Name:  Angel  Bollier' (aka Metal Angel)
Location:  Houston, Texas
Date Of Birth:  December 8, 1801
Contact Info:  *webmistress at metalcoven dot com*
Position:  Owner, Creator, Web and Layout Designer, Reviewer, Content Editor.

About Angel:  My name is Angel, and I was born unto Metal (hence how I became Metal Angel).  Well, perhaps not literally, but I was influenced at an early age. In fact, at the age of seven, I can remember hanging out with my older, male cousins while they were jamming out to Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead and such. Out of 17 cousins, three of them lived next door to us for years, and were about 10 - 15 years older than me. Being one out of the only three females of the clan of 17, I guess they thought that was cool, because they let me stick around. These three guys turned me on to so many bands, so many cool and new sounds, that I found myself craving to hear more. As the years went by, I could hardly wait to get home from school on days when I knew they would be visiting a few of the local record stores, to see what albums they would have waiting. These were great times in my life, and if I could go back and re-live any part of them, I would without hesitation return to those times.

When I was in high school, I began getting into my own bands. By this time I was checking out more or less the hair bands of the 80's, as well as other types of Heavy Metal. I loved this era, and I had a very hard time giving it up in later years and moving on (not that I actually have). I never really had many close friends to share this desire with at the time. Most of them could care less for this type of music. They would claim that it was rude, nasty, and just too damned loud. *evil grin* I had many chances to go to concerts in my teen years, but the music most of my friends were listening to disgusted me to no end, and they wanted no part in seeing bands that I wanted to see either. So needless to say, there was not very many shows that I got a chance to see back then. My bedroom was a living nightmare of wall to wall posters, vinyl album jackets, chain belts, bandanas and such running up to and including most of my ceiling (that I could reach that is). Some of my favorite bands during this time were, #1.......Motley Crue! I lived for this band! I had no choice but to buy everything they ever put out. Other bands I loved would include, Wasp, AC/DC, Cinderella, Dio (\m/), Dokken, Krokus, Def Leppard, Helloween, Warlock, Mercyful Fate, Ozzy, Ratt, Poison, and Savatage to name a few. I rarely had any other thoughts on my mind except metal…and to this day, I have not changed. I live it, I breathe it, I sleep it, and now, I bring life into this site to share my love and devotion for it, to you…..those people that will be taking the time to read and look ever this website, and hopefully grow to love it as much as I have loved making it.

I first came upon the internet world in 1995 when I was in college completing my Bachelors Degree in Business. The school I was attending finally got connected, and I became.... an internet junkie. After a few months of playing around on it, I was finally beginning to see how this World Wide Web shit worked, and I have not stopped learning it to this day. Once I finally got the hang of it all, and actually figured out how to USE a search engine, my very first word I typed in was, believe it or not......METAL!  Holy shit the stuff that popped up! I was in heaven dudes! All of these beautiful, informative metal sites, and just a click away. I was drooling, my head was pounding, my heart racing, and all I could think was, "I want one of these!" So I set out on my journey to learn it. For a long time I thought I had bitten off more then I could chew. I bought my first web building books, "Creating Web Pages For Dummies" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide To FrontPage 2000" (I hated FrontPage, and still refuse to use it to this day). It was all very overwhelming at first, and time and time again I let it get the best of me. I would start on it, then stop, start and stop some more. Then I read about these online Web Design classes (www.lvsonline.com), and I signed up. This is when I became more interested and serious about finishing this website. After taking their HTML I, HTML II, CSS, Flash, and a couple of PSP 7 classes, I had gained enough knowledge to begin my own Metal Website. Needless to say, I have worked on this site and stopped it more times then I can count. I began the first REAL pages in early 2001. Later that same year was when I made our Messege Board. An online friend in Belgium I had met around 1999 helped come up with the name 'Metal Coven'. We knew it was originally to be done by two chicks that was 100% devoted to Metal, and a bit on the *cough*  witchy side, so the name fit like a glove.  That partnership didn't pan out, so I'm going it solo.

After being on the net awhile, I began hearing and reading about a lot of other metal bands, bands that I've never before heard of. Extreme and underground metal that would grow on me and take over my very existence. I joined many metal forums, and met a great deal of metal heads over the years, that I call my dear friends. Many have influenced me on the more extreme path by getting me hooked on Black Metal, Death Metal and other types that I had no idea what they were at the time. The very first Black Metal bands I first heard were Rotting Christ and Samael. And to this day, they are still my favorites. Since then, it has become an endless road of learning and craving more. Nothing in life satisfies or pleases me as much as music, and the only type of music that interests me is Metal, in many forms, but still metal. To this day, I am still finding out about new metal bands, and I predict I'll continue to do so until my last breath...

My CD List

My Metal / Rock DVD List

Essential Albums Every Metal Head Should Own:  
Metal Church - Metal Church
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Kill 'em All
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metallica - And Justice For All
Metallica - Metallica The Black Album
Hallow's Eve - Death And Insanity
Grave Digger - The Grave Digger
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Born Again
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Venom - Welcome To Hell
Dio - Holy Diver
Dark Tranquility - Haven
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
King Diamond - Them
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Emperor - Anthems to Welkin at Dusk
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
Saint Vitus - Anything
Pentagram - Anything
AC/DC - Back in Black
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
Cradle Of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness

Favorite Bands:
Rotting Christ, Samael, Summoning, Iced Earth, Hypocrisy, Amon Amarth, Omen, Seven Witches, Iron Maiden, Dark Tranquility, Opeth, Bathory, Saint Vitus, Pentagram, Pagan Altar, Motley Crue, Black Sabbath, Dio, Agathodaimon, Children of Bodom, Evol. If it's metal and not nu-metal bullshit, chances are I'll love it.

Favorite Movies:
Braveheart, Interview With A Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Exorcist, The Shinning, The Omen (all of them), The Others, The Ring, 13 Ghosts, The Haunting (original version), The Scarlet Letter, Dangerous Beauty, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings. And of course....ALL of my Metal DVD's!

Favorite Books:
Anything by Anne Rice and Stephen King, Harry Potter series, Lords Of Chaos, any HTML & Web Design Books.

Favorite TV Programs:
Well, I honestly don't have the time nor patience these days to sit down and watch TV, most everything on is total crap. But I catch the Simpsons and Mad TV once in awhile. I mainly just crank the stereo, or throw in one of my metal DVD's.

Hobbies:
Web Design & Computer Graphics, Harley Davidsons, Camping & Fishing, Snakes, Cats, Doing Tattoo & Body Piercing, Collecting Metal CD's, Pissing my neighbors off by cranking my stereo, and studying the occult.