Name: Matthew Knight   Date of birth: January 24, 1984   Band member since: 2002   Position in Eternal Winter: Vocals, Guitar   Gear and equipment: 1986 Kramer American Vanguard, 1988 ESP MII, Bareknuckle pickups, Engl Powerball head, Alphard EV-69 MVS vocal mic.   Influences:   Vocal influences: David DeFeis (Virgin Steele), Tobias Sammet (Edguy), Martin Steene (Iron Fire), Mark Slaughter (Slaughter) and many others   Guitar influences: Reb Beach (Winger), Harry K. Cody (Shotgun Messiah), Reggie Wu (Heavens Edge), Chris Broderick (Jag Panzer), Steve Vai and many others   Current favorite album: Winger “In the Heart of the Young”   Hobbies/Interests: writing songs, practicing guitar, doing vocal exercises, reading fantasy novels, writing stories, wine, high-end audio, old-school NES, restoring vintage guitars from the 80’s, contributing to other musical projects   How did you come to join Eternal Winter? Well, in my teenage years, I was very much obsessed with heavy metal and guitar playing. I played in many sucky bands throughout this time. Eventually, I became fed up and during my senior year in high school, I was determined to create a real “True” heavy metal band. I had a drummer, and was pretty good at playing and singing. I just needed a bass player… A guy I used to hang out with told me that his friend Gordon Burchell was into the same kind of heavy metal I was and would maybe play bass. I knew Gordon from school and remembered that he was a really nice guy. I called him up and invited him to come over and jam. He did and we really hit it off. Together, we created a vision of how we wanted our band to be. I quickly wrote a bunch of killer songs and we decided to create a fantasy concept story, in which to base all of our lyrics on. We soon had a demo and were putting on theatrical metal shows all over the area we live. Thus, The ETERNAL WINTER Legacy was born!...And so, that is how I joined the band.