Posts Tagged ‘Brutal Tunes’

  • Learning German with JBO

    July 24th, 2010 | Brutal Tunes, Metal Mixtape | steff | 10 Comments

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    CDH and I are trying to increase our German language skills. I have a reasonabl grasp on the grammar, but I need to seriously increase my vocab, so we try to listen to a lot of German metal and translate the lyrics. I’ve been listening to Subway to Sally quite obsessively for awhile, but I’ve [...]

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  • New Zealand Metal

    June 28th, 2010 | Brutal Tunes | steff | No Comments

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    In the interest of spreading the Steff Metal wuv (awwwww) you’ll find today’s post over on No Clean Singing, where I share a few of the more well-known (meaning, you’ve probably never heard of them) New Zealand metal bands. I’ll be writing a second post on more underground New Zealand metal at a later date. [...]

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  • Why I Love Indie

    May 25th, 2010 | Brutal Tunes | steff | 9 Comments

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    Last week, I explained to the uninitiated why I, as a metalhead, am required to hate Indie music. Now, to even the field, I will attempt to find reasons why I, as a metalhead, love Indie music. Metal can learn a lot from Indie – not in musicianship (I think we own them in this [...]

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  • Why I Hate Indie Music

    May 20th, 2010 | Brutal Tunes | steff | 11 Comments

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    he other day, an exasperated multi-genre loving friend of mine asked a question in her Facebook status: Why do metalheads hate indie music? She received several excellent responses from other friends. I thought the question was worth discussing further, so I’m writing my reply here. I actually don’t hate anything, and if I did, I [...]

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  • Interview: Cris Frederiksen from Svartsot

    May 3rd, 2010 | Brutal Tunes, Get a Real Job, Metal Gods | steff | 2 Comments

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    As the second installment of FOLK METAL WEEK, I’ve got Cris Frederiksen, from up-and-coming Danish folk metal band Svartsot. We picked up their first album Ravnenes Saga, on our Europe tour of Epicness, and I’ve become an avid fan, so it’s a real honour to be able to talk about music, folk metal, and mythology [...]

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