jorn Lande , Yngwie Malmsteen

Your Dream Band/Side-Project

Sorry, again I had to split my selections into 2 groups. Would have been impossible otherwise because I love both genres of music. Even though it is probably wrong of me to categorise, because at the end of the day it's all metal.

Prog/Power band
Roy Khan (Kamelot) - vocals
Andy La Rocque (King Diamond) - guitar
Snowy Shaw (Dream Evil) - drums
George Lynch (Lynch Mob) - guitar
Steve DiGiorgio (Control Denied) - bass
Richard Anderson (Majestic) - keyboards

Death/Thrash
Chuck Schuldiner (Death) - vocal/guitar
Richard Christy (Death) - drums
Peter Wichers (Soilwork) - guitar
Steve DiGiorgio (Death) - bass
Steiner Johnsen (Arcturus) - keyboards

Favourite Guitar playing in a song

A tough one, but I would have to say Andy La Rocque's lead on a track off The Eye called Into The Convent. His lead arrangement is just brilliant. Actually all the leads he does on that album were unbelievably arranged. Each one had a melody that really captured my imagination and was played to perfection. What more can I say.

What got you into Metal?

Kiss, and the early death/thrash metal scene in Germany. Bands like Kreator, Destruction and Sodom.

Defining Moments in Music

When Spiritual Healing was released it changed my view about the whole metal scene in general. It showed that what ever style of metal you might play there are no limits or boundaries. The only limit was your own creativity.

Where do you see the future of Metal?

Hard to say. At present there is no genre which is big, like, say the early nineties was for Death Metal. At the moment the bands that aren't afraid to experiment are the bands that seem to be grabbing the metal audience.

Favourite Movies

Conan The Barbarian, Any Bruce Lee movie, Star Wars Trilogy, The Last Of The Mohicans, The Wraith, Blade, The Thin Red Line, The Iron Monkey

Personal Heroes

Chuck Schuldiner, Andy La Rocque, Bruce Lee, Kurt Angel, Triple H, Claudio Caniggia

Equipment

Caparison HORUS Guitars (Endorsed)
Digitech 2120 Artist preamp effects processor
Hughes & Kettner Tri Amp MK II head and cabinets (Endorsed)
Dean Markley Blue Steel 09 - 42 strings (Endorsed)