Editor-in-Chief | Kō Sakai (1984–1993) Kazuo Hirose (1994–present) |
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Categories | Heavy metal music |
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Shinko Music (1984–1990) Burrn! Corporation (1991–2013) Shinko Music Entertainment (2013–present) |
First issue | 5 September 1984 |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Website |
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Burrn! ( Japanese: バーン, Hepburn: Bān, stylized as BURRN!) is a monthly Japanese magazine for fans of heavy metal music, published since September 1984. [1] It is the major publication on heavy metal music in the country. [2] As of 2013, it is published by Shinko Music Entertainment in Tokyo. The magazine's content is in Japanese and largely focuses on Western artists, while the covers are predominantly in English.
Despite being a Japanese magazine, a Japanese musician was not featured on the cover of Burrn! until the January 2016 issue featured Akira Takasaki on its cover. [1] This does not include the separate Burrn! Japan magazine, which was published for six volumes between 1987 and 1990 to focus on Japanese artists, before being revived in 2016. [3] This has been said to have been the policy of Burrn!'s editor-in-chief from 1984 to 1993, Kō Sakai.
Metallion is a special issue of Burrn! first published in 1986 before being suspended in 1991. [4] It is now published irregularly since 1999. [4]
In a now-infamous November 1985 review, Sakai gave Seikima-II's debut album, Seikima-II ~ Akuma ga Kitarite Heavy Metal, a rating of 0. [5] [6] For the next 35 years, the band did not have any contact with Burrn!. [5] [7] At the end of 2020, current editor-in-chief Kazuo Hirose went to a Seikima-II event and offered to interview them for the magazine. [7] [8] They were subsequently featured on the cover of and interviewed for the March 2021 issue. [5] [8]