He started playing drums around 1987 and influences include Scarve, Opeth, Soilwork, Ensiferum, Disarmonia Mundi, Dream Theater, Meshuggah, Annihilator, Deathchain, Hate Eternal, Rotten Sound, Rytmihäiriö, Sevendust, and Wintersun.
The album had been in the making since 2005 but progress stalled when original drummer Chris Adler had to bow out due to commitments with his band Lamb of God; his successor, Derek Roddy (ex-Nile, Hate Eternal), left over "musical differences" after a six month tenure.
Theatre of Hate | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | hate speech | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | 10 Things I Hate About You | The Eternal Jew | Hate Dept. | The Eternal Idol | Hate Me | Hate Eternal | hate crime | Eternal Elysium | Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean | Westworld (Theatre of Hate album) | The Project Hate MCMXCIX | The Eternal Jew (1940 film) | Poster for ''The Eternal Jew | New Hate EP | Let's All Hate Toronto | I Hate Myself for Loving You | I Hate Myself and Want to Die | Eternal Love | Eternal Father, Strong to Save | Eternal Champion | Cavalier Eternal | Brotherhood of Eternal Love | 3 a.m. Eternal | 10 Things I Hate About You (TV series) | Viva Hate | Vampire: The Eternal Struggle |
Paths of Possession entered Mana Recording Studios / Razzor Media in St. Petersburg, Florida to record Promises in Blood, with renowned metal producer Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Soilent Green, Into the Moat).