September 2017, 58/A4, xeroxed, Polish,
interviews: RAGEHAMMER, GALVANIZER, OPPENHEIMER, LIVING ALTAR,
COUNTESS, DEMONIC RAGE, TOTTEN KORPS, REVENGE, TYRANNIC.
Despite quite positive review of the
previous issue 6 from 2014, somehow I missed number 7. And you know
what? Nothing rather has been changed: still I deal with old-school
layout and cut'n'paste method of execution. The reading itself goes
definitely smoothly, the font is my friend, not an eye-burner. I
wrote 'rather', because it has got slighlty better cover art and the
interviews are preceded by some short intro: one or two sentences and
the subject is clear. Pawel, the editor, admits once again that the
process of zine creating isn't an easy ride. It's very hard to argue
with that, and I'm fully excited another title hit my modest
collection. Ok, as the bands are concerned, there're nine crews in
the menu, what's interesting, only two of them come from Poland.
Ragehammer opens the thing up and this is killer, to put it briefly.
Friendly, with easy flow talk, but Tymek's attitude is not an
exemption in any form. Then, the Finnish Galvanizer gives me an
interesting meeting supported by surprising sense of humor. It's a
shame, but this is still unknown for me during the review, but for
sure this VGL issue made me to act. The third one on the list is
Living Altar coming from Lithuania and... we have got the winner.
Dainius, the drummer, is an astrophysicist and Pawel knowing that
fact, led the interview in a really splendid and absolutely
interesting way. Very good questions, very good answers (and one
pretty shocking for black metal die-hards on Archgoat lyrics). Two
next nice causeries with Demonic Rage and Totten Korps, the
representatives of Chilean hell, give some exotic and nonexpendable
aura to the whole. What do I need more? But at the other end of the
spectrum I'd place Oppenheimer which is a typical black metal yarn
that brings nothing new to the matter. In turn, Revenge wishing for
humanity to be annihilated in nuclear holocaust (believe me, the
Earth itself will be faster), turns into load of nonsense with its
acme in the fourteen answer...
To sum the issue up, I didn't notice
any signs of professional burnout or loss of form. Some nice
additions from daily press, culinary guidance how to prepare human
flesh to eat and the crossword brighten the serious reading time. No
needless questions, no commercial sections, but still with this
strange typo using 'and' as capitalized conjunction. As for the
review part, it's enormous and overwhelming. This time I got 48 zine
(rather more complex) and 141 musical opinions with names I have
never heard about, for South-East Asia hunters one comes from Brunei.
Served precisely and to the core, it's easy to detect editor's taste,
yet I have an impression that this part of VGL has been patronized by
Chilean government as many of them praise the stuff from this
country. But truth be told, I cannot remind now any weak Chilean
recording or review. Then, Pawel didn't forget about live visits and
gave six reports written in simple but truly enjoyable way. So, on a
final note, the pages assure an underground atmosphere all the time
created by experienced zinewriter and a complete metal freak, so
there's only one thing to do: support his doings.
cold666@tlen.pl
8,5/10
-Tlacaxipehualiztli
(written in June, 2020)
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