I'm William...i'm the founding member of Withersoul...I started this band back in 2002.. I've been playing since I've been playing bass for the better part of 15 years now... It was a dream of mine to start a doom metal band in Virginia since the mid-90's, and it's been the greatest (and sometimes hardest) experience I've ever been a part of...
My influences are all over the place.. Black Sabbath (all periods), Killing Joke, My Dying Bride, Mylene Farmer, Witchfinder General, Iron Maiden, Katatonia, Sigur Ros, Mindrot, Radiohead, Cathedral, While Heaven Wept, My Bloody Valentine, Pentagram, Angel Witch, Hawkwind, Blue Cheer, Garden of Shadows, Grand Funk, Godflesh, Sunn o))) eyehategod, 13, Voivod, etc. etc. etc.
Oh yeah, I also play bass in a sludge/drone sort of band named Lightbringer (
www.myspace.com/lightbringerva) .. Think Eyehategod meets My Bloody Valentine...