Morbid Writes Issue #2 (2019)

 

Morbid Writes Issue #2 (2019)
36 pages, A5 size, English

Interviews
Carnal Tomb, Aseptic, Abhorrent Funeral, Wretched Fate, Bone Marrow, Filthdigger, Repulsive Vision, Chaotian, Steffen Brandes (Repulsive Feast/Cryptic Boord/Lychantropic Chants)

This second issue looks more proper zine than the debut issue. Still A5 size but the pages increased to 36. Have editorial now, pages are numbered, with table of content. They also improved a lot on the layout. Still using frame artwork, font size is smaller now using type-writer type font and use the blank space much better. The cartoons are still there and now added with some morbid jokes (3 pages on these).

The "Gore-Met Food" recipe section still here too. This time you need a female torso (because male don’t have succulent breasts). And again, good luck to you in getting them.

Another changes they made is adding music reviews. The editor put “For Fans of…” in every release after the reviews end. This will make it easier for reader to imagine or compare. Horror movies review are still present. The reviews are longer now. 

I forgot to mention earlier on the last pages where ads/flyers are presented, this section is called “Sales from The Crypt”.

I guess you can use the same email to contact the editor. If you look closely on the logo, it says Skavaldur’s Morbid Writes. You can use the same email address if you are interested to get artwork.

Email
Skadvaldur.art at gmail dot com

Morbid Writes Issue #1 (2019)

 

Morbid Writes Issue 1 (2019)
28 pages, A5 size, English, xerox

Interviews
Skullsmasher, Deceitome, Foul, Occult Blood, Igor Mortis, Evoker, Outr Tombe, Repression

This is quite a thin issue. This debut issue if only 28 pages thick. I finish reading this quite fast.

It focuses on death metal. The editor uses frame/border artwork. The pages not numbered and there is no table of content.

The interviews are short, like 5 or 6 questions which consumed 2 pages using quite big font size. The band's name is written near their logo which is quite original. There are some blank spaces after the interviews. Need to put something there, I guess. Like after Igor Mortis, 75% pages is blank. Put cover artwork maybe?

Good that he made this using laser printing, so the visual quality is good. 

Some interviews are quite interesting. Occult Blood for example replies "Satan" for all the questions. So, he's also to be blamed too for making this a thin issue.

There are some horror reviews (with the poster artwork) but they are too short.

There is one section that really caught my attention, "Gore-Met Food". Here you can find some recipe. But to continue you firstly need to find a decapitated human head or severed pinkies. Good luck in getting them.

The last 3 pages are fill with ads & flyers. There are also some cartoons with sick humor.

No editorial and contact address of the editor can be found, so not sure the country of origin of this zine. But later after googling found their Facebook page.

I bought the first & second issue from Distributions of Death. I guess you can check DoD FB page for info if you want a copy.

Satanic Terrorist Elite #3

Satanic Terrorist Elite #3

68 pg, A4, pro-printed, English

Interviews
Eliminator, Godslaying Hellblast, Satanic Malediction Zine, Morbid Goat Fornicator, Paganfire, Death Invoker, Ominous Crucifix, Dybbuk Records, Hellscourge, Grave Ritual

Articles
Snakes in Mexican folklore
H.P Lovecraft
John Wayne Gacy
Edward Theodore Gein
Gregorio Cardenas

Good questions are asked to the bands. Death Invoker gave very long answer as usual. Can you try search my blog, how many entry you can find when you search for "Death Invoker"?.

No table of content, no page number but very good layout, look very 'old school' (2 columns per page, typewrite fonts and frame artwork). Overall, this is a good and well-written English zine from Mexico.

Article on serial killer is a bit too long for me. I skip that but article on the snakes in Mexican culture is very interesting. The editor a.k.a Albert The Satanic Wolf mentioned in the editorial that in the previous issues he made articles on Mesoamerican or Mexican culture. I hope he can continue this in the future issues as well. In total this article is 8 pages long.

Reviews are on zine & music all in one section and they are not rated and alphabetically arranged.

You need to have this thick zine if it still available. One thing I don't understand is what is in the front & back cover artwork. By the way, it took 5 years to since #2 is out. If the same time it takes to release #4, then I'll be 60 years old.

Contact
c/o Alberto Garcia
Sierra Leona #1395,
Col. Independencia,
C.P. 44290,
Guadalajara, Jalisco,
Mexico

E-mail
satanikterroristelite_zine at yahoo dot com dot mx

Sadogoat Perversion #2

Sadogoat Perversion #2

44 pg, A4, pro-printed, English

Interviews
Graveyard, Holder, Almighty Sathanas, Ritualization, Necrofagore, Insaner, Solbaid/Cannibalistic, Queiron, Unaus.. Kulten, Unborn, Putrid Gore Art, Blacker

Bio
Troops of Terror, Death Invoker

2 years after its debut issue, the editor, Manuel and his team of writers managed to release another issue of Sadogoat. In this issue, they are using lot of different type of fonts which look a bit messy. Some page the put frame artwork so a bit unconsistent in term of layout. One thing I like the most the editor put a lot of gore, satanic artwork here and there. The pages are numbered and no table of content.

In the review section, the editor uses the smallest font size I ever seen (or maybe I've seen before but can't remember any zine name at the moment). There are lots of reviews and they are not rated and not alphabetically arranged but separated by format.

They created a section called "Exhumations From The Catacomb" which is review of old demo, etc (yes, I know you guess it right). One stuff I found interesting is about 'Witching Hour' compilation tape 1992 from Singapore.

In conclusion, there's vast improvement compared with #1 and naturally all zine are mostly like that. And as usual, the review is up when the zine is probably sold out. Good luck in finding this.

From Beyond #7 (2002)

From Beyond #7 (2002)
48 pg, A4, pro-printed, English

Interviews:
Abominator, Kaamos, Judas Iscariot, T.F.Mous, Mortem, Vomitor, Abhorrence, Deceased, Skitzo, Destroyer666

In issue #6 they mention about releasing 3 issues a year. That didn't happen, I guess. Now they focus more on extreme metal & horror movie. The easiest thing to notice when reading back-to-back 2 issues is the tremendous improvement on the layout. Well-done!

The editor apologizes for the lack of nudity in this issue. Is the editor suggesting the previous issue have more nudity than this issue? Well, I didn't pay much attention actually or even count the pages with nude chicks hah! As for this issue I only remember one in Necrophagia interview but that taken from some horror movie. Anyway, here you have some nudity from front covers of Japan horror DVD and on "Morbid Visions" section.

The pages are numbered and have table of content. The layout 2 column per page with small font size (the size I like).

About the interview, there is a very long chat with Deceased.

About the reviews, there are different section: demo & 7" in one section (not rated but alphabetically arranged), "Morbid Visions" (horror/gore movie reviews), "Full Metal Onslaught" (4 pages, rated, some with bands logo).

They also feature some articles on Jim Van Bebber's films, Eastern Evil (horror, sleaze, and gore movie by Jap. Shock) and a gig report; "Messengers of The Underground" (Wacken 2002).

Last but not least are comics by Tales From Uranus (2 pages) as well as Jake's (the artist for Tales From Uranus) artwork here and there.

Review of issue 6 is here:

https://bloodstainedvision.blogspot.com/2013/11/from-beyond-6-2000.html

Contact
From Beyond Zine
P.O.Box 1756,
N-7416 Trondheim,
Norway

Kitab Tumis Metalhead (2020)

 

Kitab Tumis Metalhead (2020)
24 pages, Malay, pro-printed

This is not a music fanzine/magazine. It is a cookbook! The first one coming from Malaysian metal scene. 

Most you will relate this with Annick’s Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook. Actually, this is only 'metal' cookbook I have so my knowledge in this kind of publication is limited. But the editor made it easy for me (as mentioned here) and the readers. Beside The Heavy Metal Cookbook (2010), there is also Mosh Potatoes (2010) and Dark Side of The Spoon (2017) released so far, making Kitab Tumis Metalhead is the fourth of its kind in the world.

The man behind this project is Rammy ‘Barbarossa’ Azmi. He's behind many projects either band, label or zine.

Nice layout, hard cover and pages are printed in glossy paper with colours. Beside the recipe and the step-by-step, there is also some notes by him on every recipe. There is also info on the band/zine and their logo beside their dish.

All are male here as you know except Ratna of Kathgor. I am not a sexist here, but male can cook too, not like me. Looking at the pictures, they look delicious. Only the name of some of the dish is something to be scared off like ‘Sotong Darkness’, ‘Nasgor Bangkai Gelama’ or ‘Laksa Goreng Hammer Smashed Face’.

The list of Dishes:
Nasgor Bangkai Gelama (by Barbarossa of Wreckar)
Daging Masak Kultyit (by Dr. Noorwan of Thanatopsis Zine)
Laksa Goreng Hammer (by Remie Deen of Atomicdeath)
Rendang Ayam Hijau Berapi (by Ratna of Kathgor)
Sotong Darkness (by Adib of Sick Society)
Ayam Masak Merah Power (by Beno of Thrashit)
Nasi Goreng Tolo Bapa (by Rohjaat of Ajal)
Chicken Nugget Udon (by Tajol of Iron Moth)
Agar-Agar Santan (by Muddy of Dosa)
The Masala dan Kurma (by Barbarossa of Wreckar)

This was released in Ramadhan 2020 but haven't notice newer edition after. Just before uploading this review, I found their Facebook page. They have videos of band’s line-up cooking dishes. Never thought they can come up with such thing. Interesting.

Just a story. I didn’t check properly what I was buying because the front cover looks great. When the mail arrived, I just put it my bag and took it with me to the hospital. I had a scheduled operation during Ramadhan that year. So, I thought after the ops, I can read this while recuperating in the ward. After I open the white envelope, then… WTF?? Not something I expected at all LOL

Contact
Rakap Besi
No. 8, Jalan Seberang Jaya 1/2,
Taman Seberang Jaya,
02000 Kuala Perlis,
Perlis, Malaysia

rakapbesi at gmail dot com

Nebiula Production 25 Years of Aggression (December 2020)

 

Nebiula Production 25 Years of Aggression (December 2020)
104 pages, Malay, Pro-printed

The book that documented the history/releases of Nebiula Production from it is form in 1995 to 2020. This is authored by the founder himself: Jaie Jokhannaz (also known with his band Sil Khannaz, in case you need to know).

This hard cover book comes in a slipcase with the content are in full colored glossy paper.

The first page show photo of a Nebula and then start with the biodata of Jaie Jokhannaz with soon followed with the history Nebiula Productions and the sub-projects arises with the creation of this label (Nebiula Heavy Metal Shop, Nebiula Legion Club, Revo Records).

From page 8 starts with the first release of the label; Sil Khannaz’s Pendita Gila mini album with front cover of all editions including the 12”LP version, tracklist and band’s picture. Accompanying these are short history and info (like a 'biodata') of the release. This is what you will find throughout this book for the releases under Nebiula Productions except some release only have 'biodata' of the release.

Reading this is really a flashback of my early years in the scene. Back then "Pendita Gila" cassette EP is less than RM10 (some CD release is less than RM20). This release (for all version) was sold 40,000 copies. But according to this book, the highest selling is "Gerbang Kayangan" by Sil Khannaz however the sales number was not disclosed.

It will be great if some comments from the owner of this label for each of the release either personal or commercial one. Also includes here are releases of Revo Records, gigs Nebiula Prod. have organized. 

It also includes a 15 tracks CD with songs from releases by Nebiula and Revo Records, placed on the last page of this book (really hard to put it back after listening). I noticed Langsuyr song listed here is Tangisan Embun Pagi but the actual song is Seven-Headed Dragon of Pelangi.

The book was last updated on 1/11/2020. Hopefully we can get the next edition since he has revived the label (officially ended their activity in 2017 but start active re-release some their old catalogue with new artwork). Or at least continue with the info on the new re-releases after this book was publishes.

The only drawback is maybe this is only available in Malay (except for liner notes by Burning Twilight on his band's page (Aradia) is in English). But for international reader can still look at the front covers of the releases.

Contact
nebiulaprod at gmail dot com

Crypts of Eternity #7 (2020)

 

Crypts of Eternity #7 (2020)
72 pages, A4 size, English, pro-printed

Interviews
Exhumation, Ataraxy, Taphos/Sulphurous/Hyperdontia, Dario Derna, Resonance Sound Studio, Question, Vastum, Tunjum, Astriferous, Bloodsoaked Necrovoid, Cerebral Rot, Rotten Tomb, Krypts, Evil Priest, Nuclear Winter Records/Martydom Productions, Uttertomb, Cenotafio, Total Death Over Mexico, Thulsa Doom, Oath Of Cruelty, Spectral Voice, Julio Viterbo (Shub Niggurath, The Chasm, Cenotaph)

Band Bio
Disburial, Archaic Tomb

Article
Angelcorpse special report '20 years of Exterminate'

My experience with this zine is with the first four issues. My last issue was with issue #4, still half size zine back then in 2010. I remember the zine is pro-printed with great chats with mostly death metal bands. 

Now expanded to full A4 size makes it look even better. Ricardo, helped by contributor/collaborator; Mauricio, Eduardo and other crew with various contribution have come with another great issue.

The front cover is simple, just like the previous issues I had (1 to 4). Nothing fancy. But the content is something else. The printing for this issue is awesome, in black hard cover with silver ink printing. 

It doesn't start with editorial, after the content page will straight to interviews. The layout is in 3 or 4 columns per page with small size fonts the way I like it. So, there are many to read in these 72 pages.

No table of content in this thick fucker though. I thought the last page is, but it turns out on that the words below the big skull is Crypts of Eternity's releases (by the way, CoE is also a label). 

The interviews are quite fresh at the time of release; from 2018 to 2020 so topics involving Covid-19 is also asked to the bands/label and how this is affecting them. The interviews with Julio Viterbo and Dario Derna are very informative, covering all their projects.

There is a section entitled "The New Blood From The Uku Pacha", like bands review covering their releases with short info on Peruvians bands; Hell Trepanner, Arkhon, Antropomancia. 

After this continues with music reviews (7"). The reviews are not rated and not alphabetically arranged.

There is also "Copenhagen Death Metal Assault", reviews on Death metal releases by Danish bands made in nice cut n paste layout.

This issue is made in glue bind type (not sure the professional term for this). I have bad experience last time from some other publication. Had to flip the pages carefully to prevent the pages from falling off. Print run is 500 copies. Might still be available. I bought this from local distro, Distributions of Death.

Other things to take note, the Angelcorpse special tribute supposed to commemorate 20 years of Exterminate but on the year of this zine being published it is already 22 years old.

Exanimatvm couldn't be interviewed for some reason but the drummer was brought in to provide their analysis on Exanimatvm's album, 'Dispersae Et Tormentvm' track by track.

I also like Tunjum's interview which they talked about Moche culture. That's very enlightening.

I end this review with a quote from Anastasis of NWR; "We've come to a point that 3rd rate albums of yesteryears are now considered jewels...". I dont know why I pick this out. Maybe sick of looking people selling 'old stuff' at high price and people are actually buying it. Better buy zines!

Contact
cryptsofeternity at outlook dot com

Goatlordth #00 (Feb. 2021)

 

Goatlordth #00 (Feb. 2021)
12 pages, A5, English, Pro-printed

Interviews
Gestorven, Swazönd, Istidraj, Death In Coma

Bio/Article
Ezophagus

This is not a fanzine. It's a F*ckzine as you can see from the front cover. This issue is too thick to be called newsletter (its pro-printed too) and too thin for a zine.

Some info I can share from the editorial are this project is to highlight updates & news of the label (I dont think I need to tell you which label we are talking here) and also with the 'noble' intention of bringing back the era of printed zine. I think Lord G & Sahsahulburaq succeeded in this aspect. But none in this issue make my hairy dick stand up (I need different reading material for have this haha). If not mistaken, this was given free for those who bought stuffs from this label.

Interviews are done by them while the reviews are done by contributors (Anal Licker Gorn & Syukri Ishak) so opinions and way of expression their views are different.

The pages are numbered, no table of content. Layout; 2 columns per page, some with page border, white text on black background or in cut n paste style. The layout is great especially it is printed in this quality.

Reviews are not rated and only cover music stuffs. Some review are placed after the interview of the band's involved.

The last page of this issue is the only info I can find on the label. Lots of releases in line to be released!

Contact
goatlordthrecords at gmail dot com
goatlordthrecords.bandcamp.com
goatlordrex.bigcartel.com