Father Sebastiaan with his fellow American Wolf friend Nanuk in Austria, December 2011

Father Sebastiaan is perhaps the most controversial of the central personalities in the Vampyre / vampire subculture.  Joining the community in 1992 he is considered to be one of the most influential figures on modern Vampyrism and vampirism with his contributions in the areas of philosophy, spirituality, fangmaking and nightlife. He is also an avid lover of vampire mythology, steampunk, wolves, history, 19th century art, ancient Egypt, NLP, psychology and philosophy.

Master Fangsmith; the grandson of an orthodontist and nephew of a dentist, Sebastiaan got his first pair of fangs in November 1993 and in 1994 picked up his late Grandfather’s dental tools and began his fangsmithing career; with his first customer being his mother.  Since then he has traveled the world hand crafting making custom fangs and has become the world’s most famous fangsmith.  See his fang page for more info.

Impresario; in the mid 1990s Father Sebastiaan began working for legendary New York nightlife personalities Peter Gatien ( of Limelight fame) and Chi Chi Valenti of MOTHER / Jackie 60 to produce vampyre parties for his fang clients.  This accumulated into the birth of Endless Night Vampire Ball, detailed as a « Venetian Masque Ball, meets a Vampire Court, with the energy of a rock concert and the elegance of a burlesque cabaret. »  Since these origins Endless Night was listed in 2010 as the #1 Halloween party in the world by TripAdvsisor.com and events being held in New York City, Paris, London, Amsterdam and all leading to the main event every Halloween in New Orleans at the House of Blues.  Visit the Events page for more info.

Author; a lover of communications Father started as editor of the Vampyre Almanac, a semi annual journal about his own vision of real life Vampyre culture.  Since this time he has since go on to be published and write several influential books on the subject including Sanguinomicon « Lexicon of the Living Vampire » (Weiser Sept 2010), The Sabretooth Clan Book (TheSanguinarium.com Press Oct 2010), Vampyre Virtues « The Red Veils » (TheSanguinarium.com Press 2010) and Vampyre Magick « Grimoire of the Living Vampire » (Weiser March 2012).  He currently has several books in the works and for more information about his writings visit his books page.

Press; Sebastiaan has appeared on numerous television programs including WPIX, A&E, CNN, Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic, USA Up All Night and MTV Oddville.  He was also featured as a central character in the French documentary and book Vampyres Reality is Stranger than Fiction by Laurent Courau of Laspirale.org. He has been interviewed and written about in Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, The Financial Times, InStyle Magazine, Glamour, Tattoo Savage, Bloomberg News, The New York Post, Skin Two and Time Out New York.  Visit his press page for more information.

Father Sebastiaan is a lover of travel has lived in San Diego, New York, Philadelphia, Dubai, Amsterdam, Berlin and now lives full-time in Paris, France pursuing his endeavors as a professional fangsmith, author and Impresario.Father Sebastiaan is perhaps the most controversial of the central personalities in the Vampyre / vampire subculture.  Joining the community in 1992 he is considered to be one of the most influential figures on modern Vampyrism and vampirism with his contributions in the areas of philosophy, fangmaking and nightlife. He is also an avid student of chaos magick, history and philosophy.

In 1997 he started Clan Sabretooth and his own fangmaking company in New York City called SABRETOOTH. His collaboration with legendary nightlife empress Chi Chi Valenti at MOTHER nightclub produced Long Black Veil, one of the longest running gothic events in the city. Large scale events have included The Vampire Ball of New York and The Endless Night Vampire Ball in New Orleans. He created, published and distributed Vampyre magazine, numerous editions of The Vampyre Almanac and guides to Fetish nightlife called Xorivia.

In 2002 he crossed the Atlantic and created Black Xion in Amsterdam and Black Lutetia/Le Klub Vampyre in Paris.

He is the original composer of the Black Veil, the most well know code of ethics for the Vampyre movement known as the Sanguinarium.  Currently he is working on three books includingSanguinomicon « Lexicon of the Living Vampyre » (Weiser Books, September 2010) and Testimonials of the Vampyre Sebastiaan, a history of the Vampyre community.

Sebastiaan has appeared on numerous television programs including WPIX, A&E, CNN, Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic, USA Up All Night and MTV Oddville.  He was also featured as a central character in the French documentary and book Vampyres Reality is Stranger than Fiction by Laurent Courau of Laspirale.org. He has been interviewed and written about in Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, The Financial Times, InStyle Magazine, Glamour, Tattoo Savage, Skin Two and Time Out New York.

« I am not only an American, I am a New Yorker » is what Sebastiaan says about himself and gives a clue to his personal identity and love for the city he will always consider home. In addition to his beloved Gotham, Sebastiaan has lived in Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Dubai and Berlin. He now resides full-time in Paris, France pursuing his endeavors with his new project « Mysteries of Paris Ghost Tour. »