Roll Call

Couple of years after the fact, so might as well update mine.

Name: Matthijs
Age: 23
Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
Occupation: graduate student (MSc) international economics & business and general economics
Interests/hobbies: music, guitars, literature, economics, philosophy, partying, girls, sleeping and good food
Favorite metal bands: Pagan Altar, Brocas Helm, Candlemass, Hell, Virgin Steele, Blue Öyster Cult etc. etc.

Name: Rebecca

Age: 18

Status: Single

Location: Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Occupation: College student

Interests/hobbies: Music (listening to, collecting, going to concerts, etc.), cinemas, history, reading, hiking, fishing, foodie, etc.

Website: Only facebook and rarely ever on there.


Favorite metal genre: Not specified


Favorite Bands: Children of Bodom, Pagan's Mind, The Beatles, Cradle of Filth, Amon Amarth,  Testament, Epica, Heather Dale,  Arch Enemy,  Kreator, Sodom, AC/DC, , Slayer, Behemoth, Ray Charles Overkill, Tyr, and plenty of more bands. (This was in no particular order)


Favorite Quote: I have too many, but I suppose this can be my favorite of the day.
"One evening, an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, ‘My son, there is a battle between two ‘wolves’ inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.’
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: ‘Which wolf wins?’
The old Cherokee quietly replied, ‘The one you feed.'

Famous last words: "Now comes the mystery."

Great quote Rebecca. You have a wide range of favorites.

Thanks, I just think why limit myself in many aspects of music and among other things? But to each their own.   

Name: Wayde.

Age: 26; born in 1988

Status: Single, 1 son.

Location: Australia

Occupation: Label owner/bum

Interests/hobbies: Metal. Getting shithammered. Running a label.

Website: www (dot) crawlingchaosproductions (dot) com


Favorite metal genre: Death metal/Black metal

Favorite Bands: Blasphemy, Destroyer 666, Archgoat, Conqueror, Black Witchery, Asphyx, Nocturnal Graves, Vomitor, Ignivomous, Blasphemophagher, Angelcorpse, Destruktor, Grand Belial's Key, Teitanblood, Proclamation, Portal, Immolation... and the list goes on...

Famous last words: When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro!

Welcome aboard !

Hey Wade; welcome to the gutter!

Name: Nick

Age: 50

Status: Divorced, our teenage daughter lives with me.  

Location: Santa Monica, CA

Occupation:  Camera Operator

Hobbies: Motorcycles, surfing, photography, bass guitar, movies, vintage stereo equipment, good books, good wine, hanging out with my daughter.

Favorite bands:  Van Halen, Rush, Aerosmith, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, AC/DC, Dio, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, Rainbow, Scorpions, UFO, Iron Maiden, Triumph, Alice Cooper, Queen.

welcome lovecraft!!

Hey Lovecraft! Glad to see another VH fan here.

Welcome!

James B.
Age: 49
Live in the Judith Basin region of central Montana
I operate heavy equipment and drive trucks in the job of building and repairing roads/highways.
I also have a small trucking company that operates in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota.
Married to the coolest chick ever
Have 4 offspring, two grandkids, and another on the way.
I also have a dog, he's a Rhodesian Ridgeback
I dig all kinds of music.  You could come to my place on any given day and hear anything from Grateful Dead to UFO to Death Angel to Third Day.
I love to ride motorcycles, go hunting/fishing, beat the dog snot out of my drums, and am a firm believer that vinyl is the BEST way to listen to music.

Ultimatum is one of the greatest Christian thrash band ever (IMHO)
Saxon has a better overall discography than Maiden or any other past/present NWOBHM band (IMHO)
Michael Schenker and Rory Gallagher are the two best guitar players of all time (IMHO)
Steve Marriott, Doug Pinnick, and Eric Martin are the three most soulful singers in hard rock (IMHO)
Jon Oliva is a very under-rated songwriter (IMHO)
John Bonham plays stuff that is harder than it sounds. (FACT)

In closing thought(s)....When you stand alone at the ocean's edge and feel the energy of the waves crashing onto the shore or stand in the wide open desert and gaze up at all the stars in the heavens, a thought cannot escape you regarding the scope of the Creator's power and majesty. The simple things and the complex things coinciding side by side, in harmony and chaos, yet how could any of it ever happened by mere chance ?

Name: Chris

Age: 40 something.  Prefer not to do the math.

Status: Single - again.

Location: Southern Mediterranean

Occupation: Scuba industry

Non music hobbies: Ship wrecks, physiotherapy, sports.

Favorite music styles: Well, it has to start with Led Zeppelin and then the list goes on for miles...  As much as I hate labelling music with genres the best I can do is say I'm a fan of A.) 70's classic rock, B.)  Heavy Metal/NWOBHM from 78 to 86, C.) some thrash and D.) many many more...!

The shortlist of bands: A.) Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Aerosmith, AC/DC, and Sabbath  B.) Iron Maiden, Riot, T. of P.T., Saxon, and Y&T. C.) Megadeth, Metallica, Metal Church, Anthrax  D.) Kyuss, Q.O.T.S.A. , Mastodon, Porcupine Tree...

Quote - You only get one chance to make a first impression.

Last words..? are you serious?

Name: Curtis Jesse Dupree

Age: born in 1987

Status: Married, no kids

Location: North Carolina

Occupation: Security Guard, Teaching Assistant at a seminary, PhD student at a seminary

Interests/Hobbies: my faith, biblical studies, music, books

Favorite metal genres: whatever rocks my face off

Favorite bands: AC/DC, Accept, Aerosmith, Angelica, Anthrax, Armored Saint, Barren Cross, The Beatles, Believer, Black Sabbath, Blind Guardian, Bloodgood, Bon Jovi, Boston, Brave Saint Saturn, Bride, Bruce Springsteen, Cheap Trick, The Choir, The Crucified, Crystavox, Daniel Band, Dark Angel, Death, Death Angel, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Degarmo and Key, Deliverance, Demon Hunter, Dio, Disciple, Dokken, The Eagles, Edguy, Final Axe, Five Iron Frenzy, Guardian, Helloween, Hirax, Holy Soldier, I Am I, Iced Earth, Idle Cure, The Insyderz, Iron Maiden, John Fogerty, Journey, Judas Priest, Keith Green, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Mastedon, Megadeth, MercyMe, Metal Church, Metallica, Michael Card, Mortification, The Moshketeers, Newsboys, Nile, The OC Supertones, Opeth, Overkill, Ozzy, Petra, PFR, Pillar, Pink Floyd, Rainbow, Ratt, Recon, Resurrection Band (Rez), Rich Mullins, Rob Rock, Running Wild, Rush, Sacred Warrior, Saint, Savatage, Scorpions, Seventh Avenue, Skillet, Slayer, Steven Curtis Chapman, Stryper, Styx, Switchfoot, Temple of Blood, Tesla, Testament, The Rat Pack, Theocracy, Third Day, Titanic, TNT, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tourniquet, Ultimatum, Van Halen, Vengeance Rising, WASP, Weird Al, Whiteheart, Whitecross, Whitesnake, Winger, X-Sinner, Zion

Favorite metal quote: "Beware of the sharp-edged weapon called human being"--Death

Favorite quote: "For our sake [God the Father] made [Jesus] to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" 2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV).

Name: Mackenzie

Age: 41

Location: originally from Southern Ontario Canada, currently in Rochester, NY

Status: very very very happily married, with 3 kids, 1 dog, and 2 cats

Occupation: chef

Favourite hobbies: cooking, any kind of sport, and of course heavy metal

Website: www.christianmetalroom.forumotion.com

About me: I cohost a radio show called The Anvil that airs every Tuesday evening from 8-10 pm eastern time on Righteous Rock Radio www.3r-radio.com we play both classic and indie Christian Hard Rock and Metal. I also run a forum called The Christian Metal Room

Favourite bands: depends on the mood I'm in but I like most genres

Favourite Metal Quote: Metal Is Forever!

Name:Hector

Location: Originally from Chile now in the states (FL)

Website: the link is on the bottom since it won't let me.

About me:I'm an old metalhead that lived the 80's and still enjoy some of that stuff but I pay more attention to the underground metal especially the scene in my home land Chile,if you're into extreme metal check my blog out.

Favourite bands:Too many but Motorhead was one of the first since 81.

Welcome, Hector.

Welcome, Hector!!!!!!

Name: Benjamin Smith

Location: Originally from fresno, california but now lives in susanville, ca

Status: live with my parents and sister (it's fun when your 20 rolling on 21, lol)

Hobbies: i have a 1-man metal band named X-Morta and i also have a youtube channel where i post reviews and vc related videos.

favourite styles of music: Heavy Metal (traditional style of course wich includes NWOBHM), Hard Rock, Power Metal (mostly USPM but also the european bands aswell), Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Metal/Rock, Black Metal (mostly War Metal), Jazz and Blues.

favourite bands: AC/DC, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Saxon, Accept, Mercyful Fate, Black Sabbath, Raven, Satan, Riot, Vomitor, Blood Feast, Ambush, Bullet (Swe), RAM, Hallows Eve, Mad Butcher, Enforcer (Swe), Quartz, Anvil, Baphomet's Blood, Bloodlust (LA band), Dark Angel, Ranger, Tank (Algy Ward years) & Twisted Sister, but this is not all of the bands, lol.

Welcome Hector & Benjamin

Welcome to all the new members !

Welcome Benjamin!

Name: John Winner

Age: 42

Location: Olympia, Washington

Status: Married again (0_o), 3 kids

Hobbies: Collecting things (records, book, coins..... pretty much all the things)

Website: place holder Japanese music news feed on Facebook

Musical interests/About Me: I am currently deeply into the Japanese music, almost exclusively female fronted or all female bands/groups. My interests run from Death Metal to Underground Idol, I just keep finding excellent music in many genres.

I run a news feed from Facebook (linked above) that covers news about female J-Metal, J-Punk, J-Rock and Alternative/Underground Idols. I also co-run an unofficial (but given a thumbs up by the band) fan club for the Japanese group BAND-MAID (link: place holder). They are a rock/metal outfit that is about to start their first world tour.

I am also in the process of writing two "books" about BAND-MAID. One on the evolution of their stage appearance and the other is a pictorial history of their live shows.

I also have a large collection of vinyl (about 600 LPs and 500 singles) covering many genres such as metal, rock, classical, folk and even a little country (the old stuff)

Questions: If one wanted to post some photos of a couple thing in their collection, where is the proper place for that? (I found the thread for signed items and I am going to bring it back from the dead, last post was in 2013 I think)

Is there any one else that also likes Japanese metal on the forum?

Well, that is me in a nutshell

John

ps I will add the links after 7 days

Welcome, John Winner!

Regarding Japanese music, it sounds like you need to meet Muckie.

There's a collectors corner section in the forum where you can post pictures of all your wares. I recommend https://postimage.org/ for uploading, and then just use the direct link.

Thank you for the welcome. I still have 4 days before I can post links or photos. Until that time I will have to wait, unless something of interest to me pops up.