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Hi Guys, I found MetalForum through Twitter and here I am. I'm 27, been playing guitar since 10, been into metal since 10/11 when I first discovered an old tape of Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Maiden. I live in the South West of England but no, I don't have a farmer accent ! I released my debut album last December. I formed what is now mainly a 1 man band in 2004. After experimenting with trying to make different line ups work I'm now working alone and collaborating with musicians around the world which is the best thing I ever did. You can get a load of that stuff here The Reckoning or here The Reckoning - YouTube I'm mainly a classic/old school metal fan; Megadeth, Metallica, Maiden, Priest.. but I was influenced also by bands like Opeth, Satyricon and their dissonant sounding arpeggiated chords etc - love it ! Look forward to chatting and meeting some cool people on here. Oh, and I like donuts.

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Hi' date=' I joined the forum 2 days ago as well and it looks like fun here I have to say :) Was on many forums years ago, but it always ended up in people disrespecting eachother, seems to me that all is under control here and that people enjoy "meeting" eachother ![/quote'] Good to meet you... sounds good ! ;)
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Chocolate iced doughnuts and METALLLLLLLL - winner hands down, unless there is beer involved obviously, now that's a whole different story, METALLLLLLL and beer........ggrrrrrrrrr \m/ :-) Listen up THE HAVOC - i dj at a metal/rock club in Bristol UK and was wondering if ya could throw me a disc to give a spin out and see the reaction!!!! Let me know dude, cheers \m/

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Yeah' date=' was looking into this too, so would also like to know ....[/quote'] OK guys here is how: At the top click: Forum Actions->General Settings->Automatic Thread Subscription Mode->Daily Using Email (Or which ever your prefer. I like Daily as instant can mean a lot of emails). If you get get stuck again feel free to PM me or post in the 'Improve Your Forum' section. :-)
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Chocolate iced doughnuts and METALLLLLLLL - winner hands down, unless there is beer involved obviously, now that's a whole different story, METALLLLLLL and beer........ggrrrrrrrrr \m/ Listen up THE HAVOC - i dj at a metal/rock club in Bristol UK and was wondering if ya could throw me a disc to give a spin out and see the reaction!!!! Let me know dude, cheers \m/
I was on the Krispy Kreme website the other night and maaan..... I'm with you on the beer too.. real ale if it's available ! Sure, either send me a pm through here if you can or if you go the band site in my signature, there's a contact bit. If you let me have an address I'll bung a disc in the post. It'll only be a CDR as it was a digital released album but I'm sure that's not a prob. Which club is it ? I'm about 35/40 miles from Bizzle
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OK guys here is how: At the top click: Forum Actions->General Settings->Automatic Thread Subscription Mode->Daily Using Email (Or which ever your prefer. I like Daily as instant can mean a lot of emails). If you get get stuck again feel free to PM me or post in the 'Improve Your Forum' section.
Thanks for the reply. I think that's what I did. If it doesn't work it's no massive deal, I'll just keep checking back. Cheers :)
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