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And Samael get a hard time because THEY'VE BEEN FUCKING RUBBISH SINCE THE THIRD ALBUM. One of the greatest disasters in the history of heavy metal - three absolute killers followed up by tons of total tripe.

This post kind-of answers the question I suppose...
SAMAEL are the ONLY band to try the futuristic thing and pull it off. Not like all that over chugged Fear Factory type shit. They are innovative and take risks and people over hear just hate them for that reason alone. If you actually LISTEN to their newer stuff more than one quick begrudging time it has layers of depth and originality few bands can even dream of. The most original modern band, I think... No... I know. You don't get no quick thrills with SAMAEL; they require a little patience. No offence meant, but someone has to say it. Vorph's lyrics are the best.

INFRA GALAXIA live... truly awesome.

Fair enough. Maybe I don't have the patience. I preferred them when they sounded EVIL to when Vorph started rapping...

Yeah Bestial Bill, I must admit to feeling nervious at that 'rapping' bit myself, but it's not really rapping - just funky metal talking . There's a blues rock bit on the end of 'Eternal' too that's close to the edge. But hey, it's the price for exploration. Not sure about that new blond barnet either!


Still no ZT for sale in CHATHAM. Help please.

I started buying ZT from the 3rd issue onwards I believe, but stopped for about a year and a half when I could no longer find it in my WHSmith. I just found the latest issue in Borders on Oxford Street though, and for the first time ever I pretty much read it cover to cover.

I think on the whole it's a good magazine. I agree that some of the articles are not particularly well written, but that could also be poor sub-editing. I've never written anything about metal or gigs, so I'm sure I couldn't do any better. The 'Extreme Special' articles in the current issue about women in metal and the downloading debate do seem a bit archaic, and it seemed to me that they were just trying to kill two birds with one stone when interviewing Gallhammer in light of the women in metal debate.

The print is often quite hard to read - I almost gave up on the Scythian article when I realised I was holding the magazine about two inches from my face!

But basically it covers my needs, and I've discovered quite a lot of bands I may not have otherwise heard of. It also fits in my bag, possibly the most important factor of all, since the only reason I've read the whole of this issue is because I can take it on the train to work everyday...