Choppin' Headz Issue 1 (2021)

 

Choppin' Headz Issue 1 (2021)
52 pages, A5 size, English, pro-printed

Interviews
Bringer Of Gore Records, Sulfuric Cautery, Huere Artworks

The zine is thick but not much interviews in it. So this is not the your usual zine. I like the their concept and quite original concept. Featuring death, gore, grindcore and the scene alike.

Glue bind format maybe not pro-printed, just laser printer but anyway printing quality is good. The layout is in 2 column per page frame/border artwork. Some pages just used black background/white text. Nothing fancy. The pages are not numbered and no table of content.

After short introduction/editorial section, they start with their Top 10 Gore/Horror Movie list and a short review. Not just a list but movies that features 'live' human body destruction. Not 'live' actually. Either jelly, fake blood, real meat & real entrails, and no CGI effect. This my first time reading this kind of selection. Fukk! Robocop (1987) is in the list.

Next you can read "Doctor Dissector's Dungeon of Death Metal". A column featuring bands and its releases which not from the 'mainstream' or from big label. In this issue all are Italian bands with 1 page per release. Quite original way of doing it because the reviews are also on the band's logo, the title of the release and cover artwork beside the usual music reviews. Almost all aspect about the release is covered. Next issue will feature bands from Poland.

Articles are on lesser-known horror movie actor @ Strange Faces (Jeff Kober), Sick Samples (movie samples used by bands. This issue feature Mortician. Next issue will be Warsore). Master Blasters (Killer drummer in Extreme music. Isacc from Sulfuric Cautery in this issue) and lots of pages with full page gore/horror artworks with the artist’s name. Also review on Iron Maiden's Beer. There are a "Noise" section features Punctured Esophagus and "Metal Mutants" sections (old bands review, featuring Phlegm).

Only 3 pages on music reviews. They are short, not alphabetically arranged and not rated but have the front cover. Beside this there are lots of artwork from various artists.

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