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The Black Montanas Of Thy Septentrio #1 (United States, TX) October, 1993. Editors: “Equitant” and “Proscriptor” A massive volume representative of everything mystical and ethereal about the early 1990s black metal underground. Based in Texas and produced by Equitant & Proscriptor from Absu, this zine is a document of an era; packed with not only […]

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The Grimoire of Exalted Deeds#10 (USA) 1997. Ed. “Bill Zebub” Long running  zine from the always irreverent and unorthodox Bill Zebub . ‘Candid’ interviews with Morbid Angel, Deicide, Brutal Truth, Messe Noir, King Diamond, Fleshcrawl, Mortiis, Ancient, reviews, fiction, and more.  

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Pure Fucking Hell #2 (FIN) 1994. Editor: “Pete Ilvespakka” Zine from former Depravity (among other acts) bassist ‘Pete’ Ilvespakka, features a number of highly regarded early 90s underground icons, including No Fashion Records, Enslaved, Emperor, Varathron, Deranged, Merciless, Mortuary Drape, Occult, Order From Chaos, Pungent Stench, Tormentor (HUN), Beherit, Ancient Rites, and much more. Credit […]

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Hammer Of Damnation #3 (Finland) January, 1993. Editor: “Niko Sirkiä” (2nd press/July 1993) Third issue of this exceptional zine from Finland. From the more transitional/experimental period of the early extreme underground of 92/93, this issue has features and/or interviews with Ancient Rites, Apator, Archgoat, Carnifex (FIN), Organic Infest, Barathrum, Burzum, Damnatory, Castle, Damonacy, Beherit, Depravity, […]

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Putrefaction #5 (Sweden) 1991. Editor: “Tomas Nyqvist” From T. Nyqvist, who also founded No Fashion Records and Iron Fist Productions. Excellent, notably there are no reviews (see editorial), however this issue is FULL of many groundbreaking acts in their prime. With interviews and more, including Agressor, At the Gates, Baphomet, Marduk, Bolt Thrower, Carbonized, Dark […]

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Sombre Eve #1 (Australia) 1992. Editors: “Shane” and “Tracey” From down under, a crude DIY-hitter with a good mix of underground icons, death, black and cult doom, a Netherlands scene report (VERY brief, by Hans from The Gathering), reviews, a “what is doom?” survey, plus interviews and features/bio with Aetiology, Anathema, Beelzebub (NOR), Blasphemy, Decomposed, Entombed, […]

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MorticiaNumskull  #8 (Netherlands) 1996 (Joint issue of Mortician and Numskull zines). Editors: “Wicliff Wolda” and “Harodl Dekkers” Combined 8th issue of these 90’s Dutch zines, with a very well written and comprehensive review section – just a good survey of the transitional mid-90s weirdness in the underground at the time, lots of adverts from the […]

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Vital Wound #3 (Lithuania) 1993. Editor: “Mindaugas Lapinskas” Third issue – features and interviews with Azhubham Haani, Benediction, Blood Duster, Bolt Thrower, Cannibal Corpse, Conscious Rot, Dark Opera, Entombed, Exterminance, Fleshcrawl, Funcunt, Gore Movie reviews, Maltese scene report, My Dying Bride, At the Gates, Pentacrostic, Pestilence, Polish scene report, Putrid Offal, Rest in Peace and […]

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Vital Wound #2 (Lithuania) 1992. Editors: “Sarunas Sabaitis” and “Mindaugas Lapinskas” Interviews and features with Altar (SWE), Anathema, Ancient Rites, At the Gates, Balance of Terror Zine, Devastation, Edge of Sanity, Norwegian and Polish scene reports, Impetigo, Meat Shits, Nuclear Death, Rot, Seance, Thanatos, Fear Factory, Extreme Smoke and much more…

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Hammer Of Damnation #4 (Finland) July, 1993. Editor: “Niko Sirkiä” (2nd press/English) Early 90’s cult zine out of Finland by former Thergothon keyboardist/vocalist Niko Sirkiä, features and/or interviews with Septicemia (GR), Ancient Rites, Archgoat, Burzum, Damnatory, Beherit, Depravity, Masters Hammer, French Scene Report, Mordor, Abysmal (NOR), Necromantia, Sentenced, Black Crucifixion, Pyogenesis, Dolores Records Ad, Osmose Records […]

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Witchcraft #2 (Germany) 1993. Editors: “Stefan Löns” This is the second issue of this German zine (in English) that focused more on the black/doom scene (but not exclusively). Interesting and early interviews/features with Beherit, Belial, Phlegethon, Damnatory, Deathlike Silence Productions, Emperor, Fester, Greek Scene Report, Marduk, Mortuary drape, Occult, Order From Chaos, Sadist, Thergothon, New […]

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Witchcraft #1 (Germany) 1993. Editor: “Stefan Löns” This issue from Germany (in English) featured a (mostly) darker, black and black/death/doom focus — right on time for a number foundational bands’ first and second albums. Miasma from Austria are on the cover (who released their debut through Lethal Records back then). Features Samael, Emperor, Immortal, Dark […]

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Grind Zone #1 (Italy/Spain) ? 1994. Director: “Claudio Cubito” (En Español) A somewhat mainstream Italian publication, translated into Spanish for Spain (and published by a German conglomerate!), yet containing many cult underground acts in their prime. This goes to show just how far the ‘underground’ was from being really underground by 1994 – only to […]

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Tales of the Macabre #1  (Germany) 1993. Editor: “Costa Stoios” This zine of Germany featured many prominent ‘early’ black metal contributions and is heavy on the dark/atmospheric genres of the early 90’s overall. The editor (Stoios) apparently also ran/runs Iron Pegasus records. Features and interviews include Beherit, Barathrum, Ancient Rites, Behemoth, Emperor, Immortal, Burzum, Osmose […]

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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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 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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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 […]

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Thrashikus #5 (CA, USA) 1992: Editor “Victor Hsieh” This was a cool digest sized zine, packed with excellent interviews, again with many of the bands at the top of their game. Out of San Diego, it included live reviews, an interesting intie with France’s Osmose Productions, and a cover story on underrated death thrashers of […]

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Occult Grinder Zine #4 (Osaka, Japan) February 1994. Editor: Makoto Takeuchi Featuring: Occult (Holland), Astaroth, Dispatched, Master’s Hammer, Opera IV, Blatherskite, Rotting Christ, Eve Of Mourning, Marduk, Crucifier, Timeghoul, Necrony, Dying Fetus, Dark Ritual, Mystifier, Exmortis, Blasphemy, Michigan Scene Report, Osmose Records Adverts

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