... favourite bands:
Metallica, Stone Sour, Bullet For My Valentine, In Flames, Depeche Mode, Disturbed, Pantera, Soilwork, Funeral For A Friend
... favourite movies:
Lammbock, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Crank, Saw I-III, Stromberg, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
... best concerts ever:
Metallica - Bielefeld 1996, Depeche Mode - Berlin 2006, Wacken Open Air 1997
... favourite food:
Fried noodles with chicken, Pizza, Dürüm sandwich, Lasagne, Schnitzel, French Fries, Sausage
... influences/ heroes:
Superman, Batman, Homer Simpson, Stromberg
... equipment:
- Sennheiser microphone
- My voice and other body parts
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... favourite bands:
Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Spiritual Beggars, Exhorder, Rainbow, Black Label Society, Arch Enemy, Soilwork
... favourite movies:
Pulp Fiction, Blow, Kill Bill, Almost Famous, Desperado, The Lord Of The Rings, Lammbock, Die Hard I-III, Hannibal-trilogy, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Platoon
... best concerts ever:
Metallica - Fields Of Rock 2003, Iron Maiden - Dortmund 1999, Slayer - Graspop 2000, Dio - Wacken 2004, Heaven & Hell - Fields Of Rock 2007
... favourite food:
Authentic mexican food
... influences/ heroes:
Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Zakk Wylde, Dave Murray/ Adrian Smith, James Hetfield/ Cliff Burton, Michael Amott
... equipment:
- Epiphone Les Paul Custom black
- Dean 30th Anniversary Flying-V
- EMG 81 Pick-Up's
- Peavey EVH 5150 Head
- Laney 4x12" Cabinets
- Dunlop Cry Baby DB-01 Dimebag Wah
- Boss GE7 Graphic Equalizer
- Boss RV3 Digital Reverb/ Delay
- Boss NS2 Noise Suppressor
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... favourite bands:
Pantera, Opeth, Dream Theater, Aborted, Soilwork, In Flames and many more...
... favourite movies:
There are too many good movies...
... best concerts ever:
Helge Schneider when I was 12 years old
... favourite food:
Pizza, Burger, Chinese food, Cookies
... influences/ heroes:
Dimebag Darrel, John Petrucci
... equipment:
- Schecter Hellraiser
- Ibanez RG 270 XC
- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
- Mesa Boogie 4x12" Cabintes
- BOSS DD6 Digital Delay
- BOSS NS2 Noise Suppressor
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... favourite bands:
AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Immortal, Dimmu Borgir
... favourite movies:
Saving Private Ryan, Rambo I-IV, Blow, Gladiator, Braveheart, The Lord Of The Rings
... best concerts ever:
AC/DC - Riesa 2000, Metallica - Arnheim 2006, Iron Maiden - Dortmund 1999, Heaven and Hell - Fields of Rock 2006
... favourite food:
Indian food and Scotch
... influences/ heroes:
Cliff Burton (R.I.P.), Steve Harris, Chris Barnes, Abbath
... equipment:
- Warwick Masterman Fortress One 4-String
- 19" Peavey Tour 700 Bass Top
- 4x10" Warwick Box W411 ND
- 1x12" Warwick Box W112 ND
- 19" Korg Tuner DTR-1000
- AKG WMS 40 Wireless System
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... favourite bands:
Trivium, Godsmack, Disillusion, Sepultura, Soulfly, Machine Head, Diablo, Ill Nino, Stone Sour, Disturbed
... favourite movies:
Silent Hill, Saw, Das Parfüm
... best concerts ever:
Blue Man Group - Berlin 2006
... favourite food:
Chinese food
... influences/ heroes:
Thomas Lang, Heikki Malmberg
... equipment:
- Kirchhoff Arctic Acryl (clear) 22, 10, 12, 14
- Pearl Free Floating Snaredrum w/ Gold'n'Times Custom Blue Acrylic Shell
- All Cymbals by Samsun (Custom Bronze Series):
- 14" Heavy Hi Hat
- 17" Medium Heavy Crash
- 18" Medium Heavy Crash
- 18" Medium Heavy China
- 20" Heavy Ride
- Pearl Eliminator 2002 C Pedals
- Vic Firth 2B Sticks
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1994:
Formation in late summer
1995:
First live shows
1996:
Release of 'A Duet Of Thoughts' demo-tape
1997:
Release of 'Above Twilight Wings' demo-CD
Recorded in the Stage One Studios with German producer-legend Andy Classen (Holy Moses)
Appearance on the Rock Hard newcomer-compilation 'Unerhört – Best Of The Underground'
1998:
2nd place in a newcomer band-competition
Nationwide weekend clubshows
1999:
New demo-CD 'Eternal Solar Eclipse' recorded with producer Carsten Schmerer, including a cover of the IRON MAIDEN classic 'Prowler'
Contract with GRIND SYNDICATE MEDIA
2000:
Release of 'Haunting Requiems' by GRIND SYNDICATE MEDIA
First big festival shows (Wave Gotik Treffen (w/ Anathema, Samael,...), Party San Open Air (w/ Amon Amarth, Necrophobic,...)
2001:
Contract with MASSACRE RECORDS
Recordings of 'On Darker Trails' again in the Stage One Studios with producer Andy Classen
Release of 'On Darker Trails' by MASSACRE RECORDS - including a cover of the METALLICA milestone 'Master Of Puppets'
2002:
A lot of clubgigs and big festivals shows (Summer Breeze (w/ Paradise Lost, Nightwish,...), Rock Harz Open Air (w/ Blaze, Overkill,...)
Appearance on the IRON MAIDEN tribute 'A tribute to the beast' (NUCLEAR BLAST) with 'Prowler' (other bands on this compilation: Grave Digger, Children Of Bodom, In Flames,...)
Appearance on the METALLICA tribute 'A tribute to the four horsemen' (NUCLEAR BLAST) with “Master Of Puppets” (other bands on this compilation: Anthrax, Apocalyptica, In Flames,...)
2003:
A lot of clubgigs and festival shows (Fun And Crust Open Air (w/ Testament, Napalm Death,...)
First non-German show at the Kaltenbach Open Air in Austria (w/ Enthroned, Mörk Gryning,...)
Recordings of 'Fields Of Salvation' in the Metalsound Studios with producer Torsten Sauerbrey (Dark At Dawn)
Mixing of 'Fields Of Salvation' at the Jailhouse Studios with producer-legend Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Pretty Maids, Hatesphere...)
Contract with REMEDY RECORDS
2004:
European release of 'Fields Of Salvation' by REMEDY RECORDS
A lot of clubgigs and festival shows (Rock Harz Open Air (w/ U.D.O., Clawfinger,...), Up From The Ground (w/ Malevolent Creation, Kataklysm,...)
2005:
Appearance on the RUNNING WILD tribute 'Revivalry' (REMEDY RECORDS) with 'Raise Your Fist'
US-release of 'Fields Of Salvation' by MAGICK RECORDS/ Cleopatra Label Group incl. a bonus-livetrack 'Reborn'
Europewide clubgigs and festival-shows (Bretthart Open Air (w/ Entombed, Samael,...), Zabbaduschder Open Air (w/ God Dethroned, Cataract,...)
2006:
Recordings of 'Death End Road' in the Krachgarten Studios with producer Gerret 'Rocker' Geilich and Co-engineer Simon Baltruschat
Mixing of 'Death End Road' again at the Jailhouse Studios with producer-legend Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Pretty Maids, Hatesphere...)
2007:
European release of 'Death End Road' by REMEDY RECORDS
Japan release of 'Death End Road' by SPIRITUAL BEAST RECORDS incl. 2 bonus-livetracks 'The Nightmare Within' and 'Aces High' (Iron Maiden)
Europewide clubgigs and festival-shows (Metalcamp (w/ Motörhead,...), Hard Rock Laager (w/ Soilwork,...))
2008:
Europewide clubgigs and festival-shows (Rock Harz Open Air (w/ Saxon,...), Stonehenge Festival (w/ Entombed,...))
2009:
Nationwide club- and festival-shows (Ragnarock Open Air (w/ Tankard,...), Metal Splash Open Air (w/ Dew-Scented,...))
Recording of 'Follow The Flames' @ different studios in Germany
Mixing & Mastering @ Unisound Studio, Sweden by Dan Swanö
2010:
Release of "FOLLOW THE FLAMES" on July the 7th.
Europewide clubgigs and festival-shows (Fest-Evil Open Air (w/ Debauchery,...), Bullet in your head festival(headlining)).
