Evil Rotting #5 (2015)
116 pages, A4, English, pro-printed
Interviews
Savage Deity, Necrotic Chaos, Tormentress, Possessed, Cianide, Abhorer, Vault, Vulcano, Sorcery, Necrophobic, Huffin' Paint, Whiplash, Martyrdom, Vrykolakas, Deathevoker, Internal Bleeding, DivahaR, Unsu, Recidivist, Down Among The Dead Men, Scent of Death, Nuclear Strikes, Obscenity, Pestilence
Bio / Band Articles
Taketh, Sadiztik Impaler, Nekrad, Tyrants Blood, The Pete Flesh Deathtrip, Soul Inside, Cvinger, Sawthis, Temple of Void, Fear Theories, Atheles Belzebuth, Eastfrisian Terror
Articles
A Singapore's Look Into The Past
Failure
Evil Rotting is one of the longest running 'zine from South East Asia. Since 1988! I haven't seen anything earlier than the fourth issue (I have it some where. Will share it here soon). Didn't have the chance to read it them back (I was still a baby) then but the name is quite famous in the local Malaysian/Singaporean scene. It’s being mentioned in many thanks list.
They turned to pro-print magazine format probably since issue 4. The editor mentioned about transformation since #4 in the editorial, but the overall layout still maintained the old school style although they do have that magazine type layout (like in the review sections). 1 column per page with page border/frame artwork, either black background/white text or white background/black text or just the questions highlighted in black. No space being waste. Pictures of bands or their releases are plenty as long as there is space. Look a bit cramped but all these give this old-school feeling. The pages are numbered but no table of content.
The reviews are only on music stuffs. They are not alphabetically arranged and not rated. All have the release's cover art and/or band's picture or logo. The reviews start with the band's name and straight to the reviews. The title of the release is mentioned in the review. Quite unusual way of doing it. And these reviews are named "Down to Earth Reviews #1", numbered until #5 with each number having a page of its own. Meaning there are 5 pages (of small font size) of reviews.
The reviews don’t stop there. There are special pages on the labels/distros where the editor reviews the stuffs from them or short article of their bands. Each will have 1 or 2 pages dedicated to them: Those are
Dead Beat Media
Slapbet Records
The Metal Detector Music Promotions
Strain Eyes Mailorder
On The Edge of Hardcore (hardcore music stuffs)
Metalzone Distro's Tribute to Silent Death CD
Bakerteam Records
Muzik Box Productions
The interviews gather some of the legends either internationally (surprisingly they answered for a publication from this part of the planet) or locally. Great chat. Necrotic Chaos is a long one.
Another highlight is the article on Singapore's 80's/90's demo review section. Total of 9 pages covering 33 bands if I count it right and those being interviewed are not listed in there. The editor must re-release this in his label, Orgasmatron Production.
And lastly there is an article entitled "Failure" which I couldn't get what kind of 'failure' referred to. Maybe referred to failure in gig/concert and the parties involved or failure of those mentioned in the scene. Very brutal truth opinion being written here.
My copy is hand-numbered #52. Actual print-run is not specified. And this thick magazine also comes with 24 tracks pro-CD sampler (track list info on the back cover) and 3 pages of half size pictures of Dismember, Abhorer, Possessed, Entombed, Kreator and Nuctemeron.
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