http://www.steffmetal.com the alternative blogazine of heavy metal fashion, lifestyle and kvlture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:52:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-a-quest-into-the-77th-link/ http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-a-quest-into-the-77th-link/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:17:56 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4909 Lots more hilarity at Lusoskav’s deviantart page. Over on Biodagar, Leticia reviews Ace Frehley’s book No Regrets. Sounds like an interesting read, and something I might add to the pile, despite not being much of a KISS fan. Also, check out Leticia’s new metal podcast. Over on No Clean Singing, the Keyboard Warriors column features [...]

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]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metal-2011-recap/feed/ 8 http://www.steffmetal.com/happy-anti-christmas-from-steff-metal-m/ http://www.steffmetal.com/happy-anti-christmas-from-steff-metal-m/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:11:25 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4700 This year has been absolutely amazing, and I have all of you to thank for it. Friends, family and the wonderful, intelligent and totally epic folk who read this blog – your comments, emails, advice and suggestions make writing so much more fun. As of today, Steff Metal has over 450 articles, reviews and silly [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/happy-anti-christmas-from-steff-metal-m/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-links-for-the-jolly-red-man/ http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-links-for-the-jolly-red-man/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:42:43 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4680 Yes, I am aware I have sort of forgotten to post in a few days. Mostly, it’s because I’m trying to compose my top ten metal albums of 2011 list, which is giving me all hell this year since there have been so many amazing albums. That, and I went away with friends last weekend [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-links-for-the-jolly-red-man/feed/ 3 http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-and-my-dragon-pinata/ http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-and-my-dragon-pinata/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:09:14 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4633 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 [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-and-my-dragon-pinata/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/sheri-moon-zombie-total-skull-clothing-shoot/ http://www.steffmetal.com/sheri-moon-zombie-total-skull-clothing-shoot/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:00:20 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4588 While I was metalling it up at Wacken 2011, Total Skull clothing contacted me, wondering if I’d be keen to be a spokes-blogger for the label. Are you freaken kidding me? Hands down, that was the best week of my life. If you’ve never heard of Total Skull, it’s the clothing and accessories line of [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/sheri-moon-zombie-total-skull-clothing-shoot/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-stepping-up-link/ http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-stepping-up-link/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:36:39 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4550 It’s been a crazy couple of weeks! I’ve had a huge string of parties to attend, performed my first wedding ceremony as a NZ marriage celebrant (on the stage at the best local bar, followed by a night of live metal – what an awesome night), have changed all the servers for all my websites, [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/linking-horn-stepping-up-link/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/announcing-corpsepaintkittycom/ http://www.steffmetal.com/announcing-corpsepaintkittycom/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:37:57 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4516 So I know the site’s been a little quiet over the last week, and there was the unfortunate incident where several thousand people searching for the word “hipster” and landing on my site (why? WHY?) ate all my bandwidth, but I’m back, baby. With a cute and insanely metal new project – www.corpsepaintkitty.com. CorpsepaintKitty is [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/announcing-corpsepaintkittycom/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metal-learns-guitar/ http://www.steffmetal.com/steff-metal-learns-guitar/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:25:16 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4503 I couldn’t have a Metal Guitar Week without telling you about my own attempts to become an axeman (axewoman). Be warned – this is a tale of determination, woe, disappointment, and very relieved flatmates! Ever since I discovered metal at the beginning of high school, I’ve struggled against a strong desire to learn to play [...]

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