Metal.de
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| The metal magazine on the net. | |
| German metal webzine | |
| languages | German |
| operator | Versus Media UG |
| items | 28669+ reviews |
| On-line | 1996 (currently active) |
| http://www.metal.de/ | |
metal.de is a German-language online magazine that has existed since 1996. The site specializes in the music genres Metal and Hard Rock , but also reports on other genres of music, such as Hardcore Punk , Metalcore , Punk , Crossover or Progressive Rock . Founded in 1996, it is one of the first German-language offers in the field of metal on the World Wide Web .
metal.de is an online offer from Versus Media UG based in Kämpfelbach . The editors are Norman Sickinger, Markus Endres and Marc Furrer. Jan Wischkowski and Alex Klug have been the editors-in-chief responsible for content since September 2017 . Deputy editor-in-chief has been Stephan Möller since September 2014. Jan Wischkowski has been the responsible editor-in-chief since 2018. Deputy editor-in-chief is Stefan Arthur Wolfsbrunn.
With 544,000 page impressions per month and 171,000 visitors ( IVW , December 2017), metal.de is the metal online magazine with the highest reach in German-speaking countries.
history
After there was a forerunner offer via the FidoNet , a mailbox network, in May 1995 , metal.de went online on October 1, 1996 under the name The Dark Site . The first editor-in-chief, Truhe, programmed the site himself and set up the content with friends. As early as 1997, the team added small audio clips in real audio format to the CD reviews . In 1998 the first major update followed, as well as its own small search engine, the first German metal mailing list and a newsletter . Since 1999 there has been cooperation with advertising partners and event organizers, as well as another update. In that year the name was also changed to metal.de. In 2004 a new forum was activated and the layout and logo were revised.
In March 2011, the technology and design of the site changed again. Individual genre portals were introduced that allow the content to be filtered according to the individual metal genres. The logo was also completely redesigned in this context. The new version was made by the Romanian artist Costin Chioreanu. After Eckart Maronde took over the position of editor-in-chief in October 2013, the content of the magazine was further diversified. Since then, a regular review of the previous month ( monthly review ), discography overviews of individual bands ( discography check ) and articles in list format ( Die 10 ... ) have been an integral part of the magazine's content.
In May 2016 the site was revised again: A new version is optimized for mobile devices. In addition, the logo has been moderately revised. The forum, in turn, was switched off in this context.
In addition to the online offer, metal.de is represented with its own stand at festivals. The metal.de editorial team has been organizing the autograph sessions at the Summer Breeze Open Air alongside the Metal Hammer since the mid-2000s . At the Rockharz Open Air in Ballenstedt in the East Harz region, metal.de is the only organizer of the autograph sessions in 2011. However, the engagement at the Ragnarök Festival in Lichtenfels was temporary (2012 and 2013) .
editorial staff
Editors-in-chief
- 1996-2000 chest
- 2000-2002 Asmondeus
- 2002-2005 Azazel
- 2005-2010 Alboîn
- 2010–2011 Bastian Vogtländer
- 2011–2012 Thomas Weeber
- 2012–2013 Katharina Beck
- 2013–2017 Eckart Maronde
- 2017–2018 Jan Wischkowski and Alex Klug
- since 2018 Jan Wischkowski
Employee
Currently about 35 permanent writers, photographers and web administrators make up the staff who work from their places of residence in Germany, Austria and Sweden.
content
In addition to the latest news from the metal sector, the site includes portals for the individual metal subgenres, CD and DVD reviews, short reviews ( briefly noted ), concert reports and picture galleries, interviews , an event guide, venues and competitions. Specials are divided into several formats: In addition to discography checks, they also include reviews of album highlights from 20 years ago ( Turn Back Time To ... ), short questionnaires from individual editors ( Individual Thought Patterns ), articles in list format ( Die 10 ... ), satirical articles ( Die Editors , which deal with the fictitious daily work of the metal.de editors) as well as a review of the highs and lows of the past month, which also contains an editorial ( monthly review ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ metal.de: Imprint
- ↑ Change in the chief editor. metal.de, September 1, 2017, accessed November 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Online usage data IVW
- ↑ a b c 20 years of metal.de: The history of the magazine. metal.de, February 20, 2017, accessed November 29, 2017 .
- ↑ On the anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death - the 10th best songs from NIRVANA! In: metal.de . April 5, 2017 ( metal.de [accessed June 20, 2017]).
- ↑ The 10… reasons to find METALLICA shit • metal.de . In: metal.de . March 21, 2015 ( metal.de [accessed June 20, 2017]).
- ↑ metal.de: Team