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- Editorial
- Issue Fourteen - DEAD, HOT AND READY
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- First up, I’m back apologising
again for our crash in activity over the past six weeks – with this, that and the
other we’ve not been as successful as we’d have liked in keeping the momentum
going, and for this we are sorry. I can say two good things: we’ve learned some
lessons on how to keep things rolling next year, and I’m now on a mission to squeeze
in as many ninja updates as possible before Christmas. ALLLRIGHT!
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- A bit of a review deluge in this
update, and rather than discussing them I’ll just let you get stuck right in –
what a fucking cracker of a year.
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- I must give mention to our feature
interview, however, which we conducted with the mighty Conquest of Steel. These fellows
never let the traditional heavy metal fan down; they’re marvellous live, have a
wicked sense of humour, and it seems like the riffs just won’t stop flowing. I was
really impressed but had some mixed feelings when listening to their latest "Storm
Sword", so it was great to get under the skin of that release a little bit. And, of
course, to hear about drunken larks across the globe.
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- We’ve got loads coming over the
next few weeks: DEUS IGNOTUS, COFFIN BIRTH, INFERNO, FLAME OF WAR, TEMPLE OF BAAL, MR
DEATH, DIE HARD, SALTATIO MORTIS, DET VIDAPNE GAP, THE 11th HOUR, ARKONA,
SEHELMISH, ALL HAIL THE TRANSCENDING GHOST, WHITE MICE, ABGOTT, and ENSIFERUM, just to
name what I can actually see strewn around my poor little office.
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- We’ll also be cramming as many
interviews and special features as we possibly can into the tail-end of the year, whilst
mulling over early details of next year’s festivals… a cohort of Hierophanters
yet to be decided (or hell, JUST ME, doing my thing, on my own) will be at Inferno, and I
don’t see how we could resist Bloodstock, but we’ll just have to see what
magical and mysterious things crop up in between.
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- Thanks to all for patience and
understanding during our down time – we’re back and raring to go. Even if it
means I have to pack in my day job. Fuck it. When you get to the point where you’re
mulling over how many reviews EXACTLY you could fit into a maternity leave, it’s time
to take drastic action. Obviously, because I still think Attila is an AWESOME name for a
child I am not ready to have one. But I would be a great housewife apart from the
childcare aspect. And the cooking. And cleaning. And I don’t like dogs. Anyway…
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- AVE
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- Ellen
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- EDITOR
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