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Brain Damage #1
(USA – CA) 1984

by Jason Netherton on April 5, 2015

Brain 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 […]

Blackthorn #2
(Denmark) 1985

by Jason Netherton on November 22, 2014

Blackthorn #2 (Denmark) Aug-Sept 1985. Editors: “Henk Leviathan” and “Esben Slot Sørensen” Second issue of this cult Danish fanzine. Highlights include King Diamond interview discussing his departure from Mercyful Fate and a brief Carnivore chat with the whole band, plus interviews and/or features with Bathory, Voivod, Slayer, Sodom, At War, Monolith, Bulldozer, Kim Sixx, Onslaught […]

Gloves of Metal #1
(USA) Spring 1994

by Jason Netherton on June 23, 2014

Gloves of Metal #1 (US) Spring 1994. Editors: “Stevo St. Vitus” and “Warren Slocum” (Thanks to S.L. once more) Zine from Stevo (Impetigo) with a nice essay feature from him on the rise of black metal, Wild Rags records, underground “rip-offs,” and the rise of fascism in then ‘new’ East Europe. Plus a nice Candlemass […]

Tales of the Macabre #5
(Germany) 1998

by Jason Netherton on April 2, 2014

Tales of the Macabre #5 (Germany) 1998. Editor: “Costa Stoios” Featuring drummer Atomic Steif, Bulldozer, Damnation Records, Desaster, Impiety, Mercyful Fate, Metalucifer, Asgard, Mortuary Drape, Necrophobic, Sabbat (JPN), Secrets of the Moon, Soulburn, Stargazer, Vader, Vulpecula, Obscurity, Wizard, and many reviews…

Metal K.O. Vol 1, #4
(Quebec, Canada) 1984

by Jason Netherton on February 11, 2014

Metal K.O. Vol 1, #4 (Quebec, Canada) 1984. Editor: “Johnny Hart” (en Français) Very EARLY zine with mostly features/write-ups on Accept, Acid, Europe, Helstar, Great White, Hell’s Dagger, Trouble, Killer, Hades, Trance, Icon, Ratt, Mercyful Fate, Pantera, Overdrive, Zoetrope, and Van Halen (live review), plus news, playlist and a bit more…

Speed Attack #2
(Germany) 1985
(Deutsch)

by Jason Netherton on November 11, 2013

Speed Attack #2 (Germany) 1985. (auf Deutsch) Editors: “Michael Trengert and Peter Zohren” Second issue of this German zine featured last month, released in the year of 1985. Again, one of the editors was Michael Trengert, who went on to be one of the Summer Breeze Festival (GER) organizers and also a former European manager […]

Speed Attack #1
(Germany) 1984
(Deutsch)

by Jason Netherton on October 16, 2013

Speed Attack #1 (Germany) 1984. (auf Deutsch) Editors: “Michael Trengert, Peter Zohren and Tomo Dolevic” Early German zine released in the year of 1984. One of the editors was notably Michael Trengert, who went on to be one of the Summer Breeze Festival (GER) organizers and also a former European manager of Metal Blade Records. […]

Eruptions From Below #5
(Toronto, Canada) 1993

by Jason Netherton on July 9, 2012

Eruptions From Below #5 (Toronto, Canada) 1993. Editor: “Laurie Fortune” Copied and stapled zine out of Ontario (formerly out of Buffalo). Solid and packed with ads, representing the ’93 death metal underground quite well. Features numerous reviews, and (brief) interviews with Cannibal Corpse, Lucifers Hammer, Deteriorate, Angelkill, Exterminance, and more, with the highlights being the killer […]

Rockcor
(Russia) #9, 1995
(in Russian)

by Jason Netherton on April 16, 2012

Rockcor (Russia) #9, 1995. Editor: ? This is one of the few older Russian publications I have, so if you can not read it, enjoy the pics. I also checked and it seems this is being published again in some newer, modern form. Either way, interviews and features with Pantera, Darkthrone, Dismember, Deadworld, Dying Fetus, Rage, Mercyful Fate, […]

Brain Damage Zine #1
(California, USA) 1984

by Jason Netherton on February 24, 2012

Brain 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. […]

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 […]

Mercyful Fate/Motorhead/Exciter interviews from 1984

by Jason Netherton on July 21, 2011

Here is a brief update. The following are interviews with Hank Sherman and Timi Grabber from Mercyful Fate, from the Ontario theater show in Washington DC on their tour with Exciter and Motorhead in late 1984. Also is a show review from the Baltimore gig the following night, and an interview with Wurzel from Motorhead (who died last week), […]

Enigmatic Delusions #4
(NY, USA) 1993

by Jason Netherton on September 10, 2010

Enigmatic Delusions #4 (NY, USA) 1993: Editor “Fawn” Stapled on Xerox copies. Featuring Enemy Soil, Internal Bleeding, Sigh, Astaroth (notable for VERY early Tony Laureno), Impetigo, Acheron, Sigh and more…