Metal History Through Fanzines

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Battlefield #7 (GER) 1987 (auf Deutsch)

Battlefield #7 (GER) 1987. Editor: “Armin Nolzen” and “Bernd Backhaus” (auf Deutsch)

Leaning even more towards hardcore and grind, but still with plenty of metal….with interviews, live reviews and features on Atavistic, Chronic Fear, Extreme Noise Terror, Corrupted Morals, CPD, Cyclone, Death of God, Darkness, Living Death, Destruction, Heresy, Heibel, Guillotine, Napalm Death, Overkill, Helloween, Thanatos, The Accused, Prong, Soothsayer, LSN, tons of record reviews and more. Thank Bernd B(!).

 

May 16, 2016 | Categories: Battlefield (GER), Extreme Noise Terror (UK), Helloween (GER), Heresy (UK), Living Death (GER), Napalm Death (UK), Overkill (US), Pestilence (NL), Prong (US), Reviews, Sadus (US), Soothsayer (CAN), Thanatos (NL), The Accused (US), Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Blackthorn #5 (Denmark) 1987

Blackthorn #5 (Denmark) 1987. Editors: “Henrik Kjaer” and “Esben Slot Sørensen”

This Danish zine was quite popular back then (3000 copies pressed) and you can see why: Interviews and tons of write-ups from perhaps the most compelling year of both death and thrash metal = 1987. With Infernal Majesty, Deathrash, Hallows Eve, Sadus, Possessed, Voivod, Morbid Angel, Legacy (Testament), Soothsayer, Mefisto, Aggressor, Heathen, Criminal Christ (Messiah Death), Nuclear Death, Doomwatch, Rotting Corpse, and much more… [Thanks to Tawfik from Zombi Danz for the contribution]

 

November 20, 2014 | Categories: Adverts, Agony (SWE), Blackthorn Zine (DEN), Criminal Christ (JPN), Danish Scene Report, Deathrash (US), Hallows Eve (US), Heathen (US), Hellion (US), Infernal Majesty (CAN), Legacy (US), Mefisto (SWE), Morbid Angel (US), News, Nuclear Death (US), Possessed (US), Reviews, Rotting Corpse (US), Sadus (US), Soothsayer (CAN), Testament (US), US Metal Records, Voivod (CAN) | Leave a comment

Slayer #5 (Norway) 1987

Slayer #5 (Norway). 1987. Editor: “Metalion”

Fifth issue from long running, legendary Norwegian zine/”mag”…as only Metalion could deliver. Timely and historic features/reviews and interviews with Annihilator, Bathory, Black Uniforms, Mutilator, Aggression, Incubus, Kreator, Massacre, Mayhem, Mefisto, Messiah, Morbid Angel, Mutilator, Napalm Death, Nuclear Death, Obscurity, Poison (GER), Sabbat (YES!), Sadist, Sadus, Satan’s Holocaust, Schizo, Aggressor, Sepultura, Slaughter Lord, Slayer, Sodom, Soothsayer, Tribulation, Vulcano, Wehrmacht, and more…(thanks S.L.!)  ALSO SLAYER #5 and #7 ARE BOTH UP IN THE PDF DOWNLOADS SECTION NOW.

October 1, 2014 | Categories: Aggression (CAN), Annihilator (CAN), Demo Reviews, Incubus (US), Kreator (GER), Massacre (US), Mayhem (NOR), Mefisto (SWE), Messiah (SWZ), Morbid Angel (US), Mutilator (BRZ), Napalm Death (UK), Nuclear Death (US), Obscurity (SWE), Poison (GER), Reviews, Sabbat (UK), Sadus (US), Satan's Holocaust (GER), Schizo (IT), Sepultura (BZL), Slaughter Lord (AUS), Slayer (US), Slayer Zine (NOR), Sodom (GER), Soothsayer (CAN), Tribulation (SWE), Uncategorized, Vulcano (BRZ), Wehrmacht (US), Zine Reviews | 2 Comments

Noise Metal #8 (Belgium/Francais) 1987

Noise Metal #8 (Belgium/Francais) 1987. Editors: “Michel Kirby, Eddy Van Oosthuyze, Eddy Vandervelde, Dirk Robyn, and Marc Van Yseren” 

Belgian zine in French, includes interviews and/or features with Adrenalin OD, Casbah, D.R.I., Sabbat (JPN), Phantasm (CA), Soothsayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, Vacant Grave, Vulcano, Rancid Decay, a Mayhem advert on the back cover and more…Thanks to Bernd B. for the contribution. PDF up in the downloads section.

September 6, 2014 | Categories: Casbah (JPN), D.R.I. (US), Mayhem (NOR), Noise Metal (BEL), Phantasm (US-CALI), Reviews, Sabbat (JPN), Soothsayer (CAN), Suicidal Tendencies (US), Testament (US), Vacant Grave (US), Vulcano (BRZ), Zine Reviews | Leave a comment

D.O.D./Decibel of Death #9 (France) 1987

D.O.D./Decibel of Death #9 (France) 1987. Editor: “Laurent Ramadier/Ramses”

French zine written in English, with cool demo/album reviews (check out his reaction to the Terrorizer demo), interviews with Cremains, Voivod, Soothsayer, Armoros (Jed Simon), Hellbastard, Death Angel, Fratricide, Deathrow, Infernal Majesty, Massacre (Chile), Outburst (France), an early one with Pestilence, Rancid Decay, and more. Thanks Bernd B. for the contribution.

 

September 6, 2014 | Categories: Armoros (CAN), Cremains (CAN), Death Angel (US), Deathrow (GER), Decibel of Death (FRA), Demo Reviews, Hellbastard (UK), Infernal Majesty (CAN), Massacre (CHI), Pestilence (NL), Reviews, Soothsayer (CAN), The Wild Rag! (USA), Uncategorized, Voivod (CAN) | 1 Comment

Impulso Repulsivo #1 (Chile) 1989 (Español)

Impulso Repulsivo #1 (Chile) 1989 (Español). Editors: “Andrés Padilla” and “Cristian Gonzalez”

Another zine from the vibrant Chilean scene of the late 1980’s, also another one that Andrés Padilla had a hand in (presently of Grinder Magazine and the Underground Never Dies! book). Packed with interviews and reviews, a good cross-section of the scene at the time, in Spanish, but the layout is classic as well (even if you can not read the text). Features Acid Reign, Apparition, Atheist, Bloodfeast, Cynic, Deceased, Grave, Immolation, Revenant, Merciless, Nihilist, Morbid, Revelation, Sadus, Sepultura, Skeletal Earth, Soothsayer, Verbal Assault, and many more.

April 14, 2013 | Categories: Acid Reign (UK), Apparition (US), Atheist (US), Atomic Aggressor (CH), Autopsy (US), Blood Feast (US), Cynic (US), Deceased (US), Grave (SWE), Immolation (US), Impulso Repulsivo (CH) Español, Mega Mosh (GER), Merciless (SWE), Nihilist (SWE), Num Skull (US), Order From Chaos (US), Revelation (US), Revenant (US), Reviews, Rumble Militia (GER), Sadus (US), Sepultura (BZL), Skeletal Earth (US), Soothsayer (CAN), Uncategorized, Verbal Assault (US) | 1 Comment