Satanic Death #3 (Japan) July, 1988. Editor: “Satsuki Takashima” Cult Japanese zine from ’88 that has been floating around online, so thanks to the original scanner for sharing. W/reviews, live report, playlists and a cool Brazil scene report, adz from Cogumelo and Wild Rags records, plus features and/or interviews with Old Lady Drivers, Atheist, Autopsy, […]
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No Trend Press #2
(Germany) 1987
(Deutsch)No Trend Press #2 (Germany) 1987. Editors: “Boris Kadlicek” and “Servais Grivel” (auf Deutsch) Crossover zine from ’87 with a good mix of thrash/core, hardcore and early death metal. In German (for those who can read it), features and interviews with Lärm, Annihilator, Cremains, Impetigo, Bad Attitude, Carcass, Autopsy, Chemical Waste, Realm, Atrophy, Desperate Minds, […]
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Grave Disgrace #2
(Russia) 1993
(Russian)Grave Disgrace #2 (Russia) 1993. Editors: “Gladchenko Arkadiy” (in Russian) Finally, a Russian zine! This one is packed – 84 pages – with long features on labels like Foundation 2000 (NL), Peaceville Records, and Wild Rags (California), as well as extensive scene reports and info on Russian bands from the time…all for those who can read […]
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Disposable Underground #3
(VA, USA) 1991Disposable Underground #3 (VA, USA) 1991, Editor: “Richard Johnson” Issue #2 of DI, out of the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. Again, Rich was in early grind outfit Enemy Soil, prior to going on to playing in the likes of Agoraphobic Nosebleed and now Drugs of Faith. This long running zine can now be found online […]
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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 […]
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Pit Magazine #8
(Colorado, USA) 1992Pit Magazine #8 (Colorado, USA) 1992, Editor: “Wendy Perelstein” A massive update here….Pit Magazine was published by Mosh Pit Records, a metal record store out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, that is sadly missed. Their magazine started in the late 80s and ran into the 90s with ambitions of being a national magazine of sorts, and they […]
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Deathvomit Zine #1
(USA) 1989Deathvomit Zine #1 (US) 1989. Editor: “Jeff McClelland” I put up the second issue of this DC-area zine a few months ago, now here is the first one…features entertaining interviews with Deceased, Autopsy, and early Grave, a pre-Sorrow interview with Apparition, early Norwegian DEATH metal with Hellhammer’s (and other Arcturus members) early band Mortem. Also, stuff […]
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Slayer Zine #7
(Norway) 1989Slayer Zine #7 (Norway). 1989. Editor: “Metalion” To again celebrate the release of Metalion’s book, I unearthed the last copy of Slayer Zine in my possession, # 7 from 1989. This issue is an almost complete reflection of everything that was fresh and exciting about the underground at the time, featuring interviews with many ‘future titans’ […]
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Deathcheese Zine #1
(USA) 1991Deathcheese Zine #1 (USA) 1991. Editor: Brian Hellfarmer This was a stapled, photocopied zine out of Oxnard, California, that also had Richard Johnson (Enemy Soil, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Drugs of Faith) as a writer/interviewer, and as such features not just my DC-area hometown band Abominog, but also some interviews culled from shows I attended back then, like the incredible ‘some tours were meant to stay underground’ […]
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Uni-Force #7
(USA) 1990Uni-Force #7 (USA) 1990. Editor: “Mark Sawickis” This zine was put out by Impetigo guitarist Mark Sawickis, and although the print is small, there are some cool interviews with demo-era Grave, and a nice one with Carcass right around the time “Symphonies…” dropped. Also, there is a cool photo gallery featuring original live shots of […]
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