1997; fuckin’ 27 years ago…3 ugly bastards (we could have been a spin-off of The Young Ones) from The Netherlands started a fanzine called Vampire Magazine. Yep, we couldn’t come up with a cheesier name. After 2 xeroxed issues, it evolved into a lovely HTML-with-animated-gifs webzine in 2000. Fast-forward to 2008; Vampire Magazine transforms into Archaic Magazine and in 2011 that story ends as well…
15.000 articles in the database vanished in thin air due database corruption, unfortunate timing and bad luck. Fortunately I’m able to retrieve a part of them and planning to publish old reviews and interviews on VM-Underground. Why? Hard work deserves to be published and I think it will give something extra to the website as we reviewed complete discographies of known and unknown acts.
As said, not everything is retrieved but I will combine the articles of 1 band that I’m able to retrieve and publish them altogether.
All articles will be published with their original date of publishing and without editing. So all raw edges, occasional immaturity and flaws when it comes to grammar or the English language in general are kept the way it was. Why ruin imperfect history? Hope you will enjoy reading those old articles, for sure I had a chuckle or two with uploading them. (Ricardo)
Latest Update
March 9th 2023
March 8th 2023
- Aosoth (1 album review)
- Black Altar (1 album review)
- Bone Awl (1 album review)
- Celestial Bloodshed (1 album review)
February 20th 2023
- Decaying Form (1 album review)
- Pagan Rites (1 split review)
- XI-Void (1 album review)
February 19th 2023
- Bestial Raids (1 album review, 1 split review)
- Kringspiertyfus (1 demo review, 1 interview)
- Nocturnal (1 album review, 1 split review, 2 interviews)
- Nocturnal Vomit (1 demo review, 1 split review)
February 17th 2023
- Bloodstone (1 album review)
- Cauterizer (1 album review)
- Death Attack (1 album review)
- Messiah (1 interview)
February 16th 2023
- Hangöver (1 demo review, 1 interview)
- Mysto Dysto (1 album review, 1 interview)
- Negură Bunget (6 album reviews, 2 interviews)
- Trinacria (1 album review, 1 interview)
February 1st 2023
- Bloody Sign (3 album reviews, 1 split review)
- Deep Vein (1 split review)
- Impetigo (9 album reviews, 1 interview)
- Oppression (1 split review, 1 demo review)
January 21st 2023
- Acheron (1 album review, 2 interviews)
- Necrovation (1 album review, 1 demo review, 1 interview) (update)
January 18th 2023
- Obituary (3 album reviews, 2 interviews)
January 16th 2023
- Arckanum (1 album review, 1 demo review)
January 15th 2023
- Azaghal (3 album reviews, 1 interview)
January 7th 2023
- Taranis (2 album reviews, 1 interview)
January 4th, 2023
December 27th, 2022
- Exhumed (2 album reviews, 1 interview)
December 24th, 2022
- Naglfar (3 album reviews, 2 interviews)
December 20th, 2022
- Necrovation (1 demo review)
- Severe Torture (8 album reviews, 4 interviews)
April 15th, 2019
- Aphoom Zhah (1 album review)
- Comatose Vigil (1 album review)
- Nabaath (1 album review)
April 5th, 2019
- Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult (2 album reviews, 1 interview)
- Geist [GER] (1 album review)
- Paganizer (1 interview)
- Ribspreader (1 album review)
March 30th, 2019
- Catacombs [USA] (1 album review)
- Finnugor (2 album reviews)
- Israthoum (1 album review)
March 25th, 2019
- Arkha Sva (1 album review)
- Crimson Moon (1 album review)
- Depressed Mode (1 album review)
- Noktiis Eterna (1 album review)
March 24th, 2019
- Forgotten Chaos (1 album review)
- Kludde (1 album review)
- Thurs (1 demo review)
March 23rd, 2019
- Burning Hatred (1 demo review)
- Horna (1 album review, 1 interview)
- Pestnebel (1 album review)
- Stielas Storhett (1 album review)
March 22nd, 2019
- Divine Rapture (1 album review, 1 demo review)
- Misanthropic [GER] (1 album review)
- Vorkreist (2 album reviews, 1 interview)
March 21st, 2019
- Avenger [CZE] (2 album reviews)
- Dies Ater (2 album reviews)
- Torn Apart [SWE] (1 album review)
March 20th, 2019
- Corpus Christii (2 album reviews, 1 interview)
- Salacious Gods (2 album reviews, 1 interview)
- Valkyrja (2 album reviews)
March 13th, 2019
- Ecliptic (1 album review)
- Darkness Eternal (2 album reviews)
- Sammath (2 album reviews, 1 interview)
- Torment [BEL] (1 album review)
February 23rd, 2019
- Kawir (1 album review)
February 21st, 2019
- Ares Wrath Division (1 album review)
- Barbatos (1 album review)
- Krocht (1 demo review)
- Lucifugum (2 album reviews)
- Vilgevortz (1 demo review)
February 7th, 2019
- Black Funeral (1 album review)
- Mortem [PER] (1 album review)
- Pandemic Genocide (1 album review)
- Valdur (1 album review)
January 25th, 2019
- Den Saakaldte (1 album review)
- HomSelvareg (1 album review)
- Murder Squad (1 album review)
- Vomitor (1 album review)
January 23rd, 2019
- Aguynguerran (1 album review, 1 demo review, 1 interview)
- Azarath (1 album review)
- CorpseVomit (1 album review)
- Fjelltrone (1 album review)
January 22nd, 2019
- Bestial Mockery (5 album reviews)
- Haatstrijd (1 album review)
- Possessed (1 album review)
- Throneaeon (2 album reviews)
- Vargsang (1 album review)
January 21st, 2019
- Acid Enema (1 split review)
- Angra Mainyu (1 split review)
- Asphyx (1 album review, 1 demo review, 2 interviews)
- Crebain (1 split review)
- Leviathan (3 album reviews, 3 split reviews)
- Xasthur (3 album reviews, 4 split reviews, 1 interview)
January 19th, 2019
- Black Witchery (1 album review)
- Nachtruf (1 demo review)
- Suicidal Winds (2 album reviews)
January 18th, 2019
- Malevolent Creation (4 album reviews, 2 interviews)
- Windir (2 album reviews, 1 dvd review, 1 interview)
January 17th, 2019
- Graveyard (1 demo review)
- Intestinal (1 album review)
- Mörbid Carnage (1 album review)
- Skyforger (3 album reviews)
January 16th, 2019
- Nominon (3 album reviews, 1 interview)
- Otargos (1 demo review, 1 album review)
- Temple of Baal (2 album reviews)
January 15th, 2019
- Dr. Shrinker (1 album review)
- Drudkh (8 album reviews)
- Hollowtone (1 album review, 1 interview)
- Zyklon (2 album reviews, 1 dvd review)
January 14th, 2019
- Anal Vomit (1 album review, 1 interview)
- Dismember (7 album reviews)
- Godless Rising (2 album reviews)
January 13th, 2019
- Forest Silence (2 album reviews)
- Lie in Ruins (1 demo review, 1 interview)
- Murder Corporation (1 album review)
January 12th, 2019
- Abhorrence [BRA] (1 album review)
- Grabnebelfürsten (2 album reviews)
- Mr. Death (1 album review)
- Torturium (1 album review)
January 11th, 2019
- Armagedda (5 album reviews)
- Excoriate [GER] (1 album review)
- Sorgeldom (1 album review)
January 10th, 2019
- Ares Kingdom (1 album review)
- Drawn and Quartered (1 interview, 3 album reviews)
- Fluisterwoud (1 album review)
January 9th, 2019
- Katafalk (1 interview, 1 demo review, 1 album review)
- Maniac Butcher (1 album review)
January 8th, 2019
- Deathevokation (1 demo review, 1 album review)
January 7th, 2019
- Behexen (1 interview, 1 album review)
- Totalselfhatred (1 album review)
January 6th, 2019