Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Australian Heavy Metal Bass Guitarists, Australian Heavy Metal Drummers, Australian Heavy Metal Guitarists, Australian Heavy Metal Singers, Bob Daisley, Jayson Sherlock, Chris Brooks, Ninezero, Steve Rowe, Lord Tim, Stu Marshall, Astennu, Jason de Ron, Adam Agius, Andrew Tompkins, Jona Weinhofen, Tim Yatras, Andrew Haug, Dave Haley, Matt "Skitz" Sanders. Excerpt: Andrew Tompkins Andrew Tompkins is the lead vocalist and bassist for the Australian doom metal band Paramaecium, which was considered to be the biggest Christian doom metal band. Andrew has a daughter named Enara. Tompkins has also written a book entitled "Within the Ancient Forest." The Paramaecium album of the same name was based on this novel. Biography Science career At the end of 1994 Andrew had completed a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours in Anatomy and went on to work as a research scientist in the fields of bone marrow transplantation and reproductive immunology; a field in which he has published research in the leading US reproduction journal. In 1998 Tompkins completed a Master of Bioethics degree specialising in the moral ramifications of gene therapy with a thesis which examined the question: "Should parents alter the genes of their children?" Paramaecium Main article: Paramaecium In 1993 Paramaecium released their debut album Exhumed of the Earth, which was considered to be one of the greatest Christian doom metal albums of the time. After the success of its previous album, the band proceeded to release the concept album Within the Ancient Forest, based on a book written by the band's vocalist Andrew Tompkins. According to Doom-metal.com, Paramaecium "are the only Christian death doom band that made it to the top of the genre." After the success of the previous two albums Paramaecium released A T...