Level Six #1 (USA) 1987 Ed. “Bill Parker”
Absolute killer zine from Arizona; great bands and a great year for underground metal and crossover. This is the debut issue w/ interviews, features, ads, art and photos of Abnormal Growth, Atrox, New Renaissance Records, Blood Feast, Capital Scum, Casbah, Dirge, Doomwatch, DBC, Death Warrant, Evil Dead, Forefront Records, Have Mercy, Genocide, Hirax, Inner Strength, Insanity, Minotaur, Necropolis, No Fraud, Phantasm, Bathory, Wehrmacht, Possessed, Impetigo, Revelation, Indestroy, Dream Death, Nuclear Assault, Sadus, Sick of It All, The Accused, Tyrranicide, Vacant Grave, Wreckage, reviews, news and more. Thanks to Bill Parker for the submission.
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Cover
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Editor’s Page
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Playlist – Thanks
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Editor page and playlist
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News
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Back Cover – New Renaissance Records
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Abnormal Growth 1
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Abnormal Growth 2
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Atrox
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Blood Feast
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Capital Scum 1
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Capital Scum 2
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Casbah 1
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Casbah 2
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Dirge
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Doomwatch – D.B.C – Death Warrent
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Evil Dead 1
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Evil Dead 2
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Forefront records
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Genocide
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Have Mercy 1
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Have Mercy 2
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Hirax
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Inner Strength 1
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Inner Strength 2
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Insanity
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Insurrection – Doomwatch – VTH
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Minotaur
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Necropolis
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No Fraud
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Phantasm 1
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Phantasm 2 – New Renaissance Records – Bathory
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Phantasm 3
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Phantasm 4
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Phantasm 5 – Wehrmacht
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Revelation 1 – Possessed
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Revelation 2 – Indestroy
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Reviews 1 – Nuclear Assault
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Reviews 2
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Reviews 3 – Dream Death
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Reviews 4
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Reviews 5
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Reviews 6
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Sacred Reich – Nuclear Assault – DRI – Casbah
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Sadus
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Sick of it All
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The Accused 1
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The Accused 2
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The Accused 3
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The Accused 4
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Possessed – The Accused – Impetigo
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Tyrranicide
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Vacant Grave
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Wreckage
January 22, 2018 | Categories: Bathory (SWE), Blood Feast (US), D.B.C. (CAN), Doomwatch (US), Dream Death (US), Evil Dead (US), Have Mercy (US), Hirax (US), Impetigo (US), Indestroy (US), Insanity (US), Level Six (US), New Renaissance Records (US), News, Nuclear Assault (US), Possessed (US), Revelation (US), Reviews, Sadus (US), Sick of It All (US), The Accused (US), Uncategorized, Vacant Grave (US) | Leave a comment
Rock Hard #8 (NY, USA) 1986. Editor: “Keith Miller”
Rock Hard (not the most original name through the years, by any means) was a US fanzine based out of upstate NY that covered mostly heavy metal, but you could see the heavier stuff creeping in by 85-86, and the extensive record reviews are cool to check out for a nice run-down of all the pivotal albums that were dropping at this time…a very transitional period indeed. Also interesting to see eventual Roadracer/Roadrunner A/R guy Monte Connor in his college radio days here, with the Baruch College playlist featured. Interviews and features with the likes of Wehrmacht, Executioner, Holy Moses, Queensryche, Fastway, Bitch, New Renaissance Records, Savage Death (pre-Nokturnel), Metal Blade Records, Savage Thrust, Siren, Burning Starr, Blacklace and more.
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Cover
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Editorial
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News
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News – New Renaissance Records – Metal Blade Records
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Baruch College Radio Playlist
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Bitch 1 – News
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Bitch 2 – Fastway 1
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Fastway 2 – Blacklace 1
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Blacklace 2
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Executioner – Holy Moses
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Natas – Diamond
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Nebula
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Overkill 2 – Savage Death
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Queensryche 1
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Queensryche 2 – Burning Starr 1
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Burning Starr 2 – Siren
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Reviews 1
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Reviews 2
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Reviews 3
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Reviews 4
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Reviews 5
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Reviews 6
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Reviews 7
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Reviews 8
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Reviews 9
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Reviews 10
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Reviews 11
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Reviews 12
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Reviews 13
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Reviews 14
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Reviews 15
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Reviews 16
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Reviews 17
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Reviews 18
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Reviews 19
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Reviews 20
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Savage Thrust 1
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Savage Thrust 2 – Fatal Violence – Overkill (GER) 1 – Overkill 1
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Savage Thrust 3
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Wehrmacht
October 11, 2013 | Categories: Bitch (US), Blacklace (US), Burning Starr (US), Executioner (US), Holy Moses (GER), Metal Blade Records (US), New Renaissance Records (US), Nokturnel (US), Playlists, Queensryche (US), Reviews, Rock Hard Zine (US), Siren (US), Wehrmacht (US) | Leave a comment
Metal Forces #27 (UK) 1988. Editor: “Bernard Doe”
Okay, so Metal Forces was certainly not a fanzine, yet it still deserves archival status. The importance of the magazine for the development of the global underground and all ‘extreme’ genres can not be understated – they covered many notable bands before any other press did, and were a reliable go-to source for news in the pre-internet era. With that said, I will be featuring scans of Metal Forces semi-regularly alongside the DIY zines. This issue features a cover story on Australia’s Mortal Sin, interviews with Agnostic Front, Blind Illusion (pre-Primus), a young Testament, Destruction, and Venom. Tons of cool label ads (like the back cover for Manic Ears Records – check out their story here), and a year-end poll to give you an idea of where things were headed at the end of 1987. Finally, there is an interesting interview with Martin Ain of Celtic Frost, that discusses among other things touring, the then just-released “Into the Pandemonium,” and Tom Warrior’s ongoing feud with a Metal Force’s writer.
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Cover
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Inside cover – News
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News
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Back- Manic Ears Records
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Agnostic Front
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Best of 1987 – Deathwish
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Blind Illusion 1
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Blind Ilusion 2
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Blood Feast 1
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Blood Feast 2
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Celtic Frost 1
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Celtic Frost 2 – New Renaissance Records Ad
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Destruction 1
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Destruction 2
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Earache Ad
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Executioner
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Mortal Sin 1
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Mortal Sin 2
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Noise Records Ad
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Readers Poll 1987
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Roadrunner Ad
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Testament 1
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Testament 2 – Reader’s Album Charts
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Under One Flag Ad
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Venom
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Writer’s Best of 1987
September 12, 2011 | Categories: Adverts, Agnostic Front (US), Blind Illusion (US), Blood Feast (US), Celtic Frost (SWZ), Deathwish (UK), Destruction (GER), Earache Records (UK), Executioner (US), Manic Ears Records (UK), Metal Forces (UK), Mortal Sin (AUS), New Renaissance Records (US), Noise Records (GER), Readers Poll, Roadrunner Records (US), Testament (US), Under One Flag (GER), Venom (UK) | Leave a comment
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