An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet , through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks.
42-409: Kerrang! is a British music webzine and quarterly magazine that primarily covers rock , punk and heavy metal music . Since 2017, the magazine has been published by Wasted Talent Ltd (the same company that owns electronic music publication Mixmag ). The magazine was named onomatopoeically after the sound of a "guitar being struck with force". Kerrang! was first published on 6 June 1981 as
84-517: A disruptive technology to traditional publishing houses. The high cost of print publication and large Web readership has encouraged these publishers to embrace the World Wide Web as a marketing and content delivery system and another medium for delivering their advertisers' messages. In the late 1990s, e-zine publishers began adapting to the interactive and informative qualities of the internet instead of simply duplicating print magazines on
126-683: A Down , Deftones and Slipknot , and various other punk rock , hip-hop and hardcore acts. In April 2000, Paul Rees became the new editor for Kerrang!. In 2001, Kerrang! overtook NME as the biggest selling music weekly in the United Kingdom, bolstered by its coverage of nu metal. By mid-2002, the magazine had a circulation of 83,988 copies per week. After Rees left them to edit Q magazine, former Kerrang! reviews editor Ashley Bird appointed editor from 2003 to 2005. Following his departure, Paul Brannigan took over as editor in May 2005. In
168-506: A digital-first title, while continuing to publish a weekly print edition. Former Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander was appointed Global Creative Director on 3 August 2017. Bauer retained ownership of Kerrang! Radio and the Box Plus Network will continue to operate Kerrang! TV as before. An updated Kerrang! logo was debuted in mid-2017 before the magazine received a complete redesign during 2018. On 13 March 2020, after publishing
210-527: A number of specialist programmes dedicated to the many subgenres of rock music. The radio output included interviews with those affecting popular culture and society as well as those involved with music. It stopped broadcasting on FM as of 14 June 2013 and once again became a digital station, with listeners able to tune in on DAB or the Kerrang! Radio app. With this broadcasting change came a move in Kerrang! Radio's offices from Birmingham to London. Absolute Radio
252-463: A one-off "Heavy Metal Special" from the now-defunct Sounds newspaper. Due to the popularity of the issue, the magazine became a monthly publication, before transitioning into a weekly in 1987. Initially devoted to the new wave of British heavy metal and the rise of hard rock acts, Kerrang! 's musical emphasis has changed several times, focusing on grunge , nu metal , post-hardcore , emo and other alternative rock and metal genres over
294-659: A playlist of the tracks on the chart and is updated every Wednesday. The chart was announced on Saturday mornings on Kerrang! Radio and could be viewed online every Saturday at midday. The chart would also be shown on Kerrang! TV on Thursdays at 4 pm. Unlike the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart produced by the Official Charts Company, which is typically dominated by classic rock artists, the Kerrang! Rock Chart focuses primarily on new releases by contemporary rock artists. Citations Webzine One of
336-778: A quality control function to ensure that all material meets the expectations of the publishers (those investing time or money in its production) and the readership. Many large print publishers now provide digital reproduction of their print magazine titles through various online services for a fee. These service providers also refer to their collections of these digital format products as online magazines, and sometimes as digital magazines. Online magazines representing matters of interest to specialists or societies for academic subjects, science, trade, or industry are typically referred to as online journals . Many general interest online magazines provide free access to all aspects of their online content, although some publishers have opted to require
378-529: A subscription fee to access premium online article and/or multimedia content. Online magazines may generate revenue based on targeted search ads to website visitors, banner ads ( online display advertising ), affiliations to retail web sites, classified advertisements, product-purchase capabilities, advertiser directory links, or alternative informational/commercial purpose. Due to their low cost and initial non-mainstream targets, The original online magazines, e-zines and disk magazines (or diskmags), may be seen as
420-480: A total of 1,818 issues, publication of the weekly print edition of Kerrang! was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Kerrang! website continued to run articles as normal. On 29 July 2020, the magazine debuted its first weekly digital 'cover story' long-form article, announcing Corey Taylor 's first solo album CMFT (2020). In December 2021, a one-off print edition of Kerrang! was published, celebrating
462-750: Is also published in Spanish and German. Kerrang announced its aim to expand into the US in March 2018. In March 2018, following a magazine redesign, Kerrang! announced it would be expanding to the United States, with an office in New York run by Ethan Fixell . The goal would be to generate US-centric content, events, and brand partnerships. Kerrang! 's website, www.kerrang.com, was launched in summer 2001 by Dan Silver. Kerrang! 's parent company Emap acquired
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#1732771979312504-420: Is now broadcasting on its FM frequency. In 2001 EMAP launched Kerrang! TV . As with the radio station, the television channel covers the more mainstream side of the rock music as well as classic rock bands including Aerosmith , AC/DC and Guns N' Roses and classic heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden , Black Sabbath and Metallica . Kerrang! TV, along with its The Box Plus Network sister channels,
546-491: The Britpop era, the magazine would largely focus on heavier " Britrock " acts such as The Wildhearts , Manic Street Preachers , Terrorvision and Therapy? . Starting in 1995, Kerrang! began covering the nu metal genre after one of the magazine's journalists, Mörat, was introduced to Korn by Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn . During the late 1990s, the magazine would end up covering the likes of Limp Bizkit , System of
588-537: The City of London in the east, and the City of Westminster in the west. Over time they came to form the centre of modern London, although each kept its own distinct character and its separate legal identity (for example, the City of London has its own police force and is a distinct county ). The City of London became a centre for the banking, financial, legal and professional sectors, while Westminster became associated with
630-436: The "rants and raves" section taking up most of the traffic. According to Alexa www.kerrang.com is ranked 83,545th globally, and 33,532nd in the U.S. Since 1993, the magazine has held an annual awards ceremony to mark the most successful bands in the interests of their readers. The awards became one of Britain's most recognised events by the now defunct Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums , often listing some of
672-606: The 2018 Kerrang! Awards where Neck Deep would win Best Song . The brand has since also launched the series in Brooklyn, New York, featuring artists such as Sum 41 , Baroness , Knocked Loose , Daughters, and Fit For An Autopsy . Performances are streamed on the Kerrang! Facebook page before being uploaded to YouTube . During the 1980s, Kerrang! published weekly heavy metal charts for singles, albums and import albums. Each
714-520: The Album under Universal Music before switching to Rhino Records in 2016. The Kerrang! Tour ran from 2006 to 2017. The line-up for each year was usually announced in October of the previous year and was held throughout January and February of the following year. Relentless Energy Drink sponsored the Kerrang! Tour for several years. It is currently unknown if the tour will ever be revived. The year after
756-541: The City around Holborn , Seven Dials , and Covent Garden contained poorer communities that were cleared and redeveloped in the 19th century. As the West End is a term used colloquially by Londoners and is not an official geographical or municipal definition, its exact constituent parts are up for debate. Westminster City Council 's 2005 report Vision for the West End included the following areas in its definition: Covent Garden , Soho , Chinatown , Leicester Square ,
798-502: The West End ) is a district of Central London , London, England, west of the City of London and north of the River Thames , in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres , are concentrated. The term was first used in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross . The West End covers parts of
840-466: The boroughs of Westminster and Camden . While the City of London is the main financial district in London, the West End is the main commercial and entertainment centre of the city. It is the largest central business district in the United Kingdom. It is one of the most expensive locations in the world in which to rent commercial and office space. Medieval London comprised two adjacent cities –
882-623: The ceremony returned in June 2022, with the reader nominations period beginning in April 2022. In 2000, EMAP launched Kerrang! as a DAB radio station, across the United Kingdom. This was principally a 'jukebox' station, playing a back-to-back sequence of rock and alternative music . On 10 June 2004, Kerrang! 105.2 was launched as a regional radio station in Birmingham with an advertising campaign by London-based creative agency ODD. The radio had
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#1732771979312924-399: The course of its forty-year publication history. In 2001, it became the best-selling British music weekly, overtaking NME . After publishing a total of 1,818 issues, Kerrang! ceased publication of their weekly magazine in March 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic , whilst continuing as an online publication featuring digital "cover stories". In December 2021, the print edition of Kerrang!
966-604: The cover, including Tigertailz , Mötley Crüe , Slayer , Bon Jovi , Metallica , Poison , and Venom . The term thrash metal was first coined in the music press by Kerrang! journalist Malcolm Dome , in reference to the Anthrax song " Metal Thrashing Mad ". Prior to this Metallica 's James Hetfield had referred to their sound as " power metal ". In April 1991, Spotlight/United Newspapers sold Kerrang! to EMAP Metro (now known as Ascential plc). Although Kerrang! had an average weekly circulation of 58,685 by this point and
1008-407: The districts falling within the West End are Mayfair , Soho , Covent Garden , Fitzrovia and Marylebone . By this definition, the West End borders Temple , Holborn and Bloomsbury to the east, Regent's Park to the north, Paddington , Hyde Park and Knightsbridge to the west, and Victoria and Westminster to the south. Other definitions include Bloomsbury within the West End. One of
1050-459: The domain name from a Norwegian cybersquatter by the name of Steingram Stegane for a token sum of £666. Kerrang! 's website features news and features on both contemporary and classic rock bands, as well as previewing upcoming events. The website hosts Kerrang! 's online shop, podcasts, message board, TV and radio segments ensuring more opportunities to sell associated merchandise and products. In 2001, Kerrang! launched its own online forum with
1092-404: The final Kerrang! Tour, Kerrang! launched a new gig concept known as "The K! Pit", where the magazine promotes a free gig for a popular band in a tiny London venue. Fans gain access by applying for tickets online and being randomly selected in a competition-style draw. Artists featured so far include Parkway Drive , Mastodon , Fever 333 , and Neck Deep , the latter performance coinciding with
1134-445: The first issue reportedly sold out within days of its publication, and the magazine began being published on a monthly basis. In February 1982, after only eight issues, Kerrang! 's frequency was doubled by its publisher, Spotlight Publications (owned by United Newspapers ). Starting with issue 148 in 1987, the publication went weekly. During the 1980s and early 1990s the magazine placed many thrash metal and glam metal acts on
1176-441: The first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to an online only magazine was the computer magazine Datamation . Some online magazines distributed through the World Wide Web call themselves webzines . An ezine (also spelled e- zine ) is a more specialized term appropriately used for small magazines and newsletters distributed by any electronic method, for example, by email. Some social groups may use
1218-420: The leisure, shopping, commerce, and entertainment sectors, the government, and home to universities and embassies . The modern West End is closely associated with this area of central London. Lying to the west of the historic Roman and medieval City of London, the West End was long favoured by the rich elite as a place of residence because it was usually upwind of the smoke drifting from the crowded City. It
1260-652: The magazine's editor, and was replaced by Robyn Doreian. Although her tenure as editor was brief, Doreian would balance the magazine's focus between heavy metal and the growing alternative music scene, following the unexpected success of grunge acts such as Nirvana . Phil Alexander became the new editor of Kerrang! in June 1993. Alexander felt that the magazine was lagging behind RAW in terms of its coverage of newer bands, and Kerrang! 's emphasis began to largely eschew previously featured glam/metal acts in favour of modern acts, such as Hole , Nine Inch Nails , Kyuss , Corrosion of Conformity and Machine Head . During
1302-509: The mid-to-late 2000s, the genre focus of Kerrang! shifted once more, with a new emphasis on emo , post-hardcore , pop-punk and metalcore music, coinciding with the decline of nu metal. Furthermore, the magazine continued to occasionally feature more established bands such as Iron Maiden and Metallica on the cover. In 2006, the magazine's circulation stood at 80,186 copies. In 2008, EMAP sold its consumer magazines to Bauer Media Group . Brannigan left Kerrang! in 2009 and Nichola Browne
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1344-543: The return of live music events in the UK. Sales of this magazine proved successful enough that a second stand-alone print magazine was published in April 2022. The magazine continues to be published on a quarterly basis. Emap launched Kerrang! Australia in the late 1990s. Unlike its weekly counterpart in the UK, the Australian edition was published monthly due to stiff competition from free local music publications. Kerrang!
1386-539: The shopping streets of Oxford Street , Regent Street and Bond Street , the area encompassing Trafalgar Square , the Strand and Aldwych , and the district known as Theatreland . The Edgware Road to the north-west and the Victoria Embankment to the south-east were also covered by the document but were treated as "adjacent areas" to the West End. According to Ed Glinert's West End Chronicles (2006)
1428-572: The terms cyberzine and hyperzine when referring to electronically distributed resources. Similarly, some online magazines may refer to themselves as "electronic magazines", "digital magazines", or "e-magazines" to reflect their readership demographics or to capture alternative terms and spellings in online searches. An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers , but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control. Magazines typically have editors or editorial boards who review submissions and perform
1470-550: The web. Publishers of traditional print magazines and entrepreneurs with an eye to a potential readership in the millions started publishing online magazines. Salon.com , founded in July 1995 by David Talbot, was launched with considerable media exposure and today reports 5.8 million monthly unique visitors. In the 2000s, some webzines began appearing in a printed format to complement their online versions. West End of London The West End of London (commonly referred to as
1512-515: The winners in their annual round-up of the previous year. The event is presented by major music celebrities, with many others outside the industry who attend the event. After a year hiatus, the Awards were relaunched in 2018, with notable guests that included Johnny Depp , Joe Perry , Tony Iommi , Corey Taylor , and Dave Grohl , among others. After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
1554-471: Was appointed editor. She later stepped down in April 2011. Former NME features editor and GamesMaster deputy editor James McMahon was appointed as editor on 6 June 2011. In April 2017, Kerrang! magazine, its website, and the K! Awards were purchased by Mixmag Media, publisher of dance monthly Mixmag , along with assets related to defunct style magazine The Face . Mixmag has since formed parent company Wasted Talent, which relaunched Kerrang! as
1596-500: Was close to the royal seat of power at the Palace of Westminster (now home to parliament ), and is largely contained within the City of Westminster (one of the 32 London boroughs ). Following initial development by Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans in the 1660s, during the late 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, it was built as a series of palaces, expensive town houses, fashionable shops and places of entertainment. The areas closest to
1638-594: Was compiled from sales data from fifty specialist stores across the United Kingdom. In March 2012, Kerrang! announced a new weekly rock singles chart for the UK based on upon airplay across Kerrang Radio, Kerrang TV, and specialist rock radio stations, as well as sales figures from the Official Charts Company . As of 2020, the chart continues to be printed in the magazine every week, contains 20 tracks, and often features accompanying facts or artist quotes. The official Kerrang Spotify profile also features
1680-472: Was fully owned by Channel Four Television Corporation and subsequently closed due to budget cuts made by Channel 4, along with its sister channels, on 30th June 2024. From 1982 the Kerrang! Magazine would occasionally be bundled with compilations, originally on 7" vinyl then moving to cassettes in 1994 and CDs in 1995. The compilations featured new and popular music, music themed around a genre or 'vibe' and best of lists. In 2001 Kerrang Began Releasing Kerrang!
1722-544: Was making profits of £1 million a year, the publication had been faced with significant competition from RAW magazine, also owned by EMAP. British journalist David Hepworth , who launched a number of titles for EMAP in the 1980s, said: "We [EMAP] had made it nearly impossible for Spotlight to publish Kerrang! profitably because we promoted RAW and they had to promote back, and that ate into their margins ." EMAP moved Kerrang! 's offices to Carnaby Street in London's West End . In April 1992, Barton left his post as
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1764-519: Was revived, and is now published on a quarterly basis. Kerrang! was founded in 1981. The editor of the weekly music magazine Sounds , Alan Lewis , suggested that Geoff Barton edit a one-off special edition focusing on the new wave of British heavy metal phenomenon and on the rise of other hard rock acts. Billed as a " Sounds Heavy Metal Special", Kerrang! 's first issue was published on 6 June 1981. Angus Young of AC/DC appeared on Kerrang! ' s first cover. According to Alan Lewis,
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