Category: Blasphemy Blog

  • Ritual & Revival: Preserving heavy metal, one jar at a time

    Ritual & Revival: Preserving heavy metal, one jar at a time

    Renee Trotier is stirring a pot in the culinary world. In it, she combines freshly picked plums, essence of lavender and drops of gin to create a beautiful deep purple concoction. In a few hours, it will be ready to go with your favourite crackers and cheese, on toast, or with dessert. But don’t forget…

  • Blasphemous Meals #11: Winter’s Wrath

    Blasphemous Meals #11: Winter’s Wrath

    Words and photos by Ola Mazzuca Happy New Year skids! I’m back with the 11th edition of Blasphemous Meals, delving into three dishes that are hotter than hell, perfect for frigid weather and snow-covered, kvlt landscape – straight outta Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook by Annick Giroux, via Bazillion Points. Spin some vinyl,…

  • Blasphemous Meals #10 – Corpus Curry

    Blasphemous Meals #10 – Corpus Curry

    Here I am at the tenth installment of Blasphemous Meals! I am nearly halfway through Bazillion Points’ Hellbent For Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook by Annick Giroux, and it’s been such an incredible journey. My confidence in cooking has grown significantly since I first attempted Proto Metal Lamb Shanks Braised in Burgundy by Warpig’s Dana…

  • Blasphemous Meals #9: Slaughter of the Bowl

    Blasphemous Meals #9: Slaughter of the Bowl

    Photos and words by Ola Mazzuca This entry of Blasphemous Meals . I chose each for their type of protein and method of preparation, which ultimately makes them fitting year round. For our Toronto readers, I hope each evokes a sense of warmth in contrast to long winter we’re having – straight outta Battles in…

  • Philip H. Anselmo is a true original, raw and at his core

    “Be it that gnarly scream, outspoken attitude or empowering stage presence, Philip H. Anselmo can do it all. The multifaceted musician from NOLA is everyone’s favourite frontman of aggression; from shaping sub genres in Pantera to forming the supergroup Down, Superjoint Ritual and many side projects in between.” Ola Mazzuca interviews Philip H. Anselmo on…

  • Blasphemous Meals #8: Canucks a la Cuisine – headbanging over hot plates.

    In this entry of Blasphemous Meals, Ola Mazzuca covers three recipes from the Hellbent For Cooking book (Bazillion Points) that come from here at home in Canada! Three very different options are presented here, two dinners and a desert, from three very different bands that have been a part of the Canadian metal underground over…

  • Revitalizing the El Mocambo through Rock and Doc

    A new Blasphemy Blog entry by Ola Mazzuca dedicated to a new documentary film on Toronto’s El Mocambo club, called Under The Neon Palms

  • Blasphemous Meals #7: Into The Frost Of Winter

    Blasphemous Meals #7: Into The Frost Of Winter

    In this entry of Blasphemous Meals, reader discretion is advised to those of you who are vegetarian, vegan and on and on and on. You’ll find six saucy, savoury, satanically delicious dishes that are from three different carnivorous groups: beef, fish, poultry and pork. They are warm and welcoming as you retreat from the frostbitten…

  • Blasphemous Meals #6 | At The Heart of Winter’s End

    Blasphemous Meals #6 | At The Heart of Winter’s End

    “This installment of Blasphemous Meals brings you the very best of winter’s warmth from Hellbent for Cooking. These dishes are hearty and fire the soul. Just because winter is over doesn’t mean that heavy food should be eliminated with heavy metal. Enjoy the following foodie ventures from the Blasphemy Blog test kitchen. Winter may be…

  • Talking Blasphemous Baking With Metalcakes’ Kathy Bejma

    Talking Blasphemous Baking With Metalcakes’ Kathy Bejma

    There’s something evil baking in the kitchen of Kathy Bejma, a Chi-town native who’s creative to the max with her concept of merging metal with cupcakes. Developed in 2008, Metalcakes is a culinary tribute to her favourite bands, baking with supreme passion whilst listening to the most blasphemous of records. From the simple topping of…