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Guitarist Daemon Blak of metal band "DARK BLU"
Daemon Blak started playing guitar at age 15. His initial influence was blues, until he became influenced by Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Metallica and started playing heavy metal. After playing in "THE WARNING" and a couple of other bands, Daemon retired from music in 1993 to attempt to live a "normal life". That didn't exactly work out as planned because creative types (musicians, artists, writers) cannot be described as normal. After a divorce in 2000 and eventually the death of his father in December 2006, Daemon determined it was time to come back to his first love- MUSIC.

In January of 2007, Daemon decided to make his comeback. He wrote 25 original songs and recorded them in his home studio. In April 2008, Daemon created metal band "HAMMER OF FATE" with a local drummer. From 2008 to 2009, "HAMMER OF FATE" went through numerous lineup changes. the lineup changes did not create a stable lineup that worked, so "HAMMER OF FATE" was disbanded in November, 2009. In December, 2009 Daemon started over, creating a metal band project called "DARK BLU". From December 2009 to November 2011, Daemon recorded 34 original songs with lyrics. Daemon hired two studio session singers to record the vocals to three out of four songs for his self produced EP under the name of his project (DARK BLU), titled "LOST IN THE STORM. Daemon released the EP in the Android Market on 12/13/2012. The EP goes live for sale in iTunes worldwide, Myspace Music, and Amazon MP3 on 1/1/2012.

EQUIPMENT:

Amplifiers: Daemon used Marshall Tube amps in the 80's but due to blown tubes and difficulty replacing them at the time, he switched to transistorized amplifers for the sake of reliability. Daemon has never blown a transistorized amplifier and likes them because they perform consistently in all types of seasonal weather. Over the years, he's particularly liked Crate Combos but switched to an Ibanez TB100H amp head combined with a Marshall 4X12 S Speaker Cabinet with 30 watt Celestian Speakers in 2009. In 2010, Daemon switched to an Ibanez TBX150H 150Watt amp head to go with the Marshall 4X12 S cabinet. This comprises both his live and recording rig.

Effects/Pedalboard: In 2009, Daemon utilized a Behringer PB400 Pedalboard and in his effects chain, he had a Boss NS2 Noise Suppressor, Deltalab Metal Distortion Pedal, DOD Icebox 64 Chorus, Behringer DD400 Digital Delay and Behringer Hellbabe Wah Wah pedal. In 2010, Daemon switched to the Coffin Case Black Cross Pedalboard and switched out the DeltaLab distortion and Boss NS2 for an MXR Fullbore Distortion pedal with integrated Noisegate, Switched to the Crybaby Original Wah, and added an Elecrovoice LPB1 Linear power booster for the guitar solos and a Digitech Harmonyman Harmonizer pedal to play dual leads live without a second guitarist. At this time, Daemon utilizes Monster cables and an iSpot 9V Pedalboard power supply.

GUITARS Daemon has been building guitars for himself since the 1980s' (Not as a Luthier. He doesn't have facilities or equipment to cut bodies and necks but rather acquires bodies and necks and the electronic hardware to assemble guitars for himself, to his specs). Usually Daemon builds or rebuilds some sort of customized Super Strat from parts. Currently, Daemon's main guitar is not one he built- A BC Rich Gunslinger Retro. His two backup guitars are a rebuilt customized Fender Strat and a rebuilt custom Fender Stagemaster (neck through body).