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Editorial

Baptized in Metal – Gamze Öyunc

by Gamze Öyünç 17 September 2018

When I was in middle school, my first encounter with guitar riffs was thanks to Limp Bizkit`s infamous “Chocolate Starfish and Hotdog Flavored Water” cassette. I know, right? What weird mix for an album name 🙂 Probably someone made this as a comment when they first heard their stuff. I still have a soft spot for Wes Borland but let´s move on. This one and The Offspring´s “Conspiracy of One”, Eminem´s “The Marshall Mathers LP” cassettes were literally in circulation in our classroom of 13-year-olds.

Of course, I wasn´t always that cool as a kid, and because of my fangirling over Justin Timberlake I had gone ahead and bought Nsync`s “No Strings Attached” album with my allowance. I used to buy this music magazine called Blue Jean every month with my allowance and then I saw this article which had dark pink background and a topless androgynous guy on it looking lustful and prettier than myself. I was confused in a funny way I thought he must have been the handsome and attractive version of the Anti-Christ unlike Mr. Brian Warner. That guy was, of course, HIM´s frontman Ville Valo.

Then in high school, in my angstful teen years I would watch Jackass on MTV all the time and there was this cute skateboarder named Bam who used to wear stuff and skate these boards with the Heartagram symbol all over them. I got into his home videos thanks to my dial up internet in 2001. Also, in chatrooms I found out that the band he was using as backdrop music in his skating videos was no one else than His Infernal Majesty. Fate had woven Her webs once again and I started listening to HIM at one of those points and soon after I had become a crazy fangirl of theirs. I not only listened to HIM in high school; I was also a big fan of Korn, Linkin Park, Guano Apes and the likes… come on! How could I not? Nu-metal and crossover was big at the time. Can´t judge a teenager, we were all one once upon a time, after all. (I still dig Guano Apes a lot by the way)

Okay, then in 2004 university happened and I moved to Istanbul. I used to spend the weekends at my aunt`s and luckily for me my uncle was an old skool heavy metal fan. He had this CD shelf, which was full of Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen albums and many more. Might be a tad late but when I was 18, that´s how I started rocking out to Metallica. “Ride the Lightning” and the “Black Album” were my favorites until I heard “Load”… “Load” was a breaking point for many Metallica fans because they got softer and more melodic (and cut off all their hair) but it was perfect for me at the time. I dug the lyrics and the whole attitude. In 2008, I went to my first Metallica stadium concert and as you can imagine I was blown away haha. Fun times indeed… well, except for the annoying fact that Lars missed lots of beats.

At some point, grunge also got big with me: specifically, when I discovered Alice in Chains and Soundgarden in 2010 after I saw AIC live on the Sonisphere tour. Also over the last decade I grew fond of some of the Europe-based female-fronted bands such as Delain. I listen to a lot of Britpop as well. I know, now it sounds like a jimble jamble sort of salad mix so I guess you could say that I am an eclectic listener. I could also say that my life has been saved by music a lot of times. So, long live Metal and Rock and thanks to all the rockers and metal musicians who have been saving our lives every other day!

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Concerts/Festivals:

  • 26,27,28-11-2019 Jinjer, The Agonist, Khroma and Space of Variations
  • 01-11-2019 Finsterforst
  • 16-11-2019 Opeth
  • 05-11-2019 The 69 Eyes
  • 24-10-2019 Moonspell

CD/DVD

  • Wooden Soldiers – Wooden Soldiers
  • Caronte – Wolves of Thelema
  • Jo Berger Myhre / Olafur Björn Olafson – Lanzarote
  • Plexiphones – Break In The Cloud
  • Rainbows Are Free – Head Pains
  • Revel in Flesh – The Hour of the Avenger
  • The Silent Frontier – Ancestral Legacy/Veil of Mist
  • Trépas – L’héritage du monde
  • Reveal! – Scissorgod
  • The Curse of Millhaven – Thresholds

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Instagram post 2189294759466601199_5649293214 Have you seen the @theagonistofficial  on tour?  Our article on the tour with #jinjer #khroma and #spaceofvariations is now online! #linkinbio #macro #orphans #macrotour #spaceofvariations #khromaband #soldoutshows #livephoto #concertshot #vocalist #femalefronted #metalheadsunited #dynamo #eindhoven
Instagram post 2186231598647878648_5649293214 So we were at @khromaband  show yesterday. They are touring with @theagonistofficial and  @jinjer_official. Looks like fun heh? Some more shows ahead! Recommended by us! #khroma #jinjer #theagonist #metalband #concertphotography #liveshot #gigjunkie #ontheroad
Instagram post 2155169510204669006_5649293214 As we already told last week, our reporter went to see #velcra  in #helsinki. Here is a photo she took from @jessi.frey . Find more about the evening in the review on our website. #linkinbio #jessifrey #industrialmetal #nosturi #legendarygig #gigreview #liveshow #musicjunkie #femalefronted #greatshow photo by: @umberrella
Instagram post 2154491581595193437_5649293214 We are in a heavy editting modus after all these gigs from this weekend, but we wanna give out a teaser. Here is @misterer666 which was playing in @nosturivenue . #thrashmetal #misterer #misterermonday #metalheads #drummer #mikkoherranen  #vocalist #partyoftheyear #musicphotography #liveshots 📸 by: @umberrella
Instagram post 2145626156282600136_5649293214 #velcra will be playing one show  next week in #helsinki. We are looking forward to that!!! Also, @iiwanajulma  will be playing and they have a new release!!! @misterer666 will be playing as well so you cannot miss this party!  Photo by: @umberrella in 2007. #jessifrey #industrialmetal #thrash #alternative #throwback #gigmemories #concertphoto #metalheadsunited #nostalgia
Instagram post 2123316127500312617_5649293214 Lzzy says 'like'. What do you say?  well... we more than liked @halestormrocks performance at @tuskafestival  this year! 
#hardrock #halestorm #lzzyhale #vicious #vocalist #womenofrock #metalqueen #sherocks #tuskamemories #concertjunkie #liveshow #livephoto photo: @umberrella
Instagram post 2114108812617465970_5649293214 We enjoyed seeing @visionsofatlantis earlier this year at @tuskafestival.  The band had to borrow quite a lot to get the show going (#airportdrama), but rocked it anyway. They have a new album out soon! #symphonicmetal #femalefronted #Wanderers #napalmrecords #metalqueen #femalevocalist #femme #ClémentineDelauney #metalgirl #singersofinstagram
Instagram post 2112444848603623973_5649293214 @officialpowerwolf was firing it up at @intothegravefestival . What's your favorite headliner this season?! #powerwolf #headliner  #themetalmass #powermetal #theSacramentofsin #attiladorn #itg2019 #intothegrave #leeuwarden #germanband #Germanmetal
Instagram post 2111607985766710792_5649293214 @deathangelofficial was our overall fave at @intothegravefestival. Even securityguards went crowdsurfing during their set! Seems like we were spotted... #deathangel #deathangelofficial #humanicide #blackharbourentertainment #thrashmetal #MarkOsegueda #intothegrave #itg2019 #bayareathrash photo by: @umberrella
Instagram post 2111144171493566291_5649293214 @queensrycheofficial was a great joy to see at @intothegravefestival! Have you seen our report already? #queensryche #theverdicttour #gigmemories #festivalday #livephotography #vocalist #heavymetal #ToddLaTorre Photo by: @umberrella
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Interviews

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