Personal Hell was the result of a national competition win for Keighley musician Arfan Shah.

He spent a week working hard in a recording studio after winning the contest in FHM magazine.

And now the one-man band - entitled Personal Hell - has put his music on the Internet so the world can listen.

Keighley-born Arfan, who used to work at the town's Blockbuster video store, hopes to make a career as a musician.

He started in 1996 by recording several rough demo tapes, and spent the next two years unsuccessfully looking for fellow band members.

"I had been interested in getting into producing," says Arfan. "In the past I used to write poems a lot, then started writing songs, and I thought they were really great."

In 1998 Arfan took a studio engineering course that enabled him to work with other artists and test various musical styles.

He settled on an "industrial rock" sound that he creates with keyboards and computers.

Arfan has now written enough songs to fill three albums. "The sound is very hard to describe," says Arfan.

"It's hard-edged rock - bordering on heavy metal. I'm a different artist to anything else out there. I have a voice and message that should be heard."

Arfan's career took a huge step forward in April when he won the FHM competition and travelled to Manchester for seven days of recording and mixing.

The resulting "Shattered EP", which features the songs Humans, Down People and Touching Distance, is available on a CD and the Internet.

It is on the Peoplesounds website which showcases the work of new and upcoming bands around the country, including Keighley's Undecided.

PC users can download Arfan's music or buy the CD on www.people

sound.com/artist/personalhell.

Arfan plans to put a band together after the entire first album is finished. "I wish to take the songs back to the studio to re-do some and add others," he adds.

"I'm looking for a record label and a manager with vision to give my music the correct platform."

The Undecided performs its favourite songs of the past four years in a special "best of" gig next weekend. The concert is likely to be the Keighley band's last of the year - and the last with its present frontman Tim.

The singer expects to head off to Ireland soon and other musicians - including new drummer Greg Lewis - need time to regroup. The gig is next Friday at 8pm at Haworth British Legion on Butt Lane. Admission is free.

Demonix, the thrash metal band that features former members of Mannix, plays its third gig next Saturday.

The Keighley outfit debuted at Keighley Festival then played an open-air bikers' festival at the Guide pub.

The October 14 show sees Demonix at Bradford Rio. Tickets cost £2.50 either from band members or on the door.