Posts from the ‘Brutal Tunes’ Category

  • Metal Mixtape: Steff’s 2010 Metal Top Ten

    June 26th, 2010 | Brutal Tunes, Metal Mixtape | steff | No Comments

    A selection of songs from my favorite metal albums of 2010 so far. I haven’t written much commentary, as I think I’ve written it in the review post. Enjoy. Cynic – King of those Who Know Eluveitie – Thousandfold Love that hurdy-gurdy. Also, why is everyone in this band so HOT? It must be a [...]

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  • Top Ten Metal Albums of 2010 … so far

    June 25th, 2010 | Brutal Tunes, Steff Metal Top 10 | steff | 40 Comments

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    I don’t often write top ten music lists, because my taste in music has been called a) eclectic, and b) horrible. I don’t regard myself as an authority on what sounds good and what’s technically brilliant, as I’m a hopeless musician myself. Nevertheless, a couple of readers have been bugging me for a top ten [...]

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  • Why I Love Indie

    May 25th, 2010 | Brutal Tunes | steff | 9 Comments

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    Last week, I explained to the uninitiated why I, as a metalhead, am required to hate Indie music. Now, to even the field, I will attempt to find reasons why I, as a metalhead, love Indie music. Metal can learn a lot from Indie – not in musicianship (I think we own them in this [...]

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  • Why I Hate Indie Music

    May 20th, 2010 | Brutal Tunes | steff | 11 Comments

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    he other day, an exasperated multi-genre loving friend of mine asked a question in her Facebook status: Why do metalheads hate indie music? She received several excellent responses from other friends. I thought the question was worth discussing further, so I’m writing my reply here. I actually don’t hate anything, and if I did, I [...]

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  • Interview: Cris Frederiksen from Svartsot

    May 3rd, 2010 | Brutal Tunes, Get a Real Job, Metal Gods | steff | 2 Comments

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    As the second installment of FOLK METAL WEEK, I’ve got Cris Frederiksen, from up-and-coming Danish folk metal band Svartsot. We picked up their first album Ravnenes Saga, on our Europe tour of Epicness, and I’ve become an avid fan, so it’s a real honour to be able to talk about music, folk metal, and mythology [...]

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