Lyle Blackburn


Lyle Blackburn is an American musician and author. He is the vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Ghoultown and was formerly the bassist of the epic doom metal band Solitude Aeturnus.
Blackburn has authored four books and either narrated or produced several documentary films related to cryptids, and has been a speaker at multiple cryptozoology and Bigfoot-related conventions.

Biography

Blackburn authored The Beast of Boggy Creek: The True Story of the Fouke Monster, a 2012 book about the Fouke Monster, and is a writer for Rue Morgue magazine. He has narrated three documentary films: The Mothman of Point Pleasant, The [Bray Road Beast (film)|The Bray Road Beast], and Terror in the Skies. He also co-produced the 2016 film Boggy Creek Monster.
As a musician, Blackburn started with the epic doom metal group Solitude Aeturnus and played with them from 1988 to 1995, first as the drummer and then as the bassist. He left to found The Killcreeps in 1996 and later Ghoultown in 1999, for which he is the lead singer/guitarist and performs under the name Count Lyle.
He has a sister.

Discography

With Solitude Aeturnus

  • Demo 1989 , drums
  • Into the Depths of Sorrow, bass
  • Beyond the Crimson Horizon, bass
  • Promo , vocals, bass
  • Through the Darkest Hour, bass
  • Days of Doom , bass
  • The New Wave of American True Meta , bass
  • Downfall, bass

    The Killcreeps

  • ''Destroy Earth''

    Ghoultown

  • Boots of Hell
  • Tales from the Dead West
  • Give 'Em More Rope
  • Live from Texas!
  • Bury Them Deep
  • Life After Sundown
  • Skeleton Cowboys
  • Mistress of the Dark
  • The Unforgotten: Rare & Un-Released
  • Ghost of the Southern Son
  • ''Curse of Eldorado''

    Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002American NightmareGhoultown Direct-to-video film
2006Return of the JackalopeGhoultown
2013Skookum: The Hunt for BigfootSpecial thanks
2016Boggy Creek MonsterHimselfAlso co-producer
2017The Mothman of Point PleasantNarratorAlso executive producer and co-writer
2018The Bray Road BeastNarrator
2019Terror in the SkiesNarrator

Television