Dear Maelstrom readers,

Thanks all for continuing to check in every month or our takes on what you should be spending your music money on. This month, as ever, we’ve got a bunch of recommendations, and more than a few items that we think you should steer clear of. Check our review section to see what’s what.

As you have come to expect, we’ve got free records to give away. This month, we’re giving away copies of the new Metal Church record, The Weight of the World, as well as the Swedish indie band Logh EP The Contractor and the Assassin. See our contest section for those details.

In interviews this month, we have a chat with Vader, in which we largely focus on the current state of that bastion of Polish death metal’s drumming situation (what with the seemingly irreplaceable Doc being out due to injury), and a mini-chat with the aforementioned Logh.

This plus another report from an Orphaned Land show, and a write up of one of our favorite old records in our From the Vault Section.

Also, we’re welcoming a new member to our staff who’ll be going by the pen name Skelletona. We’ve had a big hole to fill with the unofficial departure of our death/grind nut Abhishek Chatterjee, and so we went out and found a replacement. Skelletona is growing into the role well already and we look forward to more of her contributions in the future.

Read on,

– Roberto Martinelli

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From: Stephen Stewart <dostewart@ic24.net>
To: giorgio75@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: you won an Asunder CD from Maelstrom.nu!
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 09:23:41 +0100

Hi Roberto,
Many thanks for the Asunder cd that I won in the Maelstrom competition. Keep up the good work with the website.
Stephen

Dear Stephen,

We’re happy to get you tunes that we think are worthwhile! Keep reading and taking advantage of our contests!