According to their biography, Twisted Tower Dire have been around since the “anti-metal nineties”, but I only heard about them a couple of weeks ago from my friend Chrissy. In 1999 they released their debut album and did a seriously epic world tour to promote it, playing with the likes of The Lord Weird Slough [...]
This article is a follow-on from the piece I wrote the other week called Finding Metal Musicians My Own Age. When you’re starting out as a metal musician, you’re normally shut up in your room, playing Black Sabbath riffs over and over until they sound suitably heavy, or drumming on the furniture until your girlfriend [...]
Occasionally – far too occasionally – I guest post on No Clean Singing. Since they’ve been doing a seriously epic round up of end-of-2011 lists, I thought I’d contribute one. You can read my take on Ten of the Best 2011 Metal Songs from Down Under over on the NCS blog, including bands like Heresiarch, [...]
Samantha Hudges and Luke Golds, the DJ team behind kiwi metal radio show Blackout, are looking for requests of this week’s show – the first of 2012 – which will be on air 10-12pm this Sunday, Jan 8. Blackout is a late-night metal show on Flat FM – a radio station staffed by volunteers dedicated [...]
“Metal is not defined by oppressive, negative bullshit. Metal is defined by a creative freedom and a type of power that’s visceral in a way that no other kind of music is.” – Devin Townsend(on Metalsucks.com) Indian metal has for me always been characterized by a sense of overcoming odds. I remember that great scene [...]
Steff Metal 2011 Recap
Steffmetal’s Top Ten Metal Albums of 2011
Steff Metal’s not-so-epic, end-of-year survey
Happy Anti-Christmas from Steff Metal \m/
Ask a Metalhead: Finding Metal Musicians my Own Age
