''Metal Edge'' was a magazine covering

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published by

Zenbu Media Zenbu Media is a media company located in New York City. It was founded by Steve Bernstein and it is focused on music production, record production and music branding. Its slogan is "We live for music". Print Zenbu Media formerly published '' ...

. The magazine was founded in the summer of 1985, during the height of

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's success. While its sister publication, ''

Metal Maniacs ''Metal Maniacs'' was an American magazine that was based around heavy metal music. History Founded in 1989 by Mike 'G' Greenblatt and Katherine Ludwig of Metal Shop. Where its sister publication '' Metal Edge'' largely covered glam metal, ''Met ...

'' focused more on extreme subgenres of heavy metal such as thrash metal and death metal, Metal Edge focused more on glam metal and traditional heavy metal. The magazine was originally edited by Gerri Miller, and later by Paul Gargano. The magazine was originally published by Sterling Publications, which merged with the Macfadden Group in 1992 to become Sterling/Macfadden.

acquired ''Metal Edge'' in February 2007. In September 2007, the magazine underwent a redesign. In February 2009, Zenbu Media closed down, taking ''Metal Edge'' and ''Metal Maniacs'' down with them. Gerri Miller died in 2021. In November 2021, Gargano announced that the Metal Edge brand had been acquired by Project M Group, and it was subsequently relaunched as an online-only publication in January 2022.

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