Issue #1 was 16 pages on grey stock paper, and featured interviews with Pantera, Entombed, Gwar, Cannibal Corpse and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath. HMV embraced the magazine and other record stores followed suit. Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles’ moniker was inspired by Agony Column’s 1990 album of the same name (which, incidentally, received a perfect 10 rating in Popoff’s Collector’s Guide To Heavy Metal.)Ģ00 copies of BW&BK #1 were originally printed, and its cover price was $1.95. The two subsequently plotted a magazine creation based on Metal Tim Bits, and Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles was born. After several photocopied issues of Metal Tim Bits surfaced, Henderson encountered Popoff in the Toronto HMV’s metal section and Popoff began discussing his first metal book, Riff Kills Man. Publishing a newsletter called Metal Tim Bits (the title a play on the Tim Bit donut served at the popular Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons), Henderson was eager to begin a post-M.E.A.T.
BW&BK is complemented by its internet presence, whose main focus is up-to-the-minute metal news.īW&BK’s direct pre-cursor can be traced to Tim Henderson and the HMV Superstore in Toronto, Canada. The reviews section is a comprehensive take on current records circulating through the underground metal world, and a section called Metal Forecast tracks the release date of upcoming recordings. Though based in Canada, BW&BK also features writers from the USA, Germany and the UK, allowing the magazine to represent metal's international appeal and flair.Ĭovering many facets of extreme music, BW&BK is renowned for its emphasis on news and interviews, rather than pin-ups or excessive visuals. magazine staffer "Metal" Tim Henderson and author Martin Popoff in 1994, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles (BW&BK) has become a globally respected metal publication. "Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles" is a Canadian heavy metal magazine.įounded by former M.E.A.T. Image_caption = "Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles" Issue #104
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