Steff: I don’t often include guest posts on this site (hence the name “Steff” in the title) but for friends and awesome folk like Ali of Aliventures, I make an exception. Ali is an author, writing coach and metalhead, and Steff Metal is but one stop on a virtual book tour to promote to her [...]
Pitch Black Records have recently acquired Danish melodic death metal group Illnath, who released their third studio album in November 2011. Third Act in the Theatre of Madness takes a more melodic apprach over Illnath’s previous releases, and with a new contingent of musicians (Mona Beck – vocals, Kenneth Frandsen – bass, and session drummer [...]
And Inquisition – one of the forerunners of the US black metal scene – with local acts Vassafor, Winter Deluge and Anno Domini Mortis on June 6, followed shortly thereafter by Goatwhore, and the mighty Asian onslaught that is Impiety, along with local legends Exordium Mors and Bulletbelt on July 11-12. Tickets to both events [...]
Ray Heberer is a name you’ve heard on this blog before, and you’ll likely hear it again and again, because I’m quite in awe of the dude. I wrote about Ray and the album Winter Solstice from his Bloodred Fullmoon project earlier this year, but today you’re going to hear about another one of his [...]
Awhile ago I wrote an article called “Promoting Your Metal Band Online”, which, aside from being one of the more popular articles on my site, has prompted a LOT of emails from struggling musicians over the years. I thought I’d write a bit of a follow-up to the piece after receiving this question a couple [...]
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