sunnuntai 8. tammikuuta 2012

Skogen 'zine #3


Skogen Magazine, issue 3 (October 1996)
Interviews:
Borknagar
Samain
Ragnarok (nor)
Nattefall
Naglfar (nor)
Penitent
Dawn (swe)
Forgarður Helvítis
Sororicide
Sólstafir
Bal Sagoth
Satariel
Thy Primordial
Wallachia
Dismal Euphony
Thy Grief
Primordial
Behemoth
Graveland
Aeternus
Taake
Darkwoods My Betrothed
Nagelfar
Nifelheim
Mastema
Deinonychus
Dim Nagel
Enchanted
Articles:
Vornat
Blazing Eternity
Trolltjern
Mithotyn
Vargariket/Osiris Produksjoner
Svartsyn
Karnaya
Desaster
Carnun
Odium
Wayland
+Icelandic scene report, Dean Adams & his essays, poems & lyrics, reviews

Reuploaded - 2022

Here is, courtesy of Argus Monitor, the third and final issue of Skogen magazine from Switzerland - even though you might think it was from Norway when you look at the bands featured! Thank you Argus for scanning this, writing a foreword and sending me it. He did a good job, it is very readable even with the background graphics Sascha decided to use which make some pages pretty challenging. I guess I won't go on greater lengths here, but I recommend you download this, read Argus' foreword and the 'zine itself!

16 kommenttia:

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

This is absolutely fantastic! Thanks a million!

The foreword mentions the possibility of scanning issue # 2. If this would indeed materialize, that would be killer!!!

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@Kurgan:

Thanks for your comment and you're welcome!

I also hope to read Skogen#2 in the near future as I haven't seen that one myself (except the interviews Sascha sent me)!

Argus M. kirjoitti...

Skogen # 2 will be available by this weekend! Most likely around Friday I'll send the link to Velkaarn. I did make one embarrassing error in my forward for #3, misspelled Sascha's name at least three times due to the fact that when I edited the spelling errors, I forgot to fix his name. Anyway, I must say after pulling out Skogen # 2 after all these years I forgot just how good it was. It doesn't have the humor # 3 has(still has some shit talking between bands, see Fleurety vs Mysticum, hehe) but it has lots of in-depth interviews with some really cult classic bands like Sorhin, Vergelmer, Malignant Eternal, Strid, Thornium, and more! Also, alot of interesting articles only the way Sascha can make them. I'll be back soon!

kingpossum kirjoitti...

Very cool, thank you Argus Monitor. I've stated here before that print pubs are indelible history documents that capture a time period in a way no digital (read: internet) method can.

A recent pub posting here at AC evidenced how both informative and naive things were at the time. Terrific stuff. Thanks everyone.

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@Argus:

That is great news! Personally I'm very interested in that issue as the roster of bands is more to my liking. Thank you for taking the time to contribute with the scans!

@king:

You're welcome and quite right, there's a special aura to a fanzine that cannot be recaptured by internet publications and the like. Scans come closest to the real thing, naturally.

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

Argus, Velkaarn - you are Gods!

can not wait until Skogen 2 is scanned... Strid are kings. the past is alive...

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@Argus:

Thanks once again, I've got #2 now! Hmm, that was interesting information about your label! Some quite obscure releases I see, being limited to 1000 copies each I suppose they are long sold out.

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

Argus, Velkaarn - do you intend to share Skogen 2 through Asmodian Coven? I pray for "YES" answer...

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@Kurgan:

Yes, quite soon!

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

hail.

i do not mean to be pushy, sorry about that. Skogen 3 was perfect to venom these black solitary winter nights. is the plan to share issue 2 still valid, taking into consideration the recent megaupload story? if so, when can we expect that?

thank you!

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@Kurgan:

The Megaupload debacle has caused me plenty of problems and slowed other things down. I plan to upload some other things first so I'd say Skogen #2 will take till the end of month/start of February.

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

Velkaarn, merci!

Posao kirjoitti...

Thanks a lot to Argus for scanning Skogen 2 and 3 and for the cool introduction words.

It's cool the 'zine is now available, although it was actually me who promised Velkaarn to do the scanning after he uploaded the fantastic first Darkstyle Demo upon my request.

Good news is: I got 5 issues of #3 left, and I'll be glad to send one of them to Velkaarn for sure and also to Argus in case he wants a new copy. Of Issue 1 and 2 there's just my own copy left.

Also I will go and scan the first issue of Skogen for you all within the next 2 weeks. I'll send that to you Velkaarn for the upload. Could you just tell me how we can get in direct contact in order to exchange e-mail and adress for sending the 'zine.

Skogen 1 is pretty much in the same vein like the other issues, maybe with some more death metal bands. My english in Skogen 1 is very bad, but actually this hasn't got much much better in issue 2 and 3 either. I was only 14-15 years back then, and learned english on my own, reading other zines, trading tapes and corresponding with letters, reading the song lyrics.. looking back, it was a really cool time, uncomparable to today. The eager awaiting of new tapes and letters, all the flyers that circulated around.. no shops around that sold underground death/black metal records, just international mailorders. there was definitely much more commitment to it all..

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@Posao:

Hello and thanks for your comments! Yes, I'd be delighted if you can scan the first issue and send me the link. You can email me at velkaarn at hotmail dot com.

I was prepared to wait for your scans of the 2nd and 3rd issue but when Argus offered to do them I could hardly decline! I do have a copy of issue 3 myself, so perhaps it would be best to send a copy to someone who does not have one. I definitely appreciate the thought, of course!

Max kirjoitti...

Can you re-up this zine?

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@Max:

Another victim of mediafail. I'm reuploading as I type this.