Posts Tagged ‘metal news’

  • Ronnie James DIo Tributes – honouring a hero or a cash-cow?

    June 29th, 2010 | metal gods, metal news | steff | 4 Comments

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    As you all are no doubt aware, earlier this year, Ronnie James Dio lost his battle with cancer and another metal great passed into the blessed realm. A bit of controversy in the metal community was sparked when Manowar announced the release of a special CD “Magic – a Tribute to Ronnie James Dio”, featuring [...]

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  • Peter Steele dies of Heart Failure

    April 15th, 2010 | metal news | steff | 2 Comments

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    “I want to stay away from politics, or else I’ll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth.” – Peter Steele The rumors I saw on Twitter were true (because, it seems, Twitter never lies). Peter Steele, monolithic, charismatic frontman of gothic metal band Type O Negative has died. The band’s German label [...]

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  • New Burzum Album: Update

    February 24th, 2010 | brutal tunes, metal news | steff | 2 Comments

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    I – and many others – await with eager anticipation the new Burzum album, which has changed titles from Den Hvite Guden (The White God), to Belus. The name change has come about because of the racist connotations of the previous name, which apparently Varg had “no idea” would be misinterpreted. Accident or deliberate publicity stunt? [...]

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  • Steampunk ACDC

    February 5th, 2010 | grog fests, metal gods, metal news | steff | 5 Comments

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    I went to the Auckland ACDC show with CDH and our friend Liz last night. It was rather enjoyable, to say the least. The show kicked off with a wicked, anime style train cartoon, which ended with a massive live locomotive steaming onto stage, while ACDC launched into “Rock n Roll train”, from their new [...]

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  • 10 Heavy Metal Blogs to read in 2010

    February 3rd, 2010 | metal news, metalheads who read, steff metal top ten | steff | 5 Comments

    Awhile back I saw a great post on Problogger, asking readers to submit lists of the blogs in their niche to watch out for in 2010. Although I was too busy being awesome to get mine in on time, I’m posting it anyway, for those of you who might like a little more metal in your [...]

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  • Linking Horn – Anti-Christmas Edition

    December 20th, 2009 | linking horn, makes me giggle, metal news, plunder | steff | No Comments

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    In three days time CDH and I journey down the country to spend the holiday with my parents. Since they’re still on dial-up (my dad doesn’t believe in the internet), you won’t see many posts from me until after New Years. To sate your lust, here’s many, many great links from around the itnerwebs. I [...]

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