Steff Metal's Blog, page 28
August 5, 2014
Steff’s Guide to Collecting Vinyl Records
For years I have promised myself I wouldn’t start, because I knew as soon as my first real vinyl was in my hands I’d be hooked. Then my mum bought me a Ride the Lightning pictureRead More
July 14, 2014
Funeral Fog
The view from my house earlier this morning. Definitely got Mayhem stuck in my head. We’ve been living rurally now on our block for more than six months. So far, it’s been pretty amazing –Read More
July 10, 2014
Exordium Mors – the Apotheosis of Death (streaming now on Cvlt Nation)
Last weekend one of my favourite local acts, Exordium Mors, had the album release party for their new album, The Apotheosis of Death I was super keen to go, but living rurally like we do means that sometimes weRead More
July 1, 2014
10 of my Favourite Doom Metal Albums of All Time
For a blog that’s supposed to be about metal, I haven’t actually been talking about music all that much lately. The reason is that I’m working on an epic post of my 101 top metal albumsRead More
June 26, 2014
Beowulf: A Board Game – Support the Kickstarter!
Last month I was telling you about my friend Sarah’s Teething for Odin viking teethers on Kickstarter. Now, I’m supporting another awesome kickstarter campaign – the incredibly beautiful Beowulf: A Board Game, a collaborative project betweenRead More
June 25, 2014
Metal History: The Ulfberht Sword
So we all know that Vikings are pretty metal, right? Well, this is the story of a particularly badass piece of viking history that you might not have heard of; the Ulfberht – a unique typeRead More
June 16, 2014
Home Brewing: Irish Mead Recipe
I said there was going to be more brewing talk on the blog, and so I present to you – more brewing talk on the blog (following on from my post the other week on PlumRead More
June 10, 2014
Travel Smarter to Music Festivals – Steff Metal on The Good Groupie
It’s been a while since I guest-blogged (wrote a blog post on someone else’s blog), so here’s a new one for ya. The Good Groupie is written by Miranda, a music-loving native Texan who is prettyRead More
June 5, 2014
Steff Metal Reviews: Full Metal Village
Last weekend we watched the documentary, “Full Metal Village“, which was directed by Korean-born, German resident Sung Hyung-Cho and chronicles a “slice of life” of the village of Wacken, a peaceful farming hamlet of 1800 residentsRead More
June 2, 2014
Gorguts Live in NZ
Here’s a little piece of news sure to brighten the hearts of any death metal kiwi fans out there. Chaos NZ is bringing Gorguts to our shores. ONE NZ SHOW ONLY! 13th of November 2014 KingsRead More
