I'm reposting this from a Myspace blog I put up, because I wanted to share it with everyone here at the forums as well....
My good buddy Wiley (lately aka THE GEETUS!) just posted this in a bulletin this afternoon. Some really unfortunate news.....
METAL MANIACS And METAL EDGE Magazines Reportedly Closing..
According to a mass e-mail sent out yesterday (..Tuesday, February 3) by Liz Ciavarella, editor of Metal Maniacs magazine, both Metal.Maniacs and its sister publication Metal.Edge have shut their doors effective immediatelyy. "The exact reasons are still a little hazy but it appears that no one is immune to the crashing economy," Liz writes. "..We've been told we are on '..hiatus,' which. means the coffin hasn't been shut just yet. Our ad honcho, Dov Teta, and I are scrambling for a potential solution, and with any luck, I hope to be sending a far less grim e-mail in the not-so-distant future. For now though, the March/April 2009 edition [of Metal Maniacs] (..KREATOR cover on sale February 24) will be the last published issue (no goodbye issue, unfortunately).
"
Metal Edge and Metal Maniacs, two of the leading heavy metal magazines in the U.S., have been publishing for 24 years and 19 years, respectively. The two publications were acquired by Zenbu Media in February 2007.
Covering bands across the hard rock spectrum from classic metal to thrash to punk . MetalEdge is considered a leading voice in the mainstream metal media. In existence since 1985, Metal Edge was published twelve times a year providing in-depth coverage of current musical acts, including band profiles, news of the latest releases and coverage of the biggest tours...
Metal Maniacs has given exposure to the best underground metal bands. Scouring the globe.. for the greatest unheard-of artists, Metal Maniacs has, for nearly 20 years, provided one of the few outlets for these acts and a way for fans to unearth the greatest unheralded hard rock outfits.
Based in New York City, Zenbu Media is a music..-oriented multi.-prong.d media company that specializes in print, digital, events and recording......
This is a real bummer for those of us in bands who look forward to seeing articles, reviews and ads posted there. And also a bummer for us as fans who practically grew up with these magazines and were turned onto alot of new artists because of it. I realise that the internet has seriously cut down how many people even buy magazines anymore, but still.... This magazine (as well as METAL EDGE) has had some very cool people involved in the writing and production of it every month. Excellent folks like Liz C., Jeff Wagner, Mike G., Scott Alisoglu, Dave Brenner, Ian Christie, Chris "Professor" Black, JWW, Kevin Stewart-Panko, and many more that have made the magazine such a good and worth read over the years.
MM has featured Novembers Doom many times, even giving us a cover photo spot on three different occasions over the years, and we're extremely grateful to them for the support and exposure. I hope that they are able to eventually rectify their money problems and get back into circulation again, even if it's in a different situation (maybe 6 issues a year instead of 12, etc.?)
I wonder if there's any chance that they could also come up with a different format, and have just one magazine instead of two? Yes, I realise that alot of people out there might want to read about Mudvayne, but not Gorgoroth, and vice versa. But honestly, I can't see any reason why the two formats (Maniacs and Edge) couldn't somehow be combined. You see rags like Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles covering a fairly wide spectrum of hard rock/metal within their pages, so I don't see why it wouldn't work. I might not personally be too interested in reading articles about the new Evanescence release or something like that, but I'd definitely tolerate it in order to still get the other stuff I do care about. Then again maybe I'm a bit more open-minded and tolerant than the average metalhead these days, who seem to spend far too much time arguing and debating over what "sucks" and how such-and-such band aren't cool anymore because they're not underground enough for them anymore *sigh...*
In any case, I wish Liz and co. all the best and I hope that things turn around eventually for them. Given the current state of the economy, I'd say things are likely to get worse before they get better, so hang in there folks.
My good buddy Wiley (lately aka THE GEETUS!) just posted this in a bulletin this afternoon. Some really unfortunate news.....
METAL MANIACS And METAL EDGE Magazines Reportedly Closing..
According to a mass e-mail sent out yesterday (..Tuesday, February 3) by Liz Ciavarella, editor of Metal Maniacs magazine, both Metal.Maniacs and its sister publication Metal.Edge have shut their doors effective immediatelyy. "The exact reasons are still a little hazy but it appears that no one is immune to the crashing economy," Liz writes. "..We've been told we are on '..hiatus,' which. means the coffin hasn't been shut just yet. Our ad honcho, Dov Teta, and I are scrambling for a potential solution, and with any luck, I hope to be sending a far less grim e-mail in the not-so-distant future. For now though, the March/April 2009 edition [of Metal Maniacs] (..KREATOR cover on sale February 24) will be the last published issue (no goodbye issue, unfortunately).
"
Metal Edge and Metal Maniacs, two of the leading heavy metal magazines in the U.S., have been publishing for 24 years and 19 years, respectively. The two publications were acquired by Zenbu Media in February 2007.
Covering bands across the hard rock spectrum from classic metal to thrash to punk . MetalEdge is considered a leading voice in the mainstream metal media. In existence since 1985, Metal Edge was published twelve times a year providing in-depth coverage of current musical acts, including band profiles, news of the latest releases and coverage of the biggest tours...
Metal Maniacs has given exposure to the best underground metal bands. Scouring the globe.. for the greatest unheard-of artists, Metal Maniacs has, for nearly 20 years, provided one of the few outlets for these acts and a way for fans to unearth the greatest unheralded hard rock outfits.
Based in New York City, Zenbu Media is a music..-oriented multi.-prong.d media company that specializes in print, digital, events and recording......
This is a real bummer for those of us in bands who look forward to seeing articles, reviews and ads posted there. And also a bummer for us as fans who practically grew up with these magazines and were turned onto alot of new artists because of it. I realise that the internet has seriously cut down how many people even buy magazines anymore, but still.... This magazine (as well as METAL EDGE) has had some very cool people involved in the writing and production of it every month. Excellent folks like Liz C., Jeff Wagner, Mike G., Scott Alisoglu, Dave Brenner, Ian Christie, Chris "Professor" Black, JWW, Kevin Stewart-Panko, and many more that have made the magazine such a good and worth read over the years.
MM has featured Novembers Doom many times, even giving us a cover photo spot on three different occasions over the years, and we're extremely grateful to them for the support and exposure. I hope that they are able to eventually rectify their money problems and get back into circulation again, even if it's in a different situation (maybe 6 issues a year instead of 12, etc.?)
I wonder if there's any chance that they could also come up with a different format, and have just one magazine instead of two? Yes, I realise that alot of people out there might want to read about Mudvayne, but not Gorgoroth, and vice versa. But honestly, I can't see any reason why the two formats (Maniacs and Edge) couldn't somehow be combined. You see rags like Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles covering a fairly wide spectrum of hard rock/metal within their pages, so I don't see why it wouldn't work. I might not personally be too interested in reading articles about the new Evanescence release or something like that, but I'd definitely tolerate it in order to still get the other stuff I do care about. Then again maybe I'm a bit more open-minded and tolerant than the average metalhead these days, who seem to spend far too much time arguing and debating over what "sucks" and how such-and-such band aren't cool anymore because they're not underground enough for them anymore *sigh...*
In any case, I wish Liz and co. all the best and I hope that things turn around eventually for them. Given the current state of the economy, I'd say things are likely to get worse before they get better, so hang in there folks.