Latest Site Updates
November 22, 2007
We don't list updates on this page since it's not the main page anymore... so check those links to the right!
March 7, 2007
Two things... we have a new front-page for the site, and LotFP proofreader Garth Ferrante has conducted a big interview with LotFP founder/publisher/editor/webmaster/writer Jim Raggi (me!)... read it here.
February 21, 2007
Andreas checks in with another interview, this time with Kaj Gornitzka of Twisted Into Form... read it here.
February 19, 2007
While the crew has been recovering from the release of another print issue, some of our readers have been commenting on the work. Read what people are saying about The Shameless here!
January 31, 2007
Busy week here. Not only is the new print issue OUT (as in out there and released, not sold out), but we have a nice little interview with Max and Johan of Hearse. Read it here!
January 29, 2007
LotFP: The Shameless is completed, printed, and mailing today.
January 26, 2007
Writing for Lamentations of the Flame Princess: The Shameless has been completed, and the issue has moved into the post-production phase. We hope to begin mailing out in about a week or so. Cross your fingers and gird your loins because this one will kill you.
January 15, 2007
Serious reading for you today! We just got back a 100 Questions we sent out last spring... so we now present 100 Questions with Destynation's Ronny Blylod! Read it here!
December 29, 2006
An interview with Chris Black of Superchrist is now online. Read it here!
December 28, 2006
How time flies. No updates for three weeks? Anyway, most of the work being done is for the next print issue, which is so big we want more people to read it. Click on that big black banner up top. I'm told there are a few things in the works for the web as well so hopefully there will be more new material to read here before too long. I suspect we'll have more material for the next print issue than we can use, and that'll go up here as well. And apparently something weird happened to the site, but just the index file. Weird! Fixed now.
December 5, 2006
Here's another article on today's heavy metal scene. Read The Ghosts of Glam Metal Past here!
December 3, 2006
Reverend Bizarre, Minotauri, and Spiritus Mortis played Turku last night, and LotFP was there! See our PHOTO and SILLY COMMENT report here!
November 28, 2006
We're still at least a month, perhaps two, away from LotFP: The Shameless (the first issue of the LotFP 2007 Quintology) being published. Available only in print! But its contents are coming together nicely. What we've got:
- Interview with Ben and PJ of Twilight Odyssey. This will be 5+ pages, just might hit 10.
- Columns
- More reviews than have appeared in an issue of LotFP in a long time...
November 23, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving to the Americans! Anyway, I still haven't done *anything* as far as what I'm supposed to do (see last "update"), but I have done something that nobody was waiting for because they didn't know it existed. I have uploaded what I can only call a "lost issue" of LotFP, from 04-05. You'll see why it never saw the light of day before now. Read the pdf here.
November 11, 2006
Just an update to tell you that I haven't done jack shit this past week doing LotFP work like I should. Soulfallen interview, not transcribed. Fall of the Idols interview, not transcribed, nor follow-up questions sent. Wuthering Heights interview, not transcribed. Yeah, we're slow. It'll get done sometime soon though. Anyway, go order the Quintology. Incoming orders inspire me.
November 5, 2006
The review of Scald's Vermiculatus, published in LotFP #66, is now online here!
November 2, 2006
We have one interview in the can (Finland's Soulfallen) and another half-in-the-can (Finland's Fall of the Idols). One just needs typing up, the other needs followup questions sent. We're slow.
LotFP's 2007 Print Schedule:
The Shameless: Reviews of Unsigned and Small-Label bands...
The Timeless: Special project!
The Nameless: Coverage of music based on HP Lovecraft, his peers, and his influences.
The Skinless: An issue dedicated to GORE METAL bands past and present!
The Godless: An issue dedicated to those bands whose sole focus is religion. Whether the band is Christian, Muslim, Satanic, atheist, Hindu, Buddhist... doesn't matter.
We are looking for submissions for The Shameless, The Nameless, the Skinless, and the Godless.
October 30, 2006
October 30, 2006
LotFP is *OUT OF COPIES* of #67. No more orders possible! Sucks to be you! Copies have already been sent to I Hate Records in Sweden, Bast Distribution in San Francisco, and Exploding Ned's in Georgia, so bug them in about a week's time about getting a copy.
October 28, 2006
LotFP #67 is now available! Orders will be taken through Tuesday. When the clock strikes midnight Vaasa time to signal the end of October... no more #67 availability for you!
October 24, 2006
LotFP #67 is in the hands of the proofreader. I expect it to mail out Friday or Monday. NO ORDERS FOR #67 WILL BE TAKEN AFTER OCTOBER 31. Beginning November 1 we take pre-orders for #68 which we hope to have out in January.
October 11, 2006
LotFP turns 8 years old this month! Read some thoughts about it here!
October 9, 2006
Out in just a couple weeks:
Click to see the cover of LotFP #67
September 29, 2006
Went to yet another concert last night. Wife took some photos. Witch Hunt and Contrasto were a fun night out! See the photo feature here!
September 22, 2006
First: Andreas Schiffmann did an interview with John Cobbett of Hammers of Misfortune that was supposed to appear elsewhere... ah well... but instead appears here!
Second: Cobbett has spent the past three months answering 100 Questions for LotFP! Constantly and feverishly, I'm sure! The results are close enough to brilliant that the word can be used without much argument and you can read that here!
Third: We've got an article (about experiences at Minneapolis Mayhem 3) for the next print issue of LotFP! It will be out in October, and you can order that here!
September 13, 2006
First: Andreas (Mr. Actually Does Stuff Around Here) Schiffmann delivers an interesting new interview with Cadaverous Condition... read it here!
Second, Hunter Ginn returns to LotFP writing duties and has conducted an interview with Dave Murray about his Tholus project. This will be included in LotFP #67! You know, the real printed thing. Order it here!
August 26, 2006
First: New review of Insomnium's Above the Weeping World is online here!
Second, a giant huge (10 or 11 pages depending on formatting) in-depth interview with Spiral Architect's Lars K. Norberg is in and will be included in LotFP #67! Order it here!
August 13, 2006
You can now order future and past LotFP issues with Paypal now. Click the graphic on the right or the Order option on the left.
August 12, 2006
Loch Vostok's Teddy Möller does the One Hundred Questions interview with LotFP! Read it here.
August 9, 2006
You love shills, so I'm going to mention that you can order LotFP shirts via Paypal. Look at that ad in the lower right! oooh! Plus you can get various doodads (shirts, stickers, buttons, hats, clocks) with various designs by clicking that Merchandise link on the left.
August 7, 2006
LotFP #66 is mailing today!
August 1, 2006
Writing for LotFP #66 is done! Just proofreading and printing are left to do, hopefully mailing by the end of the week. The cover:
July 28, 2006
LotFP #66 is nearing completion and should be out in a couple of weeks. Click the banner to the lower right to find out how you can get your copy!
July 28, 2006
The internet is finally connected here at the new LotFP Central! (now a nook next to the stove...)
Anyway, you know that little dig at Gorefest in the 100 questions? Gorefest's Frank Harthoorn responds here, post #6!
June 21, 2006
LotFP is *moving*, and a lot sooner than expected. The new address, as of July 1, will be:
James Edward Raggi IV
Korsholmsesplanaden 10 B 18
65100 Vasa
Finland
I am informed that the post office will forward items sent to the previous address for one month after that date.
June 17, 2006
Andreas Schiffmann delivers an excellent interview with Falkenbach, read it here!
Several typographical errors have been corrected on both the html and pdf versions of False Metal.
Several more 100 Questions (a NEW set!) will be going out shortly! Hopefully people will answer them this time. :p
June 12, 2006
The Horns Across America journey has already begun! Read about it here!
June 6, 2006
False Metal: The Financial and Farcical Return of Heavy Metal
False Metal is an extensive look at the publicity machine that controls the popularity of heavy metal. From Black Sabbath and the dawn of heavy metal to the cover of today's glossy heavy metal magazines, False Metal uncovers the layers of propaganda, secrecy and misdirection to find out what is going on behind closed doors. By examining the evidence gathered from over 175 sources, the truth is revealed: The financial health of heavy metal is controlled by people with no regard for the music or its fans. False Metal is required reading for everyone who believes in the integrity of heavy metal.
False Metal features investigations of The Sword (including behind-the-scenes details of their mass media exposure), Decibel magazine (and the business practices of its parent company), Avenged Sevenfold, Dragonforce, Dave Grohl's Probot, The Darkness, Spinal Tap, "retro metal", and more.
Read the html version here.
Right-click and save the pdf version here.
Discuss False Metal with others here.
June 2, 2006
Andreas Schiffmann continues to bring the content, this time with an interview with three members of Finland's Kiuas. Read it here!
May 23, 2006
New editorial is up: What Lordi Winning Eurovision Really Means.
May 11, 2006
Details on upcoming The Complete LotFP: 1998-2005 book are up.
Not much happening on the website update front. About a dozen interviews are out there in musicianland, and I can only hope they are being worked on.
Work on the next print issue continues. A couple of reviews and a Novembre interview is complete. Pre-order already, so we can get this thing out!
April 24, 2006
Andreas Schiffmann's review of the Orthrelm/Behold... the Arctopus split CD is here.
A Checking Up... interview with Valiance is here!
April 4, 2006
Andreas Schiffmann breaks the slow spell with this feature interview with Keep of Kalessin.
A bunch more 100 questions are being sent out today as well to catch up on all the new submissions we've gotten the past couple of weeks.
March 25, 2006
Just in time for it to not be Sunday yet, we've got three reviews of Pharaoh's The Longest Night: One by Andreas Schiffmann, one by The Metal Man of Mystery, and one by me, the mysterious Latest Updates voice.
Introducing interview with Conquest of Steel is online here.
March 23, 2006
The May 2006 issue of Decibel Magazine takes notice of the Impure Metal article, most notably on page 85-6.
We've lowered the rates for advertising on the site. Click that link to the right. I'm jobless in Finland. Help. :p
Expect some reviews by the weekend.
March 17, 2006
Back in the newsprint magazine days, Aversionline interviewed me a couple of times. Now, the favor is returned as we have One Hundred Questions with Aversionline!
March 17, 2006
Remember when Stratovarius broke up? We do.
March 16, 2006
Andreas Schiffmann's brand new interview with Daylight Dies is here! Also new online are older Daylight Dies interviews from 2001 and 2002.
March 12, 2006
100 Questions with Her Enchantment's Richard Noordzij is now online here! It's a monster of an interview with dozens of brand new questions.
March 9, 2006
Redemption The Fullness of Time review is up here, Introducing interview with Fucktory-X is up here.
March 8, 2006
Updates up the wazoo! Three editorials: Critiquing the Critic, Necrophilia: Why Dead Scenes Turn Me On, Baby!, and Professional Standards in Print. New reviews: METAL's Diamonds and Rust, Anacrusis' Screams and Whispers, Vauxdvihl's To Dimension Logic.
March 7, 2006
Pat McCauley of St. Louis thrash band Head On Collision has taken on the 100 Questions! Read that here. We've also put a 2003 review of Dragonforce's debut album here. Are we psychic, or what?
March 6, 2006
King Fowley of Deceased and October 31 has answered One Hundred Questions for LotFP! Read that here. We've also got the 2003 Agent Steel interview up on the new site here. Still need to get the Opeth interviews moved over as well as fix the message board links in the individual reviews. Finished putting all the lyrics into the random quote generator up top as well.
March 4, 2006
"Who are these people?" It's disturbing how many comments/complaints I've gotten about presenting a litter of interviews with bands that people aren't familiar with. Re-read Scum. Re-read Impure Metal. Did you think we were kidding? LotFP seeks to focus on small-label bands and unsigned bands. Especially unsigned bands selling their own professionally pressed recordings. If a more famous band on a bigger heavy metal label cooperates with us, great. But if you are with us in saying "Yeah, screw the man!", you should be willing to read articles about bands that are outside of commercial circles. LotFP isn't just about being against everything. Sometimes, we are for something.
March 3, 2006
Fifteen new interviews have been added to the site.
- Aarni
- The Blizzard
- Cadaverous Condition
- Crimsonfire
- Demonic Resurrection
- Deviated Presence
- Fuelblooded
- Madwork
- Motus Tenebrae
- Overgarven
- Psionic
- Schizophrenic Voices
- She Said Destroy
- Shoreborn
- Wombatt
Everything should work on this site except for some formatting and message board links within individual reviews. If you see something wrong anywhere else, let us know so we can fix it.
