Check out the list of Kerrang award winners this year. Says it all about how this once mighty mag has fallen:

Best Band On The Planet - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
Best British Band - LOSTPROPHETS
Best Live Band - MUSE
Best Album - LOSTPROPHETS ("Liberation Transmission")
Best Single - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ("Tears Don't Fall")
Best Video - FALL OUT BOY ("Sugar, We're Going Down")
Best British Newcomer - BRING ME THE HORIZON
Best International Newcomer - AIDEN
Classic Songwriter - PLACEBO
Spirit Of Independence - PRODIGY
Kerrang! Hall Of Fame - SLAYER
Kerrang! Legend - Angus Young (AC/DC)

Oh my.

Shugmaster wrote:Best Band On The Planet - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
Best British Band - LOSTPROPHETS
Best Live Band - MUSE
Classic Songwriter - PLACEBO

You've gotta be kidding!!!

Who cares?

So thats what its come down to hey?

I have the Kerrap! 25year silver issue and on the front it boldly states:

"Kerrang! 25 years of metal!"

Strange cos on the front it has pictures of that dude from the Red Hots, Billie Joe from Green day, that fuckwit from MCR, Dave Grohl and the man who killed metal, Kurt Ca-blam.

Also the whole 130 page issue completely misses the thrash metal scene and refuses to acknowlege it ever existed and the only thrash band (that isnt Metallica) thats mentioned is Exodus, even then they call them a DEATH METAL BAND!!???!?!

Also they refer to the Norway black metal mureders as Death metal???

Fuck that shity crap, its not worth the paper its printed on!!!

If I ever met the editor I would spit in his face.

MartinC wrote:Who cares?

Exactly!

I've never ever bought a Kerrap. There's no need to when you can get all of your Metal News & Views from t'internet.

Metal Iain wrote:

MartinC wrote:Who cares?

Exactly!

I've never ever bought a Kerrap. There's no need to when you can get all of your Metal News & Views from t'internet.

I don't even do that. I just make my own assumptions about what's going on and decide I'm right about everything.

MartinC wrote:

Metal Iain wrote:

MartinC wrote:Who cares?

Exactly!

I've never ever bought a Kerrap. There's no need to when you can get all of your Metal News & Views from t'internet.

I don't even do that. I just make my own assumptions about what's going on and decide I'm right about everything.

i like it!

terrorizer, thats all thats left. kerrap is the worst thing that has ever happend to metal. its a fucking disgrace!

I read Terrorizer occasionally. The first one I bought was a Thrash special they did a year or two ago, it was awesome. I think Nuclear Assault were on the front cover.

MartinC wrote:I read Terrorizer occasionally. The first one I bought was a Thrash special they did a year or two ago, it was awesome. I think Nuclear Assault were on the front cover.

yeah that was a good issue. Still got that kicking about somewhere

Looked at the photo of Angus at the Awards. Didn't know that he had went so bald!!

I think the thing that bugs me most is that the majority of the bands listed aren't even "ROCK" bands let alone Metal. They are pop groups writing catchy pop songs. I mean Lostprophets fer fucks sake Duran Duran are heavier!!!

Back in the early to mid-80's Kerrang was a great magazine. I used to get all my information from there and Metal Forces. What a shame.

what If I say I wanna buy the new Lost Prophets album.....


Kerrang is fucking crap now
Don't even worth to read!

Fuck Kerrang!!!

Now Playing - Bulldozer - DESERT!!!!!!!

phodg wrote:Back in the early to mid-80's Kerrang was a great magazine. I used to get all my information from there and Metal Forces. What a shame.

Same here. They used to cover at least one thrash band a week and there was also the special section for up & coming young Death/Thrash metal bands. Think it was called Deathvine or something like that. Metal Forces was a great mag too. Metal Forces was the place i first read of Exodus, Sepultura and many more.