Long-overdue kudos - Terrorizer Magazine!

A good way to introduce Terrorizer take a look at Terrorizer best of lists

Terrorizer albums of '97

1. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk 2. Venom - Cast In Stone 3. Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale 4. Entombed - To Ride, Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth 5. In The Woods... - Omnio 6. Judas Priest - Jugulator 7. Today Is The Day - Temple Of The Morning Star 8. Deicide - Serpents Of The Light 9. Sigh - Hail Horror Hail 10. Brutal Truth - Sounds Of The Animal Kingdom 11. Non - God And Beast 12. Vision Of Disorder - Vision Of Disorder 13. Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey 14. Hammerfall - Glory To The Brave 15. Godflesh - Love And Hate In Dub 16. Voivod - Phobos 17. Kiss It Goodbye - She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not ... 18. Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss 19. Karma To Burn - Karma To Burn 20. Hypocrisy - The Final Chapter 21. Fear Factory - Remanufacture (Cloning Technology) 22. Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines 23. Crisis - The Hollowing 24. Samiam - You Are Freaking Me Out 25. Melvins - Honky 26. Sick Of It All - Built To Last 27. Dark Tranquility - The Mind's I 28. The Blood Divine - Mystica 29. Babylon Whores - Cold Heaven 30. Solefald - The Linear Scaffold

Terrorizer albums of '98

1. The Haunted - The Haunted 2. Anathema - Alternative 4 3. Iron Monkey - Our Problem 4. Monster Magnet - Powertrip 5. Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal To The Flesh 6. Slayer - Diabolus In Musica 7. Vision Of Disorder - Imprint 8. Witchery - Restless And Dead 9. Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age 10. Swans - Swans Are Dead 11. Fear Factory - Obsolete 12. Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka 13. Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come 14. Sepultura - Against 15. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes 16. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding 17. Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy 18. Soilent Green - Sewn Mouth Secrets 19. Diamanda Galas - Malediction And Prayer 20. System Of A Down - System Of A Down 21. Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real 22. Meshuggah - Chaosphere 23. Kill II This - Deviate 24. Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast 25. Converge - When Forever Comes Crashing 26. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse 27. Katatonia - Discouraged Ones 28. Borknagar - The Archaic Curse 29. Beyond Dawn - Revelry 30. The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet? 31. My Dying Bride - 34.788%... Complete 32. Hammerfall - Legacy Of Kings 33. Dillinger Escape Plan - Under The Running Board 34. Mindrot - Soul 35. Enslaved - Blodhemn 36. Earth Crisis - Breed The Killers 37. Avail - Over The James 38. Medulla Nocte - A Conversation Alone 39. Deicide - When Satan Lives 40. Angel Corpse - Exterminate

Terrorizer albums of '99

1. Neurosis - Times Of Grace 2. Emperor - IX Equilibrium 3. Katatonia - Tonight's Decision 4. Satyricon - Rebel Extravaganza 5. Mercyful Fate - 9 6. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter 7. Opeth - Still Life 8. Anathema - Judgement 9. Today Is The Day - In The Eyes Of God 10. Ulver - Themes From William Blake's "The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell" 11. Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges 12. In Flames - Colony 13. AFI - Black Sails In The Sunset 14. Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity 15. Sodom - Code Red 16. Angel Corpse - The Inexorable 17. Dark Tranquility - Projector 18. Sick Of It All - Call To Arms 19. Misfits - Famous Monsters 20. Akercocke - Rape Of The Bastard Nazarene 21. Immolation - Failures For Gods 22. Karma To Burn - Wild Wonderful Purgatory 23. Beyond Dawn - Electric Sulking Machine 24. Arcturus And The Deception Circus - Disguised Masters 25. Testament - The Gathering 26. Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk 27. Grade - Under The Radar 28. Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black 29. Babylon Whores - King Fear 30. Slipknot - Slipknot 31. Botch - We Are The Romans 32. Spirit Caravan - Jug Fulla Sun 33. Dødheimsgard - 666 International 34. Agnostic Front - Riot Riot Upstart 35. 59 Times The Pain - End Of The Millennium 36. Fu Manchu - King Of The Road 37. Unida - Coping With The Urban Coyote 38. Cause For Alarm - Between The Wheel 39. Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions 40. Demoniac - The Fire And The Wind

Terroizer albums of 2000

Nile - Black Seeds Of Vengeance Napalm Death - Enemy Of The Music Business Electric Wizard - Dopethrone Mayhem - A Grand Declaration Of War Cryptopsy - And Then You'll Beg A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms Drowningman - Rock And Roll Killing Machine High On Fire - The Art Of Self Defence Iron Maiden - Brave New World Nasum - Human 2.0 Stampin' Ground - Carved >From Empty Words Eyehategod - Confederacy Of Ruined Lives Einsturzende Neubauten - Silence Is Sexy Goatsnake - Flower Of Disease (hed)pe - Broke Radiohead - Kid A Sigur Rôs - Ágætis Byrjum The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World Amen - We Have Come For Your Parents Halford - Resurrection Earthtone 9 - Arc'tan'gent Primordial - Spirit The Earth Aflame The Gathering - If_Then_Else Sunn 0))) - Void 00 The Chasm - Procession To The Infraworld Bogus Blimp - cords.wires Raging Speedhorn - Raging Speedhorn The Young Gods - Second Nature AFI - The Art Of Drowning Red Harvest - Cold Dark Matter Deftones - White Pony Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless Warning - The Strength To Dream Aghora - Aghora Stuck Mojo - Declaration Of A Headhunter The Damage Manual - The Damage Manual Fleurety - Department Of Apocalyptic Affairs

Terrorizer 100 Most Important Albums Of The Nineties

(in alphabetical order except Carcass which is no. 1)

Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious Agnostic Front - One Voice Alice In Chains - Dirt Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes Anathema - Alternative 4 Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul Autopsy - Mental Funeral Avail - 4am Friday Bolt Thrower - War Master Brutal Truth - Need To Control Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss Carcass - Heartwork Caspar Brötzmann Massaker - Koksofen Cathedral - Ethereal Mirror Cradle Of Filth - The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh Cynic - Focus Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky Dawn - Slaughtersun (Crown Of The Triarchy) Deadguy - Fixation On A Co-Worker Deicide - Deicide Depeche Mode - Violator Diamanda Galás - Plague Mass Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane Dissection - The Somberlain Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse Entombed - Clandestine Entombed - Left Hand Path Entombed - Wolverine Blues Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain Faith No More - Angel Dust Fear Factory - Demanufacture Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker Fugazi - Repeater God - Possession Godflesh - Pure Hammerfall - Glory To The Brave The Haunted - The Haunted Helmet - Meantime Immortal - Pure Holocaust In The Woods ... - Omnio Iron Monkey - Our Problem Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual Judas Priest - Painkiller Katatonia - Brave Murder Day Killing Joke - Extremities, Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions Korn - Korn Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun Kyuss - Sky Valley Machine Head - Burn My Eyes Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Megadeth - Rust In Peace Melvins - Houdini Metallica - Metallica Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs Monster Magnet - Powertrip Monster Magnet - Spine Of God Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick Morbid Angel - Covenant Morbid Angel - Domination My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans Naked City - Torture Garden Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption Neurosis - Enemy Of The Sun Neurosis - Souls At Zero Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Nirvana - Nevermind Obituary - Cause Of The Death Opeth - Orchid Panasonic - Vakio Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power Paradise Lost - Gothic Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come Rollins Band - The End Of Silence Scorn - Evanescence Sepultura - Arise Sepultura - Chaos AD Sick Of It All - Scratch The Surface Sigh - Hail Horror Hail Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss Slint - Spiderland Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Strapping Young Lad - City Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten Swans - Soundtracks For The Blind Swans - The Great Annihilator Swans - White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity The World Of Skin - Ten Songs For Another World The Young Gods - TV Sky Tool - Aenima Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses Type O Negative - October Rust Ulver - Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Vision Of Disorder - Imprint

Terrorizer magazine website.

Terrorizer is the world's number one magazine for extreme music of ANY kind. Whether it's Metal, Hardcore or Industrial, we aim to include it and write about it. That means: Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal/Grindcore, Doom/Stoner Metal, Hardcore, Punk, Industrial, Noise, Ambient/ Experimental Gothic and more that we've probably forgotten about right now.

I have been reading Terrorizer since March 1995 it has introduced my to many bands, Botch, Katatonia, Ulver, Strapping Young Lad, 3rd & the Mortal, Anathema, Beyond Dawn, Emperor, Arcturus, Dillinger Escape Plan, As Divine Grace, Red Harvest, Solefald, Satryicon, Agathodiamon, The Gathering, Primordial etc. The finest being the sublime In the Woods - the most supreme rock band of the 90s, Omnio and Strange In Stereo - two albums that rank amongst the finest rock albums of all time.

This year Terrorizer has continued to broadened its axis towards some of the music that The Wire covers and the more estoteric alternative music you would find in the low profile and excellent review section of Alternative Press.

Terrorizer coverage in 2001 has included, reviews or articles on

Zyklon, 2nd Gen, Green Carnation, Earthtone 9, The Young Gods, Pan Sonic, Crest of Darkness, Thorns, Nebula, Katatonia, Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Satryicon, Current 93, Sirius, Old Man Gloom, Venetian Stares, Downer, Anthony & the Johnsons, Nile, Paradise Lost, Nick Cave, Ulver, Madder Mortem, Zao, Defenestration, Tool, Unwound, Sulpher, Thursday, The Angels of Light, Lightning Bolt, Keelhaul, Isis, Diabolical Masquerade, Diablerie, Cranes, Juno, Panacea, The Angels of Light, Foetus, Godflesh, Candiria, Fantomas.

Terrorizer covers music ignored by the useless, conservative and lame weeklies NME and Kerrang.

Have a good laugh at the NMemetal.com it is a complete and utter joke (all the bullshit rock/and sell out nu metal/rap rock in one place), the NME no fuck all about the creative/esoteric/extreme metal that Terrorizer covers along with a whole host of ambient, noise, industrial, hardcore and some darkwave music.

Sure there are bits of Terrorizer that don't appeal to me - power metal and death metal are two styles that hold no interest. (there are odd exception like Nile who incorporate different sound elements)

Terrorizer is normally monthly although the current edition, new this week is a double July/August and covers Keelhaul, Cranes, Angels of Light, Inkubus Sukkubus, Diabolical Masquerade, Panacea, Integrity, Diablerie, Isis, Old Man Gloom and Foetus. Album of the monthnis Godflesh and there is even a good review for Mouse on Mars: Idiology!

The next edition of Terrorizer is due late August: September edition. Highlighted for the next edition will include: Slayer, Emperor, Deicide, Candiria, Rollins Band, Gorguts, Alas, Mortician, Epoch of Unlight,Techno Animal and Ant-Zen Records.

I have mentioned Terrorizer on my blog many times in the past 10 months and also a number of times on this discussion board.

Simply Terrorizer is one of the finest music magazines in the world.

I also forgot to mention that Terrorizer is now edited by ex Melody Maker journalist from the late 80s/ 90s Jonathan Selzer.

So let's talk Opeth, then.

Nonetheless, in other ways, especially musical eclecticism, it rocks like an insane bastard in a rocking chair, drooling and playing on his Rolf Harris-endorsed wobble-board!

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Anyone care to tell me why this is bad?

40 Immolation - Failures For Gods
39 Nocturnus - The Key
38 Gorguts - Obscura
37 Darkthrone - Soulside Journey
36 Death - Symbolic
35 Malevolent Creation - Retribution
34 Entombed - Clandestine
33 Vader - De Profundis
32 Bolt Thrower - Warmaster
31 Napalm Death - Harmony Of Corruption
30 Death - Scream Bloody Gore
29 Obituary - Cause Of Death
28 Carnage - Dark Recollections
27 Cancer - Death Shall Rise
26 Crytopsy - None So Vile
25 Cynic - Focus
24 Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
23 Carcass - Heartwork
22 Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
21 Nile - Black Seeds Of Vengeance
20 Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
19 Massacre - From beyond
18 Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness
17 Bolt Thrower - Realms Of Chaos
16 Sepultura - Arise
15 At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
14 Nile - Amongst The Catacombs
13 Death - Human
12 Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated
11 Repulsion - Horrified
10 Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
09 Autopsy - Mental Funeral
08 Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick
07 Obituary - Slowly We Rot
06 Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
05 Carcass - Nectoticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
04 Death - Leprosy
03 Entombed - Left Hand Path
02 Deicide- Deicide

01 Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

Not even those Carcass albums? You are insane.

*weeps* They are among the greatest albums ever made.

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1 -- Carcass -- Corporal Jigsore Quandary --5.49
2 -- Repulsion -- The Stench Of Burning Death --1.34
3 -- Autopsy -- Death Twitch --2.13
4 -- Morbid Angel -- Blasphemy --3.28
5 -- Deicide -- Sacrificial Suicide --2.50
6 -- Bolt Thrower -- Warmaster --4.17
7 -- Cannibal Corpse -- Fucked With A Knife --2.14
8 -- Entombed -- Left Hand Path --6.40
9 -- Atheist -- Unquestionable Presence --4.06
10 -- Obituary -- Immortal Visions --2.25
11 -- Malevolent Creation -- Monster --2.39
12 -- Nile -- Multitude Of Foes --2.09
13 -- Suffocation -- Surgery Of Impalement --3.51
14 -- At The Gates -- Blinded By Fear --3.13
15 -- Cryptopsy -- Crown Of Horns --3.58
16 -- Dying Fetus -- Born In Sodom --4.46
17 -- Hate Eternal -- Path To The Eternal Gods --3.28
18 -- Behemoth -- Towards Babylon --3.21

#151 - Fear Candy Track Listing

1 -- Gojira -- Flying Wales (LIVE & EXCLUSIVE) --8.02
2 -- Children Of Bodom -- Living Dead Beat (LIVE & EXCLUSIVE) --5.01
3 -- The Haunted -- The Medication --3.01
4 -- I -- The Storm I Ride --3.27
5 -- Converge -- Hellbound (EXCLUSIVE) --1.08
6 -- Unleashed -- In Victory Or Defeat (EXCLUSIVE) --2.42
7 -- Xasthur -- Victim Of Your Dreams (EXCLUSIVE) --6.05
8 -- Negura Bunget -- Conoas Terea Tacuta (EXCLUSIVE) --7.11
9 -- Killswitch Engage -- My Curse --4.05
10 -- Doro -- Strangers Yesterday --4.48
11 -- Bewitched -- Fucked By Fire --3.35
12 -- Born From Pain -- Relentless --3.38
13 -- Botch -- Frequenting Mass Transit --6.05
14 -- Intronaut -- Gleamer --5.27
15 -- Bring Me The Horizon -- Pray For Plagues (EXCLUSIVE) --4.22
16 -- October File -- In My Magnificent Circus --4.37
17 -- Scorngrain -- The Code --4.23
18 -- Verismo -- Bad Day --2.48

I have mislaid my copy of Terrorizer with the best albums of 1996. Can anyone provide information on the Terrorizer top 30? albums of 1996.

On the web I can only find the top 10.

http://www.terrorizer.com/sites/terrorizer.com/files/imagecache/frontpage/big182_0.jpg

Does Terrorizer have a new editor now?

Yeah, Louise Brown is her name

When did she take over? and what happened to the other guy? ( i havent bought the last 3 issues as there was very little in it of interest to me)

Lateish last year and he quit - can't say I've noticed any particular shift in editorial policy, there's often been months where I pretty much don't care about anything featured tbh

Lots more death metal/grindcore lately that I have zero interest in.

Terrorizer really has gone to utter shit since the new editor took over.
Still persisting in wrapping it in cellophane so you wont read it in Smiths and realise how shite it is and buy it. Well someone ripped open the last couple and it was shite, but I bought the new issue as i was desperate for something to read. Wish I hadn't. What a load of shite.
I'm not gonna buy it anymore. New editor fuck off with your Metal Hammer meets Smash Hits magazine.

Avoid.
http://www.terrorizer.com/system/files/imagecache/frontpage/186cover.jpg

1 page on Yob and 1 page on voivod and multiple pages on really shit bands. I want my money back!

is ConorMcNicholasarised a word in the trade yet? ;)

Speaking here as a freelancer for the mag a lot of the stuff they're covering isn't what I much care to read (let alone write) about but to the extent that there might be a 'typical reader' I don't think you or I are it TBH

Also at the risk of taking an offhand winky face comment literally I think the fact that NME covered/covers bands who are generic and careerist and kiddycentric or whatthefuckever is only a fraction of most ppl's beef with Conor M... with Terrorizer basically everything else is same as it ever was, length of pieces, lack of cross-media marketing or whatever you call it, the actual quality and verbosity of the writing (present company excepted)

It used to cover stuff I liked til the new editor took over.

Someone pointed out over on DFFD that ..

I think The Barbarian Wrath and the Hard of Hearing articles are Plain embarrassing,
The Label profiles and Morbid Visions Articles could be a great idea, but are so badly done.
The Choice Cuts (profiles for new bands) that takes over from Breaking Faces, features too many bands, so some get barely more than 2 or 3 paragraphs.

http://www.terrorizer.com/content/do-you-support-new-direction-tez-seems-be-heading-atm

http://www.terrorizer.com/main-forum/-mag/deathcore-terrorizer-yes-or-no

people keep mentioning new editorial policy on that thread too

Yeah I dunno if the Heard Of Hearing thing is a direct bite of the Wire - I doubt they invented the concept so it doesn't matter - but, this week, going from whatever deathcore band it was failing to name 10 death metal tunes in a row, compared to Peter Christopherson in the Wire being super interesting and thoughtful and gossipy about a bunch of varied weird shit... you get what I'm saying I'm sure

http://www.terrorizer.com/main-forum/-mag/why-latest-issue-sealed-shops

one of the Staff writes on that deathcore thread

Avi wrote:
Terrorizer was my fave mag before I started writing for it strictly because it covered a range of extreme music, not just metal, and I'm sure not all youths out there are consumerist zombies, and many are curious to find out about bands that don't have ringtones yet, metal and otherwise.

The very question 'should T cover deathcore' manifests a process of narrowing its scope. Suddenly the question is about deathcore and not about Pansonic, Coil, Diamanda Galas, Boris etc. In the current issue the Earth Crisis feature isn't mentioned on the mag's cover - No, I don't point that out cos I wrote it, but cos it shows that even EC is now in the margins of what we cover.

I can't think of any reason for this narrowing down besides a conclusion that that's the way to sell more copies. I'm saddened that the very identity and uniqueness of the mag must be sacrificed in order for it to stay afloat. I can only hope that when the economy stabilises, this tendency will prove to be reversible.

I can also wonder, genuinely as I don't know the stats and figures - is going strictly metal with the added nod to 'what kids dig' the best way, commercially speaking? Because quite often I bump into people who enjoy a range of underground genres and never heard of Terrorizer precisely because it doesn't cover industrial, experimental, post-rock, etc. These people are mostly over 30 and very loyal - the kind of people who still buy CDs or vinyl. Perhaps they can/should be made more aware of Terrorizer, and perhaps covering more ground combined with letting other crowds know we do is more beneficial on the long run than constantly second-guessing what the kids would be into next?

Another one
Jimmy Christ

I don't really represent the magazine in this instance (or in the deathcore thread, I'm just curious what people think), I feel there's been a shift in the last four or five years and we're in the third of three phases so far
...

Latter Jonathan Selzer era (<-2007): Very careful, considered coverage with only a few blindspots (hardcore and non-legacy bands). Ritualised coverage led us to the point where we were sharing covers and core bands with magazines that had only just 'caught up' - very few surprises.

Joseph Stannard era (2007-2008): A questing spirit that tackled some areas with disproportionate enthusiasm and others with complete disinterest and it showed. Definitely had an ethic that was really admirable though, the magazine wasn't afraid to champion the bands it believed in - it was just a shame hardly anyone else believed in them!

Current era (2008->): [put your own description here].

Huh. I had no idea that Joe Stannard had quit, which shows how out of touch I am. If I'm not totally mistaken, Louise Brown was albums editor when I was still with them so it's not like she's totally unaware of the magazine or its culture.

Under Stannard there was a very deliberate policy to cover all kinds of "extreme" music, not just metal. I mean, when I was commissioned as a freelancer, I said quite deliberately "but I don't like metal" - to which he said "that's not what we want you to cover" - and sent me off to review Hawkwind, Silver Apples and Diamanda Galas.

I suppose if they failed to attract people like me as readers through employing people like me, they've got to try something else.

Yeah she's a staffer who got bumped up to editor

I think it's fair to say that you wouldn't be getting any of your stuff in now under her.
The whole point of the mag was it covered all extreme music. Now it's limiting itself not just to metal but the 1 or 2 more commercially successful sub-genres. aka Metal Hammer.
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offtopic, but in the latest issue of the wire (who joe stannard now writes a lot for) there's a funny apology from edwin pouncey for giving a rave to Walknut, who are apparently of the nazi persuasion

and in this months Terrorizer theres a scene report on Christian Extreme Metal. How times have changed.

Kate maybe you could get some articles published about your fave deathcore bands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathcore

In fairness there has basically never been more than a small % of non-guitar music or non-'heavy' covered in there - there've always been people who can write about noise or neofolk or such intelligently but in terms of coverage yr maybe looking at one piece per issue, maybe a reviews column or something

and now sod all?

BTW you not interested in Shining at all Kerr? Dude at least has a fairly individual outlook

I heard an album by them before and wasn't into it, but sometimes bands i dont like have good interviews so I shall read it. But all this hyped up metal hammer style UKDM bollocks and deatchcore/metalcore bands no ta.
You got anything in the new issue at all?

Just reviews... the next one has a wee Manatees feature and they deserve to be way better known IMO so all good. Truth be told it pays so little it's only worth doing longer pieces if yr genuinely enthused about the subject (not complaining, they're skint just like everyone else)

ugh just read that crappy barbarian wrath thing and it's that talentless prick Dez who used to be in Coal Chamber. One of the worst nu-metal bands of them all. I wonder which bandwagon he's jumped on this time with his new band devildriver.

I liked what manatees ive heard.

Also expecting them not to cover stuff like British DM, which is been more or less their bread and butter since day one, is just not realistic... I don't have a tight handle on that scene cos it's rarely my thing but those bands have never not been at the forefront of the editorial policy, I don't think

it was the way they hyped it up though. They never used to try hype things up they way they did with that. It really was Metal Hammer/Kerrang -esque.

The cover shot was NAGL, true that

NAGL?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=NAGL

Uh anyway having now got home and skimming a bunch of covers and contents pages from the last 18 months of this mag mainly I honestly think you're being really OTT about the degree to which it's shifted focus. There's precisely one cover star which would be likely to make people go 'wait what', that being Diamanda Galas - the rest of the stuff inside I really don't think has changed that much. Having bands like Enslaved and 1349 on the cover is, for a newsstand magazine, flat-out not a commercial move. I dunno, it's been years (if ever) since I've thought an actual magazine might even go halfway to accurately reflecting what/who I'd like to read about so maybe I'm not in a good position to observe

Decibel covers stuff that i don't care about, and yet it's still probably the most entertaining monthly music magazine in the u.s. (and one that used the nick terry-era of terrorizer as a partial template) you CAN have it both ways if you have a sense of humor. that was always terrorizer's great strength, the humor. and good writing too. that helps.

Well, on that thread on Terrorizer's forum, it's own staff is saying it has shifted focus. Noone is disagreeing with them, so I'm not the only one.
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Pity Decibel isn't available in the UK. Borders don't even stock it.
Rock-a-Rolla is the only alternative. (new issue out btw)
but look who is on the cover
http://rock-a-rolla.com/main/wp-content/ISSUE21COVER.jpg

I suppose it might tempt Louis to buy it.

Oaken Throne might actually be my favorite u.s. METAL magazine. Or maybe SOD is my fave. But they are more zines than glossy things.

Picked up the most recent Oaken Throne and accompanying CD. As it happens, none of the bands really did it for me, but the design is AMAZING, and it's clearly the work of absolute fanatics. Would like to see the earlier issues, but I imagine they're rare and collectable.

They lost me with the shrink wrapping and higher cover price.

i don't mind the price. it doesn't come out every month. labor of love and all that.

look at it like you are buying a cool cd that comes with an amazing book attached. then it seems cheap.

sadly, though, SOD magazine is no longer $6.66.

I like paying $6.66 for anything. When I originally bought Holy Diver on vinyl, I had them make me a special $6.66 price tag for it.

We need a separate thread for fanzines. It's great when you find a good one - most people just blog.

which reminds me, i STILL need to order the last issue of Convivial Hermit. which i like even MORE than Oaken Throne. I just hate ordering things online and they don't sell it anywhere near me.

never even heard of that one, scott

it's wonderful. one guy does the whole thing. here's the last issue:

CONVIVIAL HERMIT, THE #4 (magazine)
Absolutely huge return from this excellent 'zine, huge as in almost 150 freaking pages! Print 'zines are a dying breed, and the ones remaining are rarely great, but Convivial Hermit is right up there with the Oaken Throne and Qvadrivivm. The content? Here's what you'll get: Pro-printed, perfect-bound, thick color cover. 30 in-depth exclusive interviews, 150 reviews, and five articles. Interviewed are Septic Flesh, Equinox Ov The Gods, Geist, Nazxul, Neun Welten, Jeff Pearce, Diadema Tristis, Gorefest, Intenstine Baalism, Nerlich, Mournful Congregation, Long For Dawn, Malignant Records, Strom.EC, Mark Riddick, Austere, Caliginous, Fen Hollen, Kerbenok, The Pagan Herald magazine, Loren Nerell, Defektro, Heathen Harvest webzine, Dan Seagrave, Kataplexia, Forteresse, Ethereal Woods, Sorg Innkallelse, Fjallstorm/Nathe-yah, and Aryan Art. Also includes a hand-made "addendum", printed separately from the magazine and including 32 pages of additional interview questions and last minute-reviews, making a total of nearly 150 pages!!

all black metal?

it's a mix of black, funeral doom, neo-folk, pagan, etc. all has a very similar vibe though. the interviews are great. very philosophical and deep. it has that obsessive quality that i like. it really is all about very quiet brainy people making these art-worlds for themselves. i dunno, i like it. i always learn a lot about music i've never heard when i read CH.

Not something i will find over here

I like me the sound of that. Dude's Myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/convivialhermit

Hahah okay I'm with Scott, dude's a total hero:

Thursday, June 18, 2009

mp3 promos no longer accepted
With rare exceptions, like if you are living in a country that bans extreme music or I approach you myself, I am no longer accepting promos sent to me as MP3s. I simply have no time to pull files together and burn them onto CDR to listen to later, and honestly, having worked and used computers almost all my life, I can quite plainly say that I don't care for the format. I don't listen to music through my computer except to sample songs or, less frequently, albums. This is not a handshake with the music industry or what's left of it, and I am not trying to conciliate any label "bosses" or to "prove" anything about myself to the reader or the musician. This is mostly a matter of personal taste and a lack of luxury (i.e. time) to fuck around with inferior quality music without presentation. The less I am exposed to this faceless garbage the better...

If you really care for your music you will go the length of presenting it in some physical, i.e., tactile format. If you want to cut corners with compressed files sent in broadcast messages and such I suggest finding another magazine for your work, not this one. This especially applies to labels trying to save money. Here's a hint: send less promos out. Or, better: send none. I could care less.

Yury

Meantime, I'm pretty impressed by this as well -- one of the better grapplings with this issue in any kind of art:

Friday, January 09, 2009

for skinheads/neo-nazis

Some of you seem to think - I am not quite sure why, possibly due to the fact that I've interviewed Aryan Art in 4 - that my magazine supports neo-nazi or fascist ideology. I've received several friend requests from people who are obviously out to shock people with their image and support of these ideals to reinforce the belief. While it's true that I believe myself that a person ought be free, at least in theory, to espouse whatever worldview he or she likes, even something as banal, ridiculous and backward as neo-nazism or conservatism in general, this magazine wants nothing at all to do with these ideas. I've stated as much in clear enough prose in my magazine over the years, for everyone to read, or at least those who care enough to turn to the first page and read the contents rather than react on a superficial glance at a "hot word" like "Aryan." Such a lame reading of my magazine befits an utterly brain-dead philosophy and way of life of this type, and I expect no less. But I want to make it clear that The Convivial Hermit does not stand for those ideals and opinions. The Convivial Hermit, as it should be understood from the title itself, stands for diversity and independence, and this explicitly excludes racism and nationalism which work, on the contrary, to limit these elements.

Possibly - I can't rule it out completely - I will interview or review the works of some bands who choose to follow these nazi ideas in the future, granted, first of all, that their work relates to me on some visceral level, usually something that comes by accident in such cases rather than through planning - but only with the understanding of the interviewee that these ideas do not reflect upon my own. How more evident can I make it? Alexander from Aryan Art grasped this fully and acknowledged as much through our interview. Gorefest, who I have also interviewed in 4 and whose ideas are closer to my own, I suspect likewise understood the basic point that The Convivial Hermit is a free forum for discussion, and by free, I mean, having no racial or national borders. As facts in themselves, I could care less what color skin a person has or in what country he or she is born. Personally, I want to have absolutely nothing to do with racism, nationalism, conservatism, anti-intellectualism, religion and so on, but I cannot be held responsible, in my magazine, for what my choice of interview subjects say (which I will never censor), or perhaps do not say. This is their own business. And they do it with the understanding that their own reputation is on the line. There is an element of mutual respect in this process. There must be, and this goes on despite the fact that neo-nazism and the rest of the -isms I've outlined above I find stupid and offensive.

If you find a paradox in this stance - that I occasionally talk to people whose views I disagree with or analyze and absorb their creations as works of art external to them as human beings, as personalities - then re-read what I have to say above one more time to put your thoughts in order. If it suits them and serves some need in cossetting their insecurity, skinheads and neo-nazis may find their psychological crutch elsewhere. They can work with me if they choose, yet only with the full understanding that this human being resists everything they stand for.

his magazine was a big influence on my EMP folk metal paper. the tone and mood of the magazine.

Any good fanzines that cover doom, scott?

I've never seen it myself but would be interested in anyone's opinions if they have: http://www.myspace.com/badacidmagazine

They cover all sorts of stuff as you can see but as a label they put out the Burning Witch CD in the UK like a decade ago so doom is one of their 'things'

"Any good fanzines that cover doom, scott?"

You should start one! I'm serious. I think it would be a hit. So much stuff that doesn't get covered properly.

I looked at a copy of Bad Acid in a shop, and regretted passing it up later - I was skint at the time!

Big and colorful, hell of an impressive production all round. Put out by one Dave Gedge - not the Wedding Present dude?

I can't write!! I'm not one of you journos!!

C'mon, you write well enough here that I'm sure I've picked stuff up on your recommendation!

I do have 2 copies of this doom fanzine, it was really good, but sadly its defunct it seems.
http://www.myspace.com/loadofnoise

nah i cant write. go over my posts and you will see i cant. Naming a few bands to check out does not equal writing.

but thanks anyway!

Pity Decibel isn't available in the UK. Borders don't even stock it.

I'm pretty sure that didn't used to be the case; we got it here in Ireland up until a year or so ago, and the UK/Ireland normally share the same distributor for US mags (COMAG?). Which still leaves the question: why no Decibel on this side of the pond?

http://www.myspace.com/unholyhandfanzine

^this is pretty cool, nice presentation - I think I got issue 1 like a year ago so dude clearly goes at his own pace

The little corner shop next to my work used to have Decibel but not sure they do now; not seen it in local Borders lately and they stock equally niche American mags like Wax Poetics and Skyscraper (until it folded)

I used to buy Skyscraper from Borders if i was in otherwise I ordered it from the USA. But It was a bi-yearly thing so not much hassle paying shipping twice a year. Decibel is monthly so im not ordering it from abroad (esp as i've never even read it)

FWIW, Decibel isn't that expensive to buy online; granted I've only purchased a few back issues -- mostly for the classic album features -- but they were less than €10 including postage.

The new Decibel book is out. The hall of fame book. with expanded interviews.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Precious-Metal-Albert-Mudrian/dp/030681806X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1247927825&sr=1-1

yeah, a u.k. subscription to decibel is 65 dollars. which is about par for the course. it would probably cost me a lot more to subscribe to mojo or the wire.

does that include shipping? cuz shipping for any magazine is always more (sometimes double ) the cost.

Yep, looks like it includes shipping to me: http://decibelmagazine.com/ProdDetail.aspx?buy=103462

€46 for a year's worth of issues? That's cheaper than what it cost at the newsagents, surely. May have to subscribe meself!

May have to get that book too, the Hall of Fame features are some of my favourites. Does it have the one on Immortal? I'm not a black metal fan, but I found that one hilarious!

Looks like more terrorizer readers aren't happy
http://www.terrorizer.com/main-forum/-mag/issue-186

Terrorizer editor listens to complainers.

http://www.terrorizer.com/main-forum/-mag/who-should-be-next-issue-terrorizer

Someone asked for a 70s thud rock special.

*looks at Scott*

hey scott you own these?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ULTRAKILL-1-MAY-94-SLAYER-PARADISE-LOST-BURZUM_W0QQitemZ360123739887QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Magazines?hash=item53d90c2eef&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ULTRAKILL-2-JUN-94-SEPULTURA-DEICIDE-C-O-F-CYNIC_W0QQitemZ360123739952QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Magazines?hash=item53d90c2f30&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

they were the only 2 issues ever. Musta been pre-terrorizer days

http://www.terrorizer.com/system/files/imagecache/product_full/BlackMetal_Packshot.jpg

Do you think you know EVERYTHING about Black Metal?

Terrorizer Magazine Presents The Secret History of... Black Metal.

Terrorizer, the World's most authoritative Extreme Music and Heavy Metal magazine proudly presents the first ever issue of its Secret Histories.This is a current magazine, not a back issue, and is onsale in the UK from 13 August 2009.

100 packed pages, including Mayhem, Immortal, Watain, Darkthrone and more, exclusive interviews, scene repots and in-depth features on music's most dangerous genre.

Plus:

Terrorizer staff choose the 40 Black Metal Albums YOU MUST HEAR!

Exclusive EMPEROR interview!

Free CD! with tracks from BEHERIT, DARKTHRONE, AURA NOIR, CHTHONIC and more!

Look at this mouth-watering features list, what more could you want!:

From Venom to Hellhammer: Black metal's early days explored
Black Metal Ethics and Ideologies
Norse Mythology: Rise of the Second Wave
Black Metal's Waxworks:A Guide to Collecting Vinyl
Scandals and Sensation: Black Metal's Bad Boys
Emperor: Exclusive Interview!
Art and Aesthetics Analysed
Scaling the Summit: Black Metal in the Mainstream
The New Wave of Black Metal
Post-Black Metal
Black Metal Top 40

Global Domination: South America
Global Domination: Scandinavia
Global Domination: United Kingdom
Global Domination: North America
Global Domination: Eastern Europe
Global Domination: France

The Secret Histories of... Bathory
The Secret Histories of... Hellhammer/Celtic Frost
The Secret Histories of... Mayhem
The Secret Histories of... Dissection
The Secret Histories of... Immortal
The Secret Histories of... Beherit
The Secret Histories of... Darkthrone
The Secret Histories of... Absu
The Secret Histories of... Gorgoroth
The Secret Histories of... Watain

This magaizne is released in the UK on 13 August 2009 and this is your opportunity to buy this magazine direct from the Publisher and have it delivered to your door for £5.99 in the UK, £6.99 in the EU and £7.99 across the rest of the world.

www.Terrorizer.com/BlackMetal

There's a few things in that I'll probably read with interest (early days, vinyl, art, French BM) - hope they did a good job of it

you didn't write an article then?

I don't think I know enough tbh

maybe you can do their next special

I have always wanted to write for Terrorizer.

The black metal special is out and so is the regular issue, which has a sludge special feature.

http://www.terrorizer.com/system/files/imagecache/frontpage/Chthoniccover.jpg

There's a horribly glaring typo on that cover

Not to derail, but I just got the Convivial Hermit issue mentioned upthread and it is a thing of beauty. The tiny type is going to test my bifocals, but damn, what a great looking package for $8. I don't understand how fanzine publishers manage to do things like this.

I hate the new terrorizer cover, it looks silly.

I can't quite explain why I don't like it when you have bands' logos on mag covers, instead of just in the normal font... but I don't like it. Maybe http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j203/Splatterfest/BoltThrower.jpg is a law unto itself however

what typo?

oh i see it hahahahaha

it's a better name this way!!

^agree

I like to think that one logo says 'hehemoth'.

http://lolmoth.wordpress.com/

Reachin' out to djmartian imo: http://mickmercer.livejournal.com/982739.html

http://s730.photobucket.com/albums/ww309/mercerm_2009/?action=view¤t=Dominionmag.jpg

(don't rilly care for any of this stuff [maybe interested in reading up on 45 Grave] but hey, if goths wanna read let em I say)

if only Bimble was here to say those bands weren't goth.

http://www.terrorizer.com/sites/terrorizer.com/files/imagecache/frontpage/cover.jpg

http://www.terrorizer.com/sites/terrorizer.com/files/imagecache/frontpage/BURZUM_COVER.jpg