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/girls-dont-like-metal/ http://www.steffmetal.com/girls-dont-like-metal/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:07:01 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4853 Uber-talented music critic Natalie Zed has started a new column on the Canada Arts Connect website, titled “Girls Don’t Like Metal” after the infamous Metalsucks post by Sergeant D “Public Service Announcement: Girls Do Not Like Metal“. Natalie’s biweekly column examines gender issues, feminism, and sexuality within heavy metal music. Each post will come in the [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/girls-dont-like-metal/feed/ 6 http://www.steffmetal.com/review-denni-elizabeth-the-girl-with-the-axe/ http://www.steffmetal.com/review-denni-elizabeth-the-girl-with-the-axe/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:52:05 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4642 There’s a Japanese pop band called Shonen Knife I used to love as a kid. They produced album after album of punchy, grunty rock tunes about ice creams and going to the toy store and seeing cute boys. I had to order their albums from these insane asian importers because none of the music shops [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/review-denni-elizabeth-the-girl-with-the-axe/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-female-metal-bands-musicians/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-female-metal-bands-musicians/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:10:37 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3531 We’re celebrating the awesomeness that is metal chicks this week, so I’ve put together a quick little mixtape of some cool metal chicks. Arch Enemy – Nemesis One of the most prominent females in extreme metal, Angela Gossow growls as well as the boys. Astarte – Mutter Astarte Holy satan fuck! I haven’t heard any [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-female-metal-bands-musicians/feed/ 8 http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-armand-rosmilia-author-metal-queen-ebooks-win-free-lifetime-subscription-metal-queen/ http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-armand-rosmilia-author-metal-queen-ebooks-win-free-lifetime-subscription-metal-queen/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:39:37 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3522 I told you all I had a special guest today, and here he is. Armand Rosamilia has been a metal fan for over thirty years, and he’s the author of “Metal Queens” a series of ebooks celebrating women in metal. These aren’t pun-up pictures of hot metal chicks (although,

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/interview-armand-rosmilia-author-metal-queen-ebooks-win-free-lifetime-subscription-metal-queen/feed/ 9 http://www.steffmetal.com/christmas-gift-ideas-gothic-ladies/ http://www.steffmetal.com/christmas-gift-ideas-gothic-ladies/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:03:41 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3080 Christmas is creeping up on us, like the trailer for “The Human Centipede”, which still haunts my dreams. If you’ve got a certain gothic girl, alternative lady or heavy metal missus to shop for, and no idea what to get, I’ve got a few ideas. Also, anyone reading this blog who feels inclined to get [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/christmas-gift-ideas-gothic-ladies/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/bastard-pirate-girl/ http://www.steffmetal.com/bastard-pirate-girl/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:20:27 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3046 My piratical guest-poster Felicity continues with some most excellent tales of real pirate wenches. These stories are true. Certain parts are in the public record. The rest is from “A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates”, released in 1724. Anne Bonny was a bastard, the daughter of her dad’s [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/bastard-pirate-girl/feed/ 2 http://www.steffmetal.com/real-job-elena-bathory-metal-model/ http://www.steffmetal.com/real-job-elena-bathory-metal-model/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:46:00 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2012 As a recurring feature here on the blog, I like to interview people with “metal” jobs – either within the industry or just jobs I think would be awesome. And this week, I’m pleased as Plutarch to present Elena Bathory, a metal model and clothing designer making a name for herself working with bands like [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/real-job-elena-bathory-metal-model/feed/ 7 http://www.steffmetal.com/genitorturers-cripple-mr-onion-2/ http://www.steffmetal.com/genitorturers-cripple-mr-onion-2/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:06:33 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=2273 Went to see Gen-xx (a stripped-down version of the Genitorturers) at the Transmission Room in Auckland last night. Hell of a show. Let me clear this up from the onset: I am not a “festish-y” type girl. I don’t like wearing latex or PVC, I’ve never been a big fan of industrial music as something [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/genitorturers-cripple-mr-onion-2/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/countess-elizabeth-bathory/ http://www.steffmetal.com/countess-elizabeth-bathory/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:49:44 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=1478 In this - the second installment of Metal History - I’d like to talk of a women who has inspired countless metal songs – Elizabeth Bathory, the Hungarian Countess who died locked in her palace, accused of torturing over 650 young girls and bathing in their blood. I admit, I didn’t know much about Elizabeth Bathory (Báthory Erzsébet [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/countess-elizabeth-bathory/feed/ 24 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-female-vocals/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-female-vocals/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:52:25 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=1376 I’ve already done five posts this week, but as a special treat I’m sending you out an extra Metal Mixtape for your saturday listening pleasure. This week, I’m taking a look at “female-fronted metal (and non-metal) bands. Nightwish – The Poet and The Pendulam I’ll come right out and say this, and you can all [...]

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