You don’t see these from us very often, because frankly, we don’t care too much about who actually dies in the media. Oh you are a celebrity and you died? Well, we probably didn’t like you anyway.
The man who inspired the art on our jerseys (and the logo on the right of our website), Frank Frazetta, passed away last week.
“Frank Frazetta, the American illustrator of movie posters and comics who created enduring images of Tarzan and Conan, has died. He was 82.
Frazetta died Monday {May 10} in Fort Myers, Fla., of complications from a stroke.” CBC
Frank Frazetta was a huge influence for us. Like I said, he inspired the art on our jersey, as well as influenced the art and songs of many metal bands. (That’s a total guess, but I bet you anything, there are a bunch of metal nerds out there, just like you and me, who think the same thing.) You may also recognize his art from such movies as “Conan the Barbarian” and “Conan the Destroyer”.


Here’s the real news of the day. Yesterday, May 16, 2010, one of the true Godfathers of Heavy Metal passed on into the dark realm of true death. Mr. Ronnie James Dio, singer of the band DIO and also Black Sabbath (for a little while), as well as the combination of Dio/Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell. Coining the hand gesture now dubbed the Metal Hand, Mr. Dio did more for heavy metal than you or I will ever know. He was fighting a long and arduous battle with stomach cancer when he passed on yesterday.
Mr. Dio, we salute you. The afterlife doesn’t know what’s coming for it. GO KICK SATAN’S ASS!

Your blogger (myself) was fortunate enough to go see Heaven and Hell a few years back with fellow metal head Nordic Thunder. We felt a dark blessing that night that we could not nail down until yesterday. Mr. Dio killed it at that show, just as much as he did with every single show before that. He was a true entertainer.
Our horns salute you, Holy Diver.

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