EMPYREAN SKY

John Welborn
vocals & guitar

Doug McAllister
lead guitar

Rich Dunkel
rhythm guitar


Name: John Welborn - Lyrical Mayhem and Guitar Villainy

Instantiated: 1974 (Cancer)

Weapon of Choice: BC Rich USA Custom Mockingbird

Ammunition: Line 6 Vetta HD through 5150 4x12

Inspiration: John Milton, Charles Baudelaire, Sigmund Freud, Jorge Luis Borges, Original Movies, originality

Loathes: Mankind, Greed

Albums that CHANGED my life:

  • S.O.D. - Speak English or Die
  • Flotsam and Jetsam - When the Storm Comes Down
  • Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
  • Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
  • Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption
  • Danzig - II - Lucifuge
  • Sabbat - Dreamweaver
  • Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
  • Cynic - Focus
  • Believer - Dimensions

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Doug McAllister - Guitar Hero

Generated: 1978 (Saggitarius)

Axes slung: Schecter A-7, B.C. Rich "Bitch", Line 6 Vetta HD

Influences: (Albums)

  • Testament - The Legacy, The New Order
  • Cynic - Focus
  • Martyr - Warp Zone
  • Suffocation - Pierced From Within
  • Megadeth - Rust in Peace
  • In Flames - Whoracle
  • Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
  • Slayer - Reign in Blood
  • Death - Symbolic
  • Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
  • Forbidden - Forbidden Evil, Twisted Into Form

Influences: (Guitarists)

  • Alex Skolnick
  • Chuck Schuldiner
  • Daniel Mongraine
  • Marty Friedman
  • Alexi Laiho
  • Paul Masvidal
  • Jason Becker
  • Jeff Waters

How My Time is Spent: Natalia, Music, School and Movies.

Dislikes: Arrogance, liars, assholes, Illinois weather.

Food: Italian, Mexican.

Movies: Bravehart, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Matrix, Darkness Falls, Minority Report, Old School, Scary Movie 2.

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Name: Rich Dunkel (Asmodeus) - Guitar Madman

Spawned: 1975 (Aries)

Tools of the Apocalypse:

  • 7-String BC Rich Warlock
  • Line 6 Vetta HD
  • Jackson 4x12 Straight Cab

What warped my mind: (Albums)

  • Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman, Ultimate Sin
  • Crowbar - Self Titled
  • Deicide - Self Titled
  • Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick
  • Motorhead - March or Die
  • Amorphis - Elegy
  • Carcass - Swansong
  • Exodus - Impact Is Imminent
  • Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption
  • Grave - Soulless

Life outside of band: Computer Gamer, Programming, graphic arts, fire!

Favorite shows: American Chopper, South Park, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, The Three Stooges, Twilight Zone, Dead Like Me

Likes:Sushi, old war movies and horror novels, hard sci-fi, military history

Dislikes: Other peoples Kids, preachers, pedants, slave mentalities, pop-up ads

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