Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Argyope Issue #14 (2018)

 




Argyope Issue #14 (2018)
24 pages, A5, English/French, xerox

Interviews
Hellfire & Deadhead Magazine

A free newsletter project from France. Very basic layout style, no columns, no page number, but has lot of pictures related to the band/mag interviewed. 

The introduction/foreword from editor is on the front page written in French. The (long) introduction before the interview starts is in French.

Less than 20 questions are asked, and some are just 1 line question only but enough to get long answer. Deadhead could write a book!

Those who don't know, Deadhead is from Malaysia and Hellfire is from China. Only interviews though. No reviews or news.

I think will not be hard to translate those. Use OCR software or snap picture and let Google translate. Hah! Sounds easy. I'll try it after this.

This is available for free (you only pay the postage). Some of the distro might have this are Schattenmanns Publishing or Destruktor Records mailorder.

No contact address available in the newsletter. Found email address somewhere from the internet.

Contact
sauldaniel666 at yahoo dot fr




Monday, September 16, 2024

League Of Khaos Issue #2 (August 2021)

 








League Of Khaos Issue #2 (August 2021)
192 pages, A5, English, pro-printed

Interviews
Mournful Moon, Lingua Mortis Artwork, Dusk In Silence, Ninkharsag, Les Chants Du Hasard, Wormwitch, Barbalans, Kilatus, Deleted, Afsky, Kirous, The Ironfist, Gorgon, Temple Of Gorgons, Ibliss, Oldskull, Tvsk, Necrolatry Records, Together to The Stars, Winter Lantern, Ish Kerioth, Devoured, Sijjin

Article
Dungeon Synth; A View From The Northern Tower

Scene Reports
China by Dienysian Records
Peru by Mauricio of Painless Zine

Earlier in May 2021, Zizi Amri released his maiden issue. And now just after 3 months in my hands his second issue!

Still in A5 size, pro-printed, perfect-bind format however (with some assistance of fellow contributors Ason UDZ & Ibn Khaldun) this issue is nearly 200 pages thick.

Table of content is present however the pages are not numbered just like the previous issue. Layout-wise looks like the debut issue; 2 columns per page, some uses those typewriter type of fonts giving some old school look, small font size, and no space is being wasted. This issue again packed with texts, pictures and artworks. 

All is great in the layout, except on the interviews where he put picture in middle in between the 2 pages. It doesn't look well visually. The picture/logo can't be seen in full.

Beside interviews you will have:
Chain of Khaos (news section, with label's/band's info)
Proof of Existence (like bio with short interviews made into article form; Azgarath, Huthamah)
Audio of Khaos (music/zine review section. Reviews not alphabetically arranged, not rated with front cover included)

Unfortunately, this issue already sold-out in less than a week. Only 120 copies were made and mine is numbered #16 of 120 copies of the 1st edition. However, you can ask for digital copy for small amount of money. Editor also selling some defect copies at a cheap price but didn't mention what are the defects.

Contact
hiatusmindkaos at gmail dot com