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The Fall of Albion

~ History. Politics. High-voltage Heavy Metal.

Tag Archives: black sabbath

(Holiday) Christmas Songs: 2011 Trending Report

December 25, 2011

Listening to Christmas or miscellaneous holiday music is something all of us do, even if it’s inadvertent. For some of …

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Blog Relaunch: New Departures

September 21, 2011

The blog is back with an entirely new look. Hear me explain myself and my absence as I weave Blake, Yeats, and Sabbath into a tapestry of awesome after the jump.

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(Almanac) The Fell Winter of 2010

February 2, 2011

If you believe a groundhog, winter ended today. A quick glance out the window reveals that to be complete bullshit. Here’s a look at some of history’s worst winters, and how we’re dealing with a particularly harsh one ourselves, complete with the obligatory nods to heavy metal, great literature, and great poetry.

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(Metal and. . .) RIP: Ronnie James Dio

May 30, 2010

Sorry about the posting layoff.  After building up some good momentum, cataclysmic flooding destroyed my childhood home in Tennessee, and …

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(Holiday) Walpurgisnacht

April 30, 2010

May Eve was Walpurgis Night, when hell’s blackest evil roamed the earth and all the slaves of Satan gathered for nameless rites and deeds

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(On This Day) 1948: Tony Iommi was born

February 19, 2010

62 years ago today, Tony Iommi was born in Birmingham, England, the son of Italian immigrants. Seventeen years later, another …

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