Descent Magazine, Volume II (Winter/Spring 1995)
Interviews:
Abigail
Fleurety
Mystifier
Sabbat (jap)
Primordial
Thorns
Thou Art Lord
Typhon
Ulver
Aghast
Bathory
Slayer Magazine
Unpure
Hades
Satyricon
Darkness Enshroud
Necromantia
Darkthrone
Equimanthorn
Mortiis
Enslaved
+article on Ragnarok (mythology, not either band!), art of Tania Steine, lyrics & poems and reviews
Reuploaded
Time to post another 'zine scan and one I'm still quite excited about. This second issue of US 'zine Descent was long one of my all-time favourites with very interesting and well-written content. Some of you might know the quite famous editors, Stephen O'Malley and Runhild Gammelsæter. If the later doesn't ring bells, she was the lyricist/vocalist for the short-lived Thorr's Hammer which was kind of precursor for Burning Witch during her time spent as exchange student in the States. Master O'Malley's many musical adventures are too lenghty a topic to discuss further here and should be more than adequately documented elsewhere on the nets so go look there.
I unfortunately haven't seen the first issue of Descent so I've nothing to compare this issue to. I'm not sure but I think there was at least one more issue released, if you can confirm this or even better, provide scans of 1st and 3rd+ issues I'd be happy. We've got here 64 pages, with reasonably clear layout - he does experiment a bit but the decent print quality keeps the text readable even with the background stuff going. Like I mentioned right in the beginning the content is superb, not are the interviews only very well done and mostly either well answered or very amusingly (check out cocky young Satyr) but several were also from artists that either at the time or still seldom answer interviews. The "Ritual.Ambient.Sound" - segment was also very interesting and telling of the times - as are several of the reviews. Not going to start rating them, all are worth reading in their own way. As trivia, looks like I picked up my pseudonym from the Darkness Enshroud interview - thanks, mr. Ford sir I guess! Enough typing, start reading the 'zine already and if you have the other issues get scanning!
UPDATE: John informed me that O'Malley's website has all the Descent issues available. Well, who would've thought to check his website - not me! Anyways, go here and grab them immediately, I know I'll do just that.
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Woah, tons of great stuff on here. I went straight to the Mortiis interview, and I think it might be one of the best ones from him that I've read. I read a few others too that were very good, and I'll undoubtedly come back to this and read further. Thanks a bunch for sharing this one.
@Andrew:
Yeah, I recall it also among the best ones from him - he appeared in quite a few old 'zines I have. Like I mention on the text, this was definitely one of my fave 'zines. Would love to see the first and potential later issue(s) as well.
Further issues are up on O'Malley's website:
http://www.ideologic.org/shop
@John:
Thanks for the tip! Didn't ever think about checking that out, this issue is there too so I've toiled for nothing. Oh well, now people are aware of this and can check out the rest from him.
Many thanks for the scans man!
Hi,
Can you re-upload the Depositfiles link? It is no more available, and I really would download this Issue.
Thank you very much for your work and my compliments for this blog. It is really useful and full of interesting, rare and hard to find underground stuff!
Greetings.
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