News from M:PIRE OF EVIL camp, that after Abadon joines the band decided to change name to VENOM INC

Jeff "Mantas" Dubb (guitar), Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan (bass&voc), Anthony "Abaddon" Bray (drums)

Concert debut of VENOM INC will take place at this years Keep It True festival. After that Venom Inc will go to asian tour inluding Japan, China, Taiwan etc, after that in June band will go to European Tour with VADER

It is with our greatest pleasure that we announce Wings of Metal festival’s second headliners… Canada’s very own first-wave thrash metal legends RAZOR! And as we love bringing you surprises, we will be celebrating Razor's 30th anniversary by having them play a 75-minute set of 1985-only era songs, which will include all the classics from "Executioner's Song" and "Evil Invaders!" This historical and intimate event will surely scar everyone in attendance for the rest of their days… These Speed Merchants’ insane unsurpassed live savagery will pummel us until the walls of the venue explode! Furthermore, in 2012, original guitarist Dave Carlo was diagnosed with stage 2 oral cancer… he since recovered and was considered cancer-free, so we feel extremely lucky to have RAZOR co-headline the festivall!! The band is currently working on a new record which should come out next year. EVIL INVADERS!!!!!!!

Hello again Dear Metal Maniacs!

his time I have to communicate not a good news connected with #7 Oldschool Metal Maniac, every material prepared for this issue we decided to publish on our website www.oldschool-metal-maniac.com In the same moment we definitely end our work on a magazine, I hope that meritorical content of this materials will fully satisfy you. Especially that we didn't have so many interviews earlier. Unfortunetelly, some bands totally ignored us. They're musicians of POSSESSED, LIVING DEATH, BACKWATER, GRAVE DIGGER, WINTER ,JEX THOTH etc. Anyway we collected a lot of materials planned for this issue. In future I'll publish all materials on our website, so I invite you to visit that page, where you'll find most of materials in two language versions

I would like to thank a number of guys who`ve devoted their time and energyto getting this issue ready. “Thank you very much” goes to Pawel Wojtowicz and Kacper Mosior for translations, Lukasz Orbtowski for editing, Weronika Monczka for her help with the interview with MYSTIFIER, Wojtek Lis for the interview with HELLIAS and GHOST, Piotr Wozniak for the interview with HAZAEL, Piotr Guzikfor the interview with GRAVE DIGGER (sadly, the band didn’t respond at all), IreneuszWoszczyk for the RAPED CHRIST interview, and Tymek Jedrzejczyk who left us with class after he`d made some tasty interviews. Also, I’d like to thank all the bands and zines that`ve answered our interviews.

These bands/zines are: ANDRALLS, AXECUTER, AGGRESSIVE MUTILATOR, ANTICHRIST HOOLIGANS, CYROGRAF ZINE, DRILLER, DETHRONED CHRIST, EVIL MACHINE, GRAVE, GENOCIDIO, GHOST, HAZAEL, HELLIAS, HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH, IMMOLATION, INCANTATION, MAJSTER KAT, MX, MYSTIFIER, PENTAGRAM CHILE, RAPED CHRIST, REPULSOR, SANCTUARY, VENOM, VULCANO, WARRENT, and WOSLOM.

On behalf of our editors, I would like to thank all the gig and festival organizers; especially KMOCK OUT  PRODUCTIONS and BRUTAL ASSAULT FEST. I would also like toexpress our gratitude to the following labels which`ve been cooperating with us: WITCHING HOUR, PAGAN REC, UNDER THE SIGN OF GARAZEL, I HATE REC, OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS, HELL’S HEADBANGERS, SHADOW KINGDOM, DARK DESCEND, THE CRYPT, SLANEY REC, MARQUEE REC, METAL ON METAL, FALLEN TEMPLE, SPIRITUAL BEAST, CENTURY MEDIA, IRON SHIELD REC, ANACHROPHOBIA REC. 7GATES, MAD LION REC.

I also want to say thank you to the following people: Rafał Monastyrski (METAL HAMMER), Wojtkek Chamryk (METAL ZINE), Robin (APOCALYPTIC RITES ZINE), BURNING ABYSS ZINE, Jakub Nowak (CHAOS VAULT WEBZINE) HEAVY METAL PAGES, INFERNAL DEATH ZINE, Piotr Dorosinski (MUSICK MAGAZINE), Bredley Smith (NOCTURNAL CULT WEBZINE), Adam Stasiak (NECROSCOPE MAGAZINE), Pawel Ozon (LIMITER WEBZINE), Adrian (R’LYEH ZINE), Adam Agares Oranowicz (RADIO REVILTA), RADIO THRASHING MADNESS, RADIO PROROCK, RADIO AFERA, ANTY RADIO, 7-GATES MAGAZINE /HELL SHOP, Marcin Zuchniarz (DOROSŁE DZIECI) Johnny Valle (OLDS SCHOOL SHOW RADIO ), Marcin (PANZERFAUST ZINE).

I am also grateful to Perversor for his titanic work on this issue`s design. Also, thanks a lot to Cristiano Passos and Wojtek Michalski. But for your help and support dudes, it`d not be possible to release this issue.

Editor-In-Chief: LeszekWojnicz-Sianożęcki

Great news are coiming out from Norway! Green Carnation - the band contains former members of such groups like Emperor , Carpathian Forest, Satyricon etc, has reunited specially for next year edition of Blastfest in Bergen! What more, they promised to play the whole "Light of day, day of darkness"! There is nothing more to do than buy tickets as soon as they are out!

To those who haven’t heard “Utterances of Going Forth by Day”, and won’t to buy this album I send to address www.exorcist.pl or e-mail: Adres poczty elektronicznej jest chroniony przed robotami spamującymi. W przeglądarce musi być włączona obsługa JavaScript, żeby go zobaczyć.

Many of you have already read tear-maker news about Dan McCafferty leaving the Nazareth. The band (luckly or not) decided to continue work and find another voice. Who can be that good to replece Dan?? Noone. But they choose Carl Sentance curlently touring with Don Airey & Friends around the Europe. After one of their show i can honesly say im scary as hell about the Nazareth future. But, let the time show!

Coming out officially in Physical Stores on May 19th - Coming out to the SKR Online Store approximately early April...

IRONSWORD - None But the Brave CD, VINYL, CASSETTE, T-SHIRT - ARTWORK REVEALED! LISTEN TO 1 SONG on BANDCAMP:

https://shadowkingdomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/none-but-the-brave