Sinistrari Zine #1 (USA), 1993. Editor: ZAID
I picked this zine up somewhere around 1992/93, and it quickly became a favorite. Well written, in multiple languages (in some interviews), with well thought-out questions revealing an international vibe that reflected the multi-national unity of the nascent death/black underground. First issue, top notch-not sure if he put any more out. It’s from my home town area of Washington DC, although I can not remember how I got it. There was no editorial, but after some research, it seems it was published by Gelal of the band GRAND BELIAL’s KEY. Anyways, great interviews from a crucial period when there actually was a real ‘scene.’
Cover
Anatomy – Blood Duster
Belial-Demigod
Death Metal Zine Poland
Demigod – God Forsaken
Desultory – Necrophobic
Disaffected – Cryptic Tales – Pan Thy Monium
Emperor
Human Remains – Phantasm
Impaled Nazarene
Lobotomy – Disaffected
Lubricant – Mordicus
Maryland, DC , Virginia scene report
Morbius
My Dying Bride
Necrophobic – Cabal
Nocturnal Rites – Hypocrite
Phantasm – Possessed
Poland Scene Report
Rotting Christ
Samael
Sarcoma
Sentenced – Barathrum – Belial
Sentenced
Sigh – Cartilage
Sigh
Transgressor
Unholy – Convulse
Vital Remains