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Well, who'd have believed it, January already, and even though the post-Christmas come-down has yet to hit the Terrorizer office, we've been chilling out reading our crisp, new magazine and arguing over the results of the 2010 reader's polls.
We sit down with Turisas and pick up on Impaled Nazarine (oh, how festive), Kvelertak advocate they are, apparently, the 'new black'. Agalloch come in from the cold, only momentarily, Baroness get all thunderous down underous, and Legion of the Damned descend into chaos.
Dominion 8 kicks off with Rob Zombie and throws Stolen Babies, Dutch Order, Bloody Mary, Deine Lakaien, Shadowgarden and Hocico into the mix and rounds off with some deliciously wicked Cuts from the Crypt to drive you batty into 2011.
Get your lovely shiny new issue of Terrorizer today - just £4.25 plus P&P!
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Do you feel like treating yourself this Christmas?
Well, we have just the think for you: a special three-month subscription to Terrorizer, you'll get the next three issues of the world's mightiest Extreme Metal Magazine delivered to your doorstep for the princely sum of £5, a ridiculous saving of £7.75 on the shop price.
As you already know, Terrorizer comes every month jam-packed with the most exciting extreme metal bands on the planet and as well as insightful features and authoritative reviews you get a free slice of Fear Candy with the cover-mount CD, so you can hear the sounds of tomorrow today.
Only in the world's mightiest Extreme Metal Magazine.
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Subscribe to Terrorizer today and you will receive 13 issues for the price of ten, and receive the magazine on your doorstep before it gets into the shops.
Terrorizer is the world's most exiciting, most authoritative Extreme Music and Heavy Metal magazine. With a covermounted CD every issue, you will get to know about and hear the sounds of tomorrow today.
Subscribe to Terrorizer today and you will receive 13 issues for the price of ten, and receive the magazine on your doorstep before it gets into the shops.
Terrorizer is the world's most exiciting, most authoritative Extreme Music and Heavy Metal magazine. With a covermounted CD every issue, you will get to know about and hear the sounds of tomorrow today.
Subscribe to Terrorizer today and you will receive 13 issues for the price of ten, and receive the magazine on your doorstep before it gets into the shops.
Terrorizer is the world's most exiciting, most authoritative Extreme Music and Heavy Metal magazine. With a covermounted CD every issue, you will get to know about and hear the sounds of tomorrow today.
At the dawn of 2010, black metal has lost its collective mind in a big way. From the Norwegian 'blackjazz' of Shining and the brass-laden mentalism of Japanese legends Sigh, all the way to the cinematic excess of the mighty Rotting Christ and the carnival of madness that is our cover stars Finntroll – a band more interested in charting their own course through the annals of Finnish black metal than hooking their longship to trend or hype – b lack metal now is less about frost-covered forests and more about fireworks to the face.
We examine the roots of metalcore, trudging into the dark and oft-forgotten world of misanthropic genre pioneers Integrity, the accidental crossover brilliance of the Cro-Mags and the genre's assault on the metal mainstream, earning it the ire of metalheads and hardcore kids alike.
Shedding blood, patience and tears in pursuit of metal's most talked about topics, we hit the road with reactivated sludge gods EyeHateGod, get the skinny on the unlikely collaboration between King Ov Hell (ex of Gorgoroth) and Shagrath (Dimmu Borgir), uncover the eagerly awaited new album from British doom institution Cathedral and more besides.
As if that wasn't enough, we proudly lauch Sick Sounds, the world's first magazine for extreme metal musicians with a sixteen page teaser free inside this issue. Shred like Testament, record like Russ Russell and uncover the secrets of Sleep.
PLEASE NOTE THE COVERMOUNT CD IS NOT INCLUDED.
SHREDUCATION FOR THE WICKED:
SICK SOUNDS MAGAZINE IS HERE
From the makers of the world-famous Terrorizer Magazine comes the first and last word in Extreme Metal
We start a new decade and so we begin a new era in music magazine publishing with the launch of the Dark Arts title Sick Sounds.
Sick Sounds is the world's first ever magazine for extreme metal musicians, this launch issue features Behemoth, Baroness, Ihsahn, Triptykon, Nile, Between The Buried And Me, Sigh and video lessons on riffing in the style of Celtic Frost, Cannibal Corpse and Black Sabbath, plus all the latest drums, axes, bits, bobs and thingamijigs reviewed. Brutal!
Sick Sounds features definitive gear reviews including a face/off between Blackstar and Hughes & Kettner amps. We test a brace of Spear guitars, the awesome PRS SE Torero, the Line 6 Spider Valve amp and Blackstar stomp-boxes. And then the masked Grim'll Fix It shows how to sharpen your axe.
All music and lessons are on the exclusive cover CD, with video lessons and demonstrations that will bring you up to speed quicker than you can blink.
Sick Sounds is the magazine we wanted when we were learning to play.
Sick Sound Number 2 is available NOW and contains more thrills and excitement for True Cult Heavy Metal-ists everywhere!
Contents:
INTRO: Orange amps, Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, Ihsahn signs with Blackstar Amps
Studio Time: Trigger The Bloodshed
Win a Zilla Cab! Plus 'Scattered Ashes' Emperor tab book and Ihsahn's 'After'
Between Silence And Sound: The first in a series of columns written by Kylesa's Laura Pleasants
Violent Introductions: Vasaeleth, Portal, Black Breath
TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Diezel Schmidt, BC Rich Virgo, Spear Flextool, MXR bass pedals, Vintage Metal Axxe round-up plus more
LandPhil from Municipal Waste/Cannabis Corpse
Features:
Mastodon
The Dillinger Escape Plan
High On Fire
Meshuggah
Fozzy
SICK SKILLS:
Ihsahn lesson: Riffing for when stuck at the wrong end of a nightside eclipse
Drill Bits: Master the triplets
Get CAGED: Part two in our fretboard orientation programme
Evile's Ol Drake sweats on sweeps
Whammy Abuse: From vibrato to divebombs, shake it like a Polaroid picture and go daft with a whammy bar
Master Of Bassists: Climb inside Cliff Burton's bass technique
A good thirty years after a sound was defined and a scene took form, Terrorizer stands in awe of a towering metal monument every bit the equal of Wren's churches or Brunell's top hat – Judas Priest's 1980 call to arms, 'British Steel'. Devour not just the story behind this vastly influential album, but learn of its impact on Watain, Primordial, Ihsahn and more!
As if that wasn't reason enough, consider:
• An exclusive first look at Watain's eagerly anticipated new album 'Lawless Darkness'.
• A zero-bullshit guide to the festival seasons telling you not just who's playing, but how to get there, what it'll cost and what the beer's like.
• Choice Cuts – overflowing with 22 new and cult bands, from post-Decapitated Polish brutalists Masachist and caustic British post-metallers Rinoa to hotly tipped Australian grinders Extortion and crusty hardcore pugelists Black Breath.
Plus the usual reviews, previews, competitions and the likes of Amon Amarth, Brutal Truth, Trigger The Bloodshed, 1349, Cathedral, Unleashed, Venomous Concept, The Ocean, Master, Unholy Grave, Vomitor, Exodus, Metsatoll, Bison BC and much much more.
PLEASE NOTE THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COVERMOUNT CD.
May 16 should have been a normal day, I'd gone down to Total Rock to present my Sunday afternoon radio show and by the time I'd got there at 3pm the rumours of Dio's death had done the rounds online. It was with immense relief that I read his wife's statement on air that Dio was alive, but extremely ill and in his honour my show became dedicated to the strength and courage of a man who had informed my music taste, whether I knew it or not, throughout my life. He was, without doubt, the voice that inspired my musical heroes and as I discovered Rainbow and 'Mob Rules'-era Sabbath, he himself became my idol. The discovery, upon returning home from the studio, that he had passed away was shattering. I was consoled knowing that this incredible man, who left a impact on everyone he met or played to, live or in his immense body of recorded work, had left us only in body, his spirit will live on.
So it's fitting that in this issue, where features were promptly shifted to make space for Jonathan Horsley's moving tribute that metal's current torch bearers Grand Magus are on the cover. Who better to represent the continuing legacy of Dio's career than the band that have been outspoken time and again about his influence on their music? With traditional heavy metal at a deafening high with Grand Magus signing to metal powerhouse Roadrunner and their fellow countrymen Enforcer storming the UK on their recent Terrorizer-sponsored tour with Cauldron, Dio may have reached his last high note on this world stage, but his music and the music he inspired still soars in anyone who lives to bang their heads, pump their fists and throw the horns. They say that life's a carousel, he sure rode it well.
Ronnie James Dio 1942-2010 RIP
Thirteen years and 200 issues later, Terrorizer comes of age and turns to the cover stars of #1 for a celebration of our shared history, underground ethics and survival against the odds!
The critics take a back seat as 200 of the artists who have made Terrorizer what it is - from the crowd-pleasing festival favourites to the rising underground new blood - pick 200 essential albums that they think no record collection should be without!
Elsewhere in the issue, Danzig returns from six years of silence to reveal an unexpected punk rock ethic, Winterfylleth look to England's Anglo-Saxon past for lessons for its future, plus Misery Index, Blind Guardian, Ion Dissonance, Nevermore, Hate, Hellfest aftermath, Decrepit Birth and all the usual news, reviews, scathing criticism and triumphant praise.
Also, Sick Sounds returns as a free supplement, this issue a thrashtastic Slayer special!
If we're heading for the end-times we want Jaz Coleman as our guide through the apocalyptic minefield. As vocalist, creative architect and bête noire for the post-punk nightmare, Jaz has taken us on sonic tours through alien invasion, the occult, war and politics and 30 years later is back with new Killing Joke cut, 'Absolute Dissent', while still bewildering and fascinating with his often-controversial and frightening prophecies.
Taking heed of his words we've got this issues interviewees Bonded By Blood setting up alien attack training camps to teach us all the art of intergalactic warfare and and Gama Bomb reminding us to watch public service broadcasting such as 'Independence Day', or just tracking down John Cyriis or Paul Masvidal for advice. Even stoner brigade The Sword are looking to the stars on their latest album, as told to Jonathan Horsely over a beer at their recent London show, whereas Enslaved never stopped stargazing, but then again, they rule the cosmos anyway.
Plus we've already got our 200 essential albums downloaded onto nuclear-proof iPods, set to outlast judgement day, with Slayer's 'Reign In Blood' primed to blast out as we count down the hours. Check out this month's second part of our ultimate albums countdown, as chosen by the musicians who were inspired by them.
And if any genre of music has been looking to the future it's industrial goth and in this month's free Dominion supplement we get to grips with Combichrist as well as Murderdolls, William Control and Zola Jesus.
What are you waiting for? This is a call to arms. You must prepare for war.
Terrorizer #201 incorporating Dominion #6 is available for just £4.25 plus P&P in our shop (www.terrorizermagazine.bigcartel.com) or from good newsagents and WHSmith from Thursday 9 September 2010.
It also has TWO, yes, TWO free CDs with a bonus Grindhouse disc jammed with newcomers from Mutant to Juggern0rt to check out on top of the regular Fear Candy goodness.
(Newsstand dates in other territories will vary.)
BANDS INTERVIEWED:
THE ACACIA STRAIN
AUTOPSY
BLOOD REVOLT
BONDED BY BLOOD
CLINGING TO THE TREES OF A FOREST FIRE
COMBICHRIST
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
DAYLIGHT MISERY
DEATH ANGEL
DERELICT SERMON
DIMMU BORGIR
ENSLAVED
FUKPIG
THE FUNERAL PYRE
GAMA BOMB
HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE
KILLING JOKE
KOLLWITZ
MACABRE
MAR DE GRISES
MOONSORROW
MURDERDOLLS
OTARGOS
PURIFIED IN BLOOD
RAMESSES
SWANS
THE SWORD
THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA
TOWERS OF FLESH
ZOLA JESUS
Riff-pounders Kylesa are our cover stars talking about their new record "Spiritual Shadow": we've long looked over the pond at the down and dirty dealings of the Dixie scene and Kylesa's new cut gave us good reason to celebrate some of the up and coming bands of the area, from Kylesa's neighbours in Zoroaster and Withered down to the bayou boys of Thou in Kim Kelly's round-up of the best new bands from the dirty south. It makes us want to sit back, smoke up and slug some syrup.
Elsewhere in the mag Panko's tales of his roadtrip with Cephalic Carnage provides a good bedfellow for our southern frenzy, and when you throw Sahg, Spiritual Beggars and Melechesh into the equation you got yourself the soundtrack to a new psychedelic revolution.
We also have Sick Sounds #4, where we give Enslaved the special treatment, we review a brace of Dean guitars, the Digitech ME25 multi effects unit and the new Boss looper!
After Terrorizer's Secret History Of... Black Metal, it was only a matter of time before Terrorizer turned its mighty gaze to death metal, the sire of a thousand sub-genres.
Within these pages, untold stories are aired for the first time, and fresh perspectives are brought to the established history to create an ultimate history of extreme metal's most diverse and devastating incarnation. Whether a casual listener looking to expand your knowledge, or a seasoned veteran, there's something here to enhance and expand your understanding and appreciation of the music you love, starting with:
* Classic band features with the likes of Deicide, Morbid Angel, Nile, Necrophagia, Cannibal Corpse, Decapitated and more, are dragged kicking and screaming from the crypt.
* From the suburbs of Stockholm to the barrios of Brazil, from the sluggish, sepulchral crawl of death/doom to the contentious, yet commercially viable assault of deathcore, scenes and subgenres are pulled apart and dissected like fresh cadavers.
* The 40 albums you MUST hear - and there are some surprises.
* Exclusive cover art from Cannibal Corpse inksmith Vincent Locke.
* A free covermount CD featuring the best new and established death metal bands, including Master, Avulsed, Cannibal Corpse, Obliteration, Desecration, Dead Beyond Buried and more.
It's almost February already and out now, for your deadly delight, we have a monster of a Terrorizer with Crowbar, Children of Bodom, Korpliklaani, Kyuss, Architects, Crass, Earth, Motorhead, Enforcer, Graf Orlock, Oceano, The Haunted go pop and Primordial are in the studio.
All this goodness is rounded off rather nicely with three killer posters, Kylesa, Watain and Electric Wizard, as well as a murderous Fear Candy featuring Crowbar, Cauldron, Onslaught, Oceano, Fen, Hour of 13 and more!
What a meaty issue we have for you - aside from insight into Varg's new disc 'Fallen' and fifteen of the sickest Choise Cuts we have headline features on:
Watain and Shining! Deicide! Cavalera Conspiracy! Devildriver! Kyuss! Cauldron! Trap Them! Sylosis! Rotten Sound! Firebird! Obscura!
...as well as a ridiculous number of album and live reviews.
For those of a more velveteen bent, Dominion 9 features:
FMFDM! Theatres des Vampires! Hand! Ankst! Me My Enemy! Solsikk! Formalin! Muckrackers! Creation's Tears! faderhead!
... with reviews of Ministry and Co Conspirators, Ulterior, Visions of Atlantis and more!
And a cracking Emilie Autumn poster!
Get your copy of Terrorizer #207 with Dominion #9 today!
The new issue of Terrorizer has the most utterly awesomest cover, with Amon Amarth imagined by Christain Sloan Hall. You have to see it to believe it. Johan Hegg talks of the important things in life: god, free-will and going to the pub.
As if this is not enough, we have a fire-cracking run-down of:
The Haunted;
Ghost;
Darkest Hour;
Moonsorrow;
Graveyard;
Blackguard;
Darkest Hour;
Protest the Hero; and
Merlin dissects Djent.
As well as this, we have fifteen tracks of Fear Candy and the return of Sick Sounds.
The world's only dedicated extreme metal guitar magazine has been relaunched as an all-guns-blazing guitarists' wet dream. We investigate sweep-picking through an analysis of Alexi Laiho's guitar style and a rather fabulous guide to sweep-picking, as well as reviewing the Fender Mustang II amp and the rather sultry BC Rich Eagle Archtop.
And you can win a fabulous ESP Alexi Laiho guitar.
Get in there!