''Zero Tolerance'' is an extreme music

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, launched in September 2004 by Lisa Macey and Leon Macey and published by Obdurate Ltd. in the

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. Published bi-monthly, it can be found on newsstands in the UK,

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- and is available (with some delay) on newsstands in

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and specialist retailers in

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and

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. The magazine features a covermount CD. The magazine's tagline is "Extreme Views on Extreme Music by Extreme People". Lisa, formerly the editor and publisher of ''

Terrorizer Terrorizer is an American grindcore band from Los Angeles, California. It was originally formed in 1985 as Unknown Death by vocalist Oscar Garcia and guitarist Jesse Pintado. They would rename themselves Terrorizer after recruiting drummer Pete ...

'' magazine, launched ''Zero Tolerance'' after she left ''Terrorizer'' in early 2004 due to differences with the magazine's new owner over its direction. Leon is a member of the experimental UK

extreme metal Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tran ...

band Mithras. Previous editors are Nathan T. Birk, Calum Harvie and Lee du-Caine. Alongside interviews with bands, reviews, news and a metal crossword, industry features with visual artists, directors, music producers and the like have been regular in ''Zero Tolerance Magazine'' since its launch in 2004 and the magazine has been home to interviews with the likes of HR Giger, Dan Seagrave, John Carpenter and Andy Sneap. Contributors, referred to as "The Panel", hail from the UK, Ireland, North America, continental Europe, and Australia. Notable regular contributors include Chris Kee, Alan Averill (also known as Nemtheanga of Primordial), John Norby, Olivier 'Zoltar' Badin, Jose Carlos Santos, Will Pinfold, Geoff Birchenall, Graham Matthews, John Mincemoyer, Paul Carter - who is also involved in the commercial side of the magazine - and more.

Dan Lilker Daniel Adam Lilker (born October 18, 1964) is an American musician best known as a bass player, but also guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. He has played bass in numerous heavy metal bands, including Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, S.O.D. and Holy ...

(ex-

Brutal Truth Brutal Truth was an American grindcore band from New York City, formed by ex-Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, and Stormtroopers of Death bass guitarist Dan Lilker in 1990. The group disbanded in 1999, but reformed in 2006 and continued to release mu ...

Nuclear Assault Nuclear Assault was an American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 1984. Part of the mid-to-late 1980s thrash metal movement, they were one of the main bands of the genre to emerge from the East Coast along with Overkill, Whiplash, ...

) was a contributor to the magazine in the 2000s. Alex S. Johnson wrote the "Shock Opera" horror music column for six issues and wrote several cover stories including Strapping Young Lad. His final contribution was "Blues For Lucifer," an interview with Electric Wizard that appeared in Issue 082.

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