Members

Member 1 Name: George H. VanDoorn
DOB: 13/12/1976
Position: Vocals and Bass (although Scott played the bass on ‘Futile’)
Aliases: Haborym
Member since: 1992 [founding member]
Discography:
Midgard [demo 94]
Narcissitic Fugue - Messiah [single (03)]
Vahrzaw - Shadows of the Forest (demo 94)
                - Namiros [single for a compilation CD that folded (95)]
                - Black Resplendent Waters [demo (96)]
                - Futile [E.P. (06)]
                - Hubris [Split MCD (06)]
Current Side Projects:
Black Hearse Ghouls – Goth / rock project with Morbius Warseth
Previous Bands:
Narcissitic Fugue
Sophisticated Swing
The Steven Forster Trio
Gear:
Ibanez ‘Series 400’ Bass guitar, Pro Bass 75 Watt amp, whatever strings and microphones are available, Jim Dunlop 0.67 mm nylon picks: Orange
Personal:
Started out as the vocalist for Necromancy (see Scott’s section) and after about a year of unsuccessfully looking for a bass player, I decided to fill this role. Released a couple of demos with Vahrzaw and had serious talks with ‘Dark Ocean’s Productions’ about releasing an album through them. Talks fell through, the band broke up. Did some minor projects with Ben…nothing of substance. Vahrzaw reformed and here we are.
   
Member 3 Name: Scott Williams
DOB: 17/03/1977
Position: All guitars
Aliases: Rakshasas
Member since: 1992 [founding member]
Discography:
Midgard [demo 94],
Vahrzaw - Shadows of the Forest (demo 94)
                 - Namiros [single for a compilation CD that folded (95)]
                 - Black Resplendent Waters [demo (96)]
                - Futile [E.P. (06)]
                - Hubris [Split MCD (06)]
Current Side Projects:
EMBER- solo project, drum programmed black metal
ELEGEION (lead guitar)
Previous Bands:
Lost (bass)
Army Corpse (bass)
Porn Orchard (guitar and vocals)
Snotbox
Gear:
Jackson 'Randy Rhoads" Flying V, Taylor 'Big Baby' Acoustic, BOSS
Metalzone MT-2, BOSS Compression/Sustainer CS-3, BOSS ME-6 Guitar effects, PSK Graphic Equalizer GEQ-5, Jimi Hendrix Wah Wah, Hotline Patch Leads, Leem Microphone, DiAddario Strings and Jim Dunlop Medium Tortex picks: Green
Personal:
Picked up the guitar in late 91 after seeing Vernon Reid of Living Colour playing on a video, Got an acoustic for xmas that year, got lessons, got a $300 electric Ibanez copy, got asked to form a band with George, Steven Forster and Scott Rowland in 1992. We settled on the name Necromancy. Learnt Music Business and Jazz Theory for 2 1/2 years. Played a few gigs with Vahrzaw in that time (now with Ben on drums), Vahrzaw disbanded in 97-98. Played in heaps of druggo bands with heaps of druggo fuckwit people... (waste of time and breath). Was asked to play bass for Army Corpse, did it for 3 years. Moved to Melbourne in 2003. Vahrzaw reformed in 2005, recorded debut E.P, and here i am in 2006.
   
Member 2 Name: Ben van Poppel
DOB: 20/03/1980
Position: Drums
Aliases: Surtr
Member since: 1994
Discography:
Midgard [demo 94],
Vahrzaw - Shadows of the Forest (demo 94)
                 - Namiros [single for a compilation CD that folded (95)]
                 - Black Resplendent Waters [demo (96)]
                 - Futile [E.P. (06)]
                 - Hubris [Split MCD (06)]
Previous Bands:
Narcissistic Fugue
Gear:
Mainly Premier shells and stand hardware and Sabian/Paiste Cymbals.
Personal:
Learned music from an early age, starting with the violin and progressing to percussion as well as numerous other instruments and styles. Joined Vahrzaw in June 1994, aged 14 and has appeared in all subsequent Vahrzaw recordings. Nowadays his musical interests are broad-ranging but chiefly consist of Metal, Jazz/Fusion and Early Music. In his own words: "My life consists of side-projects. Front-projects are a fucking waste of time and are easy to trip over."