Burrn!

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| editor = Kō Sakai (1984–1993)
Kazuo Hirose (1994–present)

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| category = Heavy metal music

| frequency = Monthly

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| publisher = Shinko Music (1984–1990)
Burrn! Corporation (1991–2013)
Shinko Music Entertainment (2013–present)

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| country = Japan

| based = Tokyo

| language = Japanese

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{{nihongo|Burrn!|バーン|Bān|stylized as BURRN!|lead=yes}} is a monthly Japanese magazine for fans of heavy metal music, published since September 1984.{{cite web | title = 日本人初！LOUDNESS高崎晃「BURRN!」の表紙に| url = https://natalie.mu/music/news/164507| work = Natalie| language = Japanese| date = 30 October 2015| accessdate = 11 April 2021}} It is the major publication on heavy metal music in the country.{{cite book|author1=Jeremy Wallach|author2=Harris M. Berger|author3=Paul D. Greene|title=Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music Around the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WgxKHHr-2kC&pg=PA251|date=27 December 2011|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-4733-0|page=251}} As of 2013, it is published by Shinko Music Entertainment in Tokyo. The magazine's content is in Japanese and largely focuses on Western artists, while the covers are predominantly in English.

History

Despite being a Japanese magazine, a Japanese musician was not featured on the cover of Burrn! until the January 2016 issue featured Akira Takasaki on its cover. This does not include the separate Burrn! Japan magazine, which was published for six volumes between 1987 and 1990 to focus on Japanese artists, before being revived in 2016.{{cite web | title = 「BURRN! JAPAN」26年ぶり復刊、表紙はLOUDNESS| url = https://natalie.mu/music/news/208829| work = Natalie| language = Japanese| date = 10 November 2016| accessdate = 11 April 2021}} This has been said to have been the policy of Burrn!{{'}}s editor-in-chief from 1984 to 1993, Kō Sakai.

Burrn! has held a readers poll annually since its founding in 1984. In 2019, Mari Hamada become the first Japanese musician to top the vocalist category in the poll's 36 year history.{{cite web|title=浜田麻里が日本人初快挙、メタル専門誌「BURRN!」読者人気投票でヴォーカリスト1位に|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/85710/2|work=Billboard Japan|language=Japanese|date=March 6, 2020|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

Metallion is a special issue of Burrn! first published in 1986 before being suspended in 1991.{{cite web | title = ジャパニーズメタル専門雑誌・ムックの歴史を振り返るシーンを活性化させたのは『ヘドバン』!?| url = https://nikkan-spa.jp/1473625/3| work = Nikkan Spa| language = Japanese| date = 5 May 2021| accessdate = 11 April 2021}} It is now published irregularly since 1999.

In a now-infamous November 1985 review, Sakai gave Seikima-II's debut album, Seikima-II ~ Akuma ga Kitarite Heavy Metal, a rating of 0.{{cite web | title = 聖飢魔II、HM／HR専門誌『BURRN!』初登場の表紙を公開有観客での大黒ミサツアー開催＆新教典の発表も宣言| url = https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/281928| work = Spice| language = Japanese| date = 24 January 2021| accessdate = 11 April 2021}}{{cite web| url = https://okmusic.jp/news/113184/| title = 聖飢魔II、ヘヴィメタルをお茶の間に布教させた初期の傑作『THE END OF THE CENTURY』 | work = OK Music| language = Japanese| date = 17 February 2016| access-date = 11 April 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130114738/https://okmusic.jp/news/113184/|archivedate=30 January 2018}} For the next 35 years, the band did not have any contact with Burrn!.{{cite web| url = https://okmusic.jp/news/411462/| title = 聖飢魔II、HM／HR専門誌『BURRN!』初登場の表紙を公開有観客での大黒ミサツアー開催＆新教典の発表も宣言 | work = OK Music| language = Japanese| date = 24 January 2021| access-date = 11 April 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128073908/https://okmusic.jp/news/411462/|archivedate=28 January 2021}} At the end of 2020, current editor-in-chief Kazuo Hirose went to a Seikima-II event and offered to interview them for the magazine.{{cite web | title = 聖飢魔II、有観客での大黒ミサツアー開催と教典の発表を宣言| url = https://www.musicvoice.jp/news/202101230177478/| work = Music Voice| language = Japanese| date = 2 January 2021| accessdate = 11 April 2021}} They were subsequently featured on the cover of and interviewed for the March 2021 issue.

References

External links

{{Official website|https://burrn.online/}}
[https://www.shinko-music.co.jp/ Shinko Music]
[http://www.bravewords.com/search?q=burrn Interviews and articles in Burnn!]

Category:1984 establishments in Japan

Category:Heavy metal publications

Category:Magazines established in 1984

Category:Magazines published in Tokyo

Category:Monthly magazines published in Japan

Category:Music magazines published in Japan