'Metal Edge' magazine makes a return as a website, classic rock archive

A close-up of 'Metal Edge' magazine, which was first published by Sterling Publishing in 1985. Photo: AFP

It had seemed that the predominance of the Internet in the early noughties marked the end of music publications in print and paper form. But some specialised publications such as Metal Edge are resisting. Readers can now once more pick up this 100% rock magazine, following more than a decade of its not appearing, having stopped publishing in 2009.

Metal Edge was first published by Sterling Publishing in 1985 under the editorship of Gerri Miller. The magazine quickly became known to music lovers for its interviews and, especially, its photography of rock greats like Metallica, Van Halen, Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe.