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/metal-mixtape-veldensteiner-festival-2011/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-veldensteiner-festival-2011/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:57:56 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4199 In my last few posts, I’ve talked about the Veldensteiner Festival -- an awesome folk metal and medieval rock festival we got to attend while in Bavaria, held inside the grounds of the Veldenstein castle. You can read my other posts at: Mead, Metal and Mad German Archaeologists: Veldenstein 2011, Veldensteiner Festival 2011 photos, and [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-veldensteiner-festival-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-wacken-2011/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-wacken-2011/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:23:58 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3984 If you’re not at Wacken this week … well, I pity you. But here are some songs I’m probably listening to, and you can listen too, and it will be like you’re here, except without the beer and steak sandwiches and Wacken shenanigans. Blind Guardian -- Valhalla This is STILL one of my favorite live [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-wacken-2011/feed/ 5 http://www.steffmetal.com/slightly-obscure-pirate-metal-mixtape/ http://www.steffmetal.com/slightly-obscure-pirate-metal-mixtape/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 09:29:12 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3818 In honor of Pirate Metal week here at Steff Metal, and the local scene going a bit pirate crazy owing to Alestorm coming to NZ this weekend, I’ve put together a mixtape of silly and slightly obscure pirate metal songs. I’m the first to admit most of these are completely ridiculous, but I’m sure you’ll [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/slightly-obscure-pirate-metal-mixtape/feed/ 1 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-black-death-edition/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-black-death-edition/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:27:31 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3699 Thank you to all the folks on the Steff Metal Facebook page who suggested these songs after I admitted my complete brain fart when it came to coming up with plague-themed metal songs. Any more to suggest? Add them in the comments. Demon – the Plague Great song by the hugely underrated British band Demon, [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-black-death-edition/feed/ 6 http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-blog4nz-edition/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-blog4nz-edition/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:18:32 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3639 Since I’ve been blogging non-stop for Blog4NZ all week, I though it appropriate to have a NZ music mixtape. This one is mostly-non-metal, because I got all nostalgic making up my road-trip songlist from Ingredients of a Perfect New Zealand Roadtrip article. Enjoy – and don’t forget to come visit! The Tutts – K I [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-blog4nz-edition/feed/ 3 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/metal-mixtape-finnish-metal-edition/ http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-finnish-metal-edition/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 01:21:32 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3499 I’d like to say a huge thanks to everyone who helped me put together Finnish Metal week, esp Kimmo and Tanja for shooting me the DVD and giving such a wicked interview, and all the people who chimed in with their fave Finnish bands (and the awesome Finn who corrected my spelling!) I love writing [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/metal-mixtape-finnish-metal-edition/feed/ 8 http://www.steffmetal.com/is-this-band-metal/ http://www.steffmetal.com/is-this-band-metal/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:48:31 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3336 Following on from this week’s Metalheads 101 homework and discussion, I thought I’d better throw my opinions into the mix. I deliberately chose the ten bands on the list because they tend to be bands who sit on the “cusp” of being metal or not. Some would consider them metal, some would say HELL NO. [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/is-this-band-metal/feed/ 10 http://www.steffmetal.com/blood-stain-child/ http://www.steffmetal.com/blood-stain-child/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:36:56 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3292 I am speechless. Utterly lost for words.

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