Hey, Dan Nelson of Blackgates here. Was fortunate enough to be asked
to write a guest blog for SkullsNBones, and am very honored to do so.

I've been very busy writing as of late and will be headed out to the
West coast for some rehearsal time with my new band... Blackgates.
Which includes myself on vocals, Paul Bostaph (Testament/Slayer) on
drums, Jeremy Epp (The Venting Machine) on guitar and Uriah Duffy
(Whitesnake) on bass. Can't wait to get out there and jam with the
guys, we have a lot of ideas and tunes to work on. HEAVY stuff here.

I have also been working on my own music here in NY with my drummer of
the last 7 years from Inside Hollow, Frankie Apicelli. The project will
be called "Childe of Hale". The music is very dark, ala Black
Sabbath/the Doors meets something pissed off at everything! Stoked to
get that into everyones ears very soon as well.

Been fortunate enough to catch some great metal shows lately too.
Including an industry showcase by NYCs own HUNG, which was off the hook
tight, and scary heavy! Also got to see my bros, and Long Islands
masters of brutality Misery out at Traxx...as usual, they owned. And
last, but certainly not least, caught a set of metal dominance by NJs
own God Forbid. Corey, Doc and the boys ripped it up as usual.
Including a cover of "Mouth for War" that would've made Dime proud. I
had the pleasure of touring with those cats last summer...and a cooler,
realer group of dudes you would be hard pressed to find!

Hope everyone is having an awesome 2010 so far. I look forward to
seeing you all out there soon my friends.

Be well - Dan Nelson