Kim Kelly Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

New York, Us

I contribute reported pieces, op-eds, and columns on radical politics, labor, and the prison industrial complex to Teen Vogue, as well as the biweekly labor column NO CLASS.

New York, Us

Currently contributing to Teen Vogue, the Washington Post, the Baffler, the New Republic, Pitchfork, The Guardian, Bitch, Allure, and many more.

Road doggin' it across the globe hustling merch, hauling gear, problem-solving, and generally making myself useful for the likes of YOB, Saint Vitus, Orange Goblin, Fu Manchu, Black Tusk, Corrosion of Conformity, Cobalt, Dark Castle, Salome, Cannabis Corpse, Batillus, Lord Mantis. Altar of Plagues, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, and more. *Valid US passport, valid US drivers license, spotless record. References available.

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Contribute music reviews, special features, and year-end lists to Pitchfork.com. Previously curated a monthly edition of the 'Hell Awaits' column.

Doomed to Suffer Promotions was born in Philadelphia, PA in 2008. In 2019, I launched the Black Flags Over Brooklyn Festival: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/black-flags-over-brooklyn-kim-kelly-anti-fascist-metal-fest-785088/

New York, New York, Us

I contributed a biweekly column on class, labor, strikes, and the prison industrial complex to the New Republic.

Washington, Dc, Us

Contribute interviews and special features to NPR.org.Appeared on an All Songs Considered episode discussing Maryland Deathfest.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

From 2013 until 2014, I contributed interviews, live reviews, and investigative pieces for Vice's music channel. I joined the staff as Weekend Editor in November 2014. I was hired on full-time as a Staff Editor in August 2015 and left the company as a result of mass layoffs in 2019.

Handling PR & publicity for a variety of amazing underground extreme metal, hardcore, punk (and otherwise) bands and labels.www.catharsispr.tumblr.com

Oversee production and editorial for this annual publication. Each year since I first came up with the idea in 2011, 5,000 copies have been printed and distributed for free to attendees of Baltimore, MD's Maryland Deathfest music event. I manage a staff of 12+ writers, artists, and designers to create a one-of-a-kind 'zine full of band interviews, features, and useful event information.

Features, reviews, blogs and more for Terrorizer Magazine, the UK's biggest extreme metal magazine.Completed an internship there in August 2009. My column, Ravishing Grimness, ran in the front pages of the magazine every month for several years.

Heavy/ Doom/ Death/ Black/ Thrash. Scribbling and scheming at the best heavy metal magazine in the world.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Interviews, live reviews, and other content.

Contributed interviews, reviews and features to this metal-focused glossy magazine.

Coordinated all press and promotion for the last album from legendary UK band AMEBIX. No gods, no masters!

New York, Ny, Us

Brought the extreme into the mainstream with interviews and features.

(Dawn of the Apocalypse)

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Contributed interviews and feature stories to this Relapse Records-affiliated glossy magazine until it went on hiatus.

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Relapse Records: (www.relapse.com)

Interviewed bands and wrote features for this glossy extreme metal magazine until it was discontinued.

Wrote several pieces for this long-running, incredibly influential and well-respected extreme metal magazine before it closed its doors. Best gig ever.

www.metalmaniacs.com

Worked as part of the press/publicity team, then as the Head of Press/Publicity on and off throughout 2006-2008.

My first webzine gig, age 16. Horns up now and forever to those that cared enough to give me a chance.

-Used Peachtree Accounting system to create sales orders, do invoices, count/adjust inventory.-Packed and shipped orders for customers.-Wrote emails and made phone calls concerning label business.-Wrote descriptions for titles we had in stock.-Traveled to shows to promote our artists.-Assisted in a presentation at an EMI conference.-Left the company in order to focus on schoolwork; still on very good terms with the staff.

My first print gig. Eternal gratitude to Martha Hughes for giving a too-grim-for-her-own-good seventeen-year-old a shot.

B.S., Music Industry Major, World History & Politics Minor

Spring Program 2009, Music Industry