Darkwinter

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Gender Male
Industry Student
Occupation Venerable Beard
Location Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Introduction Darkwinter was born from the diseased mind of a philosophy student in the later moons of 2004. Since which, he has attained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Politics, a Master's degree in Philosophy, had a short story published (Click), and continued both his education and his interest in writing. He also maintains a music review blog and a sceptical blog. He considers himself to have been a practicing sceptic since early 2007, and fully intends to be active in this role.
Interests Philosophy, scepticism, etymology, politics, mythology, history, ecology.
Favorite Music After Forever, Agalloch, Angra, Angtoria, The Arrogant Worms, Audioslave, Babylon Zoo, Battlelore, Blind Guardian, Bruce Dickinson, Candlemass, Cathedral, Celtic Frost, Chris Cornell, Circulus, The Clan Destined, Clutch, Coldseed, Collide, Crash Test Dummies, The Cure, Dark Moor, Dead Can Dance, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Dimmu Borgir, Disturbed, The Donnas, Doro, Draconian, DragonForce, Dream Evil, The Dresden Dolls, Eagles of Death Metal, Fields of the Nephilim, Folque, Foo Fighters, Gary Moore, Hammerfall, Hans Zimmer, Iced Earth, In Flames, Incubus, Indigenous, Inkubus Sukkubus, Iron Fire, Iron Maiden, Jack off Jill, Jeff Wayne, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Keep of Kalessin, Kiss, Korpiklaani, Led Zeppelin, Lindisfarne, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mael Mordha, Manowar, Mastodon, Metallica, Moby, Moonspell, Mostly Autumn, Muse, My Dying Bride, Naglfar, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Novembre, Octavia Sperati, Opeth, Paradise Lost, Pink Floyd, Place of Skulls, Placebo, Porcupine Tree, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, Rainbow, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rhapsody, Roger Taylor, Runrig, Sabbat, Sack Trick, Samson, Satyricon, Savatage, Scarling., The Sisters of Mercy, Skyclad, Soundgarden, Steeleye Span, Stereophonics, Summoning, Tenacious D, Theory of a Deadman, Therion, Thin Lizzy, Turisas, Tyr, The Vision Bleak, Voivod, Voltaire, Watain, Weird Al Yankovic, Whitesnake, The Who, Within Temptation, Wolverine, Yes, Yngwie Malmsteen
Favorite Books Philosophical Investigations, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Gates of Fire, Tim Severin's "Viking" trilogy, Conn Iggulden's "Emperor" series, the works of Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.