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Total Fucking Darkness: Steff Metal interviews Dani Filth

Dani Filth needs no introduction. The Cradle of Filth frontman is pretty well known as one of the more outspoken and controversial voices in metal. His band fuses many of the sensibilities of black and extremeRead More

Soaring Highs and Brutal Lows: Voices of Women in Metal Documentary

Soaring Highs And Brutal Lows: The Voices Of Women In Metal is a documentary looking at the role of frontwomen in the metal scene, with a focus mainly on power, gothic and symphonic metal bands. ExploreRead More

Home Brewing: Plum Wine Recipe

Home Brewing is a new feature on the blog here. I’ve been enjoying home brew as a hobby for the last three years or so, and I think I’m getting the hang of it enough that it’sRead More

Drummers are not Normal

I’m married to one, so you don’t have to tell me this, but now science backs me up. It appears that, despite centuries of mockery for being the dumbest member of the band, the drummer isRead More

Metal Travel: 10 Metal Things to Do In Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington is probably one of my favourite places to visit in New Zealand. Although, I haven’t seen much of the South Island, so that may change. For comparison, the closest city I’ve visited for atmosphere, size,Read More

Teething for Odin by Helles Teeth – Viking Teething Toys for Babies (Support the Kickstarter!)

If you’ve got young kids, or you know someone who does, you’re gonna love this. My amazing friend Sarah (Helles Pont) has created an amazing product – Viking Themed Teething Toys. She’s turned to Kickstarter to raiseRead More

Linking Horn: Links for Africa

I’ve just spent an awesome long weekend down in Wellington, seeing friends and Here are a few interesting things I’ve been perusing on the interwebz this week. Annabel Lecter’s Morbid Cakes. Awesome. James Lovelock (The GaiaRead More

Check Out the New Septicflesh song, “Order of Dracul”

OK, so the quality of the sound isn’t that great, but holy sheeeet … who else is looking forward to the new Septicflesh album? 2011’s The Great Mass is arguably their best album to date, andRead More

Metal Evolution: Extreme Metal – The Lost Episode. (Banger Films) Review

In the 2005 documentary, Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, filmmakers Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn created a “metal family tree” showing the different music genres and their interrelationships. The concept of this tree was such a hitRead More

Best Live Music / Concert Experiences

I’ve been listening to a lot of Blackmore’s Night this week, and every time I hear songs like “Fires at Midnight” and “World of Stone”, it makes me remember the incredible show we saw in 2011Read More