Posts Tagged ‘Metal Gods’
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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” Maybe it’s not on top of the charts, but we’re still standing strong. So we’ll be here forever. United and hard we stand. “ On this day, five years ago, Pantera/Damageplan guitarist and metal legend Dimebag Darryl was tragically shot down in the middle of a concert. Dimebag was one of the greatest metal [...]
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Raise your horns, metal friends, and drink to one of our great masters. On this day, 61 years ago, in the smoky, industrial town of Birmingham, England, John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne burst forth upon the world. In 1968, Ozzy helped form Black Sabbath, the most important heavy metal band of all time. Metalheads say that [...]
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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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Steff Metal Reviews: Overkill – The Electric Age
Linking Horn: Links of the Irish
Steff Metal at First Thursdays
Review: Clinging to the Trees Of A Forest Fire – Visceral
Review: Spiral – The Traveller
