ISSUE #003 CONTENTS

ISSUE 003 - ONSALE 30-12-04 - CLICK HERE FOR LARGE COVER Cover price £3.00 - 80 Pages Available from all good newsagents: Larger WHSmiths, Dawsons News, John Menzies and Independent retailers. PROPAGANDA Martin Ives brings us the news items that matter. ZT columnist Danny Lilker gets hot under the collar with his third instalment. ZT life coach, Tyrone Pow, shows us a good time. New to the ZT column ranks, musician, film director and artist Dwid Hellion joins the proceedings in a rather dream-like state... INTERROGATIONS Strapping Young Lad: Devin Townsend exclusively goes off on one about Strapping Young Lad's cracking new album, Alien. Keep yer hair on, Dev! Crowbar: Kirk Windstein speaks openly about the band's forthcoming - and long overdue - album. Marduk: Marduk's new album, Plague Angel, really is an "old skull" recording. Morgan explains why. Kreator: Classic thrash songs shouldn't be just thrown together willy-nilly, says Mille. The proof is in Kreator's new album, Enemy Of God. Enthroned: You can count on black metal's Belgian blasphemers for your Christ-bashing fix - and they know how to tally up a Satanic storm as well! King Diamond: Metal's diamond geezer tells us how he got where he is today and reveals what he considers to be the jewel in his crown. Merzbow vs. Nordvargr: These gents divulge the whys and hows of their recent collaboration, Partikel - and we still don't know who to declare the victor! Usurper: Rick Scythe lets us all know that while the band's lineup might have changed, their heavy metal attack is as sharp as ever. Yob: ZT was quickly taken in with The Illusion Of Motion - how do they do that? Agnostic Front: Hardcore to the, er, core, the NY veterans prove there is more to them than just Another Voice. PLUS: Arch Enemy God Dethroned Omnium Gatherum The Monolith Deathcult RAPID FIRE - Good bands, short features! Sweet! This issue: Yyrkoon, Infernal Majesty, Screamin' Daemon, Supreme Lord, Psycroptic, Hell-Born and DesolatioN. GRIND FORCE - Grind! Has it run its course or is the best yet to come? What does the future hold? Nasum, Narcosis, Repulsion, Terrorizer, Agathocles, Unholy Grave and Nausea provide us with some pointers. BENEATH THE REMAINS Who says it's grim up North? ZT's Paul Priest proves it is actually quite colourful with the help of The Enchanted, Red Stars Parade, Humanfly and Executive Distraction Tasks. DECORATED CAREERS Coroner: The cause of death was all too clear in this case. Good tunes though. MOVING TARGETS Obituary, Krisiun, Behemoth, Motorhead, Sepultura, Deicide, Dismember, Napalm Death, Machine Head, Conquest Of Steel.... MISSING IN ACTION Thergothon: Doomed to produce merely a single album, it was all over for these Finns before the last, sonorous notes of Stream From The Heavens had died away, the echoes of which can still be heard today in the acts inspired by this groundbreaker. SENTENCING Masses of current extreme releases go under the close scrutiny of The ZT Panel. INSIDE INFORMATION Derek Roddy: Our resident drum expert survives the Floridian storms and returns to his column duties with a vengeance. Moyses Kolesne: Krisiun's evil mastermind gives instructions in the second of his articles on the black art of death metal guitar. Home Recording Part III: Helpful tips to give those home recordings that all essential professional edge, explained in a straight forward language that even the most useless of musicians could put into practice. Dielectric: Providing you with another look behind the scenes of the music industry, albeit a somewhat twisted version, ZT's Lee Seafood speaks to Dielectric Records' founder to get the full story on how this edgy outfit defines itself in the extreme music arena. Dan Seagrave: Arguably the most proficient, powerful and inspiring artist to leave his mark in extreme music circles, ZT's awestruck Alex de Moller speaks to Dan Seagrave about his masterpieces. Lemmy: A chance meeting in a pub in West London gives us an untypical insight into Lemmy's thoughts and ideals. 21 SHOTS AT GLORY Scott Ian gets an unusual 21 pops at proving his worth… Isn't 20 enough? Does he really need to go that step further than everyone else…?

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