Name:
Nis R. Larsen

Age:
26

Bands besides Usipian:
Strychnos

Former bands:
Gothic Domain, Phantom, Mundilsfari, Skjold [live-session]

Equipment:
Premier [2 x 22" bd, 10" tt, 12" tt, 13" tt, 14" tt, 16" tt, 12" sn].
Sabian, Paiste and Meinl cymbals.
Alesis D4 drum-module and d-drum triggers.
Axis Pedals

Job/Work/Profession:
History-student at the university of Copenhagen

Hobbies:
Usipian, Strychnos, drumming, oldschool death-, thrash and black-metal, vinyl, studying, reading, movies, weightlifting, comrades.

Musical inspirations:
Dave Lombardo, Stephane Provencher, Sean Reinert, Brandon Thomas, Alex Marquez, Dave Culross, Witchhunter, and many more....

Favorite albums [absolutely in no particular order]:
Slayer - "Reign in Blood" ('86), Sadus - "Illusions" ('88), Gorguts - "The Erosion of Sanity" ('93), Morbid Angel – "Alters of Madness" ('89) + "Blessed Are the Sick" ('91) + "Covenant" ('93) + "Domination" ('95), Sodom – "Persecution Mania" ('87), Possessed - "Seven Churches" ('85), Incubus - "Beyond the Unknown" ('90), Merciless – "The Awakening" ('89), Artillery - "By Inheritance" ('90), Exodus - "Bonded By Blood" ('85), Obituary – "Slowly We Rot" ('89), Sepultura – "Beneath the Remains" ('89), Death - "Human" ('91), Ripping Corpse – "Dreaming With the Dead" ('91), Bathory - "The Return" ('85), Dark Angel - "Darkness Descends" ('86), Kreator – "Terrible Certainty" ('87), Malevolent Creation – "The Ten Commandments" ('91), Darkthrone – "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" ('91), Deicide – "Legion" ('92), Monstrosity – "Imperial Doom" ('92), Angelcorpse – "Exterminate" ('98), Celtic Frost - "Emperors Return" ('85), Burzum – "Burzum" ('91), Massacra – "Signs of the Decline" ('92), Autopsy - "Mental Funeral" ('91), Iniquity - "Serenadium" ('96), Macabre – "Sinister Slaughter" ('93), Hypnosia - "Extreme Hatred" ('00), Metallica – "Master of Puppets" ('86), Heathen - "Victims of Deception" ('91) …

Favorite movies:
Triumph des Willens
Seven Samurai
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Stalingrad
Salute of the Jugger
Fight Club
Det Forsømte Forår
Tremors

Current playlist:
Iniquity - "Serenadium"
Iniquity - "Promotracks 1993"

Latest records bought:
D.R.I. - "Dirty Rotten" (2nd press LP)
Exumer - "Rising From the Sea" (1st press LP)
Celtic Frost - "To Mega Therion" (1st press LP)
Anathema - "Serenades" (1st press LP)

All time favourite bands:
Too many to mention. Look at "Favourite albums" + bands such as Living Death, Assassin, Sadistic Intent, Damonacy, Voivod, Cynic (demo days), Immolation, Deströyer 666, Agressor, Vio-lence, Recipients of Death.