Deadly Illness #5 (2018)

 

Deadly Illness #5 (2018)
52 pages, A5, English, xeroxed

Interviews
Opium Lord, Streaks Records, Ohyda, Cadaveric Incubator, Intolerable Noisechestra, Dark Hall, Violent Hammer, Necrolepsy, Church of Misery, Ice Dragon, Godchilla

This Hungarian zine looks neat although the xerox/print quality can be better. Either 2 columns or no column at all in normal MS Word type layout. Nothing fancy. The pages are not numbered and no table of content. The editorial note is at the last page of this (the back cover). That kinda unusual thing to do. 

The interviews are quite long. Questions around 20+. No reviews or article. Only interviews.

As said in the editorial (also read it in some distro) that this issue also comes with Ice Dragon 7"EP (released by the editor's own label) but I don't have this. I bought the zine only from Nihilistic Distro at cheap price (of course since no 7" EP to be shipped together). Try getting this combo version if you can.

No contact address available in the zine.

To Purchase (might be available)

https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Webshop/en/

Horrible Eyes #4 (2020)

 

Horrible Eyes #4 (2020, Denmark)
88 pg, A4 size, in English, pro-printed

Interviews
Vomitor, Murkrat, Sadistic Intent, Drowned, Morbid Insulter, Kaamos, Mortuary Temple, Eidomantum, Funebrarum, Red Abyss, Kathaaria, Circle Of Ouroborus, Vulcano, Albert Witchfinder, The Wounded Kings, Demonic Rage, Necrosanct, Portal, Nazxul, Fleshpress, Mayhem, Repugnant, Mortem, The Ruins of Beverast, Grave Miasma, Embalmed Souls, Hatespawn, Rigor Mortis, Nirvana 2000, Nuclear Death/Lori Bravo Raped, Ascension, Saturnalia Temple, Kill, Crucifire, Stench Of Decay, Mercyful Fate, Excoriate, Necros Christos, Bunkur, Unearthly Trance, Xibalba, Aghori, Dead Congregation, Adorior, Vektor

Been wanting to read this zine. Was lucky enough it landed it mailbox before it is shipped to the next destination. This is "The Fourth Morbid Knocking" with materials/interviews compiled from 2003 to 2011. 

The editor Rnld and fellow writers/contributors Re Vore, Theby, Timo and few others gathered very interesting material to read. Look at the band's featured. The interviews questions on average 15 or more questions. Mayhem interview originally appeared in Pestisterous Tales #1 (1990) was answered by Dead. The followed by Mayhem gig review in 2008 onwards.

Table of content is available, not in the usual way but it's there. Layout-wise 3 to 5 columns per page. I can't remember when the last time was seeing 5 columns per page being used. It's very rare, very compact looking. The editor also uses page border and very small fonts. Some are in cut n paste style. The centerfold is the most awesome as you can see.

The reviews are scattered and not rated some with front cover or logo of the band. Reviews are not that many actually. Cover music, zine and ended with books reviews.

Gig reviews are plenty. Example is Nuclear War Now! Festival (Berlin 2010). Also presented are some articles/gig reviews on bands (witchcraft, Cultes Des Ghoules, Kandor, Sanctum, Armoros, Pentagram, Master's Hammer, Count Raven, Cruciamentum). There are many more I may have not included here. And some short interviews with metalheads.

To answer one of the questions; Yes. My hand is dirty after complete reading this issue. The offset printing ink do cause this sometimes, it smells nice so overall a pleasant experience.

Contact

HorribleEyes@gmail.com

Mold Report #1 (December 2020)

Mold Report #1 (December 2020)
56 pages, A5, English, pro-printed

Interviews
Obliteration, Cryptic Brood/Lycanthropic Chants, Kaltbruching Acideath, Minenfeld, Vanhelgd, Filthdigger

Another debut issue landed in our mailbox. The editor mentioned in the editorial the idea came long time ago and some of the interviews were made in 2011. Not much detail given why taking too long to release this issue. The editor, Jhoul, found the interviews in his archived.

Since it is still good to read, the editor then publishes them in Mold Report added with updated with follow-up interview with the bands to see what's going on the bands after 2011. Nice idea and also logical thing to do it. Some even won Best Metal album in their country's Grammy Award. Others are new interview for this issue. 1 German sounding band here is actually from Japan.

Layout in cut n paste style mostly. Pages are numbered but no table of content. Printed on light grey paper. Some are only on blank page (on 1 column per page or 2 pages per column). The text is placed at near edge the paper. Some texts on top have been cut but you can guest what's that sentenced talked about. Font type old typewriter is used however the size is quite big. Probably the biggest I seen in recent years. But the content is what matter. The back cover is also simple design with just blank page with winged eye at the bottom.

No reviews though. 

The price is only €3 exclude postage. To purchase go to the bandcamp site. New issue already out at the time this review is up online.

Contact
https://moldreport.bandcamp.com/
moldreport666 at yahoo dot com

Eternity #21 (2002)

 

Eternity #21 (2002)
60 pages, A4, German, pro-printed

Interviews
Withering Surface, Ensiferum, Vindsval, Summoning, Opera IX, End of Green, Julie Laugh No More, Amok Vedar, Illogicist, Virulence, Raventhrone, Scar Culture, Sacred Steel, Heaven Shall Burn, Bonehouse, Satariel, Paganizer, Bewitched, Reclusion, Necropshere, Disillusion, Zero Hour, Falconer

You can get this old issue for free (pay postage only from schattenmanns.wordpress.com). I am very surprised their website is still active. They stop the print magazine for couple of years and back with online presence.

This magazine comes with free CD. There's very long info on the bands featured in the CD.

2 or 3 columns per page for interviews and 4 columns for reviews (with very small font size) using background image or just plain black background/white text.

Some error on the table of content.

Reviews are alphabetically arranged. Demo reviews just after few pages of this magazine are not rated but album reviews are rated.

I just remembered I did review some issues many years ago. Click on the labels Eternity.

Contact
https://www.eternitymagazin.de

Cult Mongers #6 (2014)

 

Cult Mongers #6 (2014)
32pages, A4, English, xerox

Interviews
Lasher Zombie, Satanachiia, Wagars, Frostagrath, Irem, Scent of Death, Haemorrhage, Cardiac Arrest, Inverticrux, Emulsified Flesh, Dirigiri, Ataul, Veligore

Very rare to find a BM band from Africa. The first one I discovered is here in Cult Mongers.

The pages are numbered, no table of content. The layout is very basic 2 MS Word columns per page. Some a just 1 column. Several font types are used. No consistency in the layout. And this is already the sixth issue. Interview questions are short and the easy type.

Music reviews not rated and not alphabetically arranged.

Few pages with flyers. The last page is the editor; Fritz & Adrian's top 50 list. Fritz with his top 50 albums and Adrian top 50 bands.

My copy hand-numbered 48/50!

Cult Mongers is also a distro/label. The FB pages for both are not updated and the official website also no longer working.

Contact
https://www.facebook.com/cult.mongers/
https://www.facebook.com/cultmongersdistro/

Rest In Pain #2 (2016)

 

Rest In Pain #2 (2016)
150 pages, A4, English, pro-printed

Interviews
Profanity Angel, Mortis Dei, Aragon, Iron Hammer Zine, Rotten Age, Aries Vehemens, Conquest Icon, Merciless Death, Dark Fury, Nazghor, Manzer, Nekkrofukk, Xaos Oblivion, Burning Abyss Zine, Incarnated, Apocalyptic Rites, Freezing Blood, Kampf Records

Scene Report
Bulgarian Scene Report

The whole issue was written/drawn by hand including the zine/band's logo. That's a lot of effort to complete the whole issue. No specific layout style. Border/page frame are mostly used. The writings are varied, not limited to certain style. Some are easy to read (or to look at) but some are not (in fact look a bit messy). Very minimal pictures used too.

There are some I think is the band's handwriting when they reply to the interviews. The Bulgarian Scene Report by Medarov of Terozin Zine might be his real handwriting as well.

Whether this style is good thing or not, very much depends on you. I am not really fond with this style. It is also needing some effort from the readers too in reading them since the handwriting are not that easy to read at times.  

There are also reviews on Music & zine. They are not rated and not alphabetically arranged. Very messy. The editor draws the band's/zine's logo.

I have the reprint version by Schattenmann Publishing. 

Pages are numbered but no table of content.

Contact
Tomasz Wawrzyniak
P.O.Box 21,
85-858 Bydgoszcz 43
Poland

Email
maciora22022 at gmail dot com

The Past Is Alive - English Archive Vol. 1 (2018)

 

The Past Is Alive - English Archive Vol. 1 (2018)
56 pages, A4, English, pro-printed

Interviews
Sapthuran, Pagan Hellfire, Clandestine Blaze, Diaboli, Panphage, Luciferian Rites, Nox, Inquisition, Runespell, Blood Stronghold, Fatherland, Nekrokrist SS, Förgjord, Hatespirit, Rienaus, Blood Red Fog, Profane Congregation

The editor, Lost Wisdom / Weisthor was kind enough to release English version of the interviews. These interviews were originally featured in their other zine, Au Milieu des Ruines which was translated from French. Actually, I am not so sure the original zine's name. I can be wrong.

This issue only features interviews. No reviews or articles. The interviews is long and informative covering bands from the black metal genre. Intresting read indeed. It does not talks about music only but also on social, political issues. At the end of the interview, the editor put some info on which issue that interview was originally featured.

The layout is just a normal 2 columns per page with background image or just plain black background and printed in glossy paper. I really like those black background/white text (as I mentioned many times before). Its looks simple but nice. Pages are also numbered and with table of content is present.

To quote in one interview, in 2015 label can still sell on average 1000 - 5000 copies physical formats. I wonder whats the number now in 2021. Dagon of Inquisition cleared up the air on the NS-thingy (Inquisition interview is a very long one).

Contact
thepastisalive at gmail dot com
http://thepastisalive.free.fr
https://thepastisalive.bigcartel.com/

Feed The Beast #2 (2020)

Feed The Beast #2 (2020)
52 pages, A4, English, pro-printed

Interviews
Ultra Silvam, Vircolac, Verberis, Ars Alchymiae, Minenfeld, Mirror Of Deception, Lucifericon, Imha Tarikat

The second issue continues in the same styles as the first issue. Layout is different for every band, no band picture/logo (with exception for Lucifericon because there is logo on the cover artwork), no review/article, no editorial, the pages are numbered but no table of content, interviews are dated.

I think I wrote a lot on the layout is issue 1. Not going to do that now. Layout-wise nothing to complaint about since all is good if not great especially when you are already familiar with his style. Maybe it is a bit strange looking at 2 blank black pages (with a bit of intro at the bottom) but it is changed in the next issue (using picture instead).

The interviews are interesting read as well. There is never the same question asked to different bands. Ultra Silvam is the shortest in 2 pages. Vircolac is longest and the most interesting one to read. I am not saying the rest is not! I am having difficulty to imagine how the Verberis "Vorant Gnosis" album sleeve look like even after the said artwork featured in 3 pages (the editor also interviewed the artist for more explanation).

Minenfeld is reading an old newspaper (of course it is layout as such) and might have real news from 1917 in between the interviews. Mirror Of Deception starts of funny with them asking back question and the editor replies.

Lucifericon interviews are academic, discussing on the symbols/sigil and occultism.

Looking forward to the fourth issue!

Crush The Insects #3

 

Crush The Insects #3 (201?)
36 pages, A5, Spanish, pro-printed

Interviews
Necrolatry, Necroripper, Infernal Conjuration, Crypts of Eternity, Bells of Acheron, Mordaz, 

Gig Report
Evil Attack Internacional, Lima 2016 (Deceased, Mortem, Profaner, Nahual, Putrid, Estigma, External Exhumation, Witchery, Grave Desecration, Kraken)

My first zine from Colombia in this page! I'll bet there are plenty of Colombian zine written in their language. If only the postage were cheap like the old days!

Crush the Insects from Colombia has grown from a newsletter to a full zine. Written in Spanish with old school kind of layout. 2 columns per page (in mostly black background with white text) and with page/border artwork. The pages are numbered but not table of content. This issue is less than 40pages thick but the font size is small so there is a lot to read. The text and pictures are also arranged neatly, and no space is being waste.

Interviews with editors of Crypts of Eternity Zine and Bells of Acheron Zine is quite long. I wonder what they talked about.

Music reviews in "Musica Del Diablo". Reviews are alphabetically arrangement, not rated. Some review with logo or the front cover. There are also zine reviews but not that many.

Printed in 200 copies. Supposed to be hand-numbered but my copy was not numbered.

Editor
Sergio J CL
crushtheinsectspn at gmail dot com

Distro (this is where I got this issue)
https://nihilistic-webzine-distro.fr/Webshop/en/42-fanzines

Abhorrent Visions #2 (2015)

 

Abhorrent Visions #2 (2015)
52 pages, A4, English, pro-printed

Interviews
Forced Kill, Condor, Vigilance, Evilnight, Iron Kobra, Axeslaughter, Pyoveli, Castle Freak, Carrion Zine, Revel In Flesh, Black Crucifixion,  

Articles
Annica (Finnish female hard rock solo artist)
20 Years of Tales from The Thousand Lakes

Gig Reports
Love Boat / Bolt Thrower (2014, somewhere in Baltic Sea)
Entombed / Grave (2014, Tampere, Finland)
Black Crucifixion / Convulse (2013, Tampere, Finland)

Another old-school layout zine. 2 columns per page with frame/page border artworks. Pages numbered, with table of content.

Music reviews are alphabetically arranged, not rated and the formats is stated in the review. Zine review is only 1 page and also not alphabetically arranged and not rated.

After the Carrion Zine (old Finnish zine!) interview, Antti Luukkanen wrote about what he recalled during the 90's gig with bands like Darkthrone, Beherit, Old Funeral. Great to read this page.

I wish the real picture of Annica is used, instead of that zombie artwork. No offense to Tomi and his artwork. They are great (first time ever I read the artwork given space like an editorial to say few words. Great way to honor the artist). But also, better to have actual picture too since someone might be too lazy to google. hah!

Another thing to mention Axeslaughter & Pyoveli are not interviews. Axeslaughter took 1 page to review wine while 1 page for  Pyoveli for their drinking games.

The editor of this zine, simply named J, is very active. J have other zines (Ajatuksen Valo, punk zine which is J's main zine) and started another Doom/Sludge-oriented zine.

Contact
Abhorrent Visions Mag
c/o Parkku
Kappalaisenkuja 1
33700 Tampere
Finland

Knife Magazine #1 (November 2014)

Knife Magazine #1 (November 2014)
36 pages, A5, English, xeroxed

Interviews
Tumor Warlord, Demon Head, Narcosatanicos, Obnoxious Youth, Cerekloth, Lower, Call From The Grave Zine

Article
Bathory "Satan My Master" Analysis

Very simple name and front cover artwork for zine. This is the debut issue of self-acclaimed magazine called Knife Magazine from Denmark. Cut n paste style. No page number, no table of content. Not much pictures related to the bands interviewed. The font size is just nice. The layout can be better although it already has a clear/good photocopy print quality.

Editor's email was handwritten. I hope I get right.

Reviews on music. Not alphabetically arranged and not rated. 

First time reading an analysis of a song, particularly a Bathory song.

The interview with Call From The Grave is interesting. The editor of Call From The Grave is follower of Jesus Christ. Whether the picture (a man making the hand signal 'come here' to the naked lady) in the interviews was intentional. This interview was originally made for the editor's old zine, the third issue of Bestial Death. 

Contact
kongerneofkaos at gmail dott com

Black Blood #6 (2013)

 

Black Blood #6 (2013)
36 pages, A4, English, xerox

Interviews
Necro, Ritual Lair, Morbid Yell, Temple of Adoration Zine, Black Feast, Crucifiction, The Seal of R'Lyeh

Article
Robert Erwin Howard
Stealing Is My Business And Business is Good
The Dawn Of The Iconoclast
Sam Pekinpah, Ballad For A Demon

From Greece came this zine. In cut n paste style or 2 columns per page with border artwork. Multiple type of fonts used. The most appealing one is the electric typewriter-type. First perfectly with the cut n paste style compared with Times New Roman one. Layout wise, all good. Maybe the pictures are too dark but still OK.

The reviews are split to the format. There is separate section for EP, Zines, LP, Tapes and lastly CD reviews. These reviews are not alphabetically arranged and not rated.

The editor, Unholy Sodomizer, mentioned in the editorial he stops the zine making but then has the motivation with #6. I saw #7 (release in 2015) in some distro. Will be checking that one too. Hope I am not too late.

Contact
Ayfandis Dimitrios
P.O.Box 3350,
10210 Athens
Greece