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

Eternity #19 (2001)

Eternity #19 (2001)
76 pg, A5, pro-print, German

Interview
Ancient Rites, Sceptic, CSSO, Melechesh, Legacy, Katatonia, Alastis, Logar's Diary, Obligatorisk Tortyr, Forgotten Silence, Comma, Mangled, Circle of Grief, Anata, Trauma, The Awakening, No Return, Rebellion, Deranged, Enter My Silence, Mirror of Deception

This is the last issue that I have in my collection. Not sure whether I will get their newer issues (probably I will when I understand German). I think having 4 issues as introduction of this good magazine is enough for me.

I noticed there's a section called "Crossfire" (featured in last issue too). Not sure how that's work but I saw some reviews there.

Check out the web. They put a lot of stuff there.

Eternity #18 (2001)

Eternity #18 (2001)
76 pg, A5, pro-print, German

Interview
Belphegor, Blackend, Failed Humanity, Grim Force, The Prior's Diary, Defender, Neglected Fields, Harmony Dies, Legion, Festering Flesh, Pain of Salvation, Night In Gales, Kalmah, Dark Moor, Lykathea Aflame, Profanity, Hatred, Crawlspace, Houwitser, Abigor

Damn! When I checked their website, there’s no info available about this issue (and also the next one that I have). It will be easier if I can copy and paste. Above are interviews and the rest (layout, etc) I don’t see any major changes except for "Soundcheck" by 6 writers (with picture of them too). You know how that works, right? I don't think I need to explain further.

Profanity interview is the longest so far I've seen in Eternity. Plus they also put their mail-order list (CD) in the magazine.

Eternity #14 (2000)

Eternity #14 (2000)
88 pg, A5, pro-print, German

Interview
Depraved, Death Sentence, Anorexia Nervosa, Penumbra, Krisiun, Sleeping Gods, Defaced Creation, Throne of Chaos, Asphyx, Abrogation, Primordial, Grief Of Emerald, Godstone, Ritual Carnage, Fleshcrawl, Opera IX, Impure, Eternal Tears Of Sorrow, Mourning Caress, Legacy Of Hate, Final Cry, Sacrificial

Layout-wise, the content and almost everything keeps the style they did in #10. It's 'love or hate' thing. If you like the old issue, you might like this one. Anyway, this zine is released regularly every 3 month or so. You should expect any major changes like other pro magazine.

Eternity #10 (1999)

Eternity #10 (1999)
76 pg, A5, pro-print, German

Interview
Inner Grostesque, Satariel, Obscure Disaster, Blazing Eternity, Nile, Trail of Tears, Solar Spine, Vanitas, Evoke, Dying Fetus, Gone Sadness, Vintersorg, Forgotten Silence, The Crown, Mangled

I managed to get some issues of this magazine. Curious to know how this zine/mag looks like, so I bid in Ebay (my first ever bidding for this kind) and won. I suspected this mag is in German because the seller write to me in German (I didn't make any research about this magazine before and no info mentioned it's written in German). How true it was. A small sized magazine written all in German. I don't understand anything but I can always learn a thing a two.

I'm amazed at the layout. Unlike Grrrl Rebel (DIY zine, review elsewhere), this is pro-printed desktop publishing layout. Small in size but able to make few columns per page and still look very nice (like looking at normal magazine, except this one is small). And I have to compromise the picture size, some are really tiny. I'm sure many people will not like this.

And yes, CD sampler available too. All info you need about the songs/releases available on page 4 including the front covers.

About the content, some that I noticed are reviews; "Hard Stuff" (demo reviews, no front cover artwork and not rated), fanzine reviews (they are made in the layout that looks like newspaper. Very original concept. Other reviews are rated and some are placed in between interviews (as space filler) besides gathering them in on section called "Im Plattenladen".

Thank goodness we have Google translator! I type some words and I got to know there's also a book review in a section called "Die bücherecke". And I got to know some other words too. Hail Google!

Other 'ingredients' are letters from readers, gig report, etc like other normal magazine will have. Special for this issue is probably "Dekade der Ewigkeit", celebrating 10 years of Eternity mag.

Looks like a good magazine especially when they featured some unknown bands.

I got 3 more issues (but not in chronological order) and those reviews will probably be the shortest I made.

Web
http://www.eternitymagazin.de/