Necroscope Metalzine

Hello, dear friends and everyone else!

Now I think it's time to introduce you to the best Underground Black Metal Zine known to me generally: Necroscope from Gdansk/Danzig, made by Skalpel in british language, personally known to me from a vacation to the area Gdansk/ Sobot/ Gdynia with my girlfriend some years ago, where we had one evening together, drinking so much beers, that we couldn't communicate without permanent visits at the toilet...

Necroscope Metalzine is for people into Black Metal, and a little bit into Death Metal and Trash Metal; surely based on Underground stuff. Very much from exotic Countries, Middle- and Southamerica and asian Countries; in the Nr. 18, you could find also Afghanistan and Iran!!! And it has a great review to polish Black Metal News, and it has Zine Reviews... It's got 144 sides, so you could expect a lot. Skalpel didn't like Gothic Metal, Crossover or anything else... and he didn't like the Internet (will he ever read this lines? hmhm...), the new trendy MP3's at the Metal Fashion Scene, but into elder times of true Black Metal and tape trading... Skalpel is also fan of King Diamond, Grave Digger, Cannibal Corpse; and Soccer... He is working at a hospital as male nurse, got a wife and a child, but shitty economical situation (a torture for many polish people) forced to give the child to the grandparents. His Zine is something special: at Interviews, he shows some humour (not always usual in metalzines!) and intelligence by ancient themes in the bands lyrics. Sometimes you get to know some personal stuff in bandviews...

He did some CD/R with old, rare stuff, "Forgotten Forces of the Golden Era", compilation with 16 bands from the 80's; "...and then came the DEATH!", forgotten hordes from the early 90's; and now: "Voices from the Polish Abyss", including Trasher Death, Aggressor, Dragon, Necrophil, Exorcist, Merciless Death, Skull Smokes, Aberation, Magnus, Mortal Slaughter, Cenotaph, Xantotol, Armagedon, Necrolust, Damnation, Taranis, Incest and Vader (from the Radio Show 1986!)... and now he is planning "South of Hell" with stuff from Southern America and Asia. I got this by trading. Skalpel is always into trading, if you could offer him some rare brutal underground stuff...

You could get his Necroscope Zine for 5 Euros at: Adam Stasiak, ul. Zakopianska 42/3, 80-139 Gdansk, Poland.

And I found something funny and interesting in Nr.18 of Necroscope Metalzine, I would like to introduce you to, a view of a finnish band:

"SLUGATHOR "Circle of Death" CD 2006

Place: The deepest circle of hell. Time: the 164th. year of the 3rd. serpent's Era. Lucifer says to his demons:

- Hail guys! We've gathered here to talk about our not so good situation on the Earth. I mean a man has forgotten about us, the morbid angels, inquisitions, crusades, total wars or Sabbaths aren't practiced for many years already. Therefore we have to decide what to do tu turn a man to hell again. Please, I'm waiting for your suggestions.

- Hail Lucifer, Apollo is speaking. I think we should send on the Earth some new writers, who will be manage to create some unholy works. Since Nietzsche, Crowley, Twain, Gibbon came back to the Hell many years ago!

- Yes, I know dear Apollo that you love art and you are very sensitive demon, however you must know that people don't read books anymore, the same when it comes to theatre, painting and other arts. Please, next propositions!

- Hail Lucifer! Asur is speaking. My suggestion is to send them next war demon, like the devil from Corsica was about 200 years ago! People need new war and blood!!!

- No, no, start to think please! Since this stupid house painter from Austria people are afraid of bigger wars, only small, local and economical ones are appreciated right now...

- Hail Lucifer! Behemoth is speaking. You've told that a man doesn't like art, nevertheless there is one kind of the art that still is moving his heart. I mean about music, just look what happened on this Woodstock! My proposition is to give people some kind of music, which will remind of them about us!!

- Well, sometimes you have good ideas, dear Behemoth, it can work really. So send on the earth some musical demons, and remember this music must be extreme, rough, violent just vulgar as we are!!!

- Hail Lucifer!!!!!

Place: Hell, the head quarter of Angel of Light. Date: the 184th. year of the 3rd. serpent's Era. Lucifer and Behemoth are talking.

- I must say dear Behemoth that your idea with this music works perfectly. People have been mad, and I got even ultimatum from Heaven, where those assholes complains of humankind that is turning into left hand path. Anyway I have to confess you that I really like this music too! It's fucking brutal and authenticable!!!

- Hail Lucifer, I like it very much too. People called it DEATH METAL and since my idea there were formed a lot of killer bands. I know you like and know MORBID ANGEL, CRUCIFIER, CIANIDE and now let me recommend you new band coming from Finland...

- Finland! My favourite place with lots of suicides!!!

- Yes His Majesty. This band is called SLUGATHOR and performs death metal in the vein which is the truest and only right from our hellish point of view! Just listen to their "Circle of death", it is art tribute to You, my Lord!

- Well, let's listen to them...

TIME BEFORE TIME Rec. P.O.Box 241, 41-900 Bytom 1, POLAND"

Also, at the end of this introducion to Necroscope Metalzine, I would like to give you the links of a interesting Metal band from the area of Gdynia/Sobot/Gdansk, it's TEHACE666: http://www.myspace.com/tehace666 and http://www.tehace666.pl

And now (23.06.07), I got this "South of Hell"-Compilation on CD/R!! It's got rare, extreme and brutal stuff from countries like Singapure, Malaysia, Peru, Columbia and so on... GREAT!!