Gavin Baddeley

Gavin Baddeley (born 1966) is a British author and journalist, and an ordained Reverend in the Church of Satan. He has been profiled in The Guardian and Evening Standard. He made an appearance in the documentary film Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. He was an editor of the CoS magazine, Satannia. He is a frequent TV commentator and consulted expert on the subjects of the occult and satanic.

Baddeley became a Satanist after he interviewed Anton LaVey as a journalist. In 1999, he wrote Lucifer Rising, covering both the recent and ancient history of Satanism, and provides an examination of modern Satanist culture. Organized into three parts, much of the book is composed of interviews with a wide variety of people associated with Satanic religion or its concomitant aesthetic, including LaVey, Kenneth Anger, and Kerry Bolton. He has authored several other books on topics such as goths, and metal music, like The Gospel of Filth.