The end of April marked the arrival of the 23rd issue of Atmosfear magazine and after a lengthy reading I can finally write a review about it. Well, needless to say, it continues to infect the extreme metal masses with its super huge content (this time it was printed on 124 pages of A4 format) and superior quality of printing. However, the lack of any foreword from the editor(s) seemed to me a little bit unprofessional. So instead we can dive straight into the large amount of interviews and their number is 58. Don't you think it's too many? Of course, it is. There are interesting and informative chats with both well-known and ultra-underground acts as well as boring ones too. But in total I've really liked to read and scroll through its content. My preferred interviews were with At the Gates, Mortiis (the longest and maybe most readable in this number), Hecate Enthroned, Malevolent Creation, Sadist, Helevorn, Phlebotomized, Vircolac, Grenouer, Desert Near the End and Lividity. As usual you can read there a bunch of reviews on audio products out in 2018/2019, which were featured on circa 16 pages. The quantity of ads in this issue is still very high, I've counted around 24 pages, it looks almost like an advertising magazine, ha-ha... The written language is Russian. Printed on black & white pages, except the cover, which was coated in full color. Enough said. Get your copy in time!!!

I was really prepared to get my hands on this book and 3rd of May this year it finally happened. The actual book is already the second edition, while the first edition was issued in 2014. Bronislav Kovarík or, as most of us know him, Bruno tells the story of his life with high accuracy and precision to the smallest details possible. In the first part of the book, we can get an insight to his childhood, his early hobbies and the evolution of his musical tastes. It was a great pleasure to read all these old stories about the formation of such bands as Monster, Hever and Bastr or the exact story behind the band name of Krabathor, which at first was supposed to be Krabat, but because at the time another band from Brno was existing under that moniker, it was immediately added by the suffix "tor", thus evolved into Krabator and since 1990 as Krabathor. So it is more than obvious that the second part of the book is dedicated to the legends of the Czech death metal scene, i.e. Krabathor. Plenty of amazing information is there plus it was illustrated with a vast number of both archive and well-known photos. The third part of the book is reserved for Hypnos. Being a constant fan of both bands, I've studied that part with a big curiosity as well. Again lots of cool stories and a pile of killer photos included there. The book itself has a super professional design, 530 photos in total and comes on 440 pages with a high quality black and white print. It also has a superior hard cover and was written in Czech language. Needless to say, it was a very interesting reading for me, which I warmly recommend to relive any diehard fan of Krabathor & Hypnos for!!!

This Ukrainian underground magazine went through hundreds of changes as for its quality and design since 1995. The current number has a superb quality of both the printing and the paper too. It has a black & white printing, except the cover and the back of it, which are fully-colored. The format is A4, the language is Russian. The interview with Deicide I've liked the most plus the articles about different summer festivals, but let me tell you that there's really plenty of reading there. Its 48 pages were packed correctly with information about the world's metal underground. So besides the already mentioned Deicide chat you can read fifteen more interviews with such hordes as Korpiklaani, Dark Millennium, Omnium Gatherum, Armored Dawn, Mob Rules, Angelus Apatrida, Pantheïst, Postmortal, Night Demon, Mad Max, Eye of Solitude, Die Entweihung, Bestial Sight, Bleed from Within & Doomed. As usual you can find reviews on the latest releases there as well, almost six pages were filled with them. Kind of good reading I've had. So if you are capable of Russian language, go ahead and order this issue!!!

The underground metal mirror from Ukraine has returned for the 4th time in 2018. It has the same amount of pages, i.e. 48, and the same quality as its predecessor. So no one should complain about it! The featured interviews are: Sylvaine, Accept, Monstrosity, Canaan, Evoken, Sadist, Witherfall, Fifth Angel, Aborted, Internal Bleeding, Unearth, Malefic by Design, Pripjat, Cynic, Ataraxie, Arrogant Destruktor, Brothers of Metal, Insanis, Ultha, Majestic Downfall, Painthing, Кувалда, Mutanter, SPV/Steamhammer & Blood Brothers. Personally, I've really enjoyed to read the written transmissions with Michael Poggione (Monstrosity), Chris Molinari (already an ex-member of Evoken), Sven de Caluwé (Aborted), Chris McCarthy (Internal Bleeding), Jason Gobel (ex-Cynic) and Adam Richardson (Arrogant Destruktor, ex-Cancer). Those interviews turned out great and include plenty of rare facts too. In this issue we have more pages wrapped up with reviews, which is definitely a good thing, if you ask me. Bigger magazines normally used to have ads of the different kind, so you can bump into them over here as well. They were mainly reserved for the labels, but metal stores and gigs were also advertised therein. The whole content is in Russian language, but definitely not only for the ones who speak that particular language. Good publication!!! Support it!!!

The first number in 2019 of this cult Ukrainian mag has arrived. It contains well-arranged interviews with Soilwork, Rhapsody of Fire, Flotsam and Jetsam, Blood Feast, Heir Apparent, Raven, Hecate Enthroned, Impaled Nazarene, Lividity, Hell:On, Asphyx, Nimphaion, Swallow the Sun, Ennui, Delfinia, Dynazty, The Exploited, Cancer, Who Dies in Siberian Slush, Quercus, Protector, Полинове Поле, Helevorn, Anachronaeon, Methedras, Схоластика, Subtype Zero and Necromorbus Studio. In spite, I was relishing to read most of the interviews, I found a huge amount of spelling mistakes and mistyped words there. Maybe in most of the cases they were due to the process of translation from English to Russian or the overall inattention of the editors, but in my honest opinion these errors should be definitely excluded in the future! All the reviews were written in a short laconic way, which I found pretty decent as the reviewers' point of view were sharp and clear, but likewise with the interviews, there were quite a lot of spelling errors committed. So what I wanted to stress on here is to pay more attention to the whole written content, don't be so lazy, read it twice, give it to the other contributors to revise as well, more eyes see more! There's no doubt, it's a quality, pro-printed magazine, which I mainly advice for all the Ukrainian and Russian metal fans to get their hands on, but please make sure to use spellcheck from now on!!!

Here comes the second number of the Vinnista-based magazine in 2019. As usual you can read the materials on 48 quality A4 format pages. This time the next bands and persons got interviewed there: Flying, Downcast Twilight, Metal Church, Bloodbound, Abyssic, Fleshgore, Гетьман, Urza, Nailed to Obscurity, Deviator, Xentrix, Danko Jones, Dawn of Winter, Ved Buens Ende, Mia Wallace, Ron Jarzombek, Monasterium, Albez Duz, Янтарные Слезы, Bloodshed Assault, Drain of Impurity, Dead Christ Cult and Lutowrat. So there are 23 interviews in total that will surely keep you busy at least for a few hours. Plus, don't forget about the regular section of reviews. There are exactly 103 reviews featured on eight pages. There are also 12 pages out of the 48 reserved for different ads. The whole content comes in Russian language, thus feel free to order this magazine in case you are capable to read and to understand this language! To me personally it was a pleasant read and most of all I've enjoyed the conversations with Kristian Havard (Xentrix, Hellfighter), Igor Lystopad (Fleshgore, Revolt), Kurdt Vanderhoof (Metal Church, Presto Ballet), Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Blotted Science) and Mia Wallace (Abbath, Niryth, Triumph of Death).