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Angelique

From: Finland
Working on: Moderator, band profiles + where ever needed
 
Likes: good books, white wine, hairy pets
Hates: stupidity in generally
Musical taste: Anything melodic like power, gothenburg, folk etc.
Latest discovery: Fjoergyn - Jahreszeiten
 
Publications: Articles (2)  Reviews (1)  Interviews (3)  Galleries (1)
 
Languages: finnish, english, swedish and spanish..although i suck at all of em
Personal text: Trying to balance between family life with house full of kids, dogs and cats (well actually two of each), career and freetime so at a times I'm more inactive than active but sooner or later I always have returned, and I always will
Member since: 14.11.2003 | Last seen online: 2m ago



Bararey

In real life: Abrarr (29) from Kuwait
Working on: Edit and review of band profiles
 
Likes: Fiction books, hanging out with friends, and listening to metal
Musical taste: Pretty much all metal genres
Latest discovery: Griftegård - Solemn, Sacred, Severe
 
Publications: Interviews (1)  
 
Languages: English, Arabic
Member since: 04.04.2005 | Last seen online: 19h ago



Bas

In real life: Bas (19) from Basel, Switzerland
Working on: Reviews and Interviews
 
Likes: Interesting music, good food, a drink every now and then, cooking and lazy afternoons.
Hates: I try to be open-minded and to not hate anything by default :)
Musical taste: Lots of different types of music. Mostly symphonic or progressive stuff, but also genres like black or heavy metal and alternative. A lot of non-metal as well.
Latest discovery: Arid - All Things Come In Waves - a very emotional rock album with great vocals.
 
Publications: Articles (15)  Reviews (126)  Interviews (7)  Galleries (4)
 
Languages: German, English, Dutch and a wee bit of French
Member since: 13.03.2005 | Last seen online: 15m ago



Baz Anderson

In real life: Barry Anderson (22) from Lincoln, United Kingdom
Working on: Reviews, Interviews, Articles, Photography, Moderating
 
Musical taste: Mostly: Power, Death, Thrash, Black
 
Publications: Articles (78)  Reviews (127)  Interviews (26)  Galleries (44)
 
Languages: English
Member since: 10.10.2004 | Last seen online: 2m ago



BitterCOld

In real life: Craig (37) from The Desert, USA
Working on: Reviews - Album and Concert, Review Proofing, Interviews, Drive By Forum Rants.
 
Likes: music, pale ale, islay malts, making love at midnight in the dunes by the cape.
Hates: oh my. where to begin?
Musical taste: Metal-wise? Sludge, Black, Post, Doom.
Latest discovery: Process of Guilt - Erosion, Greymachine - Disconnected
 
Publications: Articles (5)  Reviews (34)  Interviews (2)  
 
Personal text: is currently roaming the Desert of the American Southwest.

has less facial hair than the two previous and next four staffers.

Outside of metal, i listen to some 80's and 90's punk, 80's wave, some ambient electronica and blues.

Has been known to review albums or gigs for tix, cd's, food, booze, "happy ending" massages, and, on occasion, "ABC" gum.
Member since: 15.07.2004 | Last seen online: 4m ago



Collin

In real life: Collin (28) from Lyon, France
Working on: Reviews (might pick that up again some day), band edits, other things
 
Likes: Being awesome, life, music, cooking, wine, books, basketball, bullying weaker people
Hates: Tomatoes.
Musical taste: I like MUSIC. Mainly metal (especially extreme and alternative), hip hop and alternative rock, but also electronica, ambient, old stuff (jazz, blues, swing, country...).
Latest discovery: Afgrund - Vid Helvetets Grindar - If you like Nasum, this is for you
 
Publications: Articles (15)  Reviews (176)  Interviews (16)  Galleries (5)
 
Languages: French, English, Italian, broken Spanish, starting to learn Icelandic
Personal text: I want to hug you all.
Member since: 04.09.2002 | Last seen online: 6d ago



Dane Train

In real life: Dane Train (26) from Black Mountain, 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, Christian Metal, Funk Metal, Neo-Folk/Americana
Latest discovery: The Opposed - Initiate
 
Publications: Articles (2)  Reviews (11)  
 
Languages: English
Personal text: I love Jesus. I love Metal. I combine them in my worship. Mosh For Christ!
Member since: 21.01.2004 | Last seen online: 37m ago



Darkside Momo

In real life: Sébastien Mora (31) from Toulouse, France
Working on: Reviews, bits of interviews and concert reviews too.
 
Likes: Fantasy, Role-playing Games, Comics (French and manga mostly), Metal (duh)
Hates: Right now, skateboarders.
Musical taste: Come on... Metal of course! I can dig stuff of almost all subgenres, but I lean towards proggy/technical/extreme stuff.
Latest discovery: Not really a surprise at all, but the latest Orphaned Land album blew me away
 
Publications: Articles (14)  Reviews (41)  Interviews (10)  Galleries (10)
 
Languages: French, some English, broken spanish
Personal text: I'm not sure you really want to read that.
Member since: 22.06.2004 | Last seen online: 26h ago



dismaleuphony

In real life: Jason (32) from Western Massachusetts, USA
Working on: Reviews, some photography and interviews
 
Likes: analytical and emotional topics, equality, people watching
Hates: superficiality and stereotypical thinking
Musical taste: Female fronted bands (of any genre) as well as symphonic, gothic, doom, and atmospheric metal. Some occasional extreme bands.
Latest discovery: Mandrake "Innocence Weakness" and "The Murder Of My Sweet - "Divanity"
 
Publications: Articles (4)  Reviews (6)  Interviews (1)  Galleries (4)
 
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 travelling - even alone - or to meet and reconnect with new and old friends
Member since: 08.09.2004 | Last seen online: 2h ago



Doc Godin

In real life: Luke Godin (20) from Calgary, Canada
Working on: Reviewer/Interviewer/Article writing guy.
 
Likes: Kittens, ice cream, pizza, metal, Magic The Gathering, cheesey fantasy art, rye & cokes, solid riffs and good times.
Hates: Getting hit in the junk, the bank, *most prog metal, Duran Duran.
Musical taste: Heavy Metal, Glam Metal, Punk
Latest discovery: Sister - Deadboys Making Noise
 
Publications: Articles (9)  Reviews (71)  Interviews (5)  Galleries (3)
 
Languages: english
Personal text: Although my knowledge in metal & rock is mostly revolved around traditional heavy metal, glam and punk rock, my interests & knowledge do not end there. I also listen to a fair amount of stoner, thrash, folk and black metal (the more melodic & thrash influenced black for the most part). In relativity to many other staff members my knowledge in these 4 sub-genres is fairly limited, mind you.
Member since: 05.11.2005 | Last seen online: 19h ago



GT

In real life: Gorm K. Thinggaard (28) from Århus, Denmark
Working on: mostly bands and a few news and events
 
Likes: Good beer and whisky
Hates: People that can't understand common sense
Musical taste: Mostly melodic
Latest discovery: Redemption - The Origins Of Ruin
 
Publications: Articles (6)  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 an auditor/accountant.
Member since: 11.04.2006 | Last seen online: 27h ago



Ivan

In real life: Ivan (29) from Turku, Finland
Working on: Administration, design and programming
 
Musical taste: Melodic stuff
Latest discovery: Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
 
Publications: Articles (6)  Reviews (10)  Galleries (5)
 
Languages: Russian, English, some Estonian and Finnish
Member since: 06.10.2001 | Last seen online: 27m ago



Ivor

In real life: Ivor (27) from Tallinn, Estonia
Working on: Photography, reviewing, interviewing, reanimation and resurrection
 
Musical taste: melodic stuff, mostly prog, symphonic and gothic
Latest discovery: Siena Root
 
Publications: Articles (20)  Reviews (32)  Interviews (16)  Galleries (36)
 
Languages: Estonian, Russian, English
Member since: 01.06.2003 | Last seen online: 13m ago



Jeff

In real life: Jeff (30) from Nantes, France
Working on: Press and event business
 
Musical taste: A bit of everything!
 
Publications: Articles (41)  Reviews (1171)  Interviews (61)  Galleries (41)
 
Languages: French, English, Spanish
Personal text: Labels and bands are welcome to contact me for any kind of deals concerning press (reviews, interviews, articles, contests... etc...)

Same for concert promoters and announcers who could be interested to work with MS.


Contact: jeff(at)metalstorm.ee

PS: Hellfest rocks
Member since: 26.08.2002 | Last seen online: 13m ago



jupitreas

In real life: Jarosław Jerry Szprot () from Warsaw, Poland
Working on: Reviews, Articles
 
Likes: Beer, Wine
Hates: Stupidity, hypocrisy, bigotry
Musical taste: Personally I enjoy extreme music and post-punk the most, although I'm into anything that is interesting
Latest discovery: Impetuous Ritual
 
Publications: Articles (20)  Reviews (204)  Interviews (5)  Galleries (6)
 
Languages: English, Polish
Personal text: I'll think of something to add here later.
Member since: 15.01.2002 | Last seen online: 2m ago



Lucas

In real life: Lucas (18) from The Netherlands
Working on: Reviewer & Interviewer, Moderator
 
Likes: Good music, good days and good friends.
Hates: I'm not an angry person.
Musical taste: Black, Doom, Sludge, Death, Drone & Noise
Latest discovery: Oranssi Pazuzu & Reverorum Ib Malacht
 
Publications: Articles (15)  Reviews (230)  Interviews (12)  
 
Languages: Dutch, English
Personal text: I generally like all extreme music that evokes a strong emotion or mental picture. I mostly find this sort of music in the genres mentioned above, but I do not limit myself to those genres. I'm always interested in discovering new bands, so if you have something that I would/could/should like, don't hesitate to shoot me a message.
Member since: 28.03.2005 | Last seen online: 14h ago



Lyrinan

In real life: Susan (26) from Seattle, USA
Working on: Proofreading reviews, concert reviews, articles, funny stuff
 
Likes: Garlic, tomatoes, cumin, sheep cheese
Hates: Cilantro, fennel, cheap metal
Musical taste: Varieties of power, folk, viking, prog, symphonic, some doom & black. Metal that someone put some thought into. Worthwhile metal. Opera and classical music, too - big fan.
Latest discovery: ABBA. Seriously.
 
Publications: Reviews (7)  Interviews (4)  
 
Languages: English, Deutsch (ein bisschen), a tiny bit of Czech and Italian
Member since: 16.04.2004 | Last seen online: 15h ago



Marcel Hubregtse

In real life: Marcel Hubregtse (41) from somewhere in the middle, The Netherlands
Working on: Reviews, Interviews, all sorts of stuff
 
Likes: Metal (duh), comedy, Bukowski, cricket, cooking, microbrews, whisky
Hates: European Power Metal, hypocrits, backstabbers
Musical taste: Metal till death
Latest discovery: Process Of Guilt - Erosion
 
Publications: Articles (19)  Reviews (51)  Interviews (10)  Galleries (1)
 
Languages: Dutch, English
Personal text: Is much more friendly and fun-loving than he comes across at first sight. ANyone ever over in The Netherlands just contact me if you're in need of a floor to crash on.
Member since: 23.09.2003 | Last seen online: 1h ago



Promonex

In real life: Daniel Pereira (25) from Frankfurt, Germany
Working on: Band profiles, live reviews and a lil' bit of all the rest
 
Likes: Festivals, booze, food, movies, deep conversations
Hates: Stupidity, close-mindedness, German bureaucracy, humanity as a whole
Musical taste: All kinds of metal, rock, folk, EBM, aggrotek and occasionally some ambient and jazz noir
Latest discovery: Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
 
Publications: Articles (11)  Reviews (8)  Interviews (3)  Galleries (11)
 
Languages: German, English, Italian
Member since: 09.06.2004 | Last seen online: 3h ago



Richard

From: United Kingdom
Working on: 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: 20h ago



Thryce

From: Belgium
Working on: News, Reviews and Articles, Edits
 
Likes: Writing awesome stuff when 100% sober. True story.
Hates: People being stubbornly unreceptive to common sense; People missing any semblance of rationality; People in general; Anything remotely fun.
Musical taste: As long as it's loud 'n obnoxious, I'm in.
 
Publications: Articles (14)  Reviews (77)  Interviews (11)  Galleries (1)
 
Member since: 24.05.2004 | Last seen online: 2h ago



wrathchild

In real life: Cyrille (27) from Paris / La Rochelle, France
Working on: Moderating, plus a few reviews and interviews
 
Likes: Geek culture, video game oldies and trying to make music
 
Publications: Articles (19)  Reviews (59)  Interviews (14)  Galleries (6)
 
Languages: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese
Member since: 20.09.2003 | Last seen online: 35h ago



yields

From: Rabat, Morocco
Working on: Moderating
 
Likes: Look down
Hates: Bigotry
Musical taste: Look down
Latest discovery: Avicularia - Colosseum - Oranssi Pazuzu - Devil Doll
 
Publications: Articles (5)  Reviews (5)  
 
Languages: Arabic, French, English.
Personal text: Death metal, a bit of Progressive metal.
Jazz fusion, Classical music.
Folklore music for different countries interests me aswell.
Other stuff ranging from instrumental RJD2 tracks to The Prodigy, passing by Tears for Fears.

Into books and movies aswell, no particular style.
Curious about languages and making a link between them. Interested in the differences between cultures and how people from different countries see each other.
Member since: 27.10.2003 | Last seen online: 11m ago



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