Metal Edge and Metal Maniacs Go the Way of the Junk Heap, Get Crushed Into Cubes, Melted Down and Made Into Skull Rings For Posers

We know. You’re crushed. But this is the news from the venerable Metal Sucks:

An anonymous source has confirmed to MetalSucks that legendary magazines Metal Maniacs and Metal Edge – both published by Zenbu Media – have closed their doors for good. At this time we can’t report whether either magazine will print any final issues or whether Zenbu itself is in trouble, but we can confirm that the end is nigh for these once mighty metal publications.

Any time hard luck falls upon anyone in the metal community it’s a tough pill to swallow, but Metal Edge and Metal Maniacs are fucking institutions and this news will undoubtedly send shockwaves throughout the metal world.

Not as big as the shockwaves through the rest of the world that there is still a metal world.

So much for the theory that niche will save publishing.

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