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Athena

crowgrrl

About Me

Journalist/Author/Artist

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My Interests

Some of my very many interests include: Gothic Culture, The Crow, Music (Metal – especially Black Metal - Punk, EBM Darkwave, etc), Metaphysics, Vampires, Tolkien, Mythology, Movies (especially horror/thriller/action-adventure), Anime-Manga, Animal Rescue, horses, corvids, ferrets, etc

Music:

Metal (especially Black Metal!) Punk, EBM/Darkwave, Visual Kei.

Movies:

The Crow (all 4 installments), Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Vampire Hunter D, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust; Prophecy: Uprising; Prophecy: Forsaken, , Lost Boys, Ninth Gate, etc., etc. Mainly Horror with metaphysical twists (as opposed to slasher horror), Thrillers, Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Anime. etc., etc. I love movies!

Television:

Night Stalker, Hex, Headbanger's Ball, Surface, NCIS, Criminal Minds, CSI (all 3), Dr. Who, reruns of The Crow:Stairway to Heaven, etc. (I despise comedies, though, especially ones with laugh tracks except maybe for Two And A Half Men).

Books:

Horror, Thrillers, Paranormal Romance, Sci Fi, and Metaphysics! Some favorites include everything by Preston & Child (and even Douglas Preston’s solo books like “The Codex”), everything by Darren Shan, the English translations of the Vampire Hunter D series by Hideyuki Kikuchi, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Tolkein, Dan Brown, Steve Alten, Konstantinos, etc., etc.

My Blog

THOR Exclusive in MacLeans Magazine!

There's an exclusive THOR feature in the new edition of MacLean's Magazine! Check it out at: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewIma ge&friendID=26794317&albumID=837982&...
Posted by Athena on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:25:00 PST

New Crowgrrl’s Perch is UP!

There is a DELICIOUS new Perch up for you to sink your teeth into! Enjoy every tasty morsel! Check it out at www.crowgrrl.com   The Spotlight is focused on Chris O'Brocki, Peter Wichers, and Lu...
Posted by Athena on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:20:00 PST

Filii Story on Blabbermouth!

Blabbermouth.net has a story about the Barroselas Metalfest, where Filii Nigrantium Infernalium will appear! Check it out at: http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Artic le&newsite...
Posted by Athena on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:42:00 PST

February Full Moon

The February Full Moon is known as The Snow Moon or The Hunger Moon. The meanings are self-explanatory to most of us in the Northern Hemisphere  and very apparent to those who live off the land like ...
Posted by Athena on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:43:00 PST

THOR Interview, CD review!

Check out an awesome new Thor interview and review of the new cd "Into The Noise" at this link! www.annex22.net...
Posted by Athena on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:35:00 PST

January Full Moon

One of the most renowned images of a Full Moon is that of wolves raising their muzzles to howl in celebration. So therefore it's very appropriate that the January Full Moon  the first of the calendar...
Posted by Athena on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:14:00 PST

THOR Unleashes "Into The Noise"!

THOR'S NEW "INTO THE NOISE" HAS BEEN UNLEASHED!     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   A mighty storm is unleashed on Midgard as THOR's thunderous new album "INTO THE NOISE" hit the streets o...
Posted by Athena on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:51:00 PST

THOR Issues A Guitar Challenge!

ARE YOU READY TO GO BERSERK!!!!!     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     Will you accept the challenge?! STEVE PRICE lead guitarist for THOR  and star of the new THOR "Int...
Posted by Athena on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:39:00 PST

December Full Moon

December's Full Moon is known as the Oak Moon, the Snow Moon, and the Cold Moon. The Snow and Cold names are pretty self-explanatory (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere). The Oak was honored b...
Posted by Athena on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:29:00 PST

New THOR CD Available for Pre-Order!

THOR TAKES LISTENERS ON AN EPIC QUEST WITH "INTO THE NOISE"! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The very halls of Valhalla will shake with celebration as the legendary Rock Warrior THOR takes  listeners on ...
Posted by Athena on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:18:00 PST