Fields of the Nephilim, Moonspell, Type O Negative, Johnny Cash, Depeche Mode, Clan of Xymox, Dead Can Dance, Christian Death, Joy Division, Swans, Nosferatu, Two Witches, 45 Grave, Switchblade Symphony, Ausgang, Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Morrisey, The Smiths, Attrition, Horrorpops, Hocico, Amduscia, Project Pitchfork, Covenant, Clinical Torment, Die Form, CombiChrist, Icon of Coil, Panzer AG, DJ Scandy, Dawn of Ashes, Psyclon Nine, Velvet Acid Christ, Empusa, Black Swan Insurgency, Haujobb, Dioxyde, Suicide Commando, Tactical Sekt, KMFDM, Die Sektor, Distorted Memory, Bile, Skinny Puppy, VNV Nation, And One, Decoded Feedback, Blutengel, God Module, Angels & Agony, Grendel, Pzychobitch, Angelspit, Razed In Black, Danzig, Marilyn Manson, Dark Tranquillity, David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Ryan Adams (NOT Bryan Adams - HUGE difference and NO relation!), Whiskeytown, Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Tiamat, L'ame Immortelle, The Gathering, Tristania, Lacuna Coil, Mortal Love, Beseech, Katatonia, Anathema, Poisonblack, Lacrimas Profundere, The 69 Eyes, Luminaria, Novembers Doom, Shape of Despair, Swallow the Sun, Daylight Dies, Draconian, Evoken, Pantheist, Morgion, Forest of Shadows, Ningizzia, Comatose Vigil, Remembrance, Ablaze in Hatred, Souldrainer, Autumnia, The Elysian Fields, The Ethereal, Fall of Empyrean, Galadriel, Garden of Shadows, Goatlord, Loss, Mournful Congregation, Paramaecium, Skepticism, TALES OF DARK, Thergothon, Deathstars, Nile, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Agalloch, Forest Stream, Abyssic Hate, Ancient Wisdom, Xasthur, Emperor, Judas Iscariot, Burzum, Darkthrone, Satyricon, Bleeding Through, Thrice, Modern Life Is War.... if you must know more, please ask. I have over 1,200 cd's, so it's impossible for me to list every band.
The Shawshank Redemption, Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, The Prestige, First Snow, The Butterfly Effect, The Machinist, 25th Hour, The Proposition, Aeon Flux, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Batman Begins, Big Fish, Open Range, Tombstone, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pulp Fiction, The Counte of Monte Cristo, A Simple Plan, Narc, Blow, pretty much any Christian Bale or Johnny Depp movie, 25th Hour, More to come.....
Burn Notice, That 70's Show, Two and a Half Men, The Wire, Oz, Six Feet Under, The Shield, The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Family Guy, Home Improvement, UFC, Becker, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Drew Carey Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Kids in the Hall, South Park, Deadwood, pretty much anything that comes on the Discovery Channel and the History Channel.
Books
Bram Stoker's Dracula; Raymond T. McNally & Radu Florescu - In Search of Dracula; all of Konstantinos' works; John Saul - The Right Hand of Evil; J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings (trilogy); J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit; John Saul - Black Creek Crossing; Stephen King - The Shining; Stephen King - The Stand; John Saul - Suffer The Children; Stephen King/Peter Straub - The Talisman; Stephen King/Peter Straub - Black House; John Saul - Midnight Voices.
Heroes
My parents; Edgar Allan Poe; William Shakespeare; John Milton; Elizabeth Bathory; Vlad the Impaler; Joseph Vargo for his amazing artwork; Simon Marsden for his amazing photography.
About me: My name is Brian - writer/poet/musician. I am currently working on my Masters in English Lit. I will be teaching the works of William Shakespeare on the collegiate level sometime in the near future if my writing doesn't break first. I've written all the music and lyrics for an industrial band, which I have dubbed "Daylight Enslavement." If you wish to know the meaning, don't hesitate to ask. I am very involved in the goth/industrial scenes in Cincinnati and in Louisville. I am extremely fascinated by all things Victorian. I will be remembered for great and many things.
