Background
At the age of six years, Paul"s father introduced him to martial arts, which led to a way of life for him and the home which he grew up in.
At the age of six years, Paul"s father introduced him to martial arts, which led to a way of life for him and the home which he grew up in.
He quit the band for the second time in April 2014. He received his first guitar at the age of fourteen, and played in staggered periods until he was nineteen years old, because his martial arts training was always his first priority. In 1998 Paul Allender started another band called Primary Slave.
In 2000, just before Primary Slave signed a recording contract, he rejoined after receiving a call from Dani Filth, along with drummer Adrian Erlandsson and keyboardist Martin Powell on the band"s album, Midian.
He was then sent to the hospital which caused the performance to end early. As of April 2014 Paul Allender has once again left
Paul Allender is recognised for his unique right-handed technique and is currently endorsed by PRS Guitars, RotoSound and Blackstar amplification.
"To tell you the truth. I don"t jam. I"ve always played what actually I see in my head
Therefore, when I play, I don"t use any specific scales or anything in order or that"s musically correct or anything.
I’ve always concentrated on mixing lead-oriented riffs, but in like a rhythmic sense. That"s the way I"ve always been because I"ve never really been interested in doing ultra-fast lead work. I"ve always mixed the two up.
Just concentrating on the 16th notes and stuff on the right hand, making sure it all sinks in.
lieutenant"s the guitar and it"s the way we dress onstage, it"s all part of this troupe, this uniformed-like togetherness. lieutenant just comes out dark as fuck".
Allender also has an art side project known as "Vomitorium: The Dark Art Of Cindy Frey And Paul Allender". He also produced the artwork for New Project"s debut album Ultraviolent Light.
In 2013, Allender was involved with the formation of a new project named "".
In an interview with "The Age of Metal", vocalist Mary Zimmer (formerly of Luna Mortis), said:
We talked about working on some new music together and he set me the instrumental tracks he"d been working on. They were phenomenal and I decided to lay down vocals for 3 songs. Everything went really well together and we made an official band. is really all about the concept of "The Empress".
The entire band is in essence "The Empress".
She"s her own creative concept, her own image, her own identity that comes from all of us in the band (meaning I"m not the Empress, necessarily). is an entire band with a fantasy avatar. lieutenant"s visual and audio all tied into one huge concept.
The band is fantastic, we all contribute equally to the creative process and we"ve come up with some amazing things for everyone. The Empress is Coming!! An European Parliament was released in January 2014.
Their debut album - Rise of the Empress - was released through Peaceville Records on 29 September 2014.
lieutenant was initially funded through a Pledge Music campaign. The album has so far received a mostly positive reception. Allender is focussing completely on, since his departure from in April 2014.
While performing on stage with at Bloodstock Open Air in August 2009, a member of the audience used a slingshot to fire a gobstopper at the stage which narrowly missed Dani Filth, but hit Allender on his spine in his lower back.
