Dave Pybus.

Pybus's first band was called Anul Death (1988–91) which later changed its name to Darkened.

From 1990-1994 Dave worked at Peaceville Records

Peaceville Records

Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw in 1987, in Dewsbury, England...

 as a graphic designer

Graphic designer

A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...

. His name is credited on several records from that period including: Darkthrone

Darkthrone

Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1987 as a death metal band, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this period Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and...

 - A Blaze in the Northern Sky

A Blaze in the Northern Sky

A Blaze in the Northern Sky is the second album by the Norwegian black metal band, Darkthrone. It contains the band's first black metal recordings. The album was recorded in August 1991 and released in February 1992.-Recording and release:...

, Autopsy

Autopsy (band)

Autopsy is a death metal band, founded in 1987 in the United States by Chris Reifert. They disbanded in 1995, but have reunited as of July 2009.-Biography:...

 - Mental Funeral

Mental Funeral

Mental Funeral is the second album by Autopsy, released in 1991 by Peaceville Records. It marks Autopsy's incorporation of slower-tempo doom metal influences, particularly from the American doom metal band Trouble.-Track listing:*All music by Autopsy...

, My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...

 - As the Flower Withers

As the Flower Withers

As The Flower Withers was the first album by Yorkshire-based doom metal band My Dying Bride. The artwork was designed by Dave McKean.-Song information:Many of the tracks on this album have appeared in a different form on other MDB releases...

 and Turn Loose the Swans

Turn Loose the Swans

Turn Loose the Swans was the second album by the British doom metal band My Dying Bride.It marked a radical departure from the band's first full length, As the Flower Withers...

. Also worked with Vital Remains

Vital Remains

Vital Remains is an American death metal band from Providence, Rhode Island formed in 1988.- History :Created in 1988 by guitarist Paul Flynn, Vital Remains' first line-up consisted of guitarist Butch Machado, vocalist Mike Flynn, bassist Tom Supkow, and drummer Chris Dupont. Searching for better...

, Pitchshifter

Pitchshifter (band)

Pitchshifter are a British five-piece electronic-metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom formed in 1989. The band was started by bassist and vocalist Mark Clayden, lead guitarist and programmer Johnny A...

, Therion

Therion (band)

Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...

, Anathema

Anathema (band)

Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...

, G.G.F.H., Kong

Kong (band)

Kong is an Amsterdam-based band formed in 1988 by guitarist/synth programmer Dirk de Vries, guitarist Aldo Sprenger, bassist/synth programmer Mark Drillich, and drummer Rob Smits, whose daughter is one of the co-founders of the fashion label Cherry Red. The band's music can best be described as...

, Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost (band)

Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...

, Banished, Pentagram

Pentagram (band)

Pentagram is a American heavy metal band from Virginia, most famous as one of the pioneers of doom metal. The band was prolific in the underground scene of the 1970s, producing many demos and rehearsal tapes, but did not release a full-length album until reforming in the early 1980s with an almost...

, Ship of Fools

Ship of Fools

The ship of fools is an allegory that has long been a fixture in Western literature and art. The allegory depicts a vessel populated by human inhabitants who are deranged, frivolous, or oblivious, passengers aboard a ship without a pilot, and seemingly ignorant of their own direction...

, At the Gates

At the Gates

At the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...

 (first 3 albums). Around 1993 Peaceville signed a U.S. distribution deal with Caroline, where Dave and Lyle Preslar

Lyle Preslar

Lyle Preslar is an American musician best known for being a guitar player and song writer for the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Before that, he was the vocalist for The Extorts....

 worked together for over a year.

In 1991, Dave formed Dreambreed, a band in which he provided vocals and played guitar. They were influenced by the Misfits and released a six track Mini CD Sometime in 1995. Dave stayed in Dreambreed, which line-up at that time featured Duncan Patterson of Anathema

Anathema (band)

Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...

, until 1998, where he joined Anathema on bass guitar. He stayed with Anathema until 2001, appearing on two albums - Judgement

Judgement

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(1999), A Fine day to Exit

A Fine Day to Exit

A Fine Day to Exit is an album by the British alternative rock band Anathema. It was released on October 9, 2001 through Music For Nations.The album is a major stylistic departure from Anathema's previous releases...

(2001), after which he sessioned and later joined Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...

 following the departure of bassist Robin "Graves" Eaglestone

Robin Eaglestone

Robin Mark Eaglestone is a British musician.- Biography :He was the bassist for the metal band Cradle of Filth. Also known as Robin Graves, he joined Cradle of Filth in 1992 as 2nd guitarist for the recording of the Invoking the Unclean demo then later changed to bass for the Total Fucking...

.

Dave appears on: Damnation and a Day

Damnation and a Day

Damnation and a Day is the fifth studio album by Cradle of Filth. It features the 40-piece Budapest Film Orchestra and 32-piece Budapest Film Choir, is partly based on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, and was Cradle's only full-length release for the major label Sony before they transferred...

(2003), Nymphetamine

Nymphetamine

Nymphetamine is the sixth album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, released on September 28, 2004. Nymphetamine marks the first recorded appearance of guitarist James McIlroy on a Cradle of Filth album. He would later record guitar for the band's 2010 release Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa...

(2004), Thornography

Thornography

Thornography is the seventh full-length studio album by Cradle of Filth released through Roadrunner Records in October, 2006. The album is produced by Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano, engineered and co-produced by Dan Turner and mixed by Andy Sneap, and once again features narration by Doug Bradley...

(2006), Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder

Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder

Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder is the eighth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on October 27, 2008 by Roadrunner Records. A special edition containing bonus material was also released...

(2008), Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa

Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa

Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa is the ninth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on November 1, 2010 by Peaceville Records...

(2010).

In 2005, Dave took a six month break from Cradle of Filth and started Sixsixsix Records. In that July he was honoured with an appearance on the Roadrunner United

Roadrunner United

Roadrunner United was a project organized by the heavy metal record label Roadrunner Records to celebrate its 25th anniversary. It culminated in an album released worldwide on October 11, 2005, entitled The All-Star Sessions...

 CD alongside Peter Steele

Peter Steele

Peter Thomas Ratajczyk , better known by his stage name Peter Steele, was the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative...

, Josh Silver

Josh Silver

Josh Silver was the keyboardist and producer for the band Type O Negative. He joined the band at Peter Steele's request...

, Steve Holt and Joey Jordison

Joey Jordison

Joey Jordison , is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work as the drummer for the nu metal band Slipknot. He grew up in Waukee, Iowa with his parents and two sisters, and was given his first drum kit at the age of 8...

. After his break he re-joined Cradle of Filth and played bass on the debut Angtoria

Angtoria

Angtoria is a symphonic metal band composed of British singer Sarah Jezebel Deva and Swedish brothers Chris Rehn , and Tommy Rehn ....

album, released in April 2006 via Listenable Records.

21 April 2008 finally saw the release of Dreambreed's "Misery Sessions" on CD, via Dave's Sixsixsix Record label. The sessions were originally recorded in 1997 and have only recently been re-mastered.

He is currently endorsed by ESP Guitars

ESP Guitars

, located in North Hollywood, California, is an American-based, Japanese-owned manufacturer of electric guitars and basses.- History :In 1975, Hisatake Shibuya opened a shop called Electric Sound Products in Tokyo. It provided custom replacement parts for guitars. In 1976, ESP gained a reputation...

, Ampeg

Ampeg

Ampeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...

 Amplifiers and Rotosound

RotoSound

-History of Rotosound:Started in the late 1950's by James How -a musician and engineer by trade. How started manufacturing music strings for many famous artists across the world. Still a family run business all Rotosound strings are made in England....

 strings.

Cradle of Filth

• Damnation and a Day
  Damnation and a Day
  Damnation and a Day is the fifth studio album by Cradle of Filth. It features the 40-piece Budapest Film Orchestra and 32-piece Budapest Film Choir, is partly based on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, and was Cradle's only full-length release for the major label Sony before they transferred...
  
  (2003)
• Nymphetamine
  Nymphetamine
  Nymphetamine is the sixth album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth, released on September 28, 2004. Nymphetamine marks the first recorded appearance of guitarist James McIlroy on a Cradle of Filth album. He would later record guitar for the band's 2010 release Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa...
  
  (2004)
• Thornography
  Thornography
  Thornography is the seventh full-length studio album by Cradle of Filth released through Roadrunner Records in October, 2006. The album is produced by Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano, engineered and co-produced by Dan Turner and mixed by Andy Sneap, and once again features narration by Doug Bradley...
  
  (2006)
• Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
  Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
  Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder is the eighth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on October 27, 2008 by Roadrunner Records. A special edition containing bonus material was also released...
  
  (2008)
• Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
  Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
  Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa is the ninth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on November 1, 2010 by Peaceville Records...
  
  (2010)

Guest appeareances

In 1991 he played guitar in a Misfits covers band called The Hatebreeders. He made a guest appearance on the song Summernite Stalker for German Horror punk band The Spook, released August 31, 2007. In October, 2008 he performed live for two shows with German band Samsas Traum. Bass on the track "Hell is the face of Love" for Autoclav1.1 in 2008.

Dave also contributed his talents as a bass player on the Roadrunner United, CD on the track "Enemy of the State"

Played bass on Sarah Jezebel Deva's debut album "A sign of sublime" in 2010.