Rock/Metal/Prog print magazine subscriptions?

[Samsara]

Being an old journalist who remembers the pre-Internet days, I have a fondness for print magazines -- music in particular. I recently plunked down a bit of coin for subscriptions to Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, and Prog. I was getting tired of forgetting to go pick up issues. Anyone else here prefer print subscriptions?

For daily news coverage, stuff like Blabbermouth is fine. But when something is done really well, and stuff is in long-form format, I still prefer the tangible media. Just curious who here has similar metal/rock/prog subscriptions, and are you happy with them?

[jjrock88]

The last print magazine I bought on a regular basis was the Canadian based Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles magazine. Not sure if you were into that one Brian. But I would look forward to it each month because it would come with a cd within the magazine. I remember I discovered quite a few bands that way.

Even today, even though I don't buy them, I will still flip through a rock or metal magazine if I have a few minutes to spare in a store.

[TAC]

Kerrang was my bible when I was a kid. Metal Hammer too, when I could find a store that carried it.

I'd take the Bravewords website over Blabbermouth all day long. I check it daily.

[wolfking]

I haven't bought a magazine in years, and probably never will again to be honest.

[ChuckSteak]

The last and only magazine I bought was the one that came with a live Opeth album. Hard Rock Café I think.

[bl5150]

I have truckloads of old metal/guitar mags but I picked the ones I wanted from the store - never subscribed.   Haven't actually frequented a newsagent for as long as I can remember.   Another industry pretty much wiped out by the internet.

[ich bin besser]

I'm a subscriber of Empire (biggest German prog magazine, also wrote some articles for it)

https://empiremusic.de/

[Samsara]

Thanks for the replies. Pretty much what I figured. I will admit the convenience of the Internet really is appealing. But I still dig sitting down on the couch, listening to a record, and reading a metal mag.

[twosuitsluke]

Thanks for the replies. Pretty much what I figured. I will admit the convenience of the Internet really is appealing. But I still dig sitting down on the couch, listening to a record, and reading a metal mag.

I subscribed to Metal Hammer for years but stopped last year at some point. My Dad got me a subscription to Prog magazine for Christmas, which is ok but focuses more on that classic prog era than I'd like. I might go back to Metal Hammer at some point. I always enjoyed coming home to find a new issue waiting for me. I kept all my old copies in the bathroom (prime reading time).

[Mebert78]

I've had a monthly subscription to Prog magazine for a few years now.  I became hooked when I stumbled across it in a local Barnes & Noble in 2013 and read an article about Tesseract's Altered State album.  I hadn't heard of Tesseract at the time, and I subsequently fell in love with that album, and I've been a loyal reader of Prog ever since.

[bosk1]

Thanks for the replies. Pretty much what I figured. I will admit the convenience of the Internet really is appealing. But I still dig sitting down on the couch, listening to a record, and reading a metal mag.

I'm with you in terms of longing for the old days of just sitting down on the couch with the mag and flipping through the pages.  Getting the news on the Internet just isn't the same, for a variety of reasons (quality, depth, that feeling of handling and reading printed media).  But as a practical matter, I'm with everyone else--I haven't done that in quite some time and don't really plan to.  Part of it is the convenience factor you mentioned.  But there is also the issue of printed news just not being as current as what you can almost always find on social media or the Internet in general.  In this age of information coming out so quickly, reading something that is weeks old just makes it feel stale.