The name alone – CONSUMED BY DARKNESS – made my pants wet : -) I guess not even the guys behind MACABRE END / GOD MACABRE recognize what a huge impression they made to the Death Metal underground. CONSUMED BY DARKNESS is a fanzine dedicated to the old school Death Metal scene, fitting perfect to […]
Decorated with one of the greatest logos the Chilean fanzine COMPILATION OF DEATH can convince starting at page 1. Self Desecrator is the man responsible for the logo and the rat on the cover, but responsible for this great fanzine in the tradition of the Italian THANATOGRAPHY fanzine (for those who remember…) are Gabriel Gatica […]
Another one bites the dust… please forgive me for quoting an old QUEEN song here, but it perfectly sums up the situation when it comes to printed fanzines these days… After 15 issues Germany’s CHAOS MAG is also closing their coffin now in order to focus on other, more important things in life (the fine […]
What an incredible effort! Schenk and Jagger managed to release one killer issue that definitely made my day! We are talking about a huge effort done with total dedication, not only content-wise but artistically / stylish-wise as well. The first thing that "stroke" my attention is the incredible print in the cover artwork used (Dan […]
With zines like NECROMANIAC or CHAOS there is a subgenre of "fanzines" that has achieved a level of visual quality and overall professionalism that can rather be compared to the glossy, mainstream magazines than your typical xeroxed underground publication. Whereas the selection of bands in NECROMANIAC is still pure underground Death Metal, Grindcore and a […]
I seriously doubt that this magazine still needs any further introduction as Schenk and Jagger already terrorize the underground for quite a few years now. And despite some quitting announcements CHAOS is luckily still going strong and remains one of the last survivors in the print magazine department. Throughout the years they constantly managed to […]
The chaos continues!! Yes ladies and gentlemen, it is for real! The two crazy motherfuckers Schenk and Jagger luckily decided NOT to throw in the towel after their 10th issue (which originally was supposed to be their farewell release), but instead put together another 80 strong pages of pure fuckin’ mayhem. Qualitywise nothing has changed […]
The CHAOS – crew Schenk and Jagger comes up with the 10th anniversary issue of one of the best German fanzines around. As their efforts in doing a magazine were in the beginning more than one times compared to the Voices from the Darkside- Mag, their newest issue may in one sad point compared to […]
Of course there’s nothing wrong in running a zine on a completely professional level (using high glossy paper, a full colored exclusive coverart, impressive layout, top printing quality etc.), but on the other hand this here is something I still enjoy a lot (often even more than the professional zines) and what I would call […]
This issue is already a bit dated (it was released on June 30, 2008), but as we just received a copy of it, we figured we should still give it a mention, nevertheless. BURNING ABYSS is a very cool underground zine from Poland, that has been around since 1996 already, but this is their first […]