Archive for May, 2010

  • Linking Horn: 18 May 2010

    May 18th, 2010 | Linking Horn, Plunder | steff | No Comments

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    A quick Linking Horn today. I am snowed under with work and it is cold here and I am still sad about Dio. WebUrbanist continues to be one of the few blogs who post something I’m dying to read every single day. Here’s 10 Most Amazing Ancient Objects of Mystery. The most mysterious thing I [...]

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  • RIP Ronnie James Dio

    May 17th, 2010 | Metal Gods | steff | 1 Comment

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    It seems as though I’m writing far too many of these posts lately. After a series of ‘is he / isn’t he?” articles hit the internet yesterday, the news has broken. Ronnie James Dio – the ferocious creative force behind Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell and Rainbow – has passed. His battle with stomach cancer [...]

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  • Metal Mixtape: Folk Metal, Part 2

    May 15th, 2010 | Metal Mixtape | steff | 3 Comments

    This week’s Metal Mixtape is, of course, Part 2 of the Folk Metal Mixtape. I’ve found a few well-known and a couple lesser-known groups for you to enjoy. We’ve had our Dutch friend sleeping over for the last two days. She’s very hot and very sarcastic and very cool. So I’ve been having a wonderful [...]

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  • Cthulhu’s Closet: Folk Metal silliness

    May 12th, 2010 | Cthulhu Closet | steff | 3 Comments

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    I took the opportunity during the minute of sunlight over the weekend to drag out my medieval dress. I am wearing: red / black generic medieval-style dress – from the Wacken medieval market silver headdress from Dress of Your Dreams – this is where I brought my wedding dress! Thor’s Hammer, Wulflund Replica Anglo-Saxon coin, [...]

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  • Metal History: Runes

    May 11th, 2010 | Metal History, Runes | steff | 2 Comments

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    Continuing Folk Metal week into it’s second week (thus making it Folk Metal Fortnight – ah, aliteration), I thought I’d talk about those stick letters adorning the cover of every folk metal album – runes. Prior to the adoption of the Latin alphabet – along with everything else Christian – in around AD 700 – [...]

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