Gavin Baddeley

In addition to helping out with press and publicity at Alchemy, Gavin Baddeley is an author, journalist and broadcaster specialising in the arcane and macabre. Gavin’s perhaps best known for his books in the area, ‘Lucifer Rising’, ‘Dissecting Marilyn Manson’ and ‘Goth Chic’.

His latest book, ‘The Gospel of Filth’, an exploration of the dark side written in collaboration with Cradle of Filth vocalist Dani, is due out in 2008. Gavin’s also been employed as a consultant by most of the major UK TV networks, from the BBC to Channel 4 and MTV, offering expert opinions on subjects as diverse as renaissance alchemy and the devil in rock music. He’s no stranger to controversy, and in 1995 was ordained as an honorary priest by American arch-Satanist Anton LaVey, and has since delivered addresses on Satanism to institutions as prestigious as Cambridge University and far flung as the University of Wisconsin.