Level Six #1 (USA) 1987 Ed. “Bill Parker” Absolute killer zine from Arizona; great bands and a great year for underground metal and crossover. This is the debut issue w/ interviews, features, ads, art and photos of Abnormal Growth, Atrox, New Renaissance Records, Blood Feast, Capital Scum, Casbah, Dirge, Doomwatch, DBC, Death Warrant, Evil Dead, […]
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Heavy Metal Demons #9
(Netherlands) 1984
(Dutch)Heavy Metal Demons #9 (Netherlands-Dutch) 1984. Editors:”Ferry Bovet,” “Peter Loch” and “Paul Schrijver” Dutch metal zine from mid-80s that mixed local and international acts, capturing heavy metal at the point where it was (perhaps already?) about to go full mainstream. Put together with obvious dedication by these three gentleman (and if anyone has an original […]
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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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Death Speaks #1
(Yugoslavia) 1985Death Speaks #1 (Yugoslavia) 1985. Editor: “Boštjan Jurečič“ From the former Yugoslavia, mid-80s extremity in all its tattered glory (this appears to have originated from the Dark Legions archive by the way). Features and interviews with At War, Kreator, Hirax, Iron Angel, Tankard, Viper (France), a Yugoslavian scene report and a tiny bit more. PDF […]
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Raise the Dead #1
(Germany) 1984Raise the Dead #1 (Germany) 1984. Editors: “Timo Weber” (auf Deutsch) Lots of history packed in this one. Whether you can read German or not, it is still worth a gander for the original artwork from Away (Voivod) and the early Death feature…one of the earliest I have ever seen (on their first Death by Metal […]
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Kick Ass #26
(NY, USA) July 1984Kick Ass #26 (NY, USA) July 1984. Editor: Bob Muldowney Incredible piece of metal history here, right down to the Metallica Ad and a Witch Cross feature (who just had their album re-released on Hell’s Headbangers records I might add- get it, a forgotten classic). Features, Ads, live reviews and interviews with Anvil, Angel Witch, […]
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Brutal Torture Zine #1
(Ontario, CAN) 1986Brutal Torture Zine #1 (Ontario, CAN) 1986. Editors: “Ray and Stam.” Humorous zine out of Canada that focused on a mix of hardcore and death metal, as well as bands from the Ontario scene. Cool live shots, and early interviews (again, with a humor approach) with Possessed, Death, Slaughter, Sacrifice, Gang Green, Hirax, Exodus, and […]
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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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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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