Posts Tagged ‘iron maidens’

  • Get a Real Job: Elena Bathory, metal model

    June 22nd, 2010 | get a real job, iron maidens, kvlt fashion, tr00 metal life | steff | 4 Comments

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    As a recurring feature here on the blog, I like to interview people with “metal” jobs – either within the industry or just jobs I think would be awesome. And this week, I’m pleased as Plutarch to present Elena Bathory, a metal model and clothing designer making a name for herself working with bands like [...]

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  • Gen-XX and Cripple Mr Onion

    April 23rd, 2010 | brutal tunes, grog fests, iron maidens | steff | No Comments

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    Went to see Gen-xx (a stripped-down version of the Genitorturers) at the Transmission Room in Auckland last night. Hell of a show. Let me clear this up from the onset: I am not a “festish-y” type girl. I don’t like wearing latex or PVC, I’ve never been a big fan of industrial music as something [...]

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  • Countess Elizabeth Bathory

    April 7th, 2010 | iron maidens, metal history | steff | 7 Comments

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    In this - the second installment of Metal History - I’d like to talk of a women who has inspired countless metal songs – Elizabeth Bathory, the Hungarian Countess who died locked in her palace, accused of torturing over 650 young girls and bathing in their blood. I admit, I didn’t know much about Elizabeth Bathory (Báthory Erzsébet [...]

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  • Metal Mixtape: Female Vocals

    March 20th, 2010 | iron maidens, metal mixtape | steff | 3 Comments

    I’ve already done five posts this week, but as a special treat I’m sending you out an extra Metal Mixtape for your saturday listening pleasure. This week, I’m taking a look at “female-fronted metal (and non-metal) bands. Nightwish – The Poet and The Pendulam I’ll come right out and say this, and you can all [...]

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  • Amanda Fucking Palmer

    March 17th, 2010 | Steff, cthulhu closet, grog fests, iron maidens | steff | 6 Comments

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    First of all – here is what I wore: Black lace dress with lace tail. (Smoove, on sale for 50%) Black leather bustier (21st birthday present from a big group of friends. One day I will tell the amusing story of how we found this corset.) It’s beautiful and very unique – I think it’s [...]

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  • Female Vocals in Extreme Metal

    March 10th, 2010 | brutal tunes, iron maidens | steff | 1 Comment

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    It’s a long-held belief among self-righteous metalheads that girls can’t do extreme metal. Extreme Metal is probably the most aggressive, angry, violent form of music there is, and every study ascertains its audience as overwhelmingly male. There’s a kind of “lost boys club” surrounding extreme metal, a sort of grymm forest treehouse with a badly [...]

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