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The Black Montanas Of Thy Septentrio #1 (United States, TX) October, 1993.

The Black Montanas Of Thy Septentrio #1 (United States, TX) October, 1993. Editors: “Equitant” and “Proscriptor”

A massive volume representative of everything mystical and ethereal about the early 1990s black metal underground. Based in Texas and produced by Equitant & Proscriptor from Absu, this zine is a document of an era; packed with not only interviews, but also with tons of newsletters and pages and pages of fliers (many of which were circulating the underground at the time, and some I have never seen before). Thanks to Equitant for scanning this and sending it over. Features, interviews, fliers with Zemial, Necromantia, Agatus, Rotting Christ, Varathron, Twilight, Grand Belial’s Key, Mortuary Drape, Ancient Rites, Chris Moyen, Lemegothon, Impaled Nazarene, Beherit, Divine Eve, Countess, Absymal, Vital Remains, Ungod, Emperor, Darkthrone, Enslaved, Burzum, Abruptum, Immortal, Master’s Hammer, Moonspell, Samael, Sarcofago, Celtic Frost, Liars in Wait, Sigh, Profanatica, Incantation, Thou Shalt Suffer, Occult, Blasphemy, Absu, Equimanthorn, Order From Chaos, Demoncy, Osmose Productions, Deathlike Silence, Decapitated Records and much more…

July 8, 2018 | Categories: Abbath, Abruptum (SWE), Absu (US), Abysmal (NOR), Agatus (GRE), Ancient Rites (BEL), Behemoth (POL), Beherit (FIN), Black Crucifixion (FIN), Blasphemy (CAN), Burzum (NOR), Celtic Frost (SWZ), Chris Moyen, Darkthrone (NOR), Deathlike Silence Productions, Decapitated Records (GRE), Demoncy (US), Divine Eve (US), Emperor (NOR), Enslaved (NOR), Equimanthorn (US), Equitant (US), Grand Belial's Key (US), Immortal (NOR), Impaled Nazarene (FIN), Incantation (US), Liers In Wait (SWE), Lullaby (BZL), Master's Hammer (CZ), Mayhem (NOR), Moonspell (POR), Mordor (SWZ), Necromantia (GR), Occult (NL), Osmose Productions (FR), Possessed (US), Profanatica (US), Rotting Christ (GR), Samael (SWTZ), Sarcofago (BZL), Satanism - Occult, Sigh (JPN), The Black Montanas Of Thy Septentrio (US), Thou Shalt Suffer (NOR), Uncategorized, Varathron (GR), Zemial (GRE) | 1 Comment

Army of Darkness #1 (Poland) 1993

Army of Darkness #1 (USA) 1993. Ed. ” Sikora Sławek” (Polish)

This is a pretty obscure relic from the early 90s Polish underground and its packed with pretty much (only) Polish bands–and its written in Polish. However, it does reflect how vibrant the scene was there at the time, and how much there is to dig up and explore if one has the inclination to do so. Interviews, features, adverts and reviews with Armagedon, Ghost, Azazel, Cenotaph, Carnage Records, Convent, Christ Agony, Cryptic Tales, Dark Opera, Abathor, Industry, Gothic, Neolithic, Graveland, Hypnosis, Parracide, Leviathan, Pagan Records, Magnus, Mordor, Mussorgski, Pascal, Prosecutor, Pestilent Angel, Xantotol, Mastomah, Sparagmos, Vader, Violent Dirge and more.

April 1, 2018 | Categories: Army of Darkness (POL) Polish, Behemoth (POL), Christ Agony (POL), Graveland (POL), Polish Scene Report, Reviews, Vader (POL) | Leave a comment

The Art of Necronomicon #3 (Austria) 1995

The Art of Necronomicon #3 (Austria) 1995. Editors: “P.K” and “Graf Daemon Van Zazas”

Austrian black metal-only zine put out by Peter from Abigor, and Graf of (the Austrian) Nefarius, with a number of essays on Satanism, as well as interviews and/or features with Ancient, Behemoth, Black Funeral, Darkness Enshroud, Crimson Arcanium, Demoniac, Faust (Emperor), Forgotten Woods, Grand Belial’s Key, Infernum, Nefarius, Nebelburg, The Black Order, Summoning, Tumulus, and more. Cheers to the Dark Legions for archiving this.

 

November 30, 2016 | Categories: Ancient (NOR), Behemoth (POL), Black Funeral (US), Darkness Enshroud (US), Demoniac (NZ), Emperor (NOR), Faust (Emperor), Grand Belial's Key (US), Infernum (POL), Satanism - Occult, Summoning (AU), The Art of Necronomicon (AU), Uncategorized, Venom (UK) | 1 Comment

Petrified #2 (USA – Florida) Winter, 1993

Petrified #2 (USA – Florida) Winter, 1993. Editor: “Thorns (Sentis)”

Another one from Full Moon Productions’ zine extension (courtesy of the scanning work from Tezcat from the NWN! board – many thanks/gracias) This one is also very timely, packed with tons of interviews/features/reviews from the pivotal underground year of 1993, including Absu, Behemoth, Black Crucifixion, Carbonized, Skeletal Earth, Cradle of Filth, Emperor, Equinox, Gorgoroth, Impaled Nazarene, Immortal, Mortiis, Necromantia, Occult, Pan-Thy-Monium, Opeth, Primordial, Profanatica, Sinister, Necrony, Typhon, Blod, Unholy, and more…

 

 

May 17, 2015 | Categories: Absu (US), Alastis (SWZ), Algaion (SWE), Astaroth (US), Behemoth (POL), Black Crucifixion (FIN), Blood (GER), Carbonized (SWE), Convulse (FIN), Cradle of Filth (UK), Emperor (NOR), Enslaved (NOR), Equimanthorn (US), Equinox (US), Gorgoroth (NOR), Immortal (NOR), Impaled Nazarene (FIN), Katatonia (SWE), Marduk (SWE), Mortiis (NOR), Necromantia (GR), Occult (NL), Pan-Thy-Monium (SWE), Petrified (US), Phlebotomized (NL), Pyogenesis (GER), Reviews, Skeletal Earth (US), Typhon (COL), Unholy (FIN), Vomitory (SWE), Xysma (FIN) | Leave a comment

Petrified #3 (USA – Florida) 1994

Petrified #3 (USA – Florida) 1994. Editor: “Thorns (Sentis)”

Full Moon Productions’ zine extension, and quite a timely one this is. Black metal to the core with many informative and insightful interviews, including Algaion, Ancient, Burzum, Behemoth, Bard Faust (Emperor), Gehenna, Graveland, Hades (NOR), In the Woods, Katatonia, Primordial, Throne of Ahaz, Vlad Tepes, Varathron, Morningstar, and TONS of reviews. THANKS to Asmodian Coven (via) passetiermes (via) NWN! cheers.

 

 

 

March 17, 2015 | Categories: Algaion (SWE), Ancient (NOR), Bard Faust, Behemoth (POL), Burzum (NOR), Emperor (NOR), Full Moon Productions, Gehenna (NOR), Graveland (POL), Hades (NOR), In The Woods (NOR), Katatonia (SWE), Morningstar (FIN), Petrified (US), Primordial (IRE), Reviews, Uncategorized, Varathron (GR), Vlad Tepes (FRA) | 2 Comments

Tales of the Macabre #1 (Germany) 1993

Tales of the Macabre #1  (Germany) 1993. Editor: “Costa Stoios”

This zine of Germany featured many prominent ‘early’ black metal contributions and is heavy on the dark/atmospheric genres of the early 90’s overall. The editor (Stoios) apparently also ran/runs Iron Pegasus records. Features and interviews include Beherit, Barathrum, Ancient Rites, Behemoth, Emperor, Immortal, Burzum, Osmose Productions, Gorgoroth, In the Woods, Mortuary Drape, Rotting Christ, Sigh, Nocturnal Rites, and more.

September 3, 2012 | Categories: Adverts, Alastis (SWZ), Ancient Rites (BEL), Barathrum (FIN), Behemoth (POL), Beherit (FIN), Burzum (NOR), Decapitated Records (GRE), Demo Reviews, Emperor (NOR), Funeral Winds (NL), Gorgoroth (NOR), Graveland (POL), Immortal (NOR), In The Woods (NOR), Mock (NOR), Mortuary Drape (IT), Nocturnal Rites (SWE), Osmose Productions (FR), Pentacle (NL), Playlists, Reviews, Rotting Christ (GR), Sigh (JPN), Tales of the Macabre (GER), Ungod (GER), Unpure (SWE) | Leave a comment

Diabolical Noise #6 (Poland) 1993.

Diabolical Noise #6 (Poland) 1993. Editor: Jaro Szubrycht

This zine out of Poland was photocopied and folded together, with no staple, yet still super cool with great outlines, borders, and a nice sense of humor. The obvious drawback is the super small type (but that can be fixed by ‘zooming in’ on the pages/jpegs as needed with or without your browser), but beyond that there is demo-era interviews (or articles about) Cradle of Filth, Enslaved, and (a tiny) one on Behemoth. Additionally, there are some excellent scene reports from the UK and elsewhere, inties with Thergothon, Immolation, Inverted, Cannibal Corpse, Unleashed, Corpus Rottus, and much more.

June 21, 2011 | Categories: 7 inch Reviews, Altar (SWE), Behemoth (POL), Brian ABT, Burzum (NOR), Cannibal Corpse (US), Carnal Dissection (US), Chorus of Ruin (UK), Corpus Rottus (US), Cradle of Filth (UK), Demo Reviews, Diabolical Noise (POL) (in Polish), Enslaved (NOR), France Scene Report, Iceland Scene Report, Immolation (US), Inverted (SWE), Israel Scene Report, Korpse (UK), Listenable Records, Misanthrope (FR), Nightfall (GR), Peardrop Zine France, Putrid Offal (FR), Reviews, Samael (SWTZ), Thergothon (FIN), Trauma (POL), UK Scene Report, Uncategorized, Unleashed (SWE), Vomiturition (FIN) | 1 Comment