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DEGENERATE issue #4 magazine $7.98 Kaos Kontrol

This was the last published issue of the awesome Finnish industrial / harsh noise / noisecore zine Degenerate, which is edited and published by Kaos Kontrol. Issue #4 came out a while ago, but like to keep back issues of rare, hard-to-find extreme music zines in stock when we can cuz, well, I just love zine culture. Written in English, Degenerate is probably the only underground publication of it's kind in the world, at least as far as I know, dealing exclusively in dark, harsh tronix - this issue presents well-written articles and interviews with Niko Skorpio, DVT, Brethren, Boyd Rice/NON, Fire in the Head, Snip-Snip Records, C.O.Caspar, Spatter Productions, Proiekt Hat, Barzel, I.corax, Haare and Segerhuva. Also included is a USA tour report by Grunt and a printed debate about Industrial Culture. The massive review section covers far over 100 CD's, CDr's, vinyls and tapes. Professionally printed, 48 A4-sized pages, and limited to around 600 copies.

GREY DATURAS Dead In The Woods 1" BUTTON SET $4.98 Crucial Blast

Buttons rule. We have a new set of 1" buttons that feature exclusive designs from the new Crucial Blast reissue of GREY DATURAS' Dead In The Woods CD, seven different pins with assorted designs, all full color, packaged in a plastic sleeve with a full-color card backing. Only 100 of these sets have been made, and half of them are being used for a promotion we are doing with Aquarius Records, so we only have a small amount of these to go around!

OAKEN THRONE #5 Summer 2007 issue Magazine + CD $8.98 Oaken Throne

The latest issue from what has suddenly become one of the top publications in the extreme music underground, the always-gorgeous Oaken Throne is back with it's fifth issue, and the slightly refocused direction of the magazine will have serious fans of challenging and adventurous heaviness licking their chops. The amazing design is still there of course, with the silver-on-black covers, 7" x 7" sizing and impeccable graphic design, but alot of the satanic imagery has been downplayed in place of more understated visuals, and the editors have branched out Oaken Throne's coverage to elucidate more sounds beyond black metal. There are 84 pages here of top-notch writing covering the likes of Asunder, Harvey Milk, Caina, Moss, Wold, Coffins, Portal, Cult Of Daath, Adorior, Blacklodge, Acrimonious, Archgoat, Dapnom and Necromorbus. There's loads of great photos and awesome illustrative artwork from Justin Bartlett, informative record reviews, and more. And in addition, this is the first issue to come with a compilation CD...but this is no junky "promo" sampler, this disc is a thoughtfully assembled comp of bands featured in the magazine, most of which are already available but I know there were a ton of songs on here that I had never heard before, PLUS the Asunder track is a unreleased live-on-the-radio number that fans will groove on. Essential.

OAKEN THRONE issue Number Four - Winter 2006 magazine $6.98

With all of the polished glossy magazines and webzines that make up the majority of the "underground" music press, it's really refreshing to come across a elegantly designed, solidly-written, true underground publication like Oaken Throne. This latest issue was my introduction to the magazine, but I'm now completely sold on it, and we'll continue to carry this and future issues. Printed in a thick 7" x 7" format, Oaken Throne immediately reminds me of the crucial Bloodbook zine that Dwid from Integrity published intermittantly back in the 90's. Oaken Throne's focus has been primarily on the underground black metal scene, but with this latest issue, the editors are pushing the bounderies into other esoteric, abstract spheres of heaviness. In this issue, there is a wealth of articles and interviews with assorted Crucial Blast favorites: Campbell Kneale of Black Boned Angel and Birchville Cat Motel, Nachtmystium, Withered, Celestiial, L'Acephale, Temple Of Baal, Thralldom, Vorkreist, Graves At Sea, Wolves In The Throne Room, and Villains. All of these articles are detailed, in-depth explorations of the artists and their work, and are accompanied by fantastic graphic design, original artwork, and excellent photos. There are also loads of well written, informative reviews on everything from Wolfmangler, Solar Anus, Nadja, and Moss to Mrytu!, Dissection, Akitsa and Bone Awl. Even the printing on this is awesome, the covers printed on black matte paper with metallic silver ink, and the interior of the magazine offset printed in crisp black ink. Hands down one of the best underground magazines on the planet right now. HIGHLY recommended to all fans of adventurous, heavy underground music!

ONGAKU OTAKU: The Magazine Of Japanese Independant Music issue #2 MAGAZINE $6.98 Automatism Press

Ongaku Otaku was one of our favorite underground music 'zines from the 1990's,a super-thick journal published annually by Mason Jones of Subarachnoid Space/Charnel Music, and subtitled The Magazine Of Japanese Independant Music. Each issue weighed in at over 125 pages on thick paper stock with heavy glossy covers, and each is filled with all kinds of superbly written and exhaustive articles on the Japanese grind/avant/no wave/noise/extreme culture, including discographies and footnotes alongside terrific graphic design, artwork, and loads of killer photos. Ongaku Otaku stopped publishing after the 4th issue that was released in 2001, but this fanzine remains not only the best English publication covering the vibrant Japanese underground ever published, but also one of the finest examples of high-quality zine culture to emerge from the 1990's. We just got our hands on some back copies of issues #2-4 of Ongaku Otaku excavated from the shadowy corners of the Automatism Press closets, as these are highly recommended documents for anyone that are as obsessed with extreme Japanese music as we are!
Issue #2 of Ongaku Otaku is from 1997, and features killer articles and writing on Aube, Super Junky Monkey, Shizuka, JoJo Hiroshige, a detailed overview of the God Mountain label, an essay entitled "An Introduction To Japanese Noise", a great, lengthy, and very interesting tour diary of the Japanese underground scene, an interview with Otomo Yoshihide, a super detailed article on Japanese coffee (!), a label profile and interview with Japan Overseas, a profile of creepy-doll artist Katan Amano, Japanese show flyers, and a KILLER Manga from Koji Tano of MSBR !!!! Plus, there are the requisite lengthy, detailed CD, cassette tape, and vinyl reviews, assessments of cult Japanese cinema, video releases, and Anime, Japanese fanzine reviews, music video reviews, and more. Essential for Japanese music fanatics! U.S. customers: Due to the thickness and weight of these magazines, these prices include media mail shipping only. If the magazine is part of an order of $30 or more, we will ship the entire order via 1st class.

ONGAKU OTAKU: The Magazine Of Japanese Independant Music issue #3 MAGAZINE $6.98 Automatism Press

Ongaku Otaku was one of our favorite underground music 'zines from the 1990's,a super-thick journal published annually by Mason Jones of Subarachnoid Space/Charnel Music, and subtitled The Magazine Of Japanese Independant Music. Each issue weighed in at over 125 pages on thick paper stock with heavy glossy covers, and each is filled with all kinds of superbly written and exhaustive articles on the Japanese grind/avant/no wave/noise/extreme culture, including discographies and footnotes alongside terrific graphic design, artwork, and loads of killer photos. Ongaku Otaku stopped publishing after the 4th issue that was released in 2001, but this fanzine remains not only the best English publication covering the vibrant Japanese underground ever published, but also one of the finest examples of high-quality zine culture to emerge from the 1990's. We just got our hands on some back copies of issues #2-4 of Ongaku Otaku excavated from the shadowy corners of the Automatism Press closets, as these are highly recommended documents for anyone that are as obsessed with extreme Japanese music as we are!
Issue #3 of Ongaku Otaku is from 1998, and again is jam packed with writing, a total who's who of cutting edge Japanese music. This issue has detailed articles and interviews with Grind Orchestra, Ruins, Seiichi Yamamoto (Boredoms, Omoide Hatoba), MSBR, Kaneko Jutoku, Cornelius, Coa, Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her, Gaji, Sugar Plant, Melt Banana, Shonen Knife, Ghost, Moga The Y5, robot sculptor and visual artist Kenji Yanobe, and a highly detailed tour diary of Mason Jones' solor tour of Japan. In addition, there are the expected TONS of lengthy, detailed CD, cassette tape, and vinyl reviews, assessments of cult Japanese cinema, video releases, and Anime, Japanese fanzine reviews, some killer Manga, a lengthy, detailed article on the different varieties of Japanese junk food, and more. Essential for Japanese music fanatics! U.S. customers: Due to the thickness and weight of these magazines, these prices include media mail shipping only. If the magazine is part of an order of $30 or more, we will ship the entire order via 1st class.

ONGAKU OTAKU: The Magazine Of Japanese Independant Music issue #4 MAGAZINE $6.98 Automatism Press

Ongaku Otaku was one of our favorite underground music 'zines from the 1990's,a super-thick journal published annually by Mason Jones of Subarachnoid Space/Charnel Music, and subtitled The Magazine Of Japanese Independant Music. Each issue weighed in at over 125 pages on thick paper stock with heavy glossy covers, and each is filled with all kinds of superbly written and exhaustive articles on the Japanese grind/avant/no wave/noise/extreme culture, including discographies and footnotes alongside terrific graphic design, artwork, and loads of killer photos. Ongaku Otaku stopped publishing after the 4th issue that was released in 2001, but this fanzine remains not only the best English publication covering the vibrant Japanese underground ever published, but also one of the finest examples of high-quality zine culture to emerge from the 1990's. We just got our hands on some back copies of issues #2-4 of Ongaku Otaku excavated from the shadowy corners of the Automatism Press closets, as these are highly recommended documents for anyone that are as obsessed with extreme Japanese music as we are!
Issue #4 of Ongaku Otaku is from 2001, has K.K. Null on the cover, and sports a killer article on the history of K.K. Null and all of his many ear-destroying projects, plus articles on the bands Acid Mothers Temple, DemiSemiQuaver, Ningen Isu, Little Fujiko, Billy?, Jack Or Jive, Kazumoto Endo, Depth, articles on the Nagoya underground, Japanese dolls, a killer Haters/Scot Jenerik Japanese tour diary, an underground tourists guide to Tokyo, more Manga, an overview of Japanese chewing gum, and all of the terrific detailed CD, cassette tape, and vinyl reviews, assessments of cult Japanese cinema, video releases, and Anime, Japanese fanzine reviews, music video reviews, and more. Whew! Essential for Japanese music fanatics!