Posts from the ‘Metalheads 101’ Category
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 [...]
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I actually cannot remember my first metal concert. Is that odd? I suppose it depends on what you mean by “metal” and “concert”. The first live music concert I ever saw (apart from a couple of Christian rock bands at the local church) was that horrid pop band 5ive in Birmingham, England, with 10 other [...]
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Last week, in Metalheads 101, we talked about what IS metal music, and boy howdy did it incite some discussion! Genre classifications fascinate me, as it’s essentially a label given to a type of music in order to help record companies market, and yet, it’s impossible to talk to any kind of music lover without [...]
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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. [...]
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One feature Steff Metal has been sorely lacking is a column dedicated to metal newbies. I’ve been assuming everyone who stumbles upon this site has been a metalhead for hundreds of years already, and would find such a column boring. I was wrong. Metalheads 101 is the ultimate course on how to become a metalhead. [...]
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Steff Metal interviews Tim “Ripper” Owens
Steve Hughes: Heavy Metal Comedy
Steff Metal reviews Zebulon Pike “Space Is the Corpse of Time”
Linking Horn: The Linking Games
