You'll now find that typing in www.heavensmetalmagazine.com now goes to a brand new Word Press website with its own domain name. Please go to heavensmetalmagazine.com now. All of our 390 articles and album reviews from the past few years have been migrated to the new website, so you don't ever need to visit this page again. Cheers, Doug Van Pelt #HM #HMMagazine #HeavensMetal #HeavensMetalMagazine

Today hard rock and heavy metal fans the world over are mourning the death of Eddie Van Halen. Known for being one of the world's greatest guitarists, his own distinctive hammer-on and pull-off guitar style, and the band that bears his name, Eddie lost his battle with cancer yesterday at age 65. Though he is now gone, he will always be remembered as a master guitar player, often imitated, but never surpassed. That is his legacy. When your life on earth is gone- as it surely w

Heaven's Metal Editor Doug Van Pelt has begun posting weekly video blogs as part of the Sancutary International Matrix channel on YouTube. Check out the most recent one here and look for a new one to premiere each Tuesday at noon (CST). "I hope I got that time zone thing right," laughs Van Pelt. Upcoming topics include: mentoring, discipleship, finding a church, losing faith, being a prodigal, angels, King's X and Heaven's Metal Magazine, to name a few. #HeavensMetalMagazine

Who knew that in the span of a month our entire world would change drastically? A plague sweeps the land, and the people cower in fear. Intimacy is lost as we are made to distance ourselves from all other persons. We're made "island prisoners" in our own homes, only allowed out for "essential" work, food shopping, and the like. The first ammendment right to assemble is swept out the door in the name of emergency, and churches suddenly find that they are forbidden to meet. Is

A long-term project was recently released, making the first 10 years+ copies of Heaven's Metal Magazine available as electronic magazines for sale at the issuu newsstand. Most are available for $2.99 and can be downloaded as PDF for your permanent record. Prints can also be made by a print-on-demand place. Several older copies of HM Magazine (the printed versions) are for sale at the HM Press online store. Most of these are from 2002 through 2013. Long-term projects include u

Some people like us for our music, while others love us for our message - either way we are happy they are listening.

Here's a little Christmas present from our very own ski masked screamer Doug Van Pelt's punk band Lust Control, courtesy of Rottweiler Records. Check out this LUST CONTROL | Gene • Bradford • Bob • Butch lyric video of my favorite song "Make Money and Die" on Tiny Little Dots compliments of Dave Kruse at Krusefx! #LustControl #DougVanPelt #HeavensMetalMagazine #HMMagazine #RotweilerRecords #Punkrock #Knucklehead

Metal Missionaries brings you into conversations with some of Christian music’s most extreme artists, so you can get a firsthand feel for the scene and answer some questions or doubts for yourself. Metal Missionaries The Documentary, the first full-length documentary about the extreme Christian Metal scene, will be released on September 15th,2017 with pre-orders beginning September 1st, 2017. You’ll see that although their music may be aggressive and they may not look like Ch

BLACK ON WHITE. THE EVER-DELIBERATE A HILL TO DIE UPON ARE DESPERATE. HEAVEN’S METAL’S CHRIS GATTO FINDS OUT WHY. [Enjoy this digital reprint from the March 2014 issue of HM Magazine] They say too many cooks in the kitchen will spoil the soup. So how many Cooks does it take to make soup fit for a true headbanger? Just the two: Adam and Michael Cook, brothers and masterminds behind U.S. blackened death metal outfit A Hill to Die Upon, the band they started a decade ago.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA'S MIKE HRANICA DISCUSSES THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND THE SONGS ON THE BAND'S NEW ALBUM TRANSIT BLUES FIRST UP: "Daughter" "'Daughter' is a song boldly based on a novel called 'The Mandarins' by Simone de Beauvoir. I was re-reading 'The Mandarins' earlier this year and I was very drawn in by what must be considered the climax of the story where the main character is on the edge of suicide and..." Click here to watch video of Mike discussing "Daughter." "D