HM (magazine)
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HM Magazine | |
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HM Magazine, Issue #117, Jan/Feb 2006 |
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Editor | Doug Van Pelt |
Categories | Christian metal |
Frequency | Bimonthly |
First Issue | Summer 1985 |
Company | HM |
Country | United States |
Language | American English |
Website | hmmagazine.com |
ISSN | 1066-6923 |
HM Magazine is an American bimonthly publication focusing on both Christianity and hard rock. Articles include news, reviews and interviews with Christian artists. The recurring "So and So Sez" interviews focus on artists who are often not Christians, to determine their views on Jesus and other spiritual matters.
[edit] History
Doug Van Pelt began the publication in the summer of 1985 under the name Heaven's Metal. The name was changed to HM Magazine in 1995, where the HM can also represent "Hard Music". Despite name and format changes over its history, the magazine's spiritual focus remains identifiably Christian, as it follows the Christian metal movement.
On October 2004, Van Pelt brought back the Heaven's Metal name by starting a new fanzine under that title. Christianity and hard music are also themes of this venture, but produced in a smaller, less formal format. Heaven's Metal is scheduled between issues of the primary HM Magazine.
Van Pelt remains the editor and publisher of both HM and Heaven's Metal.