Metal History Through Fanzines

Alchemist (AUS)

FYAFT #3 (Switzerland) 1992

FYAFT #3 (Switzerland) 1992. Editors: “Patrick Koch” and “Cedric Muller”

Short for “find yourself a fucking title,” this Swiss zine was nicely balanced with interviews and  a TON of reviews. Features a diverse lineup, including Dark Millennium, Obsequies, Abraxas, Alchemist, Salem, Mindrot, My Dying Bride, Solitude (Delaware), Konhkra, Metalmania ARP (Italian label), Sentenced, Crucifer, War Spasm, Rest In Piece, Messiah, Interval, Phlegethon, Rot, Exoto, Nothingness, Unbounded Terror, Mas Optica, Possessed, Anesthesia, Fester, Overman, Masacre, Lubricant, Genocide, Phantasm, Excidium, Blood Covered, Heavens Gate, Dark Reality and more…thanks to STEFAN for the contribution.

January 15, 2015 | Categories: Alchemist (AUS), Dark Millennium (GER), Demo Reviews, Excidium (IT), Exoto (BEL), FYAFT (SWZ), Konkhra (DEN), Lubricant (FIN), Masacre (COL), Messiah (SWZ), Mind Rot (US), My Dying Bride (UK), News, Phantasm (US), Possessed (US), Reviews, Salem (ISR), Sentenced (FIN), Solitude (US-DE), The Wild Rag! (USA), Uncategorized, Zine Reviews | Leave a comment

Under the Corpse Zine #1 (?) (NY, USA) 1993

Under the Corpse Zine  #1 (?)  (NY, USA) 1993. Editor: “Paul Beyer”

I recently got this xeroxed and stapled issue from a friend in Montreal.  It’s a nice one from ’93, and features interviews with bands like Pyrexia, Internal Bleeding, Nokturnel, (a long one with) Biohazard, Life of Agony, Type O Negative. Ossuary, Corpsegrinder, Sick of it All, Crucifix, Church of Misery, Scatterbrain, Alchemist, and more. Lots of reviews, an Australian scene report, and some adverts. Good stuff. I think it’s the first issue, but the back cover says #3 in the art, so not sure. Enjoy.

June 29, 2012 | Categories: Adverts, Alchemist (AUS), Astaroth (US), Australia Scene Report, Biohazard (US), Body Bag (US), Church of Misery (JP), Corpsegrinder (US), Crucifix (US), Demo Reviews, Gorgon (FR), Headrot (US), Internal Bleeding (US), Mucky Pup (US), Nokturnel (US), Ossuary (US), Pyrexia (US), Reviews, Scatterbrain (US), Sick of It All (US), Type O Negative (US), Under the Corpse Zine (US) | Leave a comment

Clandestine Zine (Santiago, Chile) #1 July 1994 (Español)

Clandestine Zine (Santiago, Chile) #1 July 1994. Editor: “Robert P. Zarathustra”

Here at SBMS, a noticeable lack of zines from the non-English speaking world compelled me to start digging up the zines I have in other languages, so here is a first from Chile (in Spanish). The main feature of this issue is a lengthy interview with Uruguay’s Inner Sanctum, notable as a project involving Anton Reisenegger (of Chile’s Pentagram, and currently in Lock Up). Other cool contributions (for those who can read it) include interviews with Gorefest, the highly underrated Texans Imprecation, Macabre, Inner Sanctum, Alchemist, Allegiance, Anathema, Gorefest, Macabre, Mercyful Fate, Nightfall, Ripping Corpse, Undercroft, Vital Remains, Osmose Productions and others. (Note: A few interviews in this zine were unreadable due to printing errors, so they were not included). Lastly, I have numerous other zines in German, Finnish, and more that will go up periodically to diversify the site in coming months…

Also, Clandestine was resurrected in 2010. They published their second issue in
2011 and will press a third issue in December 2012. They are online here:
http://www.clandestinemetalzine.cl (please visit with Google Chrome or Firefox)

August 29, 2011 | Categories: Alchemist (AUS), Allegiance (AUS), Anathema (UK), Clandestine Zine (CH) en Español, Gorefest (NL), Immolation (US), Imprecation (US), Inner Sanctum (UR), Macabre (US), Mercyful Fate (DK), Nightfall (GR), Osmose Productions (FR), Ripping Corpse (US), Toxic Records (CH), Undercroft (CH), Vital Remains (US) | Leave a comment