I remember sneaking in and listening to the album, then putting it back like it’d never been opened.

“My mum hated it all! I ordered Reign In Blood and got it for Christmas 1986 on import. 'I’ve not had a proper job, it’s always been bands and now I’m 48 – that’s a lengthy spell of unemployment.' Dani Filth Plus, if you’re into literature like I am, you’re basically fucked!” All that in conjunction with living somewhere with a very dark history, it couldn’t help but rub off. I got into thrash quickly because a friend gave me a mixtape with Plasmatics, W.A.S.P., Piledriver, Razor and Slayer. “I got into 80s heavy metal that was in unison with that feel. Couple that with getting into monster movies… I got the bug when I saw John Landis being interviewed for a Thriller documentary, which included clips of An American Werewolf In London, which blew me away.” I used to rent a house that was built in 1685 and Matthew Hopkins stayed there. “Absolutely! Lavenham is just up the road, the site of the witch burnings that were in the Vincent Price movie Witchfinder General. Did that facilitate your interest in the darker sides of life? You’ve written about Suffolk’s witch lore. But my dad got a job at British Telecom and we moved to various villages around Suffolk – Trimley, Woodbridge, Hadleigh and eventually Ipswich.” My grandpa ran the town hall and was the caretaker, so they had this massive apartment there.

“My mum was still in school – she had me when she was 16.

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