This is a review of the 9th issue on Tempestous Fanzine which covers the more underground and occult side of black/death metal with some other underground genres covered as wll as some articles dedicated more to the black arts then music.
The first article is an introduction to the zine where the editor explains hid views on underground metal and the ideologies of the bands or musical artists that he covers as will as the situation of living in Chile. The first music interview is with Hekte Zaren which is very in depth and explains her work with various black metal and dark ambient projects and she also goes into her interest of the occult, shamanism and death worship.
One article moves away from music and goes more into the secret art of witchcraft and divine wisdom which goes into detail about Western Occultism, Cabala, Hermeticism, Enoch before returning to music. Next article is with Procession Of Spectres which is written in the style of an old school metal zine where the band also explains their musical style and lyrics which cover more of a historical approach
The next interview is with the main person behind Ossemenets where he also explains other bands and musical projects he is a part of as well as mentioning an interest in the occult at a younger age before going more interested into writing about medieval history lyrically and the nest article is more about Satanism and Dark Magick in modern times which explains the relation of Satan and Lucifer to other dark deities from different parts of the world and is also written with more of a left hand path perspective.
Underground metal zines are also reviewed in this issue just like the last issue and focuses more on underground South American black and death metal paper zines. There is also a very interesting article about Goethe and his version of Faust as well as talking about his initiation in Freemason, Rosicrucian and Illuminati fraternities and lodges and the article also covers the poetry of Charles Baudelaire and his understanding of the Satan Archetype.
The next article is an interview with black metal band Conflagration where they explain their O9A and National Socialist views which are explained from a more esoteric perspective and the interview would be considered too controversial by most metal webzines these days. The next interview is with Malgeist of Heritique du Nord where he explains his music that is closer to dark ambient and experimental as well as hid interest in Lovecraft, Cosmic Horror and Esoteric paths.
The zine moves on to an interview with Chile's Tagirion Est Tiferet an underground black metal band with a huge interest in t he Kaballah, Qlipthoth, Left Hand Path and the writings of Michael W, Ford before going into their views on playing black metal and the other bands in the genre with similar views and musical approaches.
Another one of the non musical articles is an introduction to Tantra which shows a lot of inspiration from t he writings of Aliester Crowley and how it also compares to Eastern and Western Occult traditions as well as mentioning its roots in Paganism before returning back to music with an article about The Third And The Mortal which explains their history, musical style and their inspiration and contribution the the metal world.
The next article changes the pace with an interview with doom/death metal band Svadhisthana where they explain Hinduism and Buddhism from more of an occult and esoteric perspective before moving away from music in the next article with the Essenes view of The Antichrist which is written in a very Gnostic orientated approach.
Just like with the previous issue they also return back to music reviews which focuses more on underground black, doom and death metal bands that are more occult or black art orientated mixed in with some albums that are more rooted in the experimental and dark ambient genres and also closes this issue.
In my opinion this is another great issue from Tempestous Fanzine and if you are a fan of the more occult black, doom and death metal bands and also have an interest in more of the Left Hand Path, Satanic, Luciferian, Occult and Gnostic teachings you should read this fanzine. 8/5 out of 10.
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