Agonia #3 (Poland) 2001. Editor: “Filip Jesion” Polish zine of epic proportions (later to be built into the record label of the same name). Some blurry scans in there, sorry, but for the most part, a nice look at the underground in its post-millennium form. Interviews and more with Abhorrence (Brazil), Antaeus, Arkhon Infaust, Astriaal, […]
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Battlefield #5
(Germany) 1985
(Deutsch)Battlefield #5 (GER) 1985. Editor: “Markus Zimmerman” (auf Deutsch) Another mid-80s classic from D-land, with interviews, live reviews, and features on Agent Steel, Tankard, At War, Cryptic Slaughter, Death, Sons of Satan, Desaster Area, Exodus, Helloween, Destruction, Hallows Eve, Jag Panzer, Metallica, Hirax, Dark Angel, Kreator, Messiah, Samhain (GER), Possessed, Slaughter (CAN), Angel Dust, Savage […]
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Brain Damage #1
(USA – CA) 1984Brain Damage #1 (USA – CA) 1984. Editors: Vadim Rubin” and “Ron Nieto” Out of Long Beach, CA with help from Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel) and others, this zine features some rare photos, insights and playlists from the very pivotal year of 1984. Interesting also Slayer is called “black metal”- just shows you how interchangeable […]
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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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Metal Forces #21
(UK) 1986Metal Forces #21 (UK) 1986. Editor: “Bernard Doe” [Once more, it’s a given that Metal Forces was certainly not a fanzine, yet it still deserves archival status. As previously stated, 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 […]
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Gray Matter #2
(TX, USA) August 1987Gray Matter #2 (TX, USA) August 1987. Editor: “Chris Orloski” Out of Texas, packed with reviews (especially demo reviews), a long interview with Gene Hoglan from Dark Angel and Jason Newsted after he joined Metallica, news, a feature on Ron Jarzombek, a Watchtower/Agony Column live review, interviews w/ Lethal Aggression, Hades, Liege Lord, Drifter, Devastation, […]
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Brain Damage Zine #2
(California, USA) 1985Brain Damage Zine #2 (California, USA) 1985. Editors: “Vadim Rubin, Mike Rubenstein, and Ron Nieto” The second issue from this classic zine out of Long Beach. My fav. part of this one is the ‘no posers’ Celtic Frost Drummer ad. Features and interviews from Bathory, Celtic Frost, C.O.C., Dark Angel, Death, Destruction, Possessed, Sodom, etc. […]
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Brain Damage Zine #1
(California, USA) 1984Brain Damage Zine #1 (California, USA) 1984. Editors: “Vadim Rubin and Ron Nieto” Here is classic from Long Beach – straight from the dawn of the underground. Thanks to Adrian at Pest Webzine for sending these scans over and helping me get a post up despite me being away from home for another 10 days. […]
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Out of the Underground #1
(NJ, USA) 1989Out of the Underground #1 (NJ, USA) 1989, Editors: “Anne Hernandez” and “Debbie Sellnow” This is the first issue from New Jersey’s OOTU. Notable for not one, but two female editors, they put together this cool photocopied and stapled zine (I think) when they were still in high school, and it features interviews with Voivod, Henry Rollins, Dark Angel, […]
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The Book of Armageddon #1
(NY, USA) 1986The Book of Armageddon #1 (NY, USA) 1986, Editor: “Ed Farshtey” A few weeks back, I put up BOA #4 with commentary from Ed Farshtey. This week, I have a super-rare copy of BOA #1 from 1986, and it features VERY early and cool (yet brief) interviews with DEATH (Evil Chuck when he was out in […]
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The Book of Armageddon #4
(NY, USA) 1989The Book of Armageddon #4 (NY, USA) 1989, Editor: “Ed Farshtey” This week I have the fourth and final issue of Ed Farshtey’s “Book of Armageddon.” Ed was entrenched in the New York metal scene throughout the 80s to the 90s, from ‘heavy’ metal, to thrash, to death, and even ended up working at Roadrunner when they were signing all […]
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Metal Meltdown
(Maryland, USA) 1989Metal Meltdown Apr/May 1989. Vol 3, No. 1. (Maryland, USA), Editor: Jeff “Kluke” VanderClute. Another issue from “the infernal wastelands” of Maryland -the best local mag we had in my opinion, one that introduced me to heaps of new music at the time. Typed, bound and (pro?) printed, this 1989 issue features a humorous, extensive interview with […]
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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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