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/metal-mixtape-veldensteiner-festival-2011/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-veldensteiner-festival-2011/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:57:56 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4199 In my last few posts, I’ve talked about the Veldensteiner Festival -- an awesome folk metal and medieval rock festival we got to attend while in Bavaria, held inside the grounds of the Veldenstein castle. You can read my other posts at: Mead, Metal and Mad German Archaeologists: Veldenstein 2011, Veldensteiner Festival 2011 photos, and [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-veldensteiner-festival-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-wacken-2011/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-wacken-2011/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:23:58 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3984 If you’re not at Wacken this week … well, I pity you. But here are some songs I’m probably listening to, and you can listen too, and it will be like you’re here, except without the beer and steak sandwiches and Wacken shenanigans. Blind Guardian -- Valhalla This is STILL one of my favorite live [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-wacken-2011/feed/ 5 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-black-death-edition/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-black-death-edition/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:27:31 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3699 Thank you to all the folks on the Steff Metal Facebook page who suggested these songs after I admitted my complete brain fart when it came to coming up with plague-themed metal songs. Any more to suggest? Add them in the comments. Demon – the Plague Great song by the hugely underrated British band Demon, [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-black-death-edition/feed/ 6 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-female-metal-bands-musicians/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-female-metal-bands-musicians/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:10:37 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3531 We’re celebrating the awesomeness that is metal chicks this week, so I’ve put together a quick little mixtape of some cool metal chicks. Arch Enemy – Nemesis One of the most prominent females in extreme metal, Angela Gossow growls as well as the boys. Astarte – Mutter Astarte Holy satan fuck! I haven’t heard any [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-female-metal-bands-musicians/feed/ 8 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-finnish-metal-edition/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-finnish-metal-edition/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 01:21:32 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3499 I’d like to say a huge thanks to everyone who helped me put together Finnish Metal week, esp Kimmo and Tanja for shooting me the DVD and giving such a wicked interview, and all the people who chimed in with their fave Finnish bands (and the awesome Finn who corrected my spelling!) I love writing [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-finnish-metal-edition/feed/ 8 http://www.steffmetal.com/is-this-band-metal/ http://www.steffmetal.com/is-this-band-metal/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:48:31 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3336 Following on from this week’s Metalheads 101 homework and discussion, I thought I’d better throw my opinions into the mix. I deliberately chose the ten bands on the list because they tend to be bands who sit on the “cusp” of being metal or not. Some would consider them metal, some would say HELL NO. [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/is-this-band-metal/feed/ 10 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-steffs-top-ten-metal-albums-201/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-steffs-top-ten-metal-albums-201/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:59:07 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3119 You could probably guess this week’s Mixtape would include songs from my favorite albums of 2010. No commentary this time, as I think I said it all in my post. Accept – Teutonic Terror Ihsahn – Frozen Lakes on Mars Blind Guardian – Sacred Eluveitie – Thousandfold Orphaned Land – Sapari Krokus – Hoodoo Woman [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-steffs-top-ten-metal-albums-201/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/indica/ http://www.steffmetal.com/indica/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:20:36 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3093 Not many people know this, but apart from enjoying metal in all its myriad forms, I have a soft spot for certain other music genres. English folk music, “classical” German and Scandinavian composers (especially Sibelius) and the odd bit of progressive rock. But one of my biggest weaknesses is European pop music, especially when it’s [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/indica/feed/ 3 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-bela-lugosi-vampire-special/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-bela-lugosi-vampire-special/#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:05:40 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2969 It’s a long weekend here in New Zealand, which I am celebrating by having picnics on the lawn with the husband and the cat, catching up on my writing, baking cookies, planning my halloween costume, and listening to metal. In honor of Bela Lugosi’s birthday, here’s a mix of vampire goodies. There are tons of [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-bela-lugosi-vampire-special/feed/ 4 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-steffs-black-metal-favorites/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-steffs-black-metal-favorites/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:43:34 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2925 A few of my favorites to blacken your weekend. Enjoy. Bathory – Odin’s Ride over Nordland Just a little warm-up to get you started. Bathory – A Fine Day to Die Satyricon – Dark Medieval Times Necromantia – Scarlet Witching Screams I love the more traditional metal elements in Hellenic black metal – there’s often [...]

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