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/nz-metal-news-and-gig-guide-7-feb-2012/ http://www.steffmetal.com/nz-metal-news-and-gig-guide-7-feb-2012/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:01:27 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4913 Yipes – I haven’t done one of these in awhile. And there’s plenty of news to share: First: Even if you’ve never heard of Inquisition (and that would make you a CRAZY person), you should go, just because that poster is SO FUCKING WICKED. I will be there – that is all. (More details on [...]

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]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/girls-dont-like-metal/feed/ 6 http://www.steffmetal.com/absu-at-the-kings-arms-tomorrow-night/ http://www.steffmetal.com/absu-at-the-kings-arms-tomorrow-night/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:00:13 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4847 As part of the Hailstorm of Fire and Choas tour, Absu will be unleashed on the King’s Arms Tavern tomorrow night. Doors open 7:30 for the first of many awesome gigs this year. Absu are hot off playing multiple sold-out shows in Australia, and they’ve been receiving rave reviews for their rare appearance on stage. Absu [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/absu-at-the-kings-arms-tomorrow-night/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/nz-metal-news-and-gig-guide-ulcerate-and-diocletion-europe-dates-rites-of-abomination-and-metal-christmas/ http://www.steffmetal.com/nz-metal-news-and-gig-guide-ulcerate-and-diocletion-europe-dates-rites-of-abomination-and-metal-christmas/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:07:15 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4658 Despite the fact it’s currently pissing down over here (hello, Summer, are you IN there?) and we should all be thinking about beaches and BBQs, there’s still some awesome things happening in the local kiwi metal scene.       Ulcerate have landed a fucking amazing European tour alongside Svart Crown. Hot off their signing [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/nz-metal-news-and-gig-guide-ulcerate-and-diocletion-europe-dates-rites-of-abomination-and-metal-christmas/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/new-zealand-metal-news-heresiarch-ulcerate-stonerfest/ http://www.steffmetal.com/new-zealand-metal-news-heresiarch-ulcerate-stonerfest/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:43:54 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4621 Time for another list of kiwi metal news and gigs to wet your metal appetites. If any of you missed last week’s list, and are wondering what happened to the Linking Horn, I’m trying to do my bit (however small) in promoting local kiwi metal talent. This NZ Metal News and Gig Guide will go [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/new-zealand-metal-news-heresiarch-ulcerate-stonerfest/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/announcing-metal-guitar-week-guitarmasterclassnet/ http://www.steffmetal.com/announcing-metal-guitar-week-guitarmasterclassnet/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:34:39 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4429 When we think back to what first drew us to heavy metal music, most of us would remember the first time we ever heard a metal riff or a shred solo; that loud, rumbling distortion, that soaring melody, the speed of those fingers across the frets. It’s a powerful kind of magic that keeps bringing [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/announcing-metal-guitar-week-guitarmasterclassnet/feed/ 18 http://www.steffmetal.com/preview-oak-pantheon-atmospheric-black-metal/ http://www.steffmetal.com/preview-oak-pantheon-atmospheric-black-metal/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:57:03 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4007 This morning, Niek from Death Metal Baboon sent me a note to let me know Oak Pantheon, a US atmospheric black metal band, had given DMB an exclusive preview of their upcoming EP, and could I give it some love? After hearing the song, “In the Dead of Winter Night”, I agreed that yes, I [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/preview-oak-pantheon-atmospheric-black-metal/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/6-metal-blogs-you-should-read/ http://www.steffmetal.com/6-metal-blogs-you-should-read/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:06:18 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3702 Some people have noticed I got rid of the “Links of Doom” tab on my navigation bar in my last site cleanup. Truthfully, I kept forgetting to update it, and all the links were out of date, and I am lazy and needed room of the Metalheads 101 tab, so that’s why there are no [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/6-metal-blogs-you-should-read/feed/ 16 http://www.steffmetal.com/review-amon-amarth-surtur-rising/ http://www.steffmetal.com/review-amon-amarth-surtur-rising/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:38:48 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3593 Forgive me, for I’m about to get a little fan-girl on you ass: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!   Right, now that’s out of the way, on to reviewing Surtur Rising. Arguably one of the most highly anticipated metal releases of 2011, Amon Amarth’s follow-up to the storm of epic riffage that was Twilight of the Thunder God, will [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/review-amon-amarth-surtur-rising/feed/ 8 http://www.steffmetal.com/backyard-burial-frontman-stabbed-death-christchurch-totalled-earthquake/ http://www.steffmetal.com/backyard-burial-frontman-stabbed-death-christchurch-totalled-earthquake/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:53:11 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3546 Today in “here’s what’s happening in MY country”, a massive earthquake shook Christchurch. Thank you to the couple of people who emailed me, but this is NOT close to Auckland, where I live. On Sept 4 last year, Christchurch was hit by a major earthquake, with over 700 aftershocks following, including some quite severe ones [...]

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