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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

Witchcraft #2 (Germany) 1993

Witchcraft #2 (Germany) 1993. Editors: “Stefan Löns”

This is the second issue of this German zine (in English) that focused more on the black/doom scene (but not exclusively). Interesting and early interviews/features with Beherit, Belial, Phlegethon, Damnatory, Deathlike Silence Productions, Emperor, Fester, Greek Scene Report, Marduk, Mortuary drape, Occult, Order From Chaos, Sadist, Thergothon, New World Symphony Records, and more. (Thanks Stefan).

The cover of the zine is Emperor, live in Liverpool, UK (1993).

November 21, 2013 | Categories: Adverts, Beherit (FIN), Belial (FIN), Damnatory (SWZ), Deathlike Silence Productions, Demo Reviews, Emperor (NOR), Greek Scene Report, Marduk (SWE), Mayhemic Death Dist., Mortuary Drape (IT), Mystifier (BZL), New World Symphony Records, News, Occult (NL), Order From Chaos (US), Osmose Productions (FR), Phlegethon (FIN), Pleurisy (NL), Reviews, Sadist (IT), Thergothon (FIN), Witchcraft (GER), Zine Reviews | 2 Comments

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

Holocaust #5 (Poland) 1991

Holocaust #5 (Poland) 1991. Editor: “Tomasz Krajewski”

Classic  zine from eventual Pagan Records (Poland) founder Tomasz Krajewski. Features an interesting editorial on the prevalence of trendy death metal people inhabiting the scene at the time, as well as an article on the occult called “The Voice of the Dark” by a fellow from Mexico named Alberto Vorkt Jimenez. The cover and back cover establish a brilliant, minimalistic touch, setting a great mood as you move through the text within. Has interviews and features with Afflicted, Possessed, Benediction, Imperator, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Revenant, Samael, Sindrome, Unleashed, Thanatos, and many more.

May 31, 2012 | Categories: Afflicted (SWE), Amorphis (FIN), Anathema (UK), Atrocity (GER), Benediction (UK), Cannibal Corpse (US), Dark Tranquility (SWE), Demo Reviews, Desultory (SWE), Funeral Nation (US), Goreaphobia (US), Gorefest (NL), Holocaust (POL), Human Remains (US), Imperator (POL), Morbid Angel (US), My Dying Bride (UK), Napalm Death (UK), Necrotomy (AUS), Pan-Thy-Monium (SWE), Possessed (US), Purtenance (FIN), R.U. Dead? (GER), Revenant (US), Reviews, Sentenced (FIN), Sindrome (US), Thanatos (NL), Thergothon (FIN), Torchure (GER), Transgressor (JP), Unleashed (SWE) | 3 Comments

Infernal Zine #2 (Rovaniemi, FINLAND) 1992 (In Finnish)

 Infernal Zine #2 (Rovaniemi, FINLAND) 1992. Editors: Esa Juujarvi and Matti Selin

Here are some excerpts from this fantastic stapled and printed zine from the northern Finnish town of Rovaniemi (better known as the folkloric home of Santa Claus to some). The zine is all in Finnish, so the few Finns that do stop by here will get more out of it than most. It features pretty much ONLY Finnish bands from the time, and was packed out with locals that never made it, but also more popular notables like Sentenced, Vomiturition (now known as Rotten Sound), cult heroes Adramelech and Depravity (whose members went on to be in Sonata Arctica and Korpiklaani), and also Thergothon, Mordicus, God Forsaken, and hometown black metal dudes Black Crucifixion, among others.

November 10, 2011 | Categories: Adramelech (FIN), Belial (FIN), Black Crucifixion (FIN), Depravity (FIN), Godforsaken (FIN), Infernal Zine (FIN) (In Finnish), Lubricant (FIN), Osmose Productions (FR), Sentenced (FIN), The Wild Rag! (USA), Thergothon (FIN), Unburied (FIN), Vomiturition (FIN) | 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