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HISTORY OF METAL zine
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I'm Chibo, author of the HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL zine. Volume 7 - LIKE I NEED TO BE SAVED: HEAVY NOISE ROCK AND THE FAR SIDE OF GRUNGE available now! Get it at heavymetalhandbook.bandcamp.com or grab the PDF edition at https://www.patreon.com/c/badgerchibo/
also lol, twitter can eat absolute shit on a permanent basis
February 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
also available: the increasingly unmanageably large collection of back issues
November 30, 2024 at 10:11 PM
just realizing that i never posted about the newest issue of the zine on here

its our longest (31'000 words!) and strangest issue yet, covering "Heavy Noise Rock and the Far Side of Grunge" from the early '80s up to 1991

you can get it at heavymetalhandbook.bandcamp.com
November 30, 2024 at 10:09 PM
incredible things going on in internet advertising. money well spent im sure
March 13, 2024 at 2:39 AM
one of the most important takeaways from the black metal zine (out now!) is simply that Hellhammer was Good
March 4, 2024 at 11:46 PM
kind of forgot about this website for a while lol but the black metal zine is now available at heavymetalhandbook.bandcamp.com
March 4, 2024 at 5:37 PM
i think this is what important people might call "poetry"
(brought to you by bourbon whiskey)
October 9, 2023 at 1:55 AM
btw if you've missed out on previous issues of the zine they're now available as a collection
September 28, 2023 at 11:02 PM
MEET YOUR DOOM! The long awaited doom zine has arrived!

Featuring dozens of doom, sludge, and heavy noise rock bands from the '80s!

The History of Heavy Metal, Vol 5 - THE BELLS OF DOOM: DOOM AND SLUDGE METAL IN THE '80s is available now on bandcamp!
September 28, 2023 at 4:13 PM
the doom zine officially Exists and it is gorgeous

48 pages. 20,000 words. Release next week at heavymetalhandbook.bandcamp.com
September 22, 2023 at 12:11 AM
This shirt makes me look like the lead singer for a mediocre but very loud early '70s rock band
September 21, 2023 at 4:43 AM
thoughts on the Stooges, from the upcoming zine
September 20, 2023 at 8:31 PM
some thoughts on Flipper, from the upcoming zine
September 20, 2023 at 7:14 PM
first bsky face post
September 20, 2023 at 12:41 AM
just in case anyone here doesn't know me from twitter:

the zine is in fact a physical item that you can order and read, the most recent issue is Vol 4 - THE BIRTH OF DEATH: Early Death Metal 1985-1993, and it is available at heavymetalhandbook.bandcamp.com
September 19, 2023 at 8:15 PM