Posts from the ‘Lifestyle’ Category
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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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“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 [...]
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2011 – what a fucking year. While, for me, 2010 was mostly a year of frantically saving money and struggling to keep our heads above water, 2011 was a year of serious growth (both business and personal) and some of the most amazing fun I’ve ever had. Most of the things I’ve been able to [...]
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3 Days Left to Enter the BlackOut Keep it Live and Loud band comp!Attention New Zealand rock and metal bands! Blackout presents “Keep it
Ask a Metalhead: How do I Afford Metal Music and Concerts?
Interview: Swedish Metallers Avatar
Steff Metal reviews Stonehaven – Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes
