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/ten-of-the-best-2011-metal-songs-from-downunder/ http://www.steffmetal.com/ten-of-the-best-2011-metal-songs-from-downunder/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:08:18 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4802 Occasionally – far too occasionally – I guest post on No Clean Singing. Since they’ve been doing a seriously epic round up of end-of-2011 lists, I thought I’d contribute one. You can read my take on Ten of the Best 2011 Metal Songs from Down Under over on the NCS blog, including bands like Heresiarch, [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/ten-of-the-best-2011-metal-songs-from-downunder/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/steffmetals-top-ten-metal-albums-of-2011/ http://www.steffmetal.com/steffmetals-top-ten-metal-albums-of-2011/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:21:30 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4708 Back in June I wrote a round-up of my thoughts on the best metal albums of 2011, and now it’s time to revisit that list. I’ve been trying to write this for about two months, but every time I think I’ve got it sussed, I read about some new album I end up loving, and [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/steffmetals-top-ten-metal-albums-of-2011/feed/ 14 http://www.steffmetal.com/10-albums-to-get-non-metalheads-into-metal/ http://www.steffmetal.com/10-albums-to-get-non-metalheads-into-metal/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:27:13 +0000 steff http://www.steffmetal.com/?p=4557 A reader emailed me recently asking if I could recommend a few albums for people getting into metal. When I was thinking about my recommendations (Megadeth! Iron Maiden! Sabbath! Amon Amarth!) I realized the albums you show to non-metalheads are always the albums you feel crush their preconceptions about metal. Think about it. When you [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/10-albums-to-get-non-metalheads-into-metal/feed/ 10 http://www.steffmetal.com/33-metal-guitarist-should-do-before-die/ http://www.steffmetal.com/33-metal-guitarist-should-do-before-die/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:43:01 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4461 1. Play a show in your friend’s basement that’s so loud the neighbours call the police. 2. Find yourself in an unsavorary location and / or a compromising position after answering a “guitarist wanted” ad. 3. Post videos of your epic shred solo of doom on Youtube. 4. Teach someone how to play the opening [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/33-metal-guitarist-should-do-before-die/feed/ 5 http://www.steffmetal.com/10-tips-learning-metal-guitar/ http://www.steffmetal.com/10-tips-learning-metal-guitar/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:01:25 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4439 I know many of you folk reading Steff Metal are learning – or thinking about learning – to play heavy metal guitar. This can seem like a daunting task, especially if you’ve never learned an instrument before or feel like you aren’t making any progress. Here are a few tips on learning to play metal [...]

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]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/10-tips-metal-travel-adventure/feed/ 0 http://www.steffmetal.com/top-ten-metal-albums-2011/ http://www.steffmetal.com/top-ten-metal-albums-2011/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:59:53 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=4012 Last year I wrote a list of my top ten metal albums for the first half of 2010, then revisited my top ten metal albums of 2010 at the end of the year. It was interesting to see how my tastes changed over the next six months – what albums dropped off to make way [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/top-ten-metal-albums-2011/feed/ 19 http://www.steffmetal.com/6-metal-blogs-you-should-read/ http://www.steffmetal.com/6-metal-blogs-you-should-read/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:06:18 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3702 Some people have noticed I got rid of the “Links of Doom” tab on my navigation bar in my last site cleanup. Truthfully, I kept forgetting to update it, and all the links were out of date, and I am lazy and needed room of the Metalheads 101 tab, so that’s why there are no [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/6-metal-blogs-you-should-read/feed/ 16 http://www.steffmetal.com/10-reasons-zealand-heavy-metal/ http://www.steffmetal.com/10-reasons-zealand-heavy-metal/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:11:07 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3618 As part of Blog4NZ week, I’m talking about my home country and how awesome it is, and trying to encourage all you metalheads to take your next vacation over here. Yesterday, I wrote about Metal things to do in Auckland, our biggest city. Today, I’m writing about a few of the things that make our [...]

]]> http://www.steffmetal.com/10-reasons-zealand-heavy-metal/feed/ 7 http://www.steffmetal.com/ten-reasons-awesome-metal-chick/ http://www.steffmetal.com/ten-reasons-awesome-metal-chick/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:30:31 +0000 steff http://steffmetal.com/?p=3518 In honor of a special guest interview I’m posting tomorrow, I’m declaring this week the week of metal chicks. If you’re a lass who loves her music loud and dark and full of shred solos and double bass, then horns up to you sister \m/ Ten Reasons Being a Metal Chick is awesome: We will [...]

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