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Blasphemous #2 (Greece) 1992

Blasphemous #2 (Greece) 1992. Editors: “Morbid”, “John”, “Stephan” and “Photis”

Second issue of this cult Greek zine, overflowing with exaltations and inebriations most foul and horrendous! with Abysmal, Lemegethon, Acheron, Amorphis, Winged, Ancient Rites, Edge of Sanity, At the Gates, Afflicted, Black Prophecies, Tormentor, Blood, Bolt Thrower, Solitude, Cartilage, Ceremonial Oath, Emperor, Crematorium, Demigod, Putrid Offal, Demoncy, Obsecration, Desultory, Nocturnal Death, Enslaver, Epitaph, Mutation, Excidium, Fester, Decay, Impaled Nazarene, Mourning, My Dying Bride, Necrophobic, Order From Chaos, Nergal, Possessed, Bestial Summoning, Sadist, Profanatica, Sentenced, Chorus of Ruin, Sinister, Enslaved, The Gathering, Armoured Angel, Thergothon, Tiamat, Abruptum, Unholy and more…again, thanks to the Profane swamp goat for sharing!

 

 

November 6, 2018 | Categories: Abruptum (SWE), Abysmal (NOR), Acheron (US), Adverts, Afflicted (SWE), Amorphis (FIN), Ancient Rites (BEL), Armoured Angel (AUS), At The Gates (SWE), Belial (FIN), Bestial Summoning (NL), Blasphemous (GRE), Blood (GER), Bolt Thrower (UK), Cartilage (FIN), Ceremonial Oath (SWE), Chorus of Ruin (UK), Demigod (FIN), Demoncy (US), Desultory (SWE), Edge of Sanity (SWE), Emperor (NOR), Enslaved (NOR), Excidium (IT), Goatpenis (BZL), Greek Scene Report, Impaled Nazarene (FIN), My Dying Bride (UK), Necrophobic (SWE), Obscure (SP), Order From Chaos (US), Playlists, Possessed (US), Profanatica (US), Putrid Offal (FR), Reviews, Sadist (IT), Satanism - Occult, Seance (SWE), Sentenced (FIN), Sinister (NL), Solitude (US-DE), The Gathering (NL), Thergothon (FIN), Tiamat (SWE), Tormentor (NL), Uncategorized, Unholy (FIN) | 1 Comment

Anathema Zine #1 (Finland) 1991

Anathema Zine #1 (Finland) 1991. Editor: “Tupe” (A5, 64 pages)

Finnish zine from the apex of extreme metal’s golden years; lots of illuminating and humorous content (e.g Therion and Unholy’s one word answers?!) and essential/biting viewpoints throughout from an honest editor. Thanks to the one and only Francesco Dellamorte for the submission. PDF is up in downloads section. Features, reviews and interviews with Desultory, Agathocles, Unholy, Convulse, Sigh, Desultory, Therion, Dark Tranquillity, Obituary,  Dicktator, Demilich, Abhorence, Disgrace, Amorphis, Funcunt, Edge of Sanity, Grave, Immolation, Necrotomy zine, Obscene, Sentenced, Righteous Pigs, Obliveon, Napalm Death, Cenotaph, Paradise Lost, Carnage, Blasphemy, Dr. Shrinker, Cadaver and much more.

 

 

 

June 8, 2018 | Categories: Abhorrence (FIN), Agathocles (BEL), Amorphis (FIN), Anathema Zine (FIN), Blasphemy (CAN), Cadaver (NOR), Carnage (SWE), Cenotaph (MEX), Convulse (FIN), Dark Tranquility (SWE), Demigod (FIN), Demilich (FIN), Desultory (SWE), Disgrace (FIN), Disharmonic Orchestra (AU), Dr. Shrinker (US), Edge of Sanity (SWE), Exmortis (US), Grave (SWE), Immolation (US), Malediction (UK), Napalm Death (UK), Necrotomy Zine (ITA), Obituary (US), Obliveon (CAN), Obscene (SWE), Paradise Lost (UK), Phlegethon (FIN), Righteous Pigs (US), Sceptical Schizo (FIN), Therion (SWE), Uncategorized, Unholy (FIN) | Leave a comment

Agony #1 (Poland) 1991(in Polish)

Agony #1 (Poland) 1991. Editor: “Adam Rozciecha” (in Polish)

With interviews and features in the Polish: Sinister, Demigod, Thou Shalt Suffer, Mexican Scene Report, Dead Infection, Dark Tranquillity, Fleshcrawl, Exulceration, Mortuary Drape, Necrolatry, Superation, Freddie Kruger, Algo, Ancient Rites, Wild Rags, Morten, Hetsheads, Misanthrope, Exmortes, Anatomy, Amorphis, Pandemonium, Monstrosity, Thanatos, Astaroth and more…

 

May 9, 2017 | Categories: Adverts, Agony Zine (POL) (polish), Amorphis (FIN), Ancient Rites (BEL), Dark Tranquility (SWE), Dead Infection (POL), Demigod (FIN), Exulceration (SWZ), Fleshcrawl (GER), Hetsheads (SWE), Mexican Scene Report, Misanthrope (FR), Monstrosity (US), Mortem (NOR), Mortuary Drape (IT), Necromantia (GR), Pandemonium (POL), Relapse Records (US), Reviews, The Wild Rag! (USA), Thou Shalt Suffer (NOR), Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Mortuary #3 (Germany) 1992.

Mortuary #3 (Germany) 1992. Editor: “Christian Hillenbrand”

Massive German zine (in English) packed with tons of reviews and (brief) interviews targeting many of the underground’s death and black metal notables of 1992, as well as zine editors like those from Slayer and Isten, and even Earache Records (with Pete Lee from Lawnmower Deth representing). Features Beherit, Benediction, Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, Dark Tranquillity, Darkified, Dark Millenium, Fleshcrawl, Demigod, Desultory, Furbowl, Goatlord, Goreaphobia, Gorefest, Inverted, Hetsheads, Malaphar, Mega-Slaughter, Immolation, Necrophobic, My Dying Bride, Mould, Pan-Thy-Monium, Samael, Tiamat, Traumatic and more. Thanks to Stefan Lons for sharing!

September 5, 2016 | Categories: Adverts, Beherit (FIN), Benediction (UK), Bolt Thrower (UK), Cannibal Corpse (US), Carcass (UK), Cemetary (SWE), Cremetory (SWE), Dark Millennium (GER), Dark Tranquility (SWE), Demigod (FIN), Demo Reviews, Desultory (SWE), Earache Records (UK), Fleshcrawl (GER), Furbowl (SWE), Goatlord (US), Goreaphobia (US), Gorefest (NL), Hetsheads (SWE), Immolation (US), Inverted (SWE), Isten (FIN), Massacre (US), Mortuary Zine (GER), My Dying Bride (UK), Necrophobic (SWE), News, Pan-Thy-Monium (SWE), Playlists, Reviews, Samael (SWTZ), Slaughter Records, Slayer Zine (NOR), Tiamat (SWE), Uncategorized, Zine Reviews | Leave a comment

Putrefaction #5 (Sweden) 1991

Putrefaction #5 (Sweden) 1991. Editor: “Tomas Nyqvist”

From T. Nyqvist, who also founded No Fashion Records and Iron Fist Productions. Excellent, notably there are no reviews (see editorial), however this issue is FULL of many groundbreaking acts in their prime. With interviews and more, including Agressor, At the Gates, Baphomet, Marduk, Bolt Thrower, Carbonized, Dark Tranquillity, Death Courier, Demigod, Dissection, Repugnance, Immortal, Impaler (UK), Infamy (FL), Infested Incarnation, Interment (FIN), Malaphar, Macabre End (God Macabre), Merciless, Misery (SWZ), Sadist, Sadus, Salem, Samael, Sentenced,  Shub-Niggurath, Therion, Atomic Aggressor, Unleashed, Traumatic, Torturer, Obscure, Osmose Productions, plus zine reviews. Like last week, apologies, I don’t have the original scanner’s info, but many thanks from us all for this offering. PDF is up in the D/L’s section.

February 15, 2016 | Categories: Agressor (FRA), At The Gates (SWE), Atomic Aggressor (CH), Baphomet (US), Bolt Thrower (UK), Carbonized (SWE), Dark Tranquility (SWE), Death Courier (GR), Demigod (FIN), Dissection (SWE), God Macabre (SWE), Immortal (NOR), Impaler (UK), Marduk (SWE), Merciless (SWE), Misery (SWZ), Morbid Angel (US), No Fashion Records (SWE), Obscure (SP), Osmose Productions (FR), Putrefaction (SWE), Repugnance (SWE), Sadist (IT), Sadus (US), Salem (ISR), Samael (SWTZ), Sentenced (FIN), Shub-Niggurath (MEX), Therion (SWE), Unleashed (SWE), Zine Reviews | 1 Comment

Drowned Magazine #2 (Spain) 1991

Drowned Magazine #2 (Spain) 1991. Editor: “Dave Rotten”

From Drowned Productions‘ own Dave Rotten, this zine is an incredible survey of the underground from late 1990 into 1991, with a lot of original photos, some from Dave himself (apparently from a trip to Sweden that included meeting up with Dissection and others). Very informative with scene reports from Italy and Finland, well-written reviews and interviews and features on many demo-era classics such as Disgrace, Damnatory, Disharmonic Orchestra, Pandemonium, Demigod, Dissection, Infernal Death, Excidium, False Prophet, Sentenced, Human Waste, Impaled Nazarene, Convulse, Sinister, Necrophobic, My Dying Bride, Purtenance, Severence, Vader, Old Funeral, Phlegethon, Putrid Offal, Disembowelment, Malevolent Creation, Sigh, Vital Remains, Suffocation, Tormentor, Unleashed, Vacant Grave, Gorefest and many more…(courtesy of the scanning work from Tezcat from the NWN! board – many thanks/gracias).

 

May 29, 2015 | Categories: Convulse (FIN), Damnatory (SWZ), Demigod (FIN), Demo Reviews, Disembowelment (AUS), Disgrace (FIN), Disharmonic Orchestra (AU), Dissection (SWE), Drowned Magazine (SP), Drowned Productions (SP), Excidium (IT), False Prophet (US), Finnish scene report, Gorefest (NL), Human Waste (SP), Impaled Nazarene (FIN), Italian Scene Report, Malevolent Creation (US), My Dying Bride (UK), Necrophobic (SWE), Old Funeral (NOR), Pandemonium (POL), Phlegethon (FIN), Playlists, Purtenance (FIN), Putrid Offal (FR), Repulse Records (SP), Reviews, Sentenced (FIN), Severence (US), Suffocation (US), Tormentor (NL), Uncategorized, Unleashed (SWE), Vacant Grave (US), Vader (POL) | Leave a comment

Pestilence Zine #2 (Chile) 1991

Pestilence Zine #2 (Chile) 1991. Editors: “Patrcio Illanes” and “Hector Guzman”

From Chile, this zine is half Spanish, half English…sticks to espanol for the Chilean interviews and reviews, and goes to English for the international…features a good amount of Morbid Angel content (including a tour flyer for the 1991 Blessed Are the Sick tour I have never seen…from Orlando) and a brief interview with Pete Sandoval, also a lot from the Chilean scene as well as short interviews/features on Astaroth (FL) Atomic Aggressor, Demigod, Disharmonic Orchestra, Rotting Christ, Lubricant, Malevolent Creation, Necrodead, Samael, Xenophobia and more…(thanks to Mario for the submission)

May 21, 2014 | Categories: Adverts, Astaroth (US), Chile Scene Report, Demigod (FIN), Disharmonic Orchestra (AU), Entombed (SWE), Lubricant (FIN), Malevolent Creation (US), Morbid Angel (US), Necrodead (CH), Pestilence Zine (CH), Reviews, Rotting Christ (GR), Samael (SWTZ), Unleashed (SWE) | 1 Comment

Isten #5 (Finland) 1990

Isten #5 (Finland) 1990. Editors: “Mikko Mattila” and “Luxi Lahtinen”

Fantastic, long-running zine from Finland (in English) that is one of the few to achieve truly ‘cult’ status – and on that note, they are apparently constructing a retrospective book (!) that is currently closing in on 800 pages. Stay tuned- (Their F-book page is here for updates). This is issue #5 from Mikko and Luxi, just an amazing example of DIY publishing from the golden era of death metal. Thanks to Vladimir P. for sending it over. This MASSIVE 93+ page issue features interviews and features with/on Acheron, Afflicted, Asphyx, Vacant Grave, Baphomet, Devastation, Darkthrone, deadhorse, Deceased, Disgrace, Disharmonic Orchestra, Entombed, Exit-13, Funebre, Gorefest, Impetigo, Invocator, Maple Cross, Metalion (Slayer Mag), Morgoth, Order From Chaos, Paradise Lost, Phantasm, Phlegethon, Seraphic Decay Records, Sigh, Therion, Vital Remains, Xysma, reviews and many more.

November 25, 2013 | Categories: Acheron (US), Afflicted (SWE), Asphyx (NL), Baphomet (US), Darkthrone (NOR), Dead Horse (US), Deceased (US), Demigod (FIN), Devastation (US), Disgrace (FIN), Disharmonic Orchestra (AU), Entombed (SWE), Exit 13 (US), Fanzines, Funebre (FIN), Gorefest (NL), Impetigo (US), Invocator (DK), Isten (FIN), Morgoth (GER), Order From Chaos (US), Paradise Lost (UK), Phantasm (US), Phlegethon (FIN), Playlists, Reviews, Seraphic Decay Records, Sigh (JPN), Slayer Zine (NOR), Therion (SWE), Uncategorized, Vacant Grave (US), Vital Remains (US), Xysma (FIN), Zine Reviews | Leave a comment

Esoteric Mag #3 (Poland) March, 1992

Esoteric Mag #3  (Poland) March, 1992. Editor: “Miroslawa Mackiewicz”

With features and interviews with Monstrosity, Astaroth, Unholy, Baphomet, Thergothon, Dead, Absu, Demigod, Morbid God, Immolation, Immortal Fate, Nightfall, God Dethroned, Gorefest, Misanthrope, Revenant, Vital Remains, Pyogenesis, and more.

August 4, 2012 | Categories: Absu (US), Astaroth (US), Baphomet (US), Dead (GER), Demigod (FIN), Esoteric Mag (POL), God Dethroned (NL), Gorefest (NL), Immolation (US), Immortal Fate (US), Misanthrope (FR), Monstrosity (US), Morbid God (POR), Nightfall (GR), Pyogenesis (GER), Revenant (US), Reviews, Thergothon (FIN), Unholy (FIN), Vital Remains (US) | Leave a comment

Disposable Underground #5 (VA, USA) 1992

Disposable Underground #5 (VA, USA) 1992, Editor: “Richard Johnson”

Zine #5 of DI, out of the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. TO RECAP: At the time Rich was in grind pathfinders ENEMY SOIL, prior to going on to playing in the likes of AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED and now DRUGS OF FAITH.  This long running zine, that can now be found online in downloadable format here.

This one has a particularly exceptional interview with Carcass‘ Bill Steer during their DC stop on the Necroticism tour (1992), and covers a lot of interesting points, both political and musical. Also are interviews and features with Finland’s Demigod, Napalm Death, Unleashed, Doomstone, Agnostic Front, Exempt and Obituary, as well as some cool live reviews and ads.

September 22, 2011 | Categories: Agnostic Front (US), Carcass (UK), Demigod (FIN), Disposable Underground (US), Doomstone (US), Exempt (SWE), Live Reviews, Metal Blade Records (US), Napalm Death (UK), News, Obituary (US), Unleashed (SWE) | Leave a comment

The Untouchables #3 (Finland) 1993 (Finnish)

The Untouchables #3 (Finland) 1993. Editor: “Timo Isoaho”

This zine was printed and stapled, somewhere between a digest size and a regular magazine-size, and covers a nice selection of both Finnish and international bands. A hard read for many, as it is written in Finnish, it is nevertheless a part of what was an explosive number of zines out of such a small country during the time. This one features interviews with the now cult-status likes of God Forsaken and Master’s Hammer, as well as Demigod, Dead Head, Drowned Productions, Gorefest, Lubricant, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Tarot, Sororicide, Wild Rags Records and for you “vanha koulu” Suomen readers out there, there are a number of cool live show reviews from across Finland from 1992…were you there? Also look for numerous cool adverts spread throughout…

September 18, 2011 | Categories: Dead Head (NL), Demigod (FIN), Drowned Productions (SP), Godforsaken (FIN), Gorefest (NL), Live Reviews, Lubricant (FIN), Master's Hammer (CZ), My Dying Bride (UK), Paradise Lost (UK), Sororicide (ICE), Spinefarm Records (FIN), Tarot (FIN), The Untouchables (FIN) In Finnish, The Wild Rag! (USA) | Leave a comment

Sinistrari Zine #1 (USA), 1992

Sinistrari Zine #1 (USA), 1993. Editor: ZAID

I picked this zine up somewhere around 1992/93, and it quickly became a favorite. Well written, in multiple languages (in some interviews), with well thought-out questions revealing an international vibe that reflected the multi-national unity of the nascent death/black underground. First issue, top notch-not sure if he put any more out. It’s from my home town area of Washington DC, although I can not remember how I got it. There was no editorial, but after some research, it seems it was published by Gelal of the band GRAND BELIAL’s KEY. Anyways, great interviews from a crucial period when there actually was a real ‘scene.’

April 27, 2011 | Categories: Anatomy (AUS), Bands, Barathrum (FIN), Belial (FIN), Blood Duster (AUS), Cabal (SWE), Cartilage (FIN), Convulse (FIN), Cryptic Tales (POL), Death Metal Zine Poland (interview), Deceased (US), Demigod (FIN), Desultory (SWE), Disaffected (POR), Emperor (NOR), Godforsaken (FIN), Human Remains (US), Hypocrite (SWE), Impaled Nazarene (FIN), Lobotomy (SWE), Lubricant (FIN), Morbius (US), Mordicus (FIN), My Dying Bride (UK), Necrophobic (SWE), Nocturnal Rites (SWE), Pan-Thy-Monium (SWE), Phantasm (US), Polish Scene Report, Samael (SWTZ), Sarcoma (US), Sentenced (FIN), Sigh (JPN), Sinistrari Magazine (US), Transgressor (JP), Unholy (FIN), Virginia Scene Report, Vital Remains (US) | Leave a comment