Posts Tagged ‘Grymm and Frostbitten Lands’
On our second night in Munich (the first night being a desparate attempt to not fall asleep in our bratwurst), CDH and I hung out in the train station. No, we didn’t have timetables, binoculars and stopwatches – we were there for After Dark, the Munich Ghost Tour. I’m a fan of ghost tours, having [...]
Read MoreOK OK, so it has been 10 nights since I arrived in Germany and I haven´t updated the blog. In my defence, I don´t own a laptop or a phone that does … anything, so I have only just managed to find an internet cafe. So there will be no pictures, and this confounded German [...]
Read MoreIf you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I am, at present, in Germany, on my way to Wacken Open Air – the Biggest Heavy Metal Party on Earth, for the second time, to see Judas Priest, Blind Guardian, Ensiferum, Subway to Sally, Moonsorrow, Apocalyptica, Avantasia, Deadlock, Helloween, Kataklysm, [...]
Read MoreIf you’re anything like me, your ultimate chill-out involves curling up with a good book. I read roughly a book a week, sometimes more, and, as a writer of both non-fiction and fiction, I’ve kept my eye on the developments in e-publishing over the last five years. When affordable e-readers started coming on the market, [...]
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Apart from metal history and the music reviews, which I said I’d never do, the travel articles on Steff Metal get by far the most views. Every week I get questions from fellow metal travellers – “What should I do in <insert random and obscure place I’ve never been to>?” “How do I talk to [...]
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Review: Twisted Tower Dire – Make it Dark
Tips for Forming Your Own Metal Band
Ten of the Best 2011 Metal Songs from Downunder
Blackout: Real Metal Radio NZ returns this Sat
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