Archive for April, 2010

  • Metal Mixtape: Countess Bathory Edition

    April 10th, 2010 | Metal Mixtape | steff | 1 Comment

    Have I got a treat for you all this week! I’ve been a little Countess Bathory obsessed after researching and writing the Metal History post this week, so I’ve made you a special Countess Bathory Metal Mixtape. Some of these songs you metalheads will know, some will be completly new to you (as they were [...]

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  • Up the Irons! for 8 April 2010

    April 8th, 2010 | Plunder, Up the Irons! | steff | 1 Comment

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    I have had a fantastic, but busy, couple of weeks, and the pace won’t slow till my novel is out the door to the editors. This will hopefully happen within the next three weeks. It’s crazy – the last hundred pages of edits take me as long to complete as writing an entire new novel. [...]

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  • Countess Elizabeth Bathory

    April 7th, 2010 | Iron Maidens, Metal History | steff | 24 Comments

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    In this - the second installment of Metal History - I’d like to talk of a women who has inspired countless metal songs – Elizabeth Bathory, the Hungarian Countess who died locked in her palace, accused of torturing over 650 young girls and bathing in their blood. I admit, I didn’t know much about Elizabeth Bathory (Báthory Erzsébet [...]

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  • Heavy Metal Phrasebook

    April 5th, 2010 | Metalheads Who Read, Runes, Tr00 Metal Life | steff | 9 Comments

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    A few years ago, I wrote a novel about the heavy metal apocalypse. I won’t say any more about that, except it was quite brilliantly funny, set in New Zealand, and completly un-appetizing to publishers. At the back of the book, I wrote a glossary of common metal terms, for the uninitiated reader. Since the [...]

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  • Metal Mixtape: Metal for Easter

    April 3rd, 2010 | Grog Fests, Metal Mixtape | steff | 2 Comments

    This week’s Metal Mixtape has an easter theme. Unfortunately, not many metal bands write songs about bunnies and chocolate eggs, so you’ll have to listen to this selection of songs about crucifixion. Arch Enemy – Carry the Cross I’ve mentioned my love of Arch Enemy before. I think this is a great song to blast [...]

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