Jonny Maudling
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Jonny Maudling is a composer, keyboard player and former drummer for the band Bal-Sagoth. He came from a musical family and was classically trained from a young age. He contributed to two My Dying Bride studio albums, and has also composed music for the video game Adellion. Currently, Jonny is a producer and engineer, operating his own recording studio called Waylands Forge Studios in Yorkshire, England.
Jonny composes the music for Bal-Sagoth, sometimes incorporating ideas from his brother, guitarist Chris Maudling. He also played drums on the first three Bal-Sagoth albums and on subsequent tours, but in 1999 Jonny opted to concentrate full time on keyboards and composition, handing drum duties off to Dave Mackintosh, and later Dan Mullins.
Though he composes music mostly in the symphonic metal/black metal genres, Jonny's main influences include mostly non-metal bands such as The Police, Tangerine Dream, Queen, Pat Metheny, as well as classical composers such as Wagner, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Messiaen, and Holst.
