Welcome on my VF.
Introduction:
My VF is filled with information about me, bands and other music stuff (Although it's quite outdated).
I really hope it's not to boring and would be honoured
if someone would read the entire page. Enjoy...
If you have any questions, or want to get to know me more
feel free to contact me :) I will almost always reply ..
"You Will Know Me By The Scars I Bare" |
| x | x | x |
| Name: Alexander or Alex / A / Alexis / Alexi for short | x | Car: Fiat Barchetta roadster (yellow),
Renault Megane Convertible (blue) |
| Age: 26 years old | x | Eyes: Blue |
| Length: 185 cm, ~6.1 ft. | x | Hair: Long Curly Dirty Blond |
| Pierced: Tongue | x | Tattoos: "No More" (chest), Giger Guitar Biomechanical (arm) |
| Country: Holland | x | Place of Residence: Zaandam, town above Amsterdam |
| Siblings: brother (24) and sister (20) | x | Pets: A flemish giant, 2 bunnies, landturtle, 6 mice, 10 python regius, 3 rat snakes, a carpetpython and a couple of tropical fish |
| Study: I have a degree in building engineering and I am currently employed as such as well as an architectural designer and accountant | x | But degrees and jobs don't matter because I WILL become a ROCKSTAR |
| MUSIC! | x | Bands: Violent Demise, Abyss |
Description:
I think I am difficult to describe. I could say you just need to get to know me, but I can be a very difficult person to get to know.
At first I'm extremely shy and only slowly open up, but once I feel comfortable I love to talk and listen. But I will never start a conversation myself. I get told way too often that I am "too nice". Which I sometimes take as a compliment, although I guess it gets me hurt a lot :S too much :( (and yeah, I could be a great emo :P)"
I consider myself smart and I like intelligent conversations, I am naive, jealous as hell and very loving at the same time.
I don't need a lot of sleep and I can never sleep late even if I want to :S (which does annoy me :S) I spend way too much time on-line.
As you will read on the rest of my VF; I love music, I have been playing guitar for 10 years now and also try to play a lot of other stuff (piano/keys, recorder, violin, ba?lama, bass, drums, percussion etc.) as well as attempting vocals, grunts, screams. |
Likes and Dislikes:
| Likes | x | Dislikes |
| x | x | x |
| Kisses, Embracing, Sex/Making Love, Romance, Vampires, Blood | x | Brushing my hair, it takes about 15 minutes every morning. |
| my Guitars and other Instruments, my Band, Writing lyrics and music, Guitar solo's, Music: Black Metal, Symphonic Metal, Neo Classical and the so called "Gothic-Metal". | x | Breaking up, Breezahs, Gangsta-Rap, Cheating, Losing at games, |
| my Pets/Animals, Drawing, Architecture, Luis Royo, Watching movies and I like to read; mostly the novels of Anne Rice. | x | |
| Drinks: Coebergh, Vodka, Amaretto, Malibu, Safari, Cocktails, Canei, Fanta, Blood :P | x | Beer, Champignons, Piccles, cold cheese; no cheese on bread or whatever I only eat it warm on pasta, tosti or cheeseburgers etc. |
| Food: Pizza, Spaghetti, Pancakes, Shoarma, Salmon. | x | |
Instruments:
| Guitars | x | Other Instruments |
| x | x | x |
| A white SCHECTER HELLRAISER C-1 FR with active EMG's that can be split into single coils, and a original Floyd Rose | x | A Roland Ep-7 electric piano. |
| A metallic CORT EVL-K6 with active EMG 81/85 pick-ups | x | A metallic CORT EVL-Z4B Bass from the same serie as my other CORT guitar. |
| A black BC RICH NJ Serie JR-V with a Floyd Rose Speedloader with Arch Enemy signatures | x | A Paganini Violin |
| A black IBANEZ RG 270 DX with Cradle of Filth signatures. Unfortunately, some have faded away due to playing :'( ...Only Dani, Paul, James and Sarah's signatures are still intact :'( | x | A Fame DD506 Electric Drumkit with Twin Pedal |
| A white SCHECTER C-7 FR seven string with active Duncan Designed pick-ups. | x | A traditional handmade Turkish Ba?lama (Saz) |
| A black EPIPHONE Special II Les Paul with Opeth Signatures. I've changed all the standard chrome hardware for black. | x | An Egyptian Djembe, some Maracas from Cuba, Tin Whistles, etc. |
| I have a white CUSTOM Telecaster (20 years old) with Nightwish signatures. I've changed all the standard chrome hardware for gold. | x | |
| A black WASHBURN CS-780 the same model used by Emppu on the first 4 Nightwish albums | x | |
| A see through black ESP LTD EC-1000FR Les Paul with active EMG's and a Floyd Rose | x | |
| A blue PHOENIX western guitar which I made Semi-Acoustic. | x | |
| A red DRAGONFLY classical guitar. | x | |
| I build my own custom strat :) | x | |
Music:
Music is my passion and I would like it very much to
tour with my band and earn a living with it. Seeing the
world and playing my music for sold out crowds and
seeing the crowd go wild and singing along with the lyrics
or playing air guitar at one of the solo's in the songs
or hearing bands playing covers of my songs.
That would be such an honor.
Violent Demise:
The band's line up:
- Detlef (Necrothroat of death)
- Hans (Palm mute terror)
- Alexander (Insane fretwizard)
- Steven (Berserker Wardrums)
- Vincent (Agonizing subs)
In February 2007 Jesper, the drummer of my then band Sanctuary (Symphonic-Metal),
asked me to join a new band which he started with some mates from his study.
I was asked to play lead-guitar and do backing-vocals in the pure fuckin' metalband
which later was named Violent Demise.
We released two albums. Our EP "A New Dawn of Violence" and our Full-length "There's No Kill Like OverKill"
Check them out!
They can be ordered through our site VIOLENT DEMISE.COM as well as a lot of other awesome merchandise.
To see what we're all about check our music video's for our songs: Infected, Angels, Hate Nation and Lies:
Or go to our myspace: Violent Demise Music
Abyss
This is about my own project. I had quite a lot of
riffs/ideas for bands and side-projects over the years,
and some weren't suitable for the bands I was in at the time.
So I thought it might be nice to write my own songs
and try to master all the instruments and the mixing and whatnot.
You can find some of those songs, videos and recordings on my myspace
Insane Fretwizard
or on my YouTube account
Mort Fichue
Stage Moves
Running around while playing (Wireless).
Playing solo's with the guitar positioned in my neck (see pictures).
Crazy Faces.
Ventilator blowing my hair :P
Triple solo's with Hans and Daan :D
and off course; Headbanging :D
My Favourite Guitar Players (Idols) are:
Yngwie Malmsteen, Lori Linstruth,
Herman Li, Luca Turilli, Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen,
John Petrucci, Chris Broderick, Mikael �kerfeldt,
Jeff Loomis, Michael Angelo Batio,
Mark Jansen, Michael Romeo
Violent Demise
Sanctuary
5ive
After Forever
The Agonist
Amon Amarth
Apocalyptica
Aqua
Arch Enemy
Austrian Death Machine
Ayria
Beseech |
Children of Bodom
Chthonic
Cradle of Filth
Deathstars
Delain
DevilDriver
Dimmu Borgir
Dragonforce
Dream Theater |
Eluveitie
Epica
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Evanescence
Firewind
Five Finger Death Punch
The Gathering
Goth�rfall
Haggard
HIM
In This Moment
Intwine
Irfan
Iron Maiden
Jeff Loomis (solo) |
K-Otic
Kalmah
Kamelot
Killswitch Engage
Lacuna Coil
Lasgo
Leave's Eyes
Lori Linstruth
Luca Turilli
Malice Mizer
Marco Borsato
Marilyn Manson
Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Jackson
Moonspell
Muse |
Nevermore
Nickelback
Nightwish
Nirvana
Old Man's Child
Opeth
Otep
Placebo
Rammstein
Rhapsody |
Serenity
Sinergy
Sirenia
Sonata Arctica
Stormlord
Stream of Passion
Suicide Commando
Symphony X
t.A.T.u
Tristania
Trivium |
Unearth
Unsun
Within Temptation
Wuthering Heights
X-Japan
Yngwie Malmsteen |
Concerts I will be giving:
- July 20th - 't Makerijtje - Zaandam
- Currently working on solo album "Mourna-Destin"
- Currently working on the new Violent Demise album
- Currently promoting the new Violent Demise album "There's No Kill Like OverKill"
- Currently looking for a record company for Violent Demise
Concerts I've been to:
69 Chambers
A New Dawn
Abigail Williams
After Forever **
Alestorm
All Lies End
All That Remains
Amon Amarth **
Anouk
Anthrax
Anvil
Arch Enemy ****
Atrocity
August Burns Red
Avenged Sevenfold
Baxteen ***
Black Label Society **
Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne
Black Stone Cherry
Blind Guardian
Bullet for my Valentine **
Cavalera Conspiracy
Children of Bodom **
CKY
Corrosion of Conformity
Corvus Corax
Cradle of Filth
Dagoba
Delain **
Destruction
Devildriver **
Di-Rect **
Dimmu Borgir **
Disturbed
DJ Paul Elstak
Dragonforce ***
Dream Theater
Dune (BR> Eluveitie
Emmure
Epica *****
Europe
Ex Libris
Firewind ***
Gerard Joling
Godsmack
GrailKnights
Guns 'N Roses
Guus Meeuwis
Haggard
Heaven & Hell, DIO!!
Heidevolk
HIM
HuH
Intwine *****
Jon Oliva's Pain
Journey
JURK
Kamelot
Killswitch Engage
Kreator
KMFDM
KoRn **
Krypteria
Laboratory Sickness
Lacuna Coil **
Leaves' Eyes
Lee Towers
Legion of the Damned
Limp Bizket
Lordi
Machine Head
Marco Borsato
Marilyn Manson **
Mastodon **
Mayan
Megadeth
Mental Theo & Charly Lownoise
Mercenary
Ministry
Moonsorrow
Moonspell
Morning
MorningWood
Motörhead
Muse **
Nevermore
Nightwish **
Novact **
Omnia ****
Opeth **
Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath
Pain
Pane **
Papa Roach
Parkway Drive
Peter Pan Speedrock
Placebo
Powervice
Primal Fear
Rapalje *****
Reason to Kill
ReVamp
Rob Zombie
Sabaton ***
Samael
Sacred Reich
Scissor Sisters
Scorpions
Serenity
Sirenia
Slash
Slayer
Slipknot **
Sonata Arctica ***
Steve Vai
Stream of Passion ****
Suicide Silence
Symphony X
Textures
The Australian Nirvana
The Gathering
The Script(don't ask)
Tristania
Trivium
Twisted Sister
Unearth
Venga Boys
Visions of Atlantis **
Volbeat
Whitesnake
Wolf Mother
Wolter Kroes
Zwammstein ****
(Lowlands 2006)
(Graspop 2009)
(Metal Female Voice Fest 2010)
(Graspop 2011)
(Graspop 2012)
(We Love the 90's 2012)
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