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 Born
in
Cape
Town,
South
Africa
in
1970
to
André &
Joan
(and
older
brothers
Henri-Jacques
and
Francois),
Paul
André
Blom
grew
up
with
a
love
of
movies
and
music.
This
led
to
him
developing
a
drive
to
not
only
absorb
as
much
of
it
as
possible,
but
also
to
create
it
himself. After graduating with a B.A. Degree from Stellenbosch University in the early '90s, Paul attended film school. From there he has been on the independent route ever since. From the late 1980s he's been: > involved with various bands and personal musical projects, incl. V.O.D / Terminatryx / F8 / K.O.B.U.S. / The Makabra Ensemble, compiling the historic Kopskoot! album, executive producer on Ingrid Jonker tribute compilation ; > created & run several film festivals (South African HorrorFest / The X Fest / Sound On Screen / Celludroid / Daring Doccies / Cinemaniacs) ; > has been a bilingual entertainment journalist covering movies, music & gaming since 1997 - published in local magazines (incl. SL, Stage, Top Forty, Muse, LMG, Something Wicked, BPM, Screen Africa) & syndicated newspapers and supplements (incl. The Star, The Argus, Die Burger, Son, JIP, Sunday Life), to international publications (incl. Fangoria Magazine - USA and Devolution - UK), and on-line locations like ComingSoon.net (USA), Mahala etc. ; > makes movies / music videos (incl. production / directing / editing) ; > created, designed & run several websites (Flamedrop.com / ShadowRealm Inc.) ; > been involved with collaborative photographic projects (Desert Storm / Beautiful People) ; > and created Flamedrop Productions in 2000 to encompass all of these and forthcoming activities. Paul lives in Cape Town with his wife and collaborator Sonja Ruppersberg, their cat Ming and dogs Zoltan & Khaleesi. (scroll down for various on-line links and music videos) |
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"Paul Blom is no slouch" - Chris Alexander (Fangoria Magazine)
New TERMINATRYX "Shadow" music video
[produced & directed by Sonja Ruppersberg & Paul Blom]
PROJECT LINKS
 October 2010 LMG Magazine cover feat. Paul Blom & Sonja Ruppersberg |
 October 2012 Kultur Magazine cover feat. Paul Blom, Sonja Ruppersberg & Terminatryx |
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click her for the Fangoria interview with Paul Blom
click here for Nerine Dorman's interview with Paul Blom
Terminatryx Kultur Magazine cover feature (2012)
click here for an extensive Underground Press interview with Paul Blom
click here for Spling's Top 10 movie feature on Paul
Terminatryx Kultur Magazine cover feature (2014)
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click here for Paul's article on the resurrection of extreme music being scapegoated (again) in school violence
click here for Paul's LMG Magazine piece on Metal in South Africa
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3 of the recent TERMINATRYX music videos directed by Paul A. Blom
OFFICIAL
HORRORFEST
PROMO CLIP
[ director:
paul blom
/ star: sonja
ruppersberg
/ make-up
fx: clinton
smith / dop:
marnus tredoux
/ editor:
leon visser
]
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