The debut issue of this Hungarian-written 'zine comes on 44 A/4 pages with a decent quality. Find enclosed interviews with MALIGNANT ETERNAL, GEASA, THY SERPENT, HETUMOGER, MYRKSKOG, FINNTROLL, BLACK LEAVES, PAZUZU, ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW, GORGOROTH, AVULSED, NOCTURNUS, NOX INTEMPESTA, TENHI, AETERNUS and AZAGHAL. Not an innovative 'zine, but really enjoyable as far as the manner of questions and reviews goes. There's also a section dedicated to underground poetry plus some useful ads and news of the underground there.

Here we have the second coming of AEGIS 'zine. It has been printed on 44 A/4 format pages again, but with a less successful printing quality so to say. Nevertheless the content is good and that's count. You can read there interviews with: FALL OF MAN, SUMMONING, BLACK WITCHERY, OPUS FORGOTTEN, DWEORGESBLOD, DARK CLOUDS, THRONEUM, ANCIENT CEREMONY, NIGHTWALK Magazine, HIN ONDE, Winter of ARUD/FOREST SILENCE/INFERNAL, Christophe Szpajdel, BATTLEGOD Productions, CENTINEX and GRAVELAND. Recommended one for the ones who know Hungarian language.

Here's a great underground 'zine from Mexico. Miguel managed to represent an incredible amount of interviews plus some album/'zine reviews inside the 30 A/4 xeroxed pages of his third issue. You can read there interviews with HROSSHARSGRANI, SLOW AGONY, FLATULATION, INHUMATE, MYSTERIIS (Bra), MYSTERIIS (Col), FATIMA HILL, WORLD CHAOS Production, ARUM, GHOR, SOUND RIOT Productions, VOW DREAMS, KRATORNAS, INFERNAL MALICE, BEHEADED LAMB, NECROBIOSIS, SUPPLICIUM, DARK AGRESSION, URANUS, TWISTED TOWER DIRE, INCINERATOR, DESOLATE, ALERTA SUBTERRANAE 'zine, PRIMAL DAWN, CRYPTHOWL, SYLPHORIUM Records, UNEARTHLY, UNDER MOONLIGHT SADNESS, SOULLES DOMAIN, THE AGLAROND, SNAKE SAD, DREAM OF NEBIROS, THE LIGHT OF DARK and NOCTURNAL AAR. As you may noticed there's really plenty of things to read about. So if you know Spanish language then go ahead and order it, otherwise you need at least a dictionary. By the way, it has a CD attachment, where you can get acquainted with 15 bands. Good work!

The first issue of this Russian-written 'zine delivers us a fine content being divided to sections of interviews, demo/album/press reviews, articles, poetry, biography & last but not least ads. So you can browse amongst the following interviews: INWARD PATH, EVOL, KNELL, S.C.A.L.P., MAYHEM, AL SIRAT, IN THE WOODS..., HAIR OF THE DOG, GRENOUER and APRAXIA. Also find a so-called post-mortem article about MISANTHROPY Records and lyrics of PRIMORDIAL and ARCTURUS translated into Russian there. All this comes on 24 A/4 xeroxed pages. So you better hurry up and get your copy now.

Kritsakorn is a quite active person and true supporter of the Thai scene. His second issue features interviews with such well-known acts as THOU SHALT SUFFER, CENTURIAN, KOVENANT, NILE, SACRAMENTUM, IN FLAMES, FLESHGRIND, DARKTHRONE, MORBID ANGEL, MALIGNANCY, DISMEMBER, SINISTER, HATE ETERNAL, CRADLE OF FILTH and ACHERON. It has a xeroxed quality and comes on 44 A/5 pages. The only thing that makes hard to be immersed by its content is the good knowledge of Thai language. If you are into this exotic language then go ahead and get a copy!

The 8th issue of BYLEC-TUM has 44 A/4 xeroxed pages and a content mainly dealing with Black Metal bands. The interviewed bands are as follows: OPERA IX, ARS MACABRA, FORLORN IN SILENCE, HORNA, ISAFJORD, JOTUNHEIM, NORTHAUNT, BLOT MINE, DEVILRY, IMMORTAL RITES, NEST, ABYSMAL GRIEF, VARGARIKET, ARTHEMESIA, FLAUROS, ALGHAZANTH, SOULLESS, LEGION, NUNSLAUGHTER and FURZE. Everything's done precisely with a decent layout there. And what's cool, there are seas of reviews on demo/vinyl/CD/'zine materials. I really enjoyed reading them. So I can warmly advise it to everyone who like to experience a pure underground spirit and a good use of English language.

It was Kritsakorn who sent me this cool Thai 'zine. It comes on 24 A/4 pro-printed pages with excellent quality. Inside of it you can read about the South East-Asian underground scene, a report about the Czech scene, a Party Death Fan Club article plus interviews with DONPHEEBIN, SALEM, BLUUURGH, NECROSANCT, OBSCURITY and DAWN. Sure reviews are also presented there. But again I can recommend this issue only the ones who know the Thai language.

The first issue of DREAM WARRIORS comes on 72 A/4 pages with great quality. It has been packed with informative interviews of AGENT STEEL, ANVIL, Atomic Steif (STAHLTRÄGER), BLIZZARD, DESASTER, DOMINE, GRAVE DIGGER, LORDES WERE, METALUCIFER, NECRODEATH, NECROPHAGIA, SABBAT, SKULLVIEW, STEEL CAGE, STORMWARRIOR, TANKARD, WHITE SKULL and WIZARD. I should say I found lots of cool information there, especially in the interview with mighty Atomic Steif and in the usual pile of reviews. Also great to notice/feel the straight from the heart work of the editors. No doubt, it's a 'zine done by die-hard metalheads. To this you can add the impressive layout design and the rare photos used there. It will cost you only 10 DM or $5 US (p & p included). So hurry up and get your own copy before it's too late.

Well, this is a Russian-written newsletter. In fact a very good one! Its second output contains interviews with GRENOUER, IZAKARON, SCRAMBLED DEFUNCTS, BURIAL SHADES, AURUM, SCAVENGER, ABSIDIA, LOST ABBEY, BLOOD SPITTING, ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW, DEATHONATOR, MISTWEAVER, BOG-MOROK, TESSARACT, REINCREMATION, PSILOCYBE LARVAE, MORTEM, MISCREANT and DATURA. Some of the interviews are being rather short, but always have to offer something new about the actual band. I would say it's really good to have 20 A/4 format pages for a newsletter, isn't it? Oh, and add to all this a few reviews on albums/'zines as well.

FROM THE ABYSS' first issue gathers a lot of information mainly about the Hungarian underground scene. Of course, it's written in Hungarian language respectively. There are interviews to AEBSENCE, BURN, CHRISTIAN EPIDEMIC, DARK CLOUDS, ART OF BUTCHERY, DECEMBER FLOWERS, GODS SAWING MACHINE, MALEDICTION, OBSCURITY, REMORSE and STAINLESS STEEL. All of them are Hungarian bands! So it's a good chance to know more about them for us living abroad. The 'zine comes on 52 A/4 pages with a plain xeroxed quality. Reviews are featured there as well as some well-written show reports on the biggest Hungarian Metal events of that time.

Well, I have the pleasure to say there are some notable improvements in the 2nd issue of FROM THE ABYSS 'zine. Now it has a pro-done printing quality plus a glossy cover. All this comes on 48 A/4 pages. Its content divides to sections as news, interviews, articles, lyrics and reviews, of course. You can read there about such great Metal acts as: DEMONLORD, OBSTRUCTION, ALISON HELL, THE STONE, CROSS BORNS, BORN33, SABLE, WITHOUT FACE, VALE OF TEARS, DARK BLADE, ZYMOTIC, SUFFOCATE, NEVERWOOD, DOOMSDAY, KALTES, H.I.V. POSITIVE and ALTAMIRA. Most of all, I liked the reviews. They were really thoughtfully written to be honest! Keep it in this way Miki!

After one year of silence LAMENTATION is back with its 12th issue to date. 36 A/4 format pages with an improved layout and excellent quality waiting you there. The interviews are as follows: EISREGEN, INTO ETERNITY, NILE, PYOPOESY, NADIR, TWISTED TOWER DIRE, DEAD SILENT SLUMBER, NOCTURNAL WINDS, MORBIT, DELUGE, UNHOLA, MALEVOLENCE, THANATOS, SCULPTURED, MANIPULATED SLAVES, MARTYR and THALARION. I can tell you it's a massive issue and I say it not only because of the cool interviews I've enjoyed there, but due the over 420 reviews and lots of ads, contact addresses featured there as well. Amazing how informative is it! Enough said!

This A/5 sized Ukrainian 'zine dealing with brutal & extreme music exclusively. Being a very morbid one it's written in Russian language and comes on 20 plain-xeroxed pages. Besides the usual news/reviews sections you'll bump into interviews of JESUS MARTYR, RUNEMAGICK, SEPSISM and OPPRESSOR plus find a lot of sickening art there.

M.O.B. is one of my favorite 'zines ever. The 10th issue has 56 A/4 pages, glossy b/w cover and a fantastic layout. You can get acquainted with such bands' interviews as NILE (Egyptian Death Masters), PENTACLE (Ancient Death Metal at its best!), WOLFPACK (Swedish Crust/Punk band), MANGLED (Dutch Death-dealers), NATRON (Quality Death from Italy), ATLANTEAN (Irish Death Metal), FOUR SEATS FOR INVALIDES (Czech Deathcore), VULPECULA/ARES KINGDOM (American ways of Death), MENTAL DISSECTION (Pathological Death Metal from Russia), CENTURIAN (Brutal Death hailing from Holland), DESECRATION (True Death out of the UK), AMORBITAL (Slovakian Brutal Death), LYMPHATIC PHLEGM (Portuguese Splatter Grind), SEVERE TORTURE (Holland's outstanding Death brigade), GOTHIC (The French experimentalists), CENTINEX (Swedish Melodic Death Metal) and HOUWITSER (Pure Brutality and more from these Dutchmen). Also find there two record label interviews (LOFTY STORM Records & DISTORTION Records) and the indescribably huge sections of demo/CD/'zine reviews. Killer stuff so to say! And as usual it has been done with a totally fanatic attitude and superior quality. Buy it immediately!

The latest issue of M.O.B. delivers us 52 A/4 pages with the same high quality as earlier. You'll find inside interviews with DECAYED, PYAEMIA, SECTARIAN, BLOOD, ABORTED, BURIAL MOUND, KAAMOS, THANATOS, SKINLESS, DEEDS OF FLESH, PANDEMONIUM, AGATHOCLES and UXICON Records. And that's not everything. You can read there lots of news and about 250 objective reviews on different demo/CD/'zine materials. Very interesting issue, believe me! It was also great to notice a bunch of cool band logos there. I like every inch of this 'zine, thus would like to recommend it to every Death freaks worldwide.

We can observe some drastic quality & design changes in the 2nd issue of METAL FORCE. The overall quality became less professional, but content-wise we have a significant improvement. And that's great! The interviews got a more in-depth character, while the reviews have been accomplished in a rather thoughtful way. The 24 A/4 format pages feature interviews to ÂÅÆÀ ÕÌÀÐ, ALL DIES, ANAL CUNT, BRILLIANT COLDNESS, FLYING, INWARD PATH, PHANTASMAGORY, TESSARACT. As usual the content comes in Ukrainian and Russian languages. Enough said!

Another issue brings us another changes regarding the quality and content, of course. This time we have 24 A/4 pages packed with interviews of BENIGHTED SKY, OLD MONKS SAGA, PANTERA, SPARROW MUTANT, TEMPLE OF OBLIVION and VALHALLA. The reviews and interviews have been decently executed, but nowadays it's really not enough to have only 6 interviews and 6 review-pages per issue. Such lack of information gives a rather short satisfaction for the readers. It lasted me about 30 minutes or so to read through the whole issue. My advice to the editors is to enlarge the content at least 2 times. Fans who want to know more about the Ukrainian scene should get this modest issue immediately!

In fact this is the largest and best METAL FORCE issue to date. You will get 40 A/4 pages filled up by the following interviews: AR (Ambient), BLACK INQUISITION (Slavonic War Black Metal), CASTRUM (Death Metal), DATURA (Brutal Death/Grind), FLYING (Melodic Death), NOCTURNAL DOMINIUM (Doom Metal), NOTHING ELSE (Italian Pizza (!) Metal), SACRAMENT (Fast Black Metal), VADER (Polish Death Metal Godz!) and VAE SOLIS (Black Metal). As you may see METAL FORCE does a big emphasis on the Ukrainian Metal scene. Sure it's good, but fortunately they managed to interview VADER too, who are the cream on the cake! Moreover you can read there two label reports (with Beverina Production and Great White North Records), a Kharkiv scene report plus get a considerable amount of CD/MC/demo/'zine/gig reviews. In a word it's a well-done and varied issue. So I warmly recommend it to the ones who are into Ukrainian/Russian languages!

Do you like brutal Death Metal and stuff like that? Well, MORG can offer you some really brutal stuff, believe me. The debut issue contains interviews with THY SERPENT, SATHORD, KRABATHOR, MORGUE, NECROSIS, NASUM, CONTRASTIC, IMPETIGO, NYCTOPHOBIC, PROPHECY, IN DEED HELL 'zine plus live reports about Sick Most Feast #2, Obscene Extreme Festival #1 and some more. It's a Russian-written 'zine, which comes on 44 A/5-sized pages with xeroxed quality. 100% underground material!

Here's another great issue of MORG for you. As usually it's written in Russian and comes with xeroxed quality on 28 A/5 pages. It covers interviews with PHANTASMA, AVENGER, CENTURAIN, BRUTE CHANT, CRYPTOPSY, EXHUMED, BLEEDING, DEMENTOR, DEPRESY, ORCHESTRAL PIT'S CANNIBALS, INHUMATE and PERVERSIST plus a show review. This time the interviews look more in-depth, though I don't found any demo/CD reviews there. Nevertheless, it's a good 'zine and fans of brutal music should check this issue.

Well, not long ago Dmitriy unleashed upon us the 4th issue of MORG 'zine, the best one so far. Find enclosed there interviews with 7 MINUTES OF NAUSEA, SEVERE TORTURE, SANITY'S DAWN, HYPNOS, DEEDS OF FLESH, SCRUMBLED DEFUNCTS, DEATHKIDS, DERANGED, SCATTERED REMNANTS, ALIENATION MENTAL, DISMEMBERED FETUS, MORTICIAN and FLESHGRIND. It was great to notice the presence of demo/CD/'zine reviews again. And as always you'll get some well-written show reports and articles too. Recommended!

RENAISSANCE is back with a massive hand-written 92 A/4 paged issue. It's in Russian language and has a xeroxed quality. I should say there was plenty of work behind it. You can read the following interviews inside GRENOUER, ABLAZE MY SORROW, REPUGNANCE, DEMENTOR, ALTER EGO 'zine, DEEDS OF FLESH, BLACK ALTAR, INWARD PATH, NOCTES and DER GERWELT. To all this you should add an unbelievable amount of reviews, some articles (TANKARD, "Culture of Evil"), a NO FASHION Records insight plus SAMAEL's "Passage" lyrics translated into Russian. Worthy of note, no doubt!

Erik & Roba did a great job again. In their 2nd issue there are interviews to CICATRIX, PYOPOESY, CEREBRAL TURBULENCY, GUTTED, LUNATIC GODS, MARTYRIUM CHRISTI, MENTAL DEMISE, NO PROMISES, PERVERSIST, PHANTASMA & VALE OF TEARS. 32 A/4 English-written pages full of great underground stuff waiting you there. Most of all I enjoyed the review-sections there, which were done with a definite metal-head spirit! According the quality, it was executed in the old good xeroxed way that nowadays seems to be avoided by the majority of underground publications. Support the underground brothers of metal!

Well, well, well... This is the issue of global improvements for SHRUNKEN & MUMMIFIED. The layout is rather good this time, though here and there the printing is weak a bit. But it's noticeable only on some photos and the cover in general. It's also a pity that Roba quitted the editorial board. Despite of all this things Erik managed to create the best S&M issue to date. Congratulations pal! Find enclosed an abundance of reviewed demo/album/'zine/video materials plus informative interviews with DOOMSDAY, SCURVY, DE MADELIEFJES, NOMENMORTIS, ATARGATIS, FLATULATION, CASTRUM, INTER NOS, DEPTHS OF DEPRAVITY, HUMAN ERROR and ETERNAL DEFORMITY. Furthermore you can check some poesy, ads, articles (MALEDICTION and SARCASMO) and last but not least to read a one-paged review about the fantastic Deathophobia compilation series! Great issue with great content!

This is a decent Russian-written magazine from Ukraine. Its 7th issue features interviews with STRATOVARIUS, DARKSEED, NAGELFAR, THE GREAT KAT, ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW, KRABATHOR, CATAMENIA, DIO, NILE, ÊÐÀÉ, REACTOR, VALHALLA, BLEEDING, INWARD PATH, BLACK COUNTESS and ORCHESTRAL PIT'S CANNIBALS. There's also an informative article about RUNNING WILD plus some live reports and reviews, of course. It comes on 32 A/4 pages with glossy color cover.

The best Russian-written Ukrainian 'zine strikes back with its 8th issue! On its 40 A/4 pages you can read informative interviews with HOLY MOSES (They're back with a vengeance!), HYPNOS, IMMOLATION, ANTHROPOLATRI, DISSOCIATION, GOREROTTED, PSYCROPTIC, PROTECTOR (Another great revival!), GRENOUER, VALHALLA, SANGUIS, NASUM, REQUIEM, REVENANT, HYPNOSIA, DEICEPTION, DEATHROW, NECRODEATH, STEEL ATTACK, SACRED BLADE, SLAUGHTER, OLD MONKS SAGA and many more. There's an incredible amount of CD/demo reviews featured there plus a massive live report section has been injected as usual. The quality is just splendid and lately it comes with a brilliant glossy color cover too! If it's not enough for you then I will add that old-school Death/Grind fans can also get a glimpse into NAPALM DEATH's history. Buy or die!

OK, here we have a deal with a totally professional magazine out of Slovakia. It has 88 A/4 pages filled up with an amazing quantity of interviews, reviews, articles, ads, etc. The list of interviews is as follows: NIGHTFALL, MARDUK, ANGELCORPSE, MAYHEM, BELPHEGOR, KRABATHOR, INSEPULTUS, NOCTURNAL WINDS, VESPERIAN SORROW, CORRUPTURE, SCEPTER, DEMENTOR (a very informative one), SEPTIC FLESH, KORP, HOLLENTHON, DEATHKIDS, NOCTES, MEDIEVAL DEMON, SERENITY, THE CHASM, AMORBITAL, DEATH SENTENCE, NEGURA BUNGET, FORGOTTEN SILENCE, VANAHEIM, VARATHRON, THORR'S HAMMER, 7TH MOON, ATARAXIA, CANNIBAL CORPSE, AVULSED, BLOOD MINE, GRIEF OF EMERALD, CENTINEX, INTO THE SUNLESS MERIDIAN, FESTERGUTS, DEVIATE DAMAEN, DARK FUNERAL, EVERGREY, JUNGLE ROT, VADER, BLOOD RITUAL, LUX OCCULTA, SOILWORK, COMA VOID, SOULGRIND, VONDUR, SIX FEET UNDER, MALEVOLENCE, CRYOGENIC and CENTURIAN. Really strong output! Warmly recommended for the ones who know Slovakian language. By the way, it has a 2-CD supplement as well!