Mm, I used to buy MH and Kerrang! religiously, and then I gave up in '98 ish.
Seems to me that MH has gone super-metal-metal and ignores the more mainstream rock stuff, and Kerrang! has gone very indie-lame and also ignores the mainstream rock stuff.
Sucks. It all went downhill when Raw magazine went indie, I think. And don't even get me started on MTV/etc these days. :/