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Anathema Zine #1
(Finland) 1991

by Jason Netherton on June 8, 2018

Anathema Zine #1 (Finland) 1991. Editor: “Tupe” (A5, 64 pages) Finnish zine from the apex of extreme metal’s golden years; lots of illuminating and humorous content (e.g Therion and Unholy’s one word answers?!) and essential/biting viewpoints throughout from an honest editor. Thanks to the one and only Francesco Dellamorte for the submission. PDF is up […]

Holocaust #6
(Poland) 1993

by Jason Netherton on May 13, 2018

Holocaust #6 (Poland) 1993. Ed: “Tomasz Krajewski” Massive issue of this classic Polish zine, with timely interviews, features and reviews on a number of extreme metal bands from the second wave of the golden era circa 92-93. Including Asphyx, Bolt Thrower, Armoured Angel, Crucifier, Disharmonic Orchestra, Dismember, Embrionic Death, Eternal, Immolation, Impaled Nazarene, Macabre, Imprecation, […]

Drowned Magazine #2
(Spain) 1991

by Jason Netherton on May 29, 2015

Drowned Magazine #2 (Spain) 1991. Editor: “Dave Rotten” From Drowned Productions‘ own Dave Rotten, this zine is an incredible survey of the underground from late 1990 into 1991, with a lot of original photos, some from Dave himself (apparently from a trip to Sweden that included meeting up with Dissection and others). Very informative with […]

Pestilence Zine #2
(Chile) 1991

by Jason Netherton on May 21, 2014

Pestilence Zine #2 (Chile) 1991. Editors: “Patrcio Illanes” and “Hector Guzman” From Chile, this zine is half Spanish, half English…sticks to espanol for the Chilean interviews and reviews, and goes to English for the international…features a good amount of Morbid Angel content (including a tour flyer for the 1991 Blessed Are the Sick tour I […]

Death Industry #4
(Lithuania) 1993

by Jason Netherton on January 19, 2014

Death Industry #4 (Lithuania) 1993. Editors: “Ramūnas Platukis” and “Donatas Bagdonas” (English) Features and interviews with My Dying Bride, Mortuary Drape, Samael (on their trip to Moscow), Trechoma Mag, Napalm Death (nice one with Barney!), Disharmonic Orchestra, Intense Agonizing, Ancient Rites, Atrofia Cerebral, Depravity, Audicion Irritable, Excess of Cruelty, Dragon, Impetigo (nice long one!), Gravid […]

Isten #5
(Finland) 1990

by Jason Netherton on November 25, 2013

Isten #5 (Finland) 1990. Editors: “Mikko Mattila” and “Luxi Lahtinen” Fantastic, long-running zine from Finland (in English) that is one of the few to achieve truly ‘cult’ status – and on that note, they are apparently constructing a retrospective book (!) that is currently closing in on 800 pages. Stay tuned- (Their F-book page is […]

Uni-Force #7
(USA) 1990

by Jason Netherton on March 16, 2011

Uni-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 […]

Slayer #8
(Norway) 1991

by Jason Netherton on March 10, 2011

Slayer #8 (Norway) 1991. Editor: Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen (highlights) Present at the creation, this is perhaps the most famous death/black metal zine ever out of Europe. This long-running example of underground gold was seemingly always packed with the best and most notable interviews, surrounded by top-notch DIY art and layout, on great pro-print. It really speaks for itself, and […]