Rock Sound
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 April 2011 Issue |
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| Editor | Ben Patashnik |
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| Categories | Music magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 15,005[1] |
| Publisher | Freeway Press Inc. |
| First issue | 1999 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.rocksound.tv |
| ISSN | 1465-0185 |
Rock Sound is a British magazine which champions rock music. The magazine aims at being more "underground" and less commercial, whilst also giving coverage to more well known acts.
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[edit] History
The UK edition of Rock Sound (also known as ROCKSOUND)[citation needed] was launched in March 1999 by the French publisher Editions Freeway, who had already published the title in France. The magazine was bought out by its director, Patrick Napier, in December 2004.
[edit] Audience
Rock Sound has an ABC (Jan-Dec 10) figure of 15,005.[2]
[edit] Album of the Year
At the end of every year the magazine lists their favourite 75 albums released in the previous twelve months.
- 1999 - Filter - Title of Record[3]
- 2000 - A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
- 2001 - System of a Down - Toxicity
- 2002 - Isis - Oceanic
- 2003 - Hell Is for Heroes - The Neon Handshake
- 2004 - Isis - Panopticon
- 2005 - Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
- 2006 - The Bronx - The Bronx[4]
- 2007 - Biffy Clyro - Puzzle[5]
- 2008 - Genghis Tron - Board Up the House[6]
- 2009 - Mastodon - Crack the Skye[7]
- 2010 - Bring Me the Horizon - There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret[8]
- 2011 - Mastodon - The Hunter[9]
[edit] External links
- Rock Sound official website
- Rock Sound Facebook page
- Rock Sound Twitter page
- Rock Sound MySpace page
- Rock Sound YouTube channel
- Rock Sound Flickr page
[edit] References
- ^ "Standard Certificate of Circulation: Rock Sound" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17121213.pdf. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "Standard Certificate of Circulation: Rock Sound" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17121213.pdf. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ Rockmusiclists RS 1999-2006
- ^ RS MySpace Top 75 2006
- ^ Reuben Forum RS Top 75 2007
- ^ RS Top 75 2008
- ^ RS Top 75 2009
- ^ RS Top 75 2010
- ^ RS Album of the Year Countdown 2011
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