SOD – Sounds of Death (Missouri, USA) #2 Winter 1993. Editor: “David Horn” Sort of in between a zine and magazine, David Horn’s eventually long-running Sounds Of Death started off ambitious right away. Featuring pro-print, color cover, and a nice design from Dan Zimmer, it had an underground feel, without the mainstream nonsense that often polluted […]
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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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Ripping The Soil #1
(USA) 1993Ripping The Soil #1 (USA) 1993. Editor: “Neil Beckman.” This zine out of Wisconsin was thick, packed with ads and bound with an odd plastic binder that really made it a pain in the ass to scan, (…although it is effective). The interviews are nice, but sparse and brief. Highlights are Epidemic, Mike Browning (ex-Nocturnus/Morbid […]
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Slayer Zine #10
(Norway) 1994Slayer Zine #10 (Norway). 1994. Editor: “Metalion” (highlights) This is a massive issue, 75+ pages of (nearly all) black metal, featuring almost every major name in the scene at the time. Printed on thick paper, with a red cover, it ushered in yet another step in great quality from this long running Norwegian zine. Also check out the […]
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Deathvomit Zine #2
(USA) 1990Deathvomit Zine #2 (US) 1990. Editor: Jeff McClelland This printed, stapled zine comes from the Virgina side of Washington DC, pressed and edited by Jeff McClelland, who if I am not mistaken was also vocalist in the band Doomstone (featuring members of Deceased). The cover was an original drawing by a guy named Tom Harrison, and […]
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Adversity Zine #5
(USA) 1990Adversity Zine #5, November, 1990. Editor: “John Krupa” Stapled and photocopied from Connecticut. Nice “BUSH VERSUS SADDAM” cover, and an overall punk vibe. Features include live reviews, Houston and NZ Scene Reports, as well as interviews with Disrupt (!), Mortician, Ripping Corpse, Carcass, Skeletal Earth, Unleashed, and more.
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