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Songs About Eagles – Power Metal I’m Digging Right Now – Stormforge, Fallen Order, Stratovarius, Gloryhammer and Circle of Silence

Power metal is my not-so-secret first love. It’s probably one of the silliest forms of music known to humankind – overblown, impossibly cheery, hell-bent on producing the epicest epic, the baddest riff, the most impressive solo.Read More

On Being a Star-Wars Virgin

Confession Time: Until a few years ago, I had never seen Star Wars. Here’s a secret. I’m not really all that into movies. Ask me “Have you seen …?” followed by any classic film and chancesRead More

Metalheads who Read: Too Late to Die Young Now, Andrew Mueller

It’s Too Late to Die Young Now answers the question: what became of the rock writer the day the music died? There is no field of journalism more mythologised or more derided than rock journalism – withRead More

Metalheads who Read: Too Late to Die Young Now, Andrew MuellerPPpea

It’s Too Late to Die Young Now answers the question: what became of the rock writer the day the music died? There is no field of journalism more mythologised or more derided than rock journalism – withRead More

Linking Horn: The Links of March

For those of you new to the blog, Linking Horn is a feature I used to do regularly, once a week, where I’d create a list of interesting articles and random stuff I’d seen on theRead More

5 Albums I am digging right now – Orchid, Blood Ceremony, Devil’s Blood, Earthless, and Agalloch

Hello again! Yes, I am back to updating my blog regularly, and talking about music again. I reckon instead of doing lots of single reviews, I might just do little lists like this from now on.Read More

Metal Travel: 5 Metal Things to Do in Jordan

Over the last couple of years I’ve been trying to produce a series of little travel guides for some of the places we’ve visited. You can see 5 Metal Things to do in Palmyra, Syria, 5Read More

At War With Satan is officially HERE

It’s here! My novel, At War With Satan, is officially available for sale as an ebook! You can purchase it for $2,99US from the following e-stores: Amazon, Kobo, and Smashwords. B&N, Sony and iBooks are coming soon.Read More

The Unofficial At War With Satan Playlist

I thought I’d do something a bit different today. Instead of another excerpt from my novel, I’ve compiled a YouTube playlist of songs to go with the reading of my book, At War With Satan, whichRead More

At War With Satan – Introducing my favourite character

My debut novel, At War With Satan, is released as an ebook THIS FRIDAY. A paperback version will be available at the end of the month. All this week I’ll be posting excerpts from the book andRead More