Hi! I’m a writer and musician.

I compose as a way to get in touch with my emotions more and honour nature and the Gods. I also write sometimes to keep a log of how things are going.

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Superiority in Metal: Recognition, Avoidance, and Overcoming

31.12.2017

Now Playing: Chronicle of a Frozen Era by Elvenking So something that comes up sometimes in metal spaces, especially online, is gatekeeping and a certain air of superiority about the kinds of metal one listens to. I’m not immune to this, I’ve been that uptight bitch about the metal I listen to, though I try…

Music Ramblings
Powerfolk and Other Melody Centric Metal and their Classical (ish) Influences

31.12.2017

Now Playing: Neverending Nights by Elvenking “But wait, there’s melody centric metal? That’s a thing? I thought metal was all just really angry screaming and growling and walls of noise!” I hear you cry. And yes, a lot of metal is just screaming and growling and walls of noise. But there’s a lot more to…

Music Ramblings
Language in Paganism: The Necessity of Learning the Language of an Ancient Religion

31.12.2017

Now Playing: Heathen Divine by Elvenking Words are funny markings (or collections of funny sounds, depending on what part of language you’re looking at) that we’ve collectively decided to mean specific things, and now I have to learn how to speak two separate times to actually have more of a chance of getting a job…

Religion Learning Hour
Earth Day: Giving Back to Mother Earth in a Digital Society

31.12.2017

Now Playing: White Willow by Elvenking Before it comes up, yes, I’m aware of the irony of a folk metal fan being a pagan and wanting to preserve nature and all that. I know I’m a bit of a walking stereotype, and I’m okay with that. Anyway, given that Earth is basically the only place…

Discussions, Religion Learning Hour
Metal (Culture) Is Many Things: A Poem

31.12.2017

Metal (Culture) is Many Things It is the breaths between words. It is a sculpture that each person adds to as they encounter it. It is an incomplete song that grows with each new part. It is a tapestry weaved by the weary hands of many generations. It is a large mosaic of individual lives,…

Music Ramblings, Writings

Hi! I’m a writer and musician.

Superiority in Metal: Recognition, Avoidance, and Overcoming

Powerfolk and Other Melody Centric Metal and their Classical (ish) Influences

Language in Paganism: The Necessity of Learning the Language of an Ancient Religion

Earth Day: Giving Back to Mother Earth in a Digital Society

Metal (Culture) Is Many Things: A Poem