Compilation of Death – The Third Coming

I heard about Compilation of Death a while back and it really seemed like a top class old school death metal zine in the truest of traditions. But "The Third Coming" really defies any description of a "zine" that you've ever heard. For a start it's hundreds of pages thick. It's perfect bound. Nice paper stock. And it's about 1.5" thick! Check out the video. It's a hefty tome.

Gabriel (Editor) teamed up with Hell's Headbangers to release this issue of the zine. With HHR's money and distribution it guaranteed that this would get out there on an international level. There's simply no rival if this is the style of zine you're into (i.e. old school cut'n'paste).

I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for this issue, too. I sent a Temple of Void demo to Gabriel and he dug it enough to do an interview with us in the massive third issue. However, it was the inclusion of Fatal in the zine that was extra cool. I did a double-take when I saw that. Tony Hamera (who mastered our album) was interviewed for his 90's DM band, Fatal. And there was at least one or two more Michigan bands who had little features on them (if I recall correctly). Michigan represented well in this issue. You can't throw a stone without hitting a mention of Repulsion somewhere...

Some of the interviews are gargantuan. The Nile one was my favorite. Karl makes for an interesting and articulate interviewee. Autopsy was another good one. I didn't read every single page from front to back but I honestly probably read about 80% of the zine word for word.

It's not perfect by a long shot, but that's the nature of a cut'n'paste zine from Chile that's been translated into English. There are typos on every page. But you don't buy/read this for typographical excellence.

It's mostly interviews, with a brief amount of zine, vinyl, and CD reviews at the rear of the zine. The interviews are sometimes current and sometimes over a decade old. It's truly a "compilation of death."

If you like death metal; get this zine.