1/26/08
EMBALMED SOULS (Bra) The temple of bizarre cult Demo Tape'05.
The feelings to be found the most often are this death metal glory ridden by punching old death thrash beats, or the nice melancholy of doom quoted before.
This tape recording is a very nice item to explore once you're into the right mood for this kind of spirit, and the music is well done, but I regret there isn't more urges of Death thrashing metal, real morbid attacks from the inner of the damnation-entrails or more emotional intensity to match the "genius"; After a while, I'd really feel like shredding this beauty to pieces and open up the gorges of sufferance; Yes a part of this demo might be seen as beautiful (Following some doomy aesthetics).
This isn't a bad recording, it could offer you quite many qualities; But this isn't the most energetic band, as you probably have noticed; Something quite good to rest and feel, but not to kill.
I have to notice the band doesn't seem to be very serious concerning answering mail. I wrote at least two letters the last years (Asking for possible trade, wholesale...), but never received an answer... Maybe I'm not old school enough to awake their considerations? (Since I released about 50% of Brutal death, 50% of "shitty" CDr, and own several web-pages, I'm probably too "modern" for some peoples...).
DOWN FROM THE WOUND (Philippines) Agony Through Rituals Of Self Purification CD'07. SEVARED Recs.
Do not expect something new, original or standing out, you little trendy piece of shit! There's nothing to fit your clerically vampirized 2007 criterias that lamely forgot the guts, the pain and the agony! Anyway the goal of the band isn't to be original or "Zzzzpezzziiiial"... Would you reproach a grindcore band to blast? Would you reproach a black metal band to scream like little cats? Would you reproach a metal band to play with guitars? So, In this case it's almost the same: It would be quite useless to reproach DOWN FROM THE WOUND to play fucking brutal US Brutal death, devoid of any melody or so called "Original" influence (In case some didn't notice, in the early years Brutal death was fucking original and over the top, as it inserted many new ideas and took the whole affair much deeper... In your suffering asshole!... Ooooh! It's not so original anymore?... And then? How long will your current trend be original and fresh? How many months? How many weeks? And how long will you care when the style will be denied or forgotten by most? If you're not convinced, go ask Mozart or Bach if they wrote a new masterpiece each month and created a new style each semester)... But as always, many bands played the same again, and again, and again, so the minds and guts of the brutal maniacs got machine-washed with too many usual riffs, and the longing for brutality was declining... But sometimes, I'm happy to hear bands such as D.F.T.W who focus on a very specialized style and do their best to kick your ass... And it's quite good, yeah! Imagine US Brutality like old DISGORGE (Usa), old SUFFOCATION/ early PYREXIA, old NATRON ("A taste of blood" Demo) with some possible REPUDILATION, touches of BANISHED and other obliterating things like that... DOWN FROM THE WOUNDS sounds motivated, rigid, brutal and it works. The production is cool: It's not your overproduced clinical gay plastic guitars of 2007, No! Even if it's rigid, there's an heavy sound brutality once had (With quite vibrating bass frequencies to exterminate your speakers) and I like it! "Agony Through Rituals Of Self Purification" is more appealing than many of the Us brutal death albums I tried to listen this year... Ok, it isn't the brutal album of 2007, but this band is efficient enough to kick the ass and should be supported! (To enjoy, listen with your brutality, not your exhausted brain)
http://www.myspace.com/downfromthewound
ABOMINAT (Nor) Storms of calamity Ep'06. NO POSERS PLEASE! Recs.
Well, the music isn't as emotionally intense as SUFFOCATION and I'm not yet sure something could stand as "Really catchy and to be remembered in the grave", but you can at least listen without troubles: No boring shit! For a first recording, it's a fine collection of internal piercings. Good luck!
http://www.myspace.com/abominat
1/17/08
THOSE WHO BRING TORTURE (Swe) Those who bring torture CD'07. NO COLOURS Records.
Give the bear a beer? And beer à gogo to bear à gogo... To dance with the beers to find yourself dancing with bears! I want a little bear in my beer! I want a little bear in my beer!
No colours keeps on sending me their black metal promos for no reason... But this time there was something sounding like Death in their grimbomb...
This project formed by musicians of RIBSPREADER, KNIFE IN CHRIST and TAEDEAT is only a sub-project. Read the flyer: "After just a week of writing, recording and mixing the debut album was done". That's no very promising, huh?
What you hear is between death and grind, with usual death grind moments (HAEMORRHAGE, HATEPLOW), heaviness à la early MUCUPURULENT or some cool sounding but common old Death metal. The powerful production makes it good sounding, there are cool moments from here and there (I wonder if it's not remains of better ideas from their main projects). But all in all this is just another CD recorded by another project like many... I imagine the guys' rehearsing habits helped to make this album quite easily. There have been worse but also better parallel distractions, it's pro and ok.
http://www.myspace.com/twbtt
PHLEGETHON (Fin) Neutral forest Demo tape 1990.
Death metal will be totally dead, totally putrid and disgusting one more time! Any kind of mellowdick and watering down influence will definitely escape the turmoils of pain to let escape and explode the strongest revenge and pure hatred! Pure fucking death in your face!! AAARRRGGGHHH!!
But, I should slow down the insane dreams of prevailing pure putridity, since most of the coming-back old bands disappoint the strongest fans of death metal down to rotting agony (Pure damnation!), and the newest bands, even if some are good, aren't able to match the shredding enthusiasm of the end 80's…
So, a wiser possibility would be to extract again the morbid saviors from some older tape recordings; even if some weren't the best, at least the obscure feeling and enough putridity were there.
This time, I'll exhume an old demo of the finish band PHLEGETHON. Before all confining walls start to tremble, I should immediately state they didn't sound that much like a Finnish death metal band of the 90's. In fact, the style of these fukkers of dead was much more complex and technical.
Imagine the first album of DARKTHRONE (When they were playing quite technical (For this epoch!) and obscure death metal) with some death thrashing influences exploding the pustular agony right from the frustrated bowels of MERCILESS's first album ("The awakening") and a bit of OLD FUNERAL (First demo). Add few crazy riffs, some "dissonant" melodies resonating a quite bizarre way, and your vision of death is focused on the right maelstrom of pain!
Well, to be a bit more realistic, I should notice this tape wasn't that killer and emptiness-filling; not sure if some current metal-listeners would like it that much, but a good answer could be: FUCK YOU!! This sounds quite crazy enough for my putrid needs, and the complexity of the thing, even if it doesn't necessarily sounds composed the best way, makes it nice for my traumatic brain!
A cool tape for Death metal maniacs... These words shall be your grave.
WEHRMACHT (Ger) Biermacht Tape Lp'88. NEW RENAISSANCE Records.
This is quite efficient and complex thrashing crossover filled with all the fucked christmas gifts and decoherence you need. "Fun is in the detonator!" They got it and cut up their songs often, to reach an almost old Grind state of mind and avoid the lengths (Why the fuck waiting till the beer is hot? Drink it fresh!). It sounds quite crazy, frenetic, fresher than the usual... Beer! Beer is unholy, "You broke my hear, so I broke your face!".
Think about early DESTRUCTION meets SPAZZTIC BLUR (Later brewed with 2 ex beercore bangers from WEHRMACHT), early SUICIDAL TENDENCIES (Mellow cat vocals outside), DARKNESS (1st Hell-P), the FILTHY CHRISTIANS (Maybeer?) and SOD, and your vision won't be too blurry... Some peoples might piss and refuse to swallow, thinking it's too full of beers to be serious and decently played... Wrong! This is really tight and correctly brewed for the time (Time of the beers, time of the beers...It fucking makes me thirsty!).
Fuck my Lp player is broken!!! How will I bang my head?
In a way, this is a very good recording for those who like the motivated and engaged side of old crossover, the thrashmania, the quite "chaotic" structures and humor from some early core-grinding grindcowww... Maybeer not so cult whatever beer-drying matters might doomy influence the thrashing minds to sleep, but quite worth the beer sucking!
Steal my beer,
Drink my beer;
Piss my bear!
IN THE NAME OF SATAN: A tribute to Venom CD'94. GUN Recs.
Does it really sound so much as a tribute anymore? Doesn't it sound strange to hear a drummer paying homage to his own music on a tribute album?
Questions could flow, and re-flow... And that's kinda old blabber, isn't it? So we'll simply talk about the music, since it's what matters the most :-)
-First of all, you had KREATOR (Or better said Mille?) making "Witching hour" more thrashy, faster, and displaying the frenetic vocals of Mille Petrozza. A quite good cover, that showed some energy. Some might say “Grrrr”.
-Then, ANATHEMA did a cool version of "Welcome to hell". It kept somekind of the initial obscure mood (If I could say so), with a quite moody production and low-pitched vocals distorted through an obscure chorus. Not bad at all, and quite groovy... I wished ANATHEMA followed much more this kind of vibes, because most of their own stuffs only disappointed my imagination...
-Then, VOIVOD turned "In league with satan" in their own way. It definitely sounded like VOIVOD, with high-pitched & quite "visionary" vocals, a sci-fi aspect, and other cool stuffs... I didn't like it much at the time, because I was young and the vocals seemed strange, but they did a nice job. Cool.
-Then some guys of NUCLEAR ASSAULT, and other peoples (From the studio?), tried to cover "Die hard"... But it wasn't that good (Huh!). I have never been a fan of this particular song, and the quite Us heavy metallish vocals didn't do it (Urk)... A quite boring cover!
-Where there ever some SKYCLAD fans in the assembly? Well, their first album was cool, but what about the following? This time they turned "Prime evil" in their own middle-age world... Ok, they kinda changed the song, with violins and few other goblins, but I never found it good. Blah!
-SODOM surprisingly choose to cover "1000 days in Sodom" (What a clever choice! Ah! I guess VENOM might even have been the origin of their moniker) and did an ok but just average job... It sounds like the average heavy moments of SODOM era 93-95 (Tapping the vein), and I never liked it much... (SODOM = Fast as fuck! In your ass baby!!)
-Then, various peoples covered "Countess bathory" under the CANDLEMASS moniker, and there's not much to say... This was just an average one, while the original was better.
-After all of this, it could have been better, but it's not really... PARADISE LOST did a quite boring cover of "In nomine sathanas" that sounded like the heaviest of their "Shades of god" album, minus the sorrow... And blah! You get bored.
-Then came the little surprise: Two new songs of VENOM that probably disappointed some die-hards: It was a time when the guys were experimenting with Indus metal. Even if these two songs weren't mind-blowing, I kinda like the atmosphere and the kinda "Easy listening" indus metal à la old NIN or FILTER... It might have been a cool idea for VENOM to do more of these experiments and release it under another moniker (What about turning the letters inside out? You get MONEV? Just an effort, and it turns to MONEY!? Some kind of prophecy? Ah Ah)
Finally, what you got was an average tribute album that contained a lot of average recordings, and it rather tasted like a compilation of various (Discutably useful) things than a real tribute.... Nothing vital, even for big fans... I still use to like it for "Nostalgic reasons", but that's all... Hopefully KREATOR, ANATHEMA and VOIVOD did it right and offered coolified covers. (And the artwork was cool).
SYPHILIC (Usa) Erotishock therapy CD'07. CEPHALIC Recs.
This is well played, well programmed (Drum machine), well produced, but not much stands out on a necro-erotic point of view. It might be due to the fact each song is composed of many riffs and breaks, so this isn't exactly greasy listening... It might be right, in part, because some riffs sound cool while there are also some not-so-cool guitars and elements that apparently do not reflect emotions (Are you still there?). So I will say it might have been more efficient with a brutal lifting.
In fact, this project isn't as modern as what you could expect. There are obviously a lot of typically rhythmic Us blasting brutality, but one could also find the more "melodic" of DEEDS OF FLESH, as well as older styled Us and European Death metal... But after all, the fact it's built around many riffs, and contains low pitched vocals (That happen to penetrate the gore) would categorize SYPHILIC in the "modern" fields of death anyway.
Some influences: SPAWN OF POSSESSION, MORTAL DECAY, INFESTDEAD, old CANNIBAL CORPSE, DISGORGE (Usa), BROKEN HOPE (For some technic), BRUTALITY...
Hopefully, this isn't always "Too much of too much" as there occur to be quite fresh ideas that improve the edibleness.
I'm not that impressed by SYPHILIC on an emotional/ spiritual point of view, but it's quite solid music that might please fans of complex Brutal Death.
http://www.myspace.com/syphilic
SOILS OF FATE (Swe) Highest in the hierarchy of blasting sickness CD'05. FORENSICK Recs.
The two demos remain the same. The first being very influenced by CANNIBAL CORPSE (In a not so brutally penetrating manner), while the second was more blasting along the lines of, let's say, SUFFOCATION ("Despise the sun") yet with the Cannibalized Brootool approach.
Other things inside are the re-recording of an early track ("Tapping the vein") a more brutal and energetic way, or a live song ("Epoch of barbarity) that was taken with an ok and quite raw underground production.
The title of this compilation is quite misleading, because SOILS OF FATE isn't a part of the most extreme current Brutal Death bands, and these older demos do not sound extreme in 2007. This might be a cool release for big fans and nostalgics of their demo days, but it seems not many peoples will be interested... And was it a really needed release? After all, demos could eternally remain engraved in the good old tape format, and those who really need some obscure recordings could find it through tapes or Mp3s trading if they really want it (When you really want something, you're ready to make more than a single effort, and write snail mails!). Strictly for big fans and close friends.
http://www.myspace.com/sofslam
ANATOMIA (Jap) Dissected humanity CD'05. NECROHARMONIC Recs
ANATOMIA were often compared to AUTOPSY, and it's not wrong words since the doomy old school Death metal of these Japanese Deathheads tastes like old AUTOPSY on various rotting occasions: You have the primal instinct escaping the perverted pores of an abrupt brain, the gore vocals, the doomy moments, the fast and quite punching beats... I could also find similarities with ABSCESS for the dirtiness and some sludge.
At first approaches this is a really cool album. But after a while I'm not so impressed anymore. Maybe because the music is a bit too simple/ easy to compose while AUTOPSY always had more surprises and nice polyphonic harmonies, even in their most fukked moments... Or maybe because I'd prefer to hear more punching old school Death metal beats (For orgies of running sickness!) while a good portion of doom heaviness is bound to crushing my speakers. It's a good album to listen when you want to feel the embalming of death rotting your entrails, but it doesn't work so well when the approach is more cerebral and morbidly analyzing the causes of death.
For the defense of ANATOMIA, I should say I'm not a big fan of doomy & sludgy affairs, and not much (Of structures and playing surprises) would be needed to make the whole much more impressing.
So it's a cool album that might likely entertrail those who dig the most doomy of AUTOPSY, and especially "Mental funeral" or "Acts of the unspeakable", but this "Dissected humanity" is rather destined to the fans of doom. I'll keep an eye on their future engravements with an hope for more fast Death metal the punching way.
http://www.geocities.jp/anatomia_jp
EX DEMENTIA (Usa) Thou shall repulse CD'07. KITCHEN VOMIT Recs.
PUSFILLED BODYBAG MADNESS, FEASTERGORE IN THE SEWER, MINCED MEAT RESURRECTION!
This time you have old school US Gore Death metal that kinda sounds like old NECROPHAGIA (1st album), with some old AUTOPSY/ ABSCESS (Gory vocals), some early DEATH/ MASSACRE with a bit of old IMPETIGO or even DR SHRINKER. Oooohhh, it sounds like an unexpected mixture to escape the so oftenly raped doors from our beloved coffin of metallic sins! It's not the usual necro old school mournance; What they choose to play is a bit more fun and no so dead-serious! There's some kind of 3rd degree/ B movies humor that wouldn't make them displaced on RAZORBACK Recs, but the music doesn't seem to be at the right level of entertainment yet.
The production would have been considered good 15 years ago: No trig, no overdub, no inhuman production... This is the natural sound and it tastes quite cool.
Now, on a musical point of view my feelings are mixed: Some riffs are too generic and usual to brand my brain or stop the brainstorm of daily life. Ok some fast, heavy or impact riffs are cool, but some guitars could be improved a way or another to match more morbid vibration. And the drum playing is a bit too simple in some fast parts.
The vocals are great in the style; And it helps to cover the riffs that do not shake the coffin and keeps the whole entertaining... So if you don't storm your brain too much, you might dig the whole as if the doors of the tomb were wide opened and welcoming ;-)
I would be quite necro-appealed to see them live with beers in the guts. Old school gory death fans, keep an eye on them, coz future improvements might kick your face a zombifying way... For now EX DEMENTIA is just a cool/ average and quite entertaining band... HOT FOR ZOMBIES!!!
http://www.exdementia.net
THE ORDHER (Bra) The ordher Demo CDr'06
The tight and precise playing makes them sound like an armada, but I have to question the compositions themselves to penetrate beyond the brutality... Unfortunately, on a deep emotional point of thrill I'm not impressed, the inner cadaveric entrails didn't especially feast on inhuman metallic hatred. You'd rather find pleasant moods mixed with brutality. So THE ORDHER will be a quite hailworthy formation for maniacs of the style; But those who weren't Evily brazicunted might as well keep their insemination-trumpets in other perverted holes of metallic embalming. The band apparently signed on UNIQUE LEADER, so it seems brutal maniacs will hear about their following albums...
http://www.theordher.com
NAUSEANT (Swe) Abysmaltician Demo CDr'06
I also found a bit of CREMATORY(Swe)'s first demos for some cryptic riffs, touches of old COMECON for dissonant guitars and eventually a bit of DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA for the strange approach. The production reminds me a bit the first VIOGRESSION Lp, for its cool moody atmosphere.
The high-pitched guitar focus the creation of strange dissonant melodies... It works more or less well, sometimes it's a bit too "strange" (It might be due to the production or the fact guitars might not be totally in the right tune? I don't know... It might also be a lack of heavy guitars to underline some of the dissonant leads...). As well as many "experimental" kinds of music you happen to wonder what they exactly want to do with some riffs; But you might understand that later… And aren’t few ‘new’ morbid ideas welcome in your coffin?
Of corpse this demo isn't perfect, but for a first recording it's encouraging and quite welcome. The atmosphere is here.
http://www.nauseant.tk
ANNIHILATION TEXT (Can) Defamation manifesto Demo CDr'07
A Death metal that especially choose the darkened paths of MORBID ANGEL ("Domination", with a touch of "Gateways") and execrates a nice atmosphere from the chalice of all captivating sins. The march is rather mid-placed, and heavy, with double kicks.
As said before, the MORBID ANGEL influence is strong (For the atmosphere, "dominating" heaviness, quite majestic leads... As well as for the vocals and production) but you could also find other elements such as impure waves of IMMOLATION, floridian Death metal (Something between BRUTALITY, RESURRECTION of later MORTA SKULED), some old HATE ETERNAL, a bit of crushing SUFFOCATION, fantomatic tumors à la CONVERGENCE FORM WITHIN (Even if C.F.W is more burning) and a little melodic something that helps to pack the composition a nice way.
To summarize my feelings, I'll say this cool band didn't discover the morbid musical words that instantaneously annihilate humanity and they didn't develop a language of their own yet, but it's a cool band with good atmospheres and whose potential only asks to be developed. Good fucking luck!
http://www.myspace.com/invoketerror
IGNIVOMOUS (Australia) Path of attrition Demo tape’07
Visions of DECREPIT, DARKLORD (Minus majesty and keyboards) or BOLT THROWER (Very early) also occur to abominate my putrid skull.
IGNIVOMOUS is a fucking promising ancient raw Death metal council from the sarcastic and dry chaotic tombs! Perfect for fans of old INCANTATION/ IMMOLATION. Hailz pure fucking Death!
http://www.myspace.com/ignivomousmetal
INFERNAL CONJURATION (Mex) Tremendous plague Demo CDr'07
There are energetic infernal tremolo riffs, heavier patterns of the skull crush, chaotic leads the metal way and nice screamy vocals from the gorges of sufferance that taste like Chuck Schuldiner (80's) or some MORTEM (Peru).
The music also sounds a bit like some MASSACRE (First Lp) or PESTILENCE (Pure death metal years).
A shame the drum patterns aren't always so tight, but it might improve with more hard work (And that's a demo, right?)
Well there's nothing particularly killer or personal (It's rather somekind of DEATH worship (That hopefully doesn't sound asleep)) but it's a quite well rounded underground demo with enough morbid and energetic attributes to stick fans of Death thrashing metal the real way! At least you can't deny it shows cool Death metal tastes.
http://www.myspace.com/infernalconjuration
1/7/08
IN THE ZINE OF EVIL #1
c/o In the zine Of Evil, Evergreen, Hartfield Road, Seaford, East Suessex, BN25 4PR, UNITED KINGDOM.
Email: inthezineofevil@yahoo.co.uk
NECROSCOPE #19
There are many reviews, something like 200 or more. The editor is trading tapes and CDr all over the world, so you will likely cross deeply obscure names you didn't know before... Into these 144 pages that come with minimalist layout (There are few pictures, due to the printing costs. But it's all computer done, nothing hand-written lol) you''ll also see quite long interviews with: Embrace of thorns, Pek, Antacid, Begrime exemious, Enshadowed, Demonic rage, Hellspirit, Bestial holocaust.
Sometimes the English is quite strange, I need an effort to understand everything. This is a deeply underground zine that might turn on the lights of biggest maniacs, exclusively. Anyway there's no email address inside, so how could the "unmaniacs" get a copy?
(Ps: Notice this review was totally written during a hard and painful session in the Wc, while building a strong "castle of big shit". No joke, the inspiration can also come from "this" inside Ah Ah)
c/o Adam Stasiak, Ul.Zakopianska 42/3, 80139 GDANSK. POLAND.
DIRT EATER #1
Contact: hugo_kuhlin@hotmail.com
NAJSWIETSZY NAPLETEK CHRYSTUSA #4
This seem to be another cool underground contact, the guy got back to my promo with a zine and two demos from Poland... To get in touch write there: Wojtek Lis, Ul. Dekutowskiego 16/39, 39-400 Tarnobrzeg, POLAND.
Email: nnchzine@interial.pl
RITUAL MURDER #3
The interviews are personalized and quite interesting, the reviews are honest and numerous, the dark but easily readable layout is situated between the cut'n paste and the computerized... I might be wrong, but I might say the substance and atmosphere is situated somewhere between PANZERFAUST and NECROSCOPE zine.
I have not much to complain about RITUAL MURDER, apart from the usual matter of tastes and the fact I would enjoy the reading much more if it wasn't stuffed with about 80% of black metal... There's a total of 60 pages. Interviews: OBEISANCE, FURZE, CHRISTICIDE, CIANIDE, EMBRACE OF THORNS, TOTAL HOLOCAUST Records, KAAMOS, INCRIMINATED, MORBID EXECUTION, BESTIAL RAIDS, EITAN BLOOD, NECROS CHRISTOS.
The editor doesn't care for distribution, but prefers to directly sell his copies, so the best way to get yours will probably be to send a snail mail here: Marek Górecki, ul. Ostrowiecka 6/49, 62-600 Radom 12 POLAND or to send an email here: ritual666@poczta.onet.pl
R'LYEH #5
In fact I just told you about my inability to read everything from the zines; This doesn't only result from a too big quantity of evil scriptures to invade my mailbox, but also from the fact every zines aren't exactly English written... lol... In this precise case, it's all Polish spoken and I don't get most of the words... But I can tell you this is an underground focused zine, and the editor is mostly into black metal (With some death and thrash). The interviews seem to be quite long an talkative (Absurd, Sauron, Holy death, Moloch lethalis, Pater noster, Morysian fog, Embrional, Hail satan, Total war prod...), the reviews aren't especially short... And there's a nice little surprise for you, evil black metaller! Adrian had the funny idea to offer something special inside... No, this isn't the usual poster you'll stick on your putrid walls... No! With this kit you'll be able to build your own little church of paper, and then to burn it as if you were Norwegian for real! Killer!!! (A matchstick is even enclosed! Lol). You'll be able to say it, with the very necro and darkened face, "I DID IT! I BURNT A CHURCH IN MY TOWN!" Ah Ah.
The zine isn't especially ultra big, but the 48 pages are packed with enough small fonts to make it compressed and tight like a juicy little... Something that doesn't look like a cunt! You putrid pervert!! The layout is too clear and simple in my opinion.
I'm more or less in touch with the editor, and he seems serious with writing back or trades, so if you want a bit more underground support in Poland, send a snail mail with many flyers here:
Adrian, PO BOX 20, 02919 WARSZAWA 76, POLAND.
TOTAL DEATH #3
What I see is an underground focused paper zine, that mostly deals with death and black metal. The 18 pages are packed with quite a lot of things, including the usual interviews (Sardonicus, Empheris, Misteria, Gallileous), reviews and live reports. I can't talk about the meaning of all this, but the interviews are quite long and the bands seem talkative, so it might not be the usual robotic questions. The lay out is clear but quite varied enough.
Notice there isn't any email inside, only snail mails... ONLY SNAIL MAIL IS REAL!! (At least you might remember a whelk mail much better).
I sent TOTAL DEATH a CDr promo quite recently, and he got back with a copy of his zine plus a CDr compilation, so he seems to be a cool and motivated underground supporter. To get in touch, send a snail mail with many flyers here:
Krzysztof Berestecki, PO Box 70, 38400 KROSNO 1, POLAND.
TERVILLES #1
I forgot to say my copy (#11) was numbered with human blood.
c/o VERTEY Stéphane, Chemin du for Bonnelle, 52200 LANGRES, FRANCE.
Email: War-crystallis@hotmail.fr
FUNERAL VOMIT #1
The lay-out was computer done and is very clear (A bit too much) but packed with quite a lot of infos. On one finger the zine isn't very big (20 pages) on the other finger the text-size is small, so there's no blank space in your face.
As well as his unknown comrade of SATANIC METAL, FUNERAL VOMIT did an average issue, but for a first subterranean-shot I read really worst, and he would kinda deserve encouragements if he keeps the motivation going. This time I hope improvements will ring the doors of Ms Beautiful Layout, Mr Content and Mr MetalofDeath.
Interviews: TYMAH, ALTAR OF PERVERSION, SEEDS OF HATE, SHRUNKEN & MUMMIFIED, AGE OF AGONY, KARPATIA Productions, THY FUNERAL.
c/o Peter Gresko, Vasarter u.2, Tokaj 3910, HUNGARY.
Email: Funeral_vomit@freemail.hu
METALIZE IT #16
As you can't metallize what's already already purely metallic,
The hordes of industrials robots will invade the earth... Brrrr
METALIZE IT is a small fanzine from Belgium (And not Itally or outer-space, the "It" doesn't stand for a country suffix or an ET things, right?) that was printed with content of their webzoom, and is distributed for free (600 copies). The 28 A5 pages contain both underground and not so underground outfits, between Black, Death metal and melodic variations of the styles. The interviews aren't very long, generally a little bit more than 10 questions, but the interrogations are personalized so it works a cool manner.
The reviews reminds me a bit of IN EXTREMIS from France, but with less criticism and words-playing... Sometimes I feel they could dig digger in the bowels and minds of the bands to extract the pulp of asskicking. It's written in French. Some cool Belgian bands are inside. This is a cool paper thing for peoples who don't shake the meaning of the word metal in every ways, but rather like to feel the milky ways of relaxing metal after an hard day of work.
Interviews: KAMPFAR, NEVERLIGHT HORIZON, NOKTURNAL, PESTIFER, SUMMONING.
Webstring: http://www.metalize-it.be
SATANIK METAL #1
Interviews: HEPTAMERON, UNHOLY WAR, VIOLENT ATTACK, MODER, EMBRACE OF THORNS, HUMAN PARANOÏD.
c/o Artur Znojek, PO Box 4, 25517 Kielce 15, POLAND.
Email: sm_zine@op.pl
PLOPPY PANTS #6
Email: Dirty_little_punk@hotmail.com
Websweet: http://www.myspace.com/ploppypants
NO BULLSHIT #7
Anyway the content of the zine is still focused on underground support of extreme music. It's rather targeted on extreme metal and occurs to feature few hardcorish stuffs.
You'll find interviews that turn out to be more or less entertaining, depending on the bands' motivation (Few are quite dull: 1 line question/ 1 line answer... As if these bands had nothing to win and no one to turn on...). The reviews, that rather depicts the present moment when the listener is hearing the music, are not really my cup of beer: I'd like more comparisons/ analysis, and less influence of friendship (héhé)... Maybe illegal DIY alcohol do not help to open your spirit to higher visions of death that much... In this case an only solution: Drink macerated blood!!
There are few poems and stories. The layout is computer done and looks simple.
The way the editor depicts the life conditions and global state of mind in this country are interesting, I guess it could make think for a minute our "Get it all for free" cyber metal scene! This mini zine could be nice for big underground maniacs who need to read more about underground support, but for next time I'd like to see more depth and "philosophical" thoughts, if possible. Beware! There's a bear in your DIY beer!!!
Interviews: BLACK WINTER, BLOODY SIGN, FARASU, WATCH ME BURN, RON SACUEZA, EXTROVERT Zine.
Website: http://nbzine.cjb.net
VOMITOSE #2
What I like: The underground choice of bands, the fact Rebecca has something to say and the reviews turn quite long, the fact some interviews are long and interesting, the fact there's more brain than in some old gogogore à gogo average gore zines...
What I don't like: The choice of some bands, few very short and uninformative interviews, the 3 blank pages at the end (Ran out of flyers?)... And the layout might be a bit too clear sometimes...
What you might need to know: The state of mind of the zine is fresh and doesn't seem too narrow, even though opinions are quite clearly shown... And Rebecca is currently a woman who accepts love letters.
So this is a cool zine that has chances to please underground maniacs of extreme brutality and pustularity. I wish her good luck and expect the best improvements for the future.
Interviews: Squash bowels, Dead, Hymen holocaust, Rotting flesh; Coffins, Bowel fetus; Embalmer, Cattasexual urge motivation, Looking for an answer, Screaming afterbirth, Funebrarum...
c/o Rebecca, 139a Hoon Hay Road, Hoony Hay, Christchurch 8002, New Zealand.
Email: sewer_grind@hotmail.com