Valkyrjens Fugler #1

Valkyrjens Fugler fanzine, issue 1 (late 1995)
Interviews:
Einherjer
Mortiis
Impure Creations Records
Solistitium Records
Abyssic Hate
Zephyrous
Theatre of Tragedy
Thy Sinister Bloom
Bethzaida
Perished
Ancient
Solstice
Satyricon
Setherial
Tenebras Omnia Vincit
Emperor
Isvind
Cruachan
Gehenna
Funeral
Demonic
Troll (Åfjord)
Forgotten Woods
Yersinia Pestis
Primordial
+ old (obviously!) news, reviews, yet ANOTHER Irish scene report, various articles and band bios

Mega

Here's another 'zine post and yes, I am aware it's third Norwegian one in a row. Sometimes things just turn out this way. Again I got this from brother passetiermes, I am ever grateful for the opportunity to borrow the 'zines! Valkyrjens Fugler was a rather ambitious effort by one Gro Husmo, who apparently was quite well-acquainted to Oðinn of Mimes Brunn / Einherjum (in-)fame. Perhaps they were dating, don't know? But this is not a soap, so enough gossip, fortunately even if there are some visual cues the 'zine is not that heavily Einherjum-influenced. A scattering of smallish articles and a couple of longer ones (one on Grieg, another on progressive rock, Friedrich Nietzsche, the swastika, Henrik Ibsen and so on) are to be found amongst the quite interesting interviews. There's also a Norwegian Mimes Brunn bit and an amusing special about the unfair treatment of the black metal (and related) people by Norwegian police! I wouldn't call this a black metal fanzine since as you may notice there are bands of various other genres present and the editor seems to be rather enamoured by gothic and electronic sounds as well, like was the style of the times to then alarmingly rising degree. And we know what then happened! Right, this was also the only issue of VF if I recall correctly, enjoy yet another trip in time!