Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

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Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles is a Canadian heavy metal magazine.

Founded by former M.E.A.T. magazine staffer "Metal" Tim Henderson and author Martin Popoff in 1994, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles (BW&BK) has gone on to become one of the most respected and influential metal publications the globe over. Though based in Canada, BW&BK also employs writers from the USA, Germany and the UK, allowing the magazine to truly represent metal's international appeal and flair.

Covering many facets of extreme music, BW&BK is renowned for its emphasis on news and interviews rather than pin-ups or excessive visuals. The reviews section is a comprehensive take on current records circulating through the underground metal world, and a section called Metal Forecast tracks the release date for seemingly every recording that will surface over the next twelve months.

BW&BK is complemented by its internet presence bravewords.com as well as bwbk.com, a haven for online metal radio. Further, BW&BK organized and put on the BW&BK 6 Pack Festival in Cleveland, USA in the spring of 2003, 2004 and 2005. The festival has, over the years, featured the likes of Katatonia, Candlemass, Trouble, Soilwork, Kataklysm and other metal luminaries.

2006's incarnation of the 6 Pack Festival will be held in Montreal, Canada on October 14th at Le Medley. The line-up includes Testament (band), Brutal Truth, Dismember (band), Grave (band), Camilla Rhodes and Torn Within. A pre-show party will also be held in Montreal on October 13th at Foufounes Electriques (Canada's equivalent of New York City's infamous CBGB), and the Foufounes event will also celebrate BW&BK's 100th issue.

Each BW&BK issue also comes with a free compilation CD known as Knuckletracks. Knuckletracks was created as a vehicle for bands to expose their music to the mass audience BW&BK reaches each month, and the concept has been extraordinarily successful.