Raised in the dark, forbidden woods of Cumberland, Maine, Daniel Ellis Harrod has been a published writer and musician in the realms of horror fiction and hardcore heavy metal since 1987. Receiving a degree in Norse and Asiatic Ethnic Religion from Maine College of Art in 1996, Daniel’s career spawned a starring role in 2001’s “H.P. Lovecraft’s Nyarlathotep” as well as lyricist for the seminal Seattle Doom Metal outfit Blood of the Black Owl on three of their most crushing albums. He continues to work as a writer, lyricist, Outsider artist and Avant Garde musician along the East Coast.