Stephen Thrower (born 9 December 1963) is an

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musician and author.

Musical career

Early career

In 1980, Thrower formed the group Possession with Victor Watkins and Anna Virginia War and they released the album ''The Thin White Arms, Obtusely Angled At The Elbow, Methodically Dipping And Emerging'' in 1984.

Coil

After communicating via a series of letters, Thrower worked with the band Coil in 1984 and 1985. In late 1987, Thrower became a full-time member of the band. He contributed to the albums '' Gold Is the Metal with the Broadest Shoulders'', '' Love's Secret Domain'', and '' Stolen & Contaminated Songs''. With Coil, he also worked on several soundtracks including the unreleased

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for ''

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'' by

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, and recorded the soundtrack to the

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, '' The Angelic Conversation''; he also made appearances in Jarman's films, ''

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'', '' The Last of England'' and ''Imagining October''. Thrower left Coil in 1992.

Cyclobe

Thrower's current music project is

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, with

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(another former Coil member). Their first two

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s, ''Luminous Darkness'' and ''The Visitors'' were released on the UK based

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, Phantomcode, whilst their collaboration with Nurse with Wound, ''Paraparaparallelogrammatica'', was issued by the US label Beta Lactam. As Cyclobe, he wrote the theme music for George Barry's '' Death Bed: The Bed That Eats'', and the first Pakistani

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, ''Zibahkhana''. In 2009, Thrower contributed an electronic score to the film ''Down Terrace''. The following year with Cyclobe he released the album ''Wounded Galaxies Tap at The Window'', along with a single "The Eclipser" / "The Moths of Pre-Sleep" released by DOT DOT DOT Music. Thrower contributed an opening track to

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's 2016 album ''Dark Night of the Soul''.

Other groups

Thrower also records and performs with The Amal Gamal Ensemble, and with David Knight in the group UnicaZürn. The latter's debut album, ''Temporal Bends'', featured artwork and a guest appearance from

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Film writing

Thrower is also a published author on horror and 'off-mainstream' cinema. In 1985, Thrower began writing reviews for the U.K. horror magazine '' Shock Xpress'' before launching his own film periodical ''Eyeball'' in 1989. In terms of film history, Thrower has authored ''Beyond Terror: The Films of

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'', ''The Eyeball Compendium'', ''Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents'', and the two-volume ''Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of

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''.

References

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