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Issue #38, March 2008 ---- Info Coming Soon
Issue #37, August/September 2007 ---- Info Coming Soon
Issue #36, April 2007 ---- Interview with Sully Erna of Godsmack; Interview with Saliva; Reviews on
Tristania, Jamie Cullum, Stream of Passion, 300 Soundtrack, Ektomorf, Mnemic, Dominici, Megadeth, Girls Got Rhythm, Hellyeah; You Gotta Hear This
on Bitter:Sweet, Project Morfeo; Artist Profile on ALR Project, Bob Catley, Ambition, Blanc Faces, Tony Stevens; From the Observation Deck on Music;
Beyond Music on the annual Seal Hunts; Vent on the Virginia Tech Shooting; Pin-ups of Type O Negative and Sevendust
Issue #35, February/March 2007 ---- Interview with Morgan Rose of
Sevendust; Interview with Kyle Turley of the Kansas City Chiefs and Gridiron
Records; Reviews on: The Orphans, Therion, Bruce Turgon, The Devil Wears Prada,
DJ Starscream, Motorhead, Communic, Metal: A Headbangers Journey DVD,
Re:Ignition, The Devin Townsend Band, Judas Priest, Deadstar Assembly, Void
Generator, Stew Cutler Trio, Type O Negative; You Gotta Hear This on: The Velmas,
Walls of Jericho; Beyond Music on The Government; Vent Column on Annoying Cell
Phone Users; Full Page Photos: Ken Susi of Unearth, Jeff Hanneman of Slayer
Issue #34, January 2007 ---- Interview with Kim Kline; Interview with DJ
Rossstar; Reviews on: Belphegor, Light This City, Mastodon, Dawn of Azazel, Hammerfall, Burn In Silence, Chtonic, Blind Guardian, Hell-Born, Incantation, I, Chrome Division, Hypocrisy Live;
Artist Profiles on: Alev,
Nicollette Knight, and Luca Turilli; New Talent Alert on Megaherz and The Steve
Carson Band; From The Observation Deck: How Fickle Is Woman; Vent Column on
Human Breeding; Full Page Photo: Hypocrisy's Peter Tagtgren
Issue #33, November/December 2006 ---- Interview with Monica Richards; Interview with
Shaun Glass of SOiL; Interview with Spider of Powerman 5000; Hinder's Top 10 New
Year's Eve Party Songs; You Gotta Hear This: Ailanthus, Patrick Hall, and First
Blood; Vent Column on Soap Operas; Full Page Photo: Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith
Issue #32, October 2006 ---- Interview with Midnight Syndicate; Interview with Godhead; Interview with Derek Sherinian; Artist Profile on One Dead
Three Wounded, Tuff Jeff Salen; New Talent Alert on Automatic Static, Cryptkeeper Five, Devin Carmicle; Reviews on PainMuseum, Jody
Whitesides, Scarlet, Madball, The Banner, Remembering Never, Dio, Rage, Stone Sour, Los
Burbanks, Slow Motion Reign, Rock Kills Kid, OSI; Beyond Music on Honesty; From The Observation Deck on Night Life; Vent Column on Technology
Issue #31, September 2006 ---- Interviews with Paragon's "Top 6 Picks
for Independent Artists You Must Hear": The Process Void, LowBuz, Alex
Otterlei, Pipers Stone, Razer, and Portal; Album Reviews on Blind Guardian,
Sonata Artica, One Man Army and the Undead Quartet, Hirax (DVD), Scar Symmetry,
Wild Life & Wild Times (DVD Feat. Eric Adams & Chester Moore), Dir En
Grey, Evergrey, Vanden Plas, Edguy, Black on Black: Tribute To Black Flag, Bronx
Casket Co., Ranbow Six: Lockdown Soundtrack, Slave To The System, Autumn Black,
Mikell's Plot, and Scott Mosher; From The Observation Deck on Job Hunting;
Beyond Music on War; Vent Column on News Broadcasts; Steve Bello full page
pin-up pull out.
Issue #30, May/June 2006 ---- Interview with Chef Michael Wray; Interview
with Barry Kerch of Shinedown; Interview with Italian band Void Generator; Album Reviews on
Type O Negative (DVD), Wet Animal, Creozoth, Mistic Rein, Stratovarius, Rebel
Meets Rebel, Rhapsody, Dragonlord, and Tool; Artist Profiles on James Christian,
Brazen Abbott, and Kirsten Thien; New Talent Alert on The Faint; From The
Observation Deck on College Class Registration; Vent Column on Ted Nugent; Brent
Smith of Shinedown full page pin-up pull out.
Issue #29, March/April 2006 ---- Interview with Marc Storace of
Krokus; Interview with Sonny Mayo of Sevendust; Interview with Dan Hawkins of
The Darkness; Interview with comedian Dane Cook; Interviews on From The Inside,
Shadows Fade, Jeff Scott Soto , Starbreaker, Hearafter, Roadrunner United, Borgo
Pass, and Primal Fear; From The Observation Deck on MySpace; Vent Column on the
Struggles of Running a Magazine; Sonny Mayo full page pin-up pull out.
Issue #28, January/February 2006 ---- Interview with Fear Factory
guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers; Interview with Children of Bodom frontman
Alexi Laiho; Show Review on 10 Years and Sevendust; Album Reviews on Unearth, 10
Years, Robin Beck, Deadsoul Tribe, Eric Johnson, Scar Symmetry, Ewigkeit, Hence
Reverie, Slipknot, Index Case, Iron Maiden, Linea 77, and TNT; From The
Observation Deck on Christmas in Hawaii; Vent Column on Starbucks; Yngwie
Malmsteen full page pin-up pull out.
Issue #27, November/December 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with Dean Zelinksy of Dean
Guitars; Interview with Chad Lee of rockconcertfotos.com; Interview with Nick
Catanese of Black Label Society; Interview with comedian Jim Florentine; Album
Reviews on 45 Grave, Akercocke, Beautiful Creatures, Black Label Society,
Nashville Pussy, Shinedown, Stubbs The Zombie Soundtrack, Children of Bodom, The
Duke, Jamie Cullum, Goth Industrial Club Anthems, Stream of Passion, At All
Cost, Black My Heart, Headrush, Hoods, Horse The Band, Voodoo Hill, Hypocrisy,
Look What I Did, and Lunatica; Artist Profile on Brian Ray; New Talent Alert on
The Days In Between; Special "Remembering Dimebag" centerfold article;
Beyond Music on the Cat and Dog Fur Trade; Vent Column on controlling people;
Pin-Up tear-out poster of Dimebag Darrell
Issue #26, October 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with Brent Smith of Shinedown;
Interview with Anders of In Flames; Interview with Scooter Ward of Cold;
Interview with Mike Mushok of Staind; Reviews on Falconer, Throwdown, As I
Lay Dying, YOB, A Life Once Lost, Animosity, Shinedown, Jacobs Dream, Municipal
Waste, Deadbird, and Beecher; Vent
Column on Tabloid Magazines
Issue #25, September 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with Mikael from Opeth; Interview
with Scott Ian of Anthrax; Interview with Antigone Rising; Interview with 60
Miles Down; Album Reviews on Vonmodik, Balzac, Boys Night Out, Chris Buono, and
Dane Cook; New Talent Alert on The Unheard Of; Artist Profile on David Neil
Cline; Take Action on Violence vs. Sex In The Media; Vent Column on
Self-Checkouts!
Issue #24, August 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Third Annual Women In Rock Issue! Interview with
Sariah Bishop; Interview with Aroarah; Reviews on Facing New York, New
Dead Radio, On Broken Wings, Donnybrook, Presto Ballet, Shadow Gallery, Gemini
5, Midnight Syndicate, Kevin Zugschwert, Down To This, Misfits, Kids Like Us,
Metallimania DVD, Danzig DVD; Show Review on Jet Motor Crash; Artist Profile on
Future 86; Take Action on Arctic Wildlife Refuge Drilling; Vent Column on Bubble
Gum on the Beach!
Issue #23, June/July 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with Trivium; Interview with From
Autumn To Ashes; Interview with Russell Allen; Reviews on Lord Gore,
Machetazo, Evergrey, Gods, Bane, Slightly Stoopid, Terror, Hollywood Rocks
Compilation, Pain of Salvation, Agony Scene, Still Remains, Esoteric, Five Foot
Thick, Bobaflex, Beyond The Flesh, Erocktica, Hate Eternal, Mistress, Ben
Jackson Group, Biomechanical, Divinity Destroyed, Gizmachi, Life of Agony; New
Talent Alert on Come and Go; Take Action on Global Warming; Vent Column on
People Who Won't Disagree!
Issue #22, May 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Second annual Independent Band Issue; Interview with
Steve Bello Band; Interview with Dennis of Quick Kill Formula; Reviews on
Scott Mosher, Darren Kramer, HC3, Ash & Elm, 10 Heads High, David Steele,
Valerian, Michael Gibbons, Oddzar, Emok, Even The Odd, 60 Miles Down, and
Whorrid; Vent Column on MySpace.com
Issue #21, April 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with James LaBrie; Interview with Johnny A;
Reviews on Subject 2 Change, Lazy Lane, Doomtree, Dan Lorenzo, Evergrey, Kylesa, James LaBrie, Ozzy Osbourne, Scum of the Earth, Blind Date, Boned, Chery St.; Vent "My World, My Complaints Part 2," a continuation of last month's article!
Issue #20, March 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with Mick Thompson of Slipknot; Interview with Jet Motor Crash; Interview with The Velmas; New Talent Alert on Pray For The Soul Of Betty; Show Reviews on Dane Cook, Lewis Black;
Reviews on Amon Amarth, Vader, Norma Jean, Damnation, Hecate Enthroned, Red Harvest, Zombie Ritual, Engorged, HavocHate, Thine Eyes Bleed, Black Label Society; Retro Reviews on Type O Negative, Fear Factory, Alice In Chains; Vent on misc. complaints about anything!
Issue #19, February 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with Morgan Lander of Kittie; Interview with Lamb Of God; Interview with Slavemachine; Interview with Halifax; Artist Profile on Hanzel und
Gretyl; Reviews on Full Blown Chaos, King's X Live, Crazy Mary, Hirax, Sariah Bishop, Nicki Jaine, Stephen Lynch; Retro Reviews on Black Label Society DVD and Pantera DVD; Vent Column on nightclubs.
Issue #18, January 2005
SOLD OUT ---- Tribute issue to Dimebag Darrell! Interview with Pat Lachman of Damageplan; Interview with Dave Pybus of Cradle of Filth; Artist Profile on Pain of Salvation;
Reviews on Ancient, Destruction 412, A Perfect Circle, Steve Bello, Dan Lorenzo, Mike Pinella, KMFDM, Fear Factory, Anthrax, Dry Kill Logic, Blackfield, Submersed, Napalm Death, Nemesis 3, Codeseven, 7 Witches, BARS, Soledad Brothers, King Diamond, Derek Sherinian; Take Action on Sonoran Desert National Park Charity; Vent Column on the tragedy of the Dimebag Darrell Abbott shooting.
Issue #17, November/December 2004
SOLD OUT ---- 28-page end-of-year combo issue! Interviews with King Diamond, Derek Sherinian, Metal Mike Chlasciak of PainMuseum, Sybreed, Statetrooper, independent NJ band Lack Thereof, and comedian Ted Alexandro; Artist Profiles on The Brides, Mister Monster, Dragonforce, Breaking Benjamin;
Reviews on Headbangers Ball 2 compilation, Entombed, Iron Savior, A Perfect Circle, CANS, Transmission 0, J-Team, Mike Grosshandler; Commentary on recent news; Go Figure Comic on metrosexuals; Vent on doctors and mechanics!
Issue #16, October 2004
SOLD OUT ---- Interviews with Acey Slade, All That Remains, Riggs, Warhag, Dogfight, Full Out Freak; New Releases on Nebelhexe, Ozric Tentacles, Krokus, Abydos; Vent on the media going too far with their reporting.
Issue #15, September 2004
SOLD OUT ---- Interviews with Derek Sherinian, Deadsoul Tribe, Threshold; Interviews with independent artists Waking, Skulgrinder; Show Reviews on Lost Prophets, All That Remains;
Reviews on Dropbox, Faithless, Jamie Cullum, independent band Sonicult; Take Action on Voting; Vent Column on banks and businesses that close their doors too early in the day.
Issue #14, August 2004
SOLD OUT ---- Our 2nd annual Women In Rock issue; Interviews with Ali Handal, Courtenay Penick, Pretty Suicide, Tiffini St. Renae; Interview with rockstar photographer Chad Lee by John Hymer; Show Reviews on Damageplan, Disturbed, W.A.S.P., Ozzfest, Hellfest; D.X. Gypsy tries to tackle the mystery of women Part 2; Rob's Vent on the Venga/SixFlags bus!
Issue #13, June/July 2004
SOLD OUT ---- Our second combo issue with 32 pages of interviews, reviews, and comedy! Interviews with Ray and Burton of Fear Factory; Interview with Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. and an album review on his latest, Neon God; Interview with Warrior; Interview with Jerry Gaskill; Interview with TOC; Interview with independent bands Blind Hate Experiment, Paris, Change Of Structure; Artist Profile on Lyzanxia; New Releases featuring Krokus, The Outpatience, Tiles;
Reviews on Velvet Revolver and Slipknot; First installment of Take Action featuring an article about Draft Legislation; D.X. Gypsy on breaking up; Rob's commentary on recent news; First installment of Rob's new comic strip called Go Figure, this one displays the Punk stereotype; Vent Column on the English language!
Issue #12, May 2004
SOLD OUT ---- Our 1 Year Anniversary Issue celebrating independent musicians from across the country! Interviews with Steve Bello of NJ, 9 Circles of NJ, Negative Space of PA, and Emptyhead of MA! Black Label Society Hangover Music Vol. 6 Album Review; New Releases on Marcy Playground, Mankind Liberation Front, Mary McBride, and Reality Vol. 1 released by Reality Entertainment; Show Review of A Perfect Circle at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ; D.X. Gypsy column on exercising; Vent Column on coffee houses!
Issue #11, April 2004
SOLD OUT ---- Interviews with Mike and Tom of progressive metal band Evergrey; Interview with Todd of Dog Fashion Disco; Interview with Myke Hideous of The Empire Hideous; Interview with Keith of Every Time I Die; Interview with Dan Lorenzo;
Reviews on new Soil and Godsmack; Artist Profiles on Built Upon Frustration and Endless; Vent Column on annoying rush jobs at work!
Issue #10, March 2004
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with Zoar; Interview with Magnitude Nine; Interview by Antonio Starapoli with independent band, A Lifeless Alliance; Interview with independent band Jeremiah Freed; Rob's "10 Commandments of Metal";
Reviews by Antonio Starapoli on WWIII and Silver Mountain; Vent Column goes to the movie theater!
Issue #9, February 2004
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with Metal Mike Chlasciak of PainMuseum and Rob Halford; Interview with Joey Z of Life Of Agony; Interview with Michale Graves and his independent band Gotham Road;
Reviews by Antonio Starapoli on Every Time I Die, Android Lust, and From Autumn To Ashes; Artist Profile on Freakhouse; D.X. Gypsy's column on exploding mothers; Rob's Vent Column on automated telephone services!
Issue #8, January 2004
SOLD OUT ---- Interviews with Lamb Of God, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall; Artist Profile on Fixer from NY; Tons of
Reviews on the latest from Pissing Razors and Propain, as well as the Headbangers Ball Album and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Soundtrack; D.X. Gypsy writes an open letter to Chirac, and Rob vents about the snowy weather that has been hitting us hard here in the northeast!
Issue #7, November/December 2003
SOLD OUT ---- This is our fattest issue yet! Coming in at 32 pages, this jumbo end-of-year issue is chock full o' great musicians and a good variety of 'em too. Interviews with two bands who performed at the NJ Metal and Hardcore Fest in November '03, Dimmu Borgir and Superjoint Ritual (we've even got our own review on the two-day festival); Interviews with Dust to Dust, Angels of Venice, and independent giants Borgo Pass;
Reviews on new releases from Alice Cooper and Britny Fox; New Talent Alert on Sun Dried Opossum; An article from FM 105.5 WDHA's nighttime DJ, Jay Amabile, on his Chaos Crue; Vent column by Rob on the strains of Christmas and one by Antonio Staropoli on Elitism; and a hilarious play by D.X. Gypsy portraying the future of our government!
Issue #6, October 2003
SOLD OUT ---- "Pardon Our Appearance" with this issue. Problems lead to pixelated pictures and text overflow...BUT we still have material that you cannot let yourself miss out on! Our Halloween Issue features interviews with Edward Douglas of Midnight Syndicate, as well as gODHEAD's vocalist, Jason! The Velmas (Mike G.) interview; Artist Profile of Missouri band New Death Sensation, A Perfect Circle's Thirteenth Step album review; Iron Maiden Dance of Death album review; our monthly D.X. Gypsy column, this time on what it's like being a comedy writer; and a vent column dealing with 'writer's block'!
Issue #5, September 2003
SOLD OUT ---- Interview with BLS guitarist Nick Catanese; Interview with comedian Dane Cook; Interview with solo artist Mike G.; Zen Hipster Album Review; Type O Negative Show Review; NJ Ozzfest Show Review; Lynyrd Skynyrd Show and
Reviews; D.X. Gypsy's 2nd installment; and a Vent Column George Carlin would love.
Issue #4, August 2003
SOLD OUT ---- Interview, description and album review on Faith and the Muse; Interview
with Lacuna Coil; Angel of the Odd interview; First-ever readers' poll, "Your Dream Ozzfest Line-up"; first installment of D.X. Gypsy's brand new comedy column, "The Gypsy Road"; Show review on comedian Jim Norton; Zebra album review; and the longest vent to ever hit Paragon!
Issue #3, July 2003
SOLD OUT ---- 7 page Type O Negative spread, which includes Life Is Killing Me album review and our exclusive interview with drummer Johnny Kelly; comedian Jim Norton interview; Braindance interview; Axum artist profile; our very own Bi-Polar Metallica St. Anger album review; and lots of vents!
Issue #2, June 2003
SOLD OUT ---- Misfits interview; Grigori 3 interview; Deleted interview;
Reviews on Opeth and Oleander; Zakk Wylde In-Store appearance and special thanks letter to the SDMF's; Felician College Music Fest show review; and a double-shot vent column!
Issue #1, May 2003 SOLD OUT
---- Black Label Society centerfold article and album review; Lack There Of interview; comedian Larry Hoffman interview; and Rob's vent on Political Correctness!