Favorite bands :
Pain of Salvation, Ne Obliviscaris, Nile, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Immolation, Cannibal Corpse, Quo Vadis, Psycroptic, Opeth, Iced Earth, Vintersorg, Arcturus, Woods of Ypres, Emperor, Windir, Falkenbach, Wintersun, Unexpect, Testament, Riverside, Nevermore, Megadeth, Morbid Angel, Meshuggah, Edge of Sanity, Finntroll, Death, Dark Tranquillity, Cynic, Atheist, Carcass, Bathory, Borknagar, Agalloch, Ayreon, etc.
Favorite guitarists :
Johan Hallgren, Alex Skolnick, Dan Swano, Mikael Akerfeldt, Chuck Schuldiner, James Murphy, Pat O'Brien, Jack Owen, John Petrucci, Michael Romeo, Jeff Loomis, Chris Broderick, Antoine Dufour, Joe Pass, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Mustaine, Fredrik Thordendal, Paul Masvidal, Bart Frydrychowicz, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Jari Maenpaa, Timo Tolkki, etc.
Favorite bassists :
Steve Digiorgio, Roger Patterson, Tony Choy, John Myung, Michael LePond, Kris Gildenlow, Martin Mendez, Eric Langlois, Steve Harris, Alex Webster, Sean Malone, Cygnus
Favorite books :
Day of the Triffids
Favorite tv :
South Park
Favorite movies :
Gattaca, Ace Ventura, Matrix, etc. Too many to name.
I love my metal and I play the piano, guitar and drums. I'm in a prog metal band called Ophion and am studying jazz seperately in order to ultimately combine the two genres more effectively than has ever been done (ala Cynic/Atheist). At any rate, the alley of jazz/metal has not been explored to its fullest extent, and that is my goal. I'm hugely a tab reader for the guitar, so I am learning more theory and application of said theory. I can fluently and comfortably transition from many advanced guitar skills and am quite confident in my ability to sweep and economy pick, etc. Things I am working on now include refining my economy picking down the neck (from low string to high) and string skipping.
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