With the start of each new year, people from all walks of life make resolutions to lose weight and get into shape, so the folks over at Revolver magazine have dubbed their January 2015 issue “Metal Health,” dedicating the cover story to “Heavy music’s strongest stars.” Vegan power couple Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, formerly of The Misfits, and Alissa White-Gluz, current singer for Arch Enemy, grace the cover of the issue, which also features other musicians who’ve made fitness and health a priority, like Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society), Chris Kael (FFDP), Brandan Schieppati (Bleeding Through), Matt Heafy (Trivium), John Joseph (Cro-Mags), and more.
The latest issue of Revolver magazine is a “Fallen Heroes Of Hard Rock and Metal” tribute to several late musicians, like Ronnie James Dio and Peter Steele, both of whom passed away in 2010. The issue has special cover artwork by legendary comics artist J.G. Jones.
Gracing the cover along with Dio and Steele are Paul Gray (Slipnot), The Rev (Avenged Sevenfold), Dimebag Darrell (Pantera), Cliff Burton (Metallica), Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne), Freddy Mercury (Queen), and Layne Staley (Alice In Chains).
The cover painting also appears inside the magazine as a free poster. Check out the cover image here at right (click for larger, full view).
The issue is on newsstands now, but you can also purchase it online for $19.95, which includes a commemorative limited-edition 1 3/4″–diameter Dimebag Darrell “dime” along with an antiqued metal coin holder. (This is the only way to get the coin and holder, aside from at Barnes & Noble stores.) A portion of the proceeds will go to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout cancer fund.
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The Mercuri Bros.™ comic cover used with permission of Prodigal Son Press