| HM: The Hard Music 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: The Hard Music 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 often are not Christians and play in secular bands, in order to discuss their music, upcoming tours, albums, and to determine their views on Jesus Christ and other spiritual matters.
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 both the Christian Rock and 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. The Heaven's Metal fanzine also focuses on the more traditional styles of heavy metal and bands that are not as mainstream as those featured in the HM Magazine. The Heaven's Metal fanzine is released between issues of the primary HM Magazine. Van Pelt currently remains the editor and publisher of both the HM Magazine and Heaven's Metal Fanzine.
