Recent content by Aristocrap

I posted this at metal-archives, but I thought I'd leave it here too; more coverage, more recs! I've been "out of the loop," for a while now; I haven't given a ton of thought to music lately, and have had a lot of other things to focus on in my life. However, I'm bucking down and I've decided...

So I've been heavily interested in pagan themes recently, and I've been looking for metal with those kinds of aesthetics. However, it's no secret that the pagan scene is largely dominated by 'viking metal.' Rather, I'm more interested in other groups of peoples; Slavics, Gauls, Eurasian...

On my mother's side, I'm Chinese - my grandfather hails from Canton/Guangzhou. But on my father's side of the family, I'm told we're Welsh, English, Dutch, perhaps German and a smattering of other things. My last name is German, but my great grandfather was adopted and that was the name of the...

A friend of mine showed me a Bathory shirt he bought on ebay for cheap, but we came to the conclusion it was a bootleg after comparing it to other shirts. The shirt in question: Compared to the original picture: The goat image is a bit stretched out from top to bottom and seems a bit...

I used to be into the black metal genre, but for me it's largely been overshadowed by thrash, power and traditional metal. It might be the vocals, maybe its the stereotypical raw production quality, but I haven't been into it as much as I'd like to be. Bands I've listened to and like that...

In no particular order: -Black Knight -Death -Manowar -Hammerfall -Iced Earth -Overkill -Slayer -Judas Priest -Chastain -Heathen's Rage Course, it's always changing as I dig for new things.

If only I could look half as badass as Ghost Rider. I was thinking of something not too far from this:

So I have a nice leather jacket that I got for cheap at a flea market. I love it the way it is, but I'd really like to customize it a bit. The first thing that came to my mind was adding some spikes on the collar and shoulders for a metal look. I'm not terribly worried about cutting holes into...

That's the ticket! Really liking Masque. I'll have to have a listen to the ones autumn posted. I've heard of Hysterica before; I listened to their Metalwar album.

I'm looking for bands in the same vein as Chastain, Black Knight, Crystal Viper, etc. Female vocalists with that ol' heavy metal feel. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

Terrific! Thanks guys. It'll take a while to check them all out but I'm sure it'll be worth it!

Hey guys! Well, I've been a metal fan for as long as I can remember and despite just being nineteen, I love older 80's heavy metal more than contemporary stuff. That said, I'm interested in more underground or less-known bands. Recently I've been checking out acts like Heathen's Rage, Black...

So I've been wanting a new guitar for a time and I'm a bit overwhelmed by different brands and all their specific models. I play different kinds of metal - mostly death and traditional heavy metal with a bit of progressive. This'll be my third guitar and I'd enjoy a good quality guitar which I...