http://www.steffmetal.com the alternative blogazine of heavy metal fashion, lifestyle and kvlture Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:02:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-metalhead-metal-workplace/ http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-metalhead-metal-workplace/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:01:56 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4523 Lately, I’m finding that I increasingly wonder about how metal will fit into my life as I get older. After college I want to be taken seriously as a professional, and I fear that somehow my love for metal will be seen as a weakness and I will be treated poorly for it. This may [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/ask-a-metalhead-metal-workplace/feed/ 12 http://www.steffmetal.com/costumes-midgets-wacky-germans-talking-pirate-metal-chris-alestorm/ http://www.steffmetal.com/costumes-midgets-wacky-germans-talking-pirate-metal-chris-alestorm/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 08:21:50 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3780 Yarrr! It’s pirate metal week, and I’m stoked to get an interview with Chris Bowes, vocalist and keytarist of Alestorm, who will be rocking their own brand of pirate madness at Rising Sun in Auckland this Sunday. Steff: Hi Chris. What time is it in Scotland? Chris: It’s 11 o clock in the morning. I’ve [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/costumes-midgets-wacky-germans-talking-pirate-metal-chris-alestorm/feed/ 2 http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-armand-rosmilia-author-metal-queen-ebooks-win-free-lifetime-subscription-metal-queen/ http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-armand-rosmilia-author-metal-queen-ebooks-win-free-lifetime-subscription-metal-queen/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:39:37 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3522 I told you all I had a special guest today, and here he is. Armand Rosamilia has been a metal fan for over thirty years, and he’s the author of “Metal Queens” a series of ebooks celebrating women in metal. These aren’t pun-up pictures of hot metal chicks (although,

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-armand-rosmilia-author-metal-queen-ebooks-win-free-lifetime-subscription-metal-queen/feed/ 9 http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-kimmo-tanja-kuusniemi-sarcofagus-promised-land-heavy-metal/ http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-kimmo-tanja-kuusniemi-sarcofagus-promised-land-heavy-metal/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:44:56 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3442 Maybe you’ve heard of Sarcofagus – the Finnish band that broke ground during the 80s with their classic heavy metal sound, then moved to England when it was clear the Finns weren’t quite ready for metal to broach their shores. Now Kimmo Kuusniemi and his wife Tanja return to their homeland to explore the metal [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-kimmo-tanja-kuusniemi-sarcofagus-promised-land-heavy-metal/feed/ 2 http://www.steffmetal.com/real-job-elena-bathory-metal-model/ http://www.steffmetal.com/real-job-elena-bathory-metal-model/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:46:00 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2012 As a recurring feature here on the blog, I like to interview people with “metal” jobs – either within the industry or just jobs I think would be awesome. And this week, I’m pleased as Plutarch to present Elena Bathory, a metal model and clothing designer making a name for herself working with bands like [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/real-job-elena-bathory-metal-model/feed/ 7 http://www.steffmetal.com/cris-frederiksen-svartsot/ http://www.steffmetal.com/cris-frederiksen-svartsot/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 20:40:15 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=1624 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 [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/cris-frederiksen-svartsot/feed/ 2 http://www.steffmetal.com/author-stephanie-kuehnert/ http://www.steffmetal.com/author-stephanie-kuehnert/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:07:53 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=1559 I haven’t done an interview in awhile, and to celebrate the release of my ebook I thought it might be appropriate to post this interview today. I’d like you all to give a big metal Up the Irons! to Stephanie Kuehnert, writer and punk princess. Stephanie is the author of I Wanna Be Your Joey [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/author-stephanie-kuehnert/feed/ 8 http://www.steffmetal.com/mike-andersson-cloudscape-interview/ http://www.steffmetal.com/mike-andersson-cloudscape-interview/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:33:34 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=568 When our motley crew ventured into Oslo in August, we didn’t expect to encounter one of the best up-and-coming prog metal acts, but we caught Cloudscape with Pagan’s Mind at ProgFest in Oslo, and they kicked our ass. Coming from New Zealand’s black & death-oriented metal scene, it was such a treat to see a club show [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/mike-andersson-cloudscape-interview/feed/ 3 http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-jonathan-kruze-shred-tshirts/ http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-jonathan-kruze-shred-tshirts/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:41:32 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=952 I’m starting a new column on Steff Metal. I get several emails from readers – especially readers in their last year of high school or in the middle of uni exams – wanting to know how to get a job in this or that profession. No one wants to be an accountant or a street [...]

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