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/ten-of-the-best-2011-metal-songs-from-downunder/ http://www.steffmetal.com/ten-of-the-best-2011-metal-songs-from-downunder/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:08:18 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4802 Occasionally – far too occasionally – I guest post on No Clean Singing. Since they’ve been doing a seriously epic round up of end-of-2011 lists, I thought I’d contribute one. You can read my take on Ten of the Best 2011 Metal Songs from Down Under over on the NCS blog, including bands like Heresiarch, [...]

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]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/15-greatest-metal-guitarists/feed/ 10 http://www.steffmetal.com/33-metal-guitarist-should-do-before-die/ http://www.steffmetal.com/33-metal-guitarist-should-do-before-die/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:43:01 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4461 1. Play a show in your friend’s basement that’s so loud the neighbours call the police. 2. Find yourself in an unsavorary location and / or a compromising position after answering a “guitarist wanted” ad. 3. Post videos of your epic shred solo of doom on Youtube. 4. Teach someone how to play the opening [...]

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]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/ten-reasons-awesome-metal-chick/feed/ 14 http://www.steffmetal.com/best-of-steff-metal-2010/ http://www.steffmetal.com/best-of-steff-metal-2010/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:52:29 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3257 In 2010, Steff Metal hit over 300 articles and reached over 30 000 readers, which blows my mind. The fact that there’s so many of you reading the thoughts of a no-name writer down here in New Zealand makes me feel all warm and giggly inside. I love your emails, comments and discussions on the [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/best-of-steff-metal-2010/feed/ 3 http://www.steffmetal.com/top-10-metal-albums-2010/ http://www.steffmetal.com/top-10-metal-albums-2010/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:50:01 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3106 Back in June, I wrote a list of my choice of the Top 10 Metal Albums of 2010 … so far. I said I’d be revising the list at the end of the year, so here it is. Accept – Blood of the Nation If I had to choose, from all these brilliant albums, my [...]

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