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  • Live Wire #13
    (Germany) 1988

    Live Wire #13 (Germany) Aug-Sept 1988. Editors: “Jörg Schnebele“, “Jürgen Both”, “Peter Kirchner” and “Manni Rothe” (auf Deutsch)   Long running German zine/magazine that was total metal in the golden age…I have a ton of these but to get started here is issue #13. Why? King Diamond that is why! If you dont sprechen zee […]

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  • Battlefield #7
    (Germany) 1987
    (Deutsch)

    Battlefield #7 (GER) 1987. Editor: “Armin Nolzen” and “Bernd Backhaus” (auf Deutsch) Leaning even more towards hardcore and grind, but still with plenty of metal….with interviews, live reviews and features on Atavistic, Chronic Fear, Extreme Noise Terror, Corrupted Morals, CPD, Cyclone, Death of God, Darkness, Living Death, Destruction, Heresy, Heibel, Guillotine, Napalm Death, Overkill, Helloween, […]

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  • Blitzkrieg #3
    (Germany) 1985
    (Deutsch)

    Blitzkrieg #3 (Germany) 1985. Editors: “Ralf Ludwig, Roland Dähne, Andreas Hartmann, Olaf Moretzki” (auf Deutsch) Exceptional German zine from a great year in metal. Includes some pics that, at least I, have not seen before from Death, Celtic Frost and others. Features/Reviews and interviews with Overkill, Death, Bathory, Enforcer, Black Virgin, Iron Angel, Medieval, Nigro […]

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  • Brain Damage #1
    (USA – CA) 1984

    Brain Damage #1 (USA – CA) 1984. Editors: Vadim Rubin” and “Ron Nieto” Out of Long Beach, CA with help from Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel) and others, this zine features some rare photos, insights and  playlists from the very pivotal year of 1984. Interesting also Slayer is called “black metal”- just shows you how interchangeable […]

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  • Raise the Dead #1
    (Germany) 1984

    Raise the Dead #1 (Germany) 1984. Editors: “Timo Weber” (auf Deutsch) Lots of history packed in this one. Whether you can read German or not, it is still worth a gander for the original artwork from Away (Voivod) and the early Death feature…one of the earliest I have ever seen (on their first Death by Metal […]

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  • Heavy Metal Subterraneo #2
    (Mexico) 1986
    (Español)

    Heavy Metal Subterraneo #2 (Mexico/en Español) Julio/Agosto 1986. Editors: “Gueorgui Lazarov Stoychev” and “Carlo F. Hernández” Features and interviews with Impaler, Attila, Destructor, AC/DC, Bloodlust, Deaf Dealer, Black Sabbath, Anthem, Great White, Helloween, Detente, King Diamond, Racer X, Hurricane, Sound Barrier, Tony MacAlpine, Overkill, Bulldozer, Piledriver and more… (thanks to Mario T. for the contribution). […]

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  • Disposable Underground #3
    (VA, USA) 1991

    Disposable Underground #3 (VA, USA) 1991, Editor: “Richard Johnson” Issue #2 of DI, out of the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. Again, Rich was in early grind outfit Enemy Soil, prior to going on to playing in the likes of Agoraphobic Nosebleed and now Drugs of Faith.  This long running zine can now be found online […]

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  • Abismo #14
    (Portugal) 1990
    (Portuguese)

    Abismo #14 (Portugal) 1990. Editor: “Sérgio Paulo Santos” (Portuguese) Long running Portuguese zine with features and interviews with Bathory, Bruce Dickinson, Death, Sadus, Paradox, Toxik, Gorilla Biscuits, Brutal Obscenity, Overkill, Running Wild, Xentrix and much on the local scene…

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  • Speed Attack #2
    (Germany) 1985
    (Deutsch)

    Speed Attack #2 (Germany) 1985. (auf Deutsch) Editors: “Michael Trengert and Peter Zohren” Second issue of this German zine featured last month, released in the year of 1985. Again, one of the editors was Michael Trengert, who went on to be one of the Summer Breeze Festival (GER) organizers and also a former European manager […]

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  • Metal Forces #21
    (UK) 1986

    Metal Forces #21 (UK) 1986. Editor: “Bernard Doe” [Once more, it’s a given that Metal Forces was certainly not a fanzine, yet it still deserves archival status. As previously stated, the importance of the magazine for the development of the global underground and all ’extreme’ genres can not be understated – they covered many notable bands […]

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  • Metal Madness #2
    (USA-New Mexico) 1984

    Metal Madness #2 (USA-New Mexico) 1984. Editor: “The Hellion” Out of Albuquerque NM, this short zine featured an early Overkill (super-brief answers from Rat Skates), Satan Jokers from France (interesting name..and still active!), Manilla Road (who explain what ‘false metal’ is), a Dee Snider centerfold (!), Mania from Germany (who ended up on Noise Records), […]

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  • Metal Forces #20
    (UK) 1986

    Metal Forces #20 (UK) 1986. Editor: “Bernard Doe” Once more, it’s a given that Metal Forces was certainly not a fanzine, yet it still deserves archival status. (As previously stated) the importance of the magazine for the development of the global underground and all ’extreme’ genres can not be understated – they covered many notable bands before any […]

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  • Brain Damage Zine #1
    (California, USA) 1984

    Brain Damage Zine #1 (California, USA) 1984. Editors: “Vadim Rubin and Ron Nieto” Here is classic from Long Beach – straight from the dawn of the underground. Thanks to Adrian at Pest Webzine for sending these scans over and helping me get a post up despite me being away from home for another 10 days. […]

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  • Metal Meltdown Zine #1
    (MD, USA) 1987

    Metal Meltdown Zine #1 (MD, USA) April 1987, Editor: “Jeff “Kluke” VanderClute Here is the first issue of the excellent and long running zine “Metal Meltdown,” from my home state of Maryland. This is a great debut that featured excellent and early interviews with Dave Ellefson (Megadeth) around the time “Peace Sells…” was blowing up, […]

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  • Pit Magazine #8
    (Colorado, USA) 1992

    Pit Magazine #8 (Colorado, USA) 1992, Editor: “Wendy Perelstein” A massive update here….Pit Magazine was published by Mosh Pit Records, a metal record store out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, that is sadly missed. Their magazine started in the late 80s and ran into the 90s with ambitions of being a national magazine of sorts, and they […]

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  • The Book of Armageddon #1
    (NY, USA) 1986

    The Book of Armageddon #1 (NY, USA) 1986, Editor: “Ed Farshtey” A few weeks back, I put up BOA #4 with commentary from Ed Farshtey. This week, I have a super-rare copy of BOA #1 from 1986, and it features VERY early and cool (yet brief) interviews with DEATH (Evil Chuck when he was out in […]

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  • Curious Goods #5
    (USA) 1991

    Curious Goods #5 (USA) 1991. Editor: Jerry Rutherford From Oxnard, California, featuring cool early interviews with Godflesh and Cannibal Corpse, plus a long interview with Sanctuary featuring a pre-Nevermore Warrel Dane, Napalm Death, Nuclear Assault (Dan Lilker) and more (hopefully soon)

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