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Martin Powell (born 19 July 1973 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English musician. In 1991, Powell auditioned for the position of bass-playing in the band My Dying Bride, but was turned down as the band had just filled the position. Upon informing the band he was also a violin and keyboard player, he was hired as a session musician, before becoming the band's permanent violinist and keyboardist. Around 1998, Powell and My Dying Bride parted ways and he joined Anathema, in the role of live keyboardist, only to depart two years later. In 2000, Powell joined the British heavy metal band Cradle of Filth along with drummer Adrian Erlandsson and guitarist Paul Allender after the departure of Les 'Lecter' Smith. The band then went to record the album ''Midian''. The following year, the band released their transitional mini-album ''Bitter Suites to Succubi''. In 2003 They released the album ''Damnation and a Day'' using a small orchestra and choral section for which Powell wrote the score. Powell wrote several songs for both that album and was also a songwriter for the band's 2004 album ''Nymphetamine'' on which he played guitars on several tracks as well as keyboard duties. In 2005, Powell and CoF parted ways. Since his departure from Cradle of Filth, Powell returned to university where he earned a first class degree in music (and won The Phillip John Lord Composition Prize) and completed a PhD in music composition in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=University of Sheffield Sound Studios )〕 Powell is featured on the Type O Negative DVD ''Symphony for the Devil''. He played live keyboards for Tiamat in 2006/7〔Tiamat〕 He toured with Alternative 4. He wrote and played keyboards for the 2013 album "When the Circle of Light Begins to Fade" from Australian band The Eternal. Martin has most recently joined the prog rock band, 'Leafblade', and is currently working on a live set for touring. He is also working on keys for Leafblade's next album. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Powell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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