Mark Newby-Robson is a classical keyboard player, composer and writer from Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, England

England

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Robson has been a guest keyboardist in Suffolk-based extreme metal

Extreme metal

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...

 band 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...

 whilst the band were touring in 1999, after having former keyboardist, Lecter, leave the band. During Robson's time in Cradle of Filth in 1999, he was easily distinguished as wearing a horror-style mask, covering half of his face, displaying metal bars at the mouth. Robson had rejoined Cradle of Filth in 2006 as once again, a guest musician, playing on the album 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...

along with two other keyboard players. In 2008, he co-wrote Cradle of Filth's 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...

album along with Paul Allender

Paul Allender

Paul Allender is the lead guitarist of the British extreme metal band Cradle of Filth.-Early life:...

 in the music aspect of the record, with Dani Filth

Dani Filth

Dani Filth is the lyricist, vocalist and founding member of the metal band Cradle of Filth.-Personal life:...

 composing the lyrics. The following year he appeared as a session keyboardist on Megadeth

Megadeth

Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...

's album Endgame.

He has worked at West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds, as a teacher of music technology and a studio tech.