Posts Tagged ‘Iron Maidens’
Valentine’s Day looms on the horizon, like a dark, looming thing. It seems horribly clich’ed, but I’m not a Valentine’s Day fan. It seems like such a fake, commercial “holiday”. There’s no real “holiday” aspect to it. You don’t relax on the beach, or curl up on the couch with a good book, or hang [...]
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In the second of my heavy metal fashion reports, I talk about the grymmest of the grymm, the kreigest cats of all: Black Metal Fashion. Born in the early 90s of a disgust at the death metal scene in Europe, and a general disgust at middle-class, conservative Christian Norway, black metal emerged as a rasp [...]
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Power metal defies many of the stereotypes associated with heavy metal – it’s upbeat, happy, melodic and popular. Every word of the clean, melodic vocals can be understood. Subject matter references medieval legends, fantasy books, role-playing games and battles with dragons. Every power-metal album contains at least two ballads – and a “call to arms” [...]
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Wrist-accessories can make or break a metal outfit. Too much metal bling, and you look like a runaway Avril Lavigne backup dancer. Too little, and you look … well … normal. And who wants that? Metal music does not favor the subtle, and the same rule applies to our dress sense. No thin silver bracelets or delicate [...]
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Ah, winter. The Gymm, frostbitten season of epicness. We’re deep in the bowels of Scandinavia at the moment, and boy howdy is it chilly. Not that we mind. As we’re previously discussed, metal is NOT a summer fashion – all that black leather, boots, jeans and fishnet does not a cheery beach babe make. For [...]
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Interview: Swedish Metallers Avatar
Steff Metal reviews Stonehaven – Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes
Linking Horn: Linkages from the Other Side
New Zealand Metal News and Gig Guide for March/April 2012
Steff Metal Reviews Desultor – Masters of Hate
