NO GODS, NO MASTERS ISSUE
Ghostemane and Chelsea Wolfe Appear on Covers of Feb/Mar Magazine
Our new "No Gods, No Masters" issue celebrates the fiercely independent, beholden-to-no-one attitude embodied in Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral, which turns 25 this month (on March 8th, to be exact). It's embodied today in artists such as Ghostemane and Chelsea Wolfe, both of whom refuse to be put into boxes, or to be told what they should or should not do when it comes to their creative visions.
It's seen in its most tragic and untamed form in the violent adolescent rebellion of the early Nineties Norwegian black-metal scene portrayed in Lords of Chaos. It beats in the hearts of America's modern-day witches. It takes shape in Frank Frazetta's barbarian heroes and heroines, who literally slay deities and demons in his classic paintings, celebrated in Joe Manganiello's Death Saves line.
But perhaps more than anyone in the new magazine, that spirit is exemplified by "dirtbag" tattoo artist Alex Matus, who threw care to the wind to live life on her own terms, in her van on the open road, guided only by "heavy-metal shows and the weather." No gods. No masters.
