Posts Tagged ‘Metal News’
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 [...]
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Despite the fact it’s currently pissing down over here (hello, Summer, are you IN there?) and we should all be thinking about beaches and BBQs, there’s still some awesome things happening in the local kiwi metal scene. Ulcerate have landed a fucking amazing European tour alongside Svart Crown. Hot off their signing [...]
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Time for another list of kiwi metal news and gigs to wet your metal appetites. If any of you missed last week’s list, and are wondering what happened to the Linking Horn, I’m trying to do my bit (however small) in promoting local kiwi metal talent. This NZ Metal News and Gig Guide will go [...]
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It has come to my attention in recent months that New Zealand metal is awesome. I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the local scene for many years – my taste in metal tends toward the melodic end of the spectrum, and every local gig seemed to be dominated by same-same extreme metal bands fighting for [...]
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Today in “here’s what’s happening in MY country”, a massive earthquake shook Christchurch. Thank you to the couple of people who emailed me, but this is NOT close to Auckland, where I live. On Sept 4 last year, Christchurch was hit by a major earthquake, with over 700 aftershocks following, including some quite severe ones [...]
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Review: Kasium – Exhale
Linking Horn: A Quest Into the 77th Link
Review and Album Stream: Aborted – Global Flatline
Review: Avatar – Black Waltz
Gig Review: ABSU, Heresiarch, Nullifier and Exordium Mors at the Kings Arms
