Current Top 5 Spins
1. Orange Goblin – Eulogy for the Damned
2. Mastodon – The Hunter
3. Thin Lizzy – Bad Reputation
4. Electric Wizard – Black Masses
5. Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
Classic Pick
Maiden all the way, baby!
Recommended Reading
His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman
Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes
A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking
The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
Beyond Good and Evil – Nietzsche
The Lucifer Effect – Philip Zimbardo…the list goes on…
Recommended Viewing
Ghost in the Shell; Requiem for a Dream; Clockwork Orange; Nil By Mouth; This Is England; Tarantino; Tim Burton; Spinal Tap; Gladiator; Anime and Manga; classic Hammer Horror and sci-fi stuff; Star Trek…
Extended Profile
Metal Rules Nickname: Rhiannon Maiden
Real Name: Rhiannon Marley
E-mail address: pierrot_lunaire_@hotmail.com
Present location: London
Non-MR Job: Guitar teacher, English lit University student, Karate Instructor
Length of Time with MR: 1 year, 2 months
Best thing about working for MR: All the bands and their gigs!
Worst thing about working for MR: The fact that I’m always late and have to rush like a bitch to make the interviews on time…
Band or other music experience: I have a BTEC National Diploma in Music and teach guitar as one of my jobs. I also play guitar in a London-based jazz-blues band :)
Favorite bands/artists: Iron Maiden; Tool; Clutch; Black Label Society; Alice in Chains; Black Sabbath; Dio; Orange Goblin; Mastodon; Opeth; Karma to Burn; The Mars Volta; Metallica; Soundgarden; Pearl Jam; Pink Floyd; Deftones; Motorhead; Rainbow; Deep Purple; you get the idea…
Favorite album cover: Deep Purple – The House of Blue Light
Top 10 favorite albums Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Tool – Lateralus
Pearl Jam – Ten
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Free – The Free Story
Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
Deep Purple – Very Best of Made in Japan
Orange Goblin – Thieving From the House of God
Kyuss – Welcome to Sky Valley
Hobbies: Guitar; reading; martial arts; gym; writing; learning magic tricks; card games; rooting out underground movies; checking out the occult; Metal Gear Solid; raping Amazon and being rendered penurious as a result.
Person you'd most like to meet:
Alive: Richard Dawkins, Alex Grey or Derren Brown
Deceased: Anne Boleyn, William Blake, Cleopatra or Jesus Christ (in whatever form he may or may not have manifested himself…)
