Posts from the ‘Lifestyle’ Category
Humorous, interesting tidbits and metal news from around the internet. The Musical Exploration Timeline – from Something Awful. This cracked me up. If you haven’t checked out my new webcomic – Corpsepaint Kitty – yet, you definitely should! I’m putting a new comic up every Monday, and I’ve had some great entries in the REAL [...]
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Some awesome sod has nominated Steff Metal as the best music blog from New Zealand. I am bloody stoked! The winners are decided by public vote, which is definitely one definition of what constitutes “the best” blog. Currently, a hip hop blog AYEBRO is in the lead, and I’m trailing behind in 4th place (out [...]
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Following the release of their third album, American Capitalist, Five Finger Death Punch (currently on tour with Hatebreed and All That Remains) have announced a photography competition. The winning photograph will feature on a special edition Five Finger Death Punch merchandise item. All you have to do is submit a photograph that represents “American Capitalism [...]
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It has come to my attention in recent months that New Zealand metal is awesome. I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the local scene for many years – my taste in metal tends toward the melodic end of the spectrum, and every local gig seemed to be dominated by same-same extreme metal bands fighting for [...]
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A reader emailed me recently asking if I could recommend a few albums for people getting into metal. When I was thinking about my recommendations (Megadeth! Iron Maiden! Sabbath! Amon Amarth!) I realized the albums you show to non-metalheads are always the albums you feel crush their preconceptions about metal. Think about it. When you [...]
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Steff Metal at First Thursdays
Review: Clinging to the Trees Of A Forest Fire – Visceral
Review: Spiral – The Traveller
Linking Horn: Links for Kevin Costner
AetherCon: The 2012 Auckland Steampunk Convention
