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Holocaust #6 (Poland) 1993

Holocaust #6 (Poland) 1993. Ed: “Tomasz Krajewski”

Massive issue of this classic Polish zine, with timely interviews, features and reviews on a number of extreme metal bands from the second wave of the golden era circa 92-93. Including Asphyx, Bolt Thrower, Armoured Angel, Crucifier, Disharmonic Orchestra, Dismember, Embrionic Death, Eternal, Immolation, Impaled Nazarene, Macabre, Imprecation, Cartilage, Macabre, Malevolent Creation, Morgoth, Monstrosity, Mortified, My Dying Bride, Necromantia, Rotting Christ, Oppressor, Order From Chaos, Sentenced, Nocturnal Rites, Deranged, Church of Misery, Morgion and Schizo, as well as news, reviews, essays and scene reports from Poland, Ireland and Portugal. Thanks to P.W. for the contribution.

 

May 13, 2018 | Categories: Armoured Angel (AUS), Asphyx (NL), Astaroth (US), Bolt Thrower (UK), Cartilage (FIN), Chris Moyen, Church of Misery (JP), Crucifier (US), Crucifix (US), Demo Reviews, Deranged (SWE), Disharmonic Orchestra (AU), Dismember (SWE), Embrionic Death (US), Eternal (UK), Holocaust (POL), Immolation (US), Impaled Nazarene (FIN), Imprecation (US), Ireland Scene Report, Macabre (US), Malevolent Creation (US), Monstrosity (US), Morgoth (GER), Mortified (UK), Mutilated (FRA), My Dying Bride (UK), Necromantia (GR), Nocturnal Rites (SWE), Oppressor (US), Order From Chaos (US), Polish Scene Report, Portugal Scene Report, Reviews, Rotting Christ (GR), Satanism - Occult, Schizo (IT), Sentenced (FIN), Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Cuero Negro #7 (Peru) Abril,1990

Cuero Negro #7 (Peru) Abril, 1990. Ed. “Giuseppe (Pino) Risica Carella” (en Español)

Features, reviews and interviews from a diversity of extreme genres [en Español] Necro Vomit, 2112, Alvacast, Anestesia, Arkanhell, Atomic Aggressor, Atrofia Cerebral, Morbid Noise, Dharma, Spanish scene report, Eutanasia, Immolation, Macbeth, Insaner, Necromancy, Macabre, Obliveon, Ocho Bolos, Paradise Lost, Leprocy, Proscription, Samael, Scarnio, Morbidus, Sepulcro, Sindrome, Stigmatizer, Straight Edge bands, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Birth Defects, Vengeance and more…

 

April 4, 2018 | Categories: Alvacast (URU), Atomic Aggressor (CH), Cuero Negro (PERU) en Español, Immolation (US), Macabre (US), Necromancy (GR), Obliveon (CAN), Paradise Lost (UK), Peru Scene Report, Reviews, Samael (SWTZ), Sindrome (US), Spain scene report, Straight Edge, Uncategorized, Vengeance (Rising) (US), Yngwie Malmsteen (SWE), Zine Reviews | Leave a comment

No Trend Press #2 (Germany) 1987 (auf Deutsch)

No Trend Press #2 (Germany) 1987. Editors: “Boris Kadlicek” and “Servais Grivel” (auf Deutsch)

Crossover zine from ’87 with a good mix of thrash/core, hardcore and early death metal. In German (for those who can read it), features and interviews with Lärm, Annihilator, Cremains, Impetigo, Bad Attitude, Carcass, Autopsy, Chemical Waste, Realm, Atrophy, Desperate Minds, Messiah Death, Genoa, Kazjurol, Terminal Confusion, Lawnmower Death, Hellchild, Dead Conspiracy, Raging Fury, Macabre, Anacrusis,  Obliveon, Nox Mortis, Ice Age, Righteous Pigs, Savage Thrust, Despair, Sheer Terror, Shellshock, Malicious Grind, Sindrome, Wild Rags Records, and there is also an interesting anti-Carnivore rant, claiming they are nazis/fascists…I guess  Mr. Steele’s humour was lost in translation. Thanks to BERND B. for the contribution!

 

 

 

December 23, 2014 | Categories: Adverts, Anacrusis (US), Annihilator (CAN), Atrophy (US), Autopsy (US), Burnt Offering (US-IL), Carcass (UK), Carnivore (US), Cremains (CAN), Dead Conspiracy (US), Hellchild (JPN), Impetigo (US), Lawnmower Deth (UK), Lord Crucifier (IT/UK), Macabre (US), Messiah Death (JPN), No Trends Press (GER) (deutsch), Obliveon (CAN), Raging Fury (JPN), Realm (US), Righteous Pigs (US), Savage Thrust (US), Sindrome (US), The Accused (US), The Wild Rag! (USA), Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Message From the Gutter #1 (Germany) Oktober, 1987 (Auf Deutsch)

Message From the Gutter #1 (Germany) Oktober, 1987. Editors: “Markus Staiger” and “Martin Purr” (Auf Deutsch)

Message From the Gutter – the zine from Nuclear Blast Records’ head guy Markus Staiger from 1987 (along with Martin Purr of Cyclone Empire Records). This issue represented very much the punk/hardcore/grind roots of the label, features (for those who can read German) a very cool travel diary from July ’87 to NYC and elsewhere, also interviews with Attitude Adjustment, Cancerous Growth, Impulse Manslaughter, Extreme Noise Terror, Marginal Man, No Fraud, Septic Death, Slaughter, SOD – Sound of Disaster (SWE) , and more. *(Thanks to Bernd B. for the contribution!).

February 16, 2013 | Categories: Adverts, Attitude Adjustment (US), Cancerous Growth (US), Demo Reviews, Extreme Noise Terror (UK), Fanzines, Impulse Manslaughter (US), Macabre (US), Marginal Man (US), Message From the Gutter (GER- Auf Deutsch), News, No Fraud (US), Nuclear Blast Records (GER), Playlists, Pushead, Reviews, Septic Death (US), Slaughter (CAN), SOD - Sound of Disaster (SWE) | 3 Comments

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

Uni-Force #7 (USA) 1990

Uni-Force #7 (USA) 1990. Editor: “Mark Sawickis”

This zine was put out by Impetigo guitarist Mark Sawickis, and although the print is small, there are some cool interviews with demo-era Grave, and a nice one with Carcass right around the time “Symphonies…” dropped. Also, there is a cool photo gallery featuring original live shots of Death, Autopsy and others and features/interviews with Blasphemy, Blood, Dead Horse, Deceased, Disharmonic Orchestra, Doom, Exmortis, Hellbastard, Macabre, Necrophile, Master, Pungent Stench, Tiamat and Xysma…

March 16, 2011 | Categories: Autopsy (US), Blasphemy (CAN), Blood (GER), Carcass (UK), Dead Horse (US), Death (US), Deceased (US), Disharmonic Orchestra (AU), Doom (UK), Exmortis (US), Grave (SWE), Hellbastard (UK), Impetigo (US), Macabre (US), Master (US), Necrophile (JP), Pungent Stench (AU), The Wild Rag! (USA), Tiamat (SWE), Uni-Force Zine (US), Xysma (FIN) | 2 Comments