Welcome to issue #21 of Maelstrom.nu!

We were so pumped up about last issue that we forgot to tell you about our newest feature. Steppenvvolf, who had been haranguing us for years about getting an option to print out Maelstrom, finally got his wish. So now those of you who either have to pay for your internet connection or like to do your reading on the porcelain throne can now click our new “Complete Issue” option at the bottom of the left navigational bar and print the whole issue (or any back issue) out.

Let’s talk about this month’s giveaway/contest. This issue, we're giving away a big stack of TRANSGRESSOR's Recollected Limbs CD. Transgressor is a cult Japanese death metal act that over its 11-year recording career, starting in 1989, put out a couple demos, a full-length album, and various songs for compilation albums. All these recordings have been complied in their entirety on this CD, which is over 70 minutes long. It's some pretty great old school death metal from a band that you may not have heard of, but will be glad to get a free CD from. We're also giving away a shorter stack of the TEOS self-titled debut album; and it also comes with a TEOS shirt! You get tunes AND clothing! How cool is that?

Issue #21 features 56 album reviews, four interviews (Nocturnal Rites, Breather Resist, The One and TEOS), three live reviews and one From the Vault album.

In Maelstrom news, The Condor (who has returned from a 9 month hiatus) is, as we write this, participating in his first triathlon! He’s raised more than $5,500 for leukemia research, and we’re damn proud of him. Jez Andrews has again been whisked off to off-shore Nigeria for oil-rigging purposes, and Bastiaan de Vries has completed the next step is his grand scheme for becoming a “hot shot journalist,” having been accepted into one of The Netherlands’ top journo schools. Steppenvvolf has further entrenched himself in his façade of a normal member of society by landing a big position at Bosch, dealing with East Asian clients. Congratulations to both of you! And finally, the multiple life paths of Maelstrom’s editor are progressing, with our first exclusive right to sell a house (we’re in real estate), and excellent progress in our melodic metal band, and a black metal project looming on the horizon.

Thanks so much for making last month’s Apostasy/Lyzanxia contest such a success! The winners will be getting their notifications soon. One of our winners from the hotly contested Cannibal Corpse/Gorerotted giveaway had this to say:

From: "Rob Gemmell" <chsrmetal@hotmail.com>
To: giorgio75@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Cannibal Corpse contest at Maelstrom.nu
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:10:25 -0300

Thanks again,

i just finished playing that bad boy and it just ripped me a new asshole! Thanks again for allowing me to enjoy this excellcent CD for free!

Dear Rob,

Thank *you* for reading Maelstrom.nu.

Roberto Martinelli
Maelstrom Zine (http://www.maelstrom.nu)
3234 Clay St.
San Francisco, CA 94115 USA