Name: Tom PhillipsInstruments: Guitars, Keyboards, Voice
Current Bands: While Heaven Wept
Previous Bands: Polaris, Parasitic Infestation, GBK, Twisted Tower Dire, Solstice, Brave
Equipment Used: Onyx Forge Custom Electric Guitars, Diezel VH4, Diezel Einstein 50W Combo, Toneking Imperial 20W Combo,Toneking Meteor II 50W Combo, Splawn Custom 412 Cabinets, Gig Rig Custom Midi Pro-14 floor-based switching system, Toneczar Pedals (Echoczar), Effectrode Tube Pedals (Phaseomatic Deluxe, Tube-Vibe, VibraChorus), Diamond Pedals (Compressor, Memory Lane 2 both with custom finishes), Prophecy Sound Systems (Infinitphase hybrid of MK1/MK2), S.I.B. tube effects (Blue Analog Echodrives, Fatdrives, Varidrive), Analogman Modified Pedals (EHX Deluxe Memory Man), Red Witch Analog Pedals (Deluxe Moon Phaser), Geoffrey Teese Real McCoy Wahs (RMC3), Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal,Peterson Strobe Tuners, Lava Cable/Van Den Hul Integration Hybrid Lava Custom Cables, Korg Triton Extreme, Microkorg, Korg T1, Stompin Ground Custom Pedalboards and Cases, Pedaltrain pedalboards and cases, Tuki Covers, Roqsolid Covers, Dunlop Tortex Jazz Picks, D'Addario Strings
Influences: Rush, Candlemass, Bathory, Black Sabbath, Witchfinder General, Hell, Yngwie Malmsteen, Rainbow, Grobschnitt, Klaus Schulze, Kitaro, Vangelis, Trouble, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Holy Terror, Sacrifice, Fates Warning, Cirith Ungol, Voivod, Uli Jon Roth, Mercyful Fate, Arcturus, Devin Townsend, JS Bach, Beethoven, Desprez, Palestrina, Faure, Wagner, Gorecki, Part
Top 10 Albums: (in no particular order and subject to change)
Fates Warning - "Awaken The Guardian"
Slayer - "Hell Awaits"
Journey - "Departure"
Rush - "A Farewell To Kings"
Kitaro - "Tunhuang"
Marillion - " Misplaced Childhood"
Queensryche - "Rage For Order"
Arcturus - "La Masquerade Infernale"
Cirith Ungol - "King Of The Dead"
Black Sabbath - "Master Of Reality"
Name: Jim HunterInstrument: Bass
Current Bands: While Heaven Wept, Twisted Tower Dire
Previous Bands: Revelation, October 31, Blacklord, Electric Banana Band, Mothra
Guest Sessions: Lord Vicar
Equipment Used: Spector Euro 4-String Basses, Ampeg SVT-CL, Ampeg SVT-VR, Ampeg SVT810,Lava Cable/Van Den Hul Integration Hybrid Lava Custom Cables, Gig Rig Loopy-2's, Peterson Strobe Tuners, Stompin Ground Custom Pedalboards and Cases, Tuki Covers
Influences: Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Gene Simmons, Cliff Burton, Gary Thain, Geddy Lee, Flea, Roger Glover, Bob Daisley, Roger Patterson
Top 10 (Metal) Albums: (in no particular order)
While Heaven Wept - "Vast Oceans Lachrymose"
Fates Warning - "Awaken The Guardian"
Queensryche - "Rage for Order"
Black Sabbath - "Mob Rules"
Mercyful Fate - "Melissa"
Mercyful Fate - "Don't Break the Oath"
Mercyful Fate - "The Beginning"
Voivod - "Killing Technology"
Iron Maiden - "Killers"
Iron Maiden - "Number of the Beast"
Name: Trevor Schrotz
Instrument: Drumset
Current Bands: While Heaven Wept, Brave
Previous Bands: Fell On Within
Equipment Used: Pearl Drums and Hardware, All cymbal brands, Vic Firth Sticks
Influences: Sting/Police, Phil Collins, Allan Holdsworth, Cynic, Earthworks, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Husband, Chick Corea, Genesis, Dead Can Dance, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Tony Williams.
Top 10 Albums:
Earthworks - "A Part and Yet Apart"
Earthworks - "Sound of Surprise"
John Weber - "Simple Complex"
Cynic - "Focus"
Sting - "Ten Summoner's Tales"
Phil Collins - "No Jacket Required"
Chick Corea - "Eye of the Beholder"
Obituary - "Cause of Death"
King Crimson - "Discipline"
Genesis - "Invisible Touch"
Name: Scott LooseInstrument: Guitars
Current Bands: While Heaven Wept, Brave
Previous Bands: Human Theory, As The Sea Parts, Fell On Within
Equipment Used: Onyx Forge Custom Electric Guitars, Splawn Custom 412 Cabinets, Fender Fat Strat, Gibson SG Standard, Taylor Acoustics, Takamine Acoustics, Yamaha Classical Guitars, Marshall JCM 900 Dual Reverb Head, Marshall JCM 900 1960 Cab, Marshall Artist 4203 Combo, Gig Rig Custom Midi Pro-14 floor-based switching system, Analogman Handmade Effects Pedals (Comprossor, Chorus), Analogman Modified Pedals (Maxon OD-9, Maxon SD-9, EHX Deluxe Memory Man), Geoffrey Teese Real McCoy Wahs (Wizard Wah), Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal, Peterson Strobe Tuners, Lava Cable/Van Den Hul Integration Hybrid Lava Custom Cables, Stompin Ground Custom Pedalboards and Cases, Tuki Covers, Roqsolid Covers, Yamaha Motif, Yamaha MSP5A Monitors, Cakewalk Sonar, Motu mkii
Influences: Led Zeppelin, Anathema, Kitaro, Peter Gabriel, (old) Metallica, Fates Warning, Queensryche, Dream Theater, Bjork, Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd, Dead Can Dance, Bob Marley, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard
Top 10 Albums: (in no particular order)
Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
Dead Can Dance - "The Serpent's Egg"
Led Zeppelin - "IV"
Fates Warning - "No Exit"
Fates Warning - "Pleasant Shade of Grey"
While Heaven Wept - "Chapter 1"
Anathema - "Serenades"
Anathema - "Eternity"
Kitaro- "Tunhuang"
Name: Rain IrvingInstrument: Lead and Harmony Voices
Current Bands: While Heaven Wept
Previous Bands: Altura, Every Waking Hour, Nailed, Tattered Salvation,
Seventh Gate
Equipment Used: Equipment: Shure SM7s, Shure SM58s
Influences: Brad Delp, Ann Wilson, King Diamond, Warrel Dane (Sanctuary-era), John Arch, Ronnie James Dio
Top 10 Albums: (in no particular order)
Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Sara Mclachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Boston - Dont Look Back
Death - The Sound of Perserverance
Fates Warning - No Exit
King Diamond - Them
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Name: Michelle SchrotzInstrument: Keyboards, Harmony Voices
Current Bands: While Heaven Wept, Brave
Previously Recorded With: Fell on Within, Arise From Thorns, Circle of Nero, Power of Omens, David Gallegos, Division, Project Failing Flesh
Equipment Used: Yamaha Keyboards
Influences: Tori Amos, Fates Warning, Queensryche, Dream Theater, Sarah McLachlan, The Gathering, Pantera, Faith No More, Anathema, Dead Can Dance, Cynic, Depeche Mode
Top 10 Albums: (in no particular order)
Tori Amos - "Little Earthquakes"
Fates Warning - "Pleasant Shade of Gray"
Dream Theater - "Awake"
Cynic - "Traced in Air"
Sarah McLachlan - "Mirrorball"
Queensryche - "Rage for Order"
The Gathering - "Mandylion"
Anathema - "Judgement"
Tori Amos - "Boys for Pele"
The Gathering - "Home"