Fanzines

SOD – Sounds of Death (Missouri, USA) #3, Summer 1993. Editor: “David Horn” Like the issue #2 which I posted up a while back (see archives to the right), this is again sort of ‘in between’ a zine and magazine. David Horn’s eventually long-running Sounds Of Death still remained ambitious, and this time around it […]

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Fucker Zine #3 (Poland) 1992. Editor: “Maciej Fluder” We are reflecting again on the Polish scene of the golden years, with another contribution sent over from reader Pawel Wojtowicz. This time it is the “Fucker” zine that had such an impact on him at the time, and it features reviews and interviews with numerous Polish […]

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Diabolical Noise #3 (Poland) 1990. Editor: Jaroslav “Orion” Szubrycht A while back I put up issue #6 of this cult zine from Poland. Digging back a bit further now we have issue #3. In Polish, this killer zine went deep into the underground with bands from around the world like Mutilator (Brazil), Phlegethon, Samael, Massacra […]

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Brain 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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Brutal 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) 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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Metal Meltdown Zine #1 (MD, USA) April 1987, Editor: “Jeff “Kluke” VanderClute Here is the first issue of the excellent and long running zine “Metal Meltdown,” from my home state of Maryland. This is a great debut that featured excellent and early interviews with Dave Ellefson (Megadeth) around the time “Peace Sells…” was blowing up, […]

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Bestial Conspiracy Zine #2 (Chile) 1990, Editors: “Mauricio Perez R., Jose M. Rodriguez, Jorge W. Olate, Luis Salvo, and Moises Leiva Riffo, et al.” (Español ) This issue was a contribution from one of the zine’s editors (Mr. Jorge Olate), who graciously offered up the scans to share with everyone (as well as for the […]

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Dauthus Zine #1 (Sweden) 1996, Editor: “Timo Ketola” This zine has a sort of ‘cult’ following these days, and its well deserved. Herra Ketola obviously put untold hours of blood and brains into his zines, with exceptional and witty writing, original layouts, and aesthetic taste that was rare among the multitude of zines that had come before (and after), with only a […]

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Katopetia Zine#1 (Czech Republic) Spring 1999, Editor: “Zdenek Simecek” This late 1990s zine out of Czech Republic reflected the surge of ‘brutal’ American-style death metal that was dominant in the underground at the time. The editor was and still is from the Czech band Godless Truth, and his professed adoration for all things brutal death metal is all over […]

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Thrash Metal  (US) November, 1990, Editor: “Steve Peters” Here is another ‘non-zine’ rag I found in my collection and, while obviously a national magazine, it nevertheless had some valuable and interesting content, ads, interviews, and features (much like previous additions such as Metal Forces), so I thought it would be cool to add to the archive. […]

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Ripping Headaches #12 (US-France) 1990, Editors: “Bruce Davis” and “Chris Aubert” Here is a contribution from Chris Aubert, who helped out and co-edited the Ripping Headaches zine from France, while Bruce did his job from Florida (and a great time to be in Florida for sure!) Along with the scans, which include killer show reviews […]

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Carrion Zine #2 (Finland) 1992, Editors: “Antti Luukkanen” and “Teemu Vähäkangas ” Here is another issue from ealy 90’s Finland, digest sized and featuring cool interviews with Dark Tranquillity, God Forsaken, Afflicted, Masacre (Colombia), Gorement (later Pipers Dawn -Sweden), Antidote (later, members went to Thunderstone and Impaled Nazarene), Nocturnal Rites, Purtenance, Embryo, cult Finnish thrashers […]

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Carrion Zine #3 (Finland) 1993, Editors: “Antti Luukkanen” and “Santtu Reinikainen” It might appear that there is an inordinate amount of zines from Finland on this site, and your perceptions are correct. I did a lot of trading with Finnish folks back in the day because well, there was a lot of cool and original music coming […]

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Pit 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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Deathcore #2 (Ontario, CAN) 1986, Editor: “Glenn Salter” This was more of a crossover and hardcore-centered zine out of Ontario in the mid-eighties, and the content and interviews are very light, humorous, and brief. Still, very early interviews with Voivod, Sacrifice, Slaughter, Cyptic Slaughter, Celtic Frost, and a four-line “interview” with Kreator. Plus,  a pre-Cynic […]

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Inner Source Zine #3 (Illinois, USA) March, 1994, Editors: “Fred and Randy” This zine out of northern Illinois evolved steadily into the 90s, until it went color and pro-print as a short-lived ‘magazine.’ Anyways, the spirit was there, even if the journalistic talent was lacking. One of the editors even ran the Pulverizer Records imprint and […]

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Putrid Dysentery Zine #1 (France) 1996, Editor: “Bruno Bascaud” This zine focused heavily on the grind scene of the mid 90’s, and this issue features many of those second generation Carcass-inspired followers. The editor even lays out the zine with a cool ‘Carcass-ish’ style vibe with his ‘mondo-medicale’  titles for each section…. Featured bands include […]

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Screams From the Gutter #27 (NJ, USA) Feb/Mar 1991, Editor: “Evil Dave” This zine consisted primarily of album reviews, although this issue does have an interview with Prime Evil. Either way, fun stuff, and a good look into what was on the record-store shelves in early 1991.  

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Hypnosis #5 (Germany) 1997, Editors: “Michael” and “Sven” I am not sure where I got this zine, perhaps on tour in Europe or traveling, perhaps in the mail. I think it was the last from these guys, and this German-language, digest-sized zine was laid out exceptionally well – great type, great organization, everything. So for […]

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Out 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) 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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 Infernal Zine #2 (Rovaniemi, FINLAND) 1992. Editors: Esa Juujarvi and Matti Selin Here are some excerpts from this fantastic stapled and printed zine from the northern Finnish town of Rovaniemi (better known as the folkloric home of Santa Claus to some). The zine is all in Finnish, so the few Finns that do stop by here will get […]

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Exhume Zine #4 (Tennessee, USA) July 1993. Editor: James Kelly Enochs III. This was the fourth and final issue of Exhume (issue #3 was put up a while ago), and like the previous, it was stapled on thick, copied paper. This makes for some hard eye-squint reading in places, but nothing that zooming in can not […]

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Chainsaw Abortions #2 (NY, USA) 1990. Editor “Brian Pattison” This zine out of upstate NY was sent over (and edited by) by Brian Pattison, who you may also know as the guy (who along with Alan Moses) put out the Glorious Times pictorial-history book of the death metal underground (see the video review below). This issue […]

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Chainletter #16 (MD, USA) 1994. Editor ” Mark Gonce” Reliable and long running zine (see other entries on this site) out of Baltimore by Mark Gonce (also from the local MD band Corpsegrinder,yes,  the one where “George” got his start). Still going strong in late 1994, this issue features Dark Tranquillity, Samael, Mayhem, Dying Fetus, Kataklysm, Gutted, […]

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Intellektual Spew #5 (TN, USA) 1998, Editors: “Bart and Jeff” Late in the 1990s, print zines were still thriving (despite the internet taking its first stabs at online-zines through DIY sites hosted by Geocities, among others), and Intellektual Spew was a standout in the underground during the time. It was nicely printed and bound, and featured underground bands […]

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The 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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M.A.R.S. #4 (NY, USA) May, 1987, Editor: “Alec Dana” This photocopied and stapled ‘zine’ was more of a newsletter (the editor stated as much), and this is actually the first issue to feature interviews extensively rather than just album reviews. Mid to late-80s, they focused on speed and power metal primarily (as the “best of […]

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Disposable Underground #5 (VA, USA) 1992, Editor: “Richard Johnson” Zine #5 of DI, out of the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. TO RECAP: At the time Rich was in grind pathfinders ENEMY SOIL, prior to going on to playing in the likes of AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED and now DRUGS OF FAITH.  This long running zine, that can […]

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