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Noise #1
(Belgium) 2000

by Jason Netherton on July 12, 2020

Noise #1 (Belgium) Spring 2000. Editors: Jeroen & Peter Turn of the millennium offering with unique design and a focus on the more avant-garde of late-90s metal. With Anathema, Dodheimsgard, Fleurety, Limbonic Art, Furze, Behemoth, Melechesh, Madder Mortem, Solfald, Opeth, My Dying Bride, Primordial, Potentium, Puissance, Satryricon, Sear Bliss and artist Viktor Witkowski. PDF in […]

Deprived #2
(Ireland) 1994

by Jason Netherton on April 21, 2019

Deprived #2 (Ireland) 1994. Editors: “Antoinette Flynn” and “Brian Taube” Irish zine focusing on early 90’s atmospheric, doom, avante-garde and related subgenres. Features Afterlife, Anathema, Catacomb, Anthropomancy, Cenotaph (Italy), Corpsecandle, Cradle of Filth, Cruachan, Crypt of Kerberos, Disabled, Exomortis, Endermic, Hinfamy, Morstice, My Dying Bride, Fifth Dominion, Oxyrius, Solemn Assmbly, Primordial, Salem Justice, Sad […]

Baphomet Zine Compilation 1987-1995 Vol. #1 and #2
(Italy)

by Jason Netherton on December 16, 2017

Baphomet Zine Compilations (1987-1995) #1 and #2 (Italy) (eds: Enrico, Sarmax, Paulo and Claudio) Italiano (early) & English (later). Long-running Italian zine brought together over 2 digital volumes. Includes a WIDE variety of metal, extreme metal + punk and hardcore and other genres (as their tastes varied and expanded over the years) + plus some […]

Sombre Eve #1
(Australia) 1992

by Jason Netherton on November 28, 2015

Sombre Eve #1 (Australia) 1992. Editors: “Shane” and “Tracey” From down under, a crude DIY-hitter with a good mix of underground icons, death, black and cult doom, a Netherlands scene report (VERY brief, by Hans from The Gathering), reviews, a “what is doom?” survey, plus interviews and features/bio with Aetiology, Anathema, Beelzebub (NOR), Blasphemy, Decomposed, Entombed, […]

Wounded #4
(Lithuania) 1993

by Jason Netherton on June 2, 2014

Wounded #4 (Lithuania) 1993. Editor: “Minda “Plix” Lapinskas” Lithuanian zine featuring a nice selection of early 90s-second generation underground favs, plenty of reviews (and even some early Mark Riddick work!) interviews and/or features with Anathema, Candiru, Devour, Edge of Sanity, Ghostorm, Gommorah, Impaled Nazarene, Meat Shits, Misanthrope, Mortem, Shiver Records – who ripped me off […]

Vital Wound #3
(Lithuania) 1993

by Jason Netherton on March 25, 2014

Vital Wound #3 (Lithuania) 1993. Editor: “Mindaugas Lapinskas” Third issue – features and interviews with Azhubham Haani, Benediction, Blood Duster, Bolt Thrower, Cannibal Corpse, Conscious Rot, Dark Opera, Entombed, Exterminance, Fleshcrawl, Funcunt, Gore Movie reviews, Maltese scene report, My Dying Bride, At the Gates, Pentacrostic, Pestilence, Polish scene report, Putrid Offal, Rest in Peace and […]

Vital Wound #2
(Lithuania) 1992

by Jason Netherton on March 18, 2014

Vital Wound #2 (Lithuania) 1992. Editors: “Sarunas Sabaitis” and “Mindaugas Lapinskas” Interviews and features with Altar (SWE), Anathema, Ancient Rites, At the Gates, Balance of Terror Zine, Devastation, Edge of Sanity, Norwegian and Polish scene reports, Impetigo, Meat Shits, Nuclear Death, Rot, Seance, Thanatos, Fear Factory, Extreme Smoke and much more…

Grinder #1
(Chile) Noviembre 1993
(Español)

by Jason Netherton on March 3, 2013

Grinder #1 (Chile) Noviembre 1993 (Español). Editor: Andrés Padilla Exciting news from Chile these days. Andrés Padilla, who used to do Violence Zine (Chile) in the late 80’s, and currently editing the long-running Grinder magazine, recently published the book Retrospectiva al Metal Chileno (1983-1993), with a limited edition 12″ LP compilation released by IronBonehead Productions (Ger) that includes […]

Grind Zone #1
(Italy/Spain) ? 1994
(Español)

by Jason Netherton on January 2, 2013

Grind Zone #1 (Italy/Spain) ? 1994. Director: “Claudio Cubito” (En Español) A somewhat mainstream Italian publication, translated into Spanish for Spain (and published by a German conglomerate!), yet containing many cult underground acts in their prime. This goes to show just how far the ‘underground’ was from being really underground by 1994 – only to […]

Holocaust #5
(Poland) 1991

by Jason Netherton on May 31, 2012

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 […]

Carrion Zine #3
(Finland) 1993

by Jason Netherton on January 11, 2012

Carrion Zine #3 (Finland) 1993, Editors: “Antti Luukkanen” and “Santtu Reinikainen” It might appear that there is an inordinate amount of zines from Finland on this site, and your perceptions are correct. I did a lot of trading with Finnish folks back in the day because well, there was a lot of cool and original music coming […]

Clandestine Zine #1
(Santiago, Chile) 1994
(Español)

by Jason Netherton on August 29, 2011

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 […]