Last Fanzine Before Doomsday | Smoulder Approved Best Metal of 2023

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You may have noticed that our vocalist shares a lot of heavy metal bands via social media. That's because we love heavy metal and care about supporting our community! In that vein, Sarah has decided to make her very own fanzine and interviewed all the metal bands that she thinks released the best metal albums of 2023. This magazine is strictly physical, it will not be distributed digitally.

Within the pages of the zine, you’ll hear from fast-emerging USPM act HELMS DEEP about how the NWOTHM died before it started (page 5), from international black metal outfit TRESPASSER about the intricacies of communist anarchism (page 8 -11), from BATHORY meets SKITSYSTEM one-woman Italian Valkyrie metal band MARTHE about how a DIY punk who worships Fenriz managed to get signed to Southern Lord with her very first metal band (page 14-17), and from OSDM legends VASTUM about "the spiritual vigilance to live with conviction despite the reality of God’s absence" (page 21). There’s an essay on the history of the fanatical Christian cult of Kartanoism (page 23), the subject of the Finnish doom band MANSION. Additionally, you’ll see plenty more deep-dive interviews with bands like BY FIRE & SWORD, MEURTRIÈRES, TRIUMPHER, AURIFEROUS FLAME, and WEALD + WOE alongside artwork, album reviews, and some insights related to SMOULDER.

In addition to a copy of the magazine, you'll receive a digital download of SMOULDER's 2023 album 'Violent Creed of Vengeance'. If you dig the album, please feel free to return and buy a physical copy from us here!!

Includes unlimited streaming of Violent Creed Of Vengeance via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Smoulder play epic heavy metal in the tradition of Tales of Medusa, Solitude Aeternus, Manilla Road, early Blind Guardian and Fates Warning. Fantastical heroes wielding mystic swords and arcane sorcery await...

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