Metal History Through Fanzines

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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

Anatomia#1 (Scotland) Oct. 1993

Anatomia#1 (Scotland) Oct. 1993. Editor: “Bill”

Well-designed zine out of Scotland from the early 90’s featuring a very diverse lineup of interviews, cool reviews, Norwegian scene report and more, featuring Crucifier, Edge of Sanity, Embalmed, Furbowl, Sentenced, Gorefest, Imprecation, Malediction, Depravity, Nocturnal Rites, Vital Remains, House of Usher, Thus Defiled, Vomitory etc.

November 4, 2012 | Categories: Anatomia (UK), Crucifier (US), Demo Reviews, Depravity (FIN), Edge of Sanity (SWE), Embalmed (US), Furbowl (SWE), Gorefest (NL), House of Usher (SWE), Human Waste (SP), Imprecation (US), Malediction (UK), Monolith (UK), Naked Whipper (GER), Necromass (IT), News, Nocturnal Rites (SWE), Norway Scene Report, Pestigore (FIN), Playlists, Reviews, Sentenced (FIN), Suffer (SWE), Thus Defiled (UK), Visceral Evisceration (AUS), Vital Remains (US), Vomitory (SWE), Xaztur (UK), Zine Reviews | Leave a comment

Exhume Zine #4 (Tennessee, USA) July 1993

Exhume Zine #4 (Tennessee, USA) July 1993. Editor: James Kelly Enochs III.

This was the fourth and final issue of Exhume (issue #3 was put up a while ago), and like the previous, it was stapled on thick, copied paper. This makes for some hard eye-squint reading in places, but nothing that zooming in can not fix. The editorial reflects the interesting time that was 1993 in the underground, as ‘first wave’ death metal bands were either breaking up, getting weird/stagnating/soft, or signing to major labels. Some bands you may know like Samael, who are still going today, and others like Afflicted and Seance were very cool bands that broke up shortly thereafter. Also check  scene reports from Lithuania and New Zealand, as well as an interview with Metalion of the Slayer Zine from Norway.

November 6, 2011 | Categories: Absu (US), Acheron (US), Adverts, Afflicted (SWE), Ancient Rites (BEL), Blood (GER), Denial of God (DEN), Eve of Mourning (US), Excidium (IT), Excruciating Terror (US), Exhume Zine (US), Furbowl (SWE), Grand Belial's Key (US), Head Not Found Productions (NOR), Lithuania Scene Report, Necrony (SWE), Necrosanct (UK), New Zealand Scene Report, Reviews, Samael (SWTZ), Seance (SWE), Slayer Zine (NOR), Symphony of Grief (US), Varathron (GR) | Leave a comment

Slayer Zine #9 (Norway) 1991

Slayer Zine #9 (Norway), 1991. Editor: Metalion (highlights)

This is the second copy of several Slayer zines I have laying around (thanks to Grindfather Richard Johnson). From 1991, #9 is dedicated to the then recently deceased ‘Dead‘ of Mayhem (he is on the cover from 1987, with Morbid), and it features an obituary/rant of sorts in the back pages, where “The Duke…” indicts the ‘trendy death metal bands’ that were flooding the underground then,  championing instead the originality of the bands coming out of Norway at the time (all the forefathers of the black metal scene). Great interviews throughout, including early ones with The Gathering, Cathedral, and My Dying Bride.

As a reminder the “Slayer Mag Diaries” due out in June from Bazillion Points. 

May 11, 2011 | Categories: 7 inch Reviews, Abruptum (SWE), Beherit (FIN), Bestial Summoning (NL), Carcass (UK), Cathedral (UK), Furbowl (SWE), Head Not Found Productions (NOR), Immortal (NOR), Impaled Nazarene (FIN), Mayhem (NOR), Morbid (SWE), My Dying Bride (UK), Mythic (US), Nuclear Blast Records (GER), Prime Evil (US), Rotting Christ (GR), Samael (SWTZ), Slayer Zine (NOR), The Gathering (NL), Tormentor (HU) | 2 Comments