The Editorial rambling of old metal fan...

A man is never too drunk, so long as he can hold onto one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth.

Well it is about fucking time I wrote something new in this space. The thing is I have not been spending as much time on this site as I probably should. Yeah I have been still adding updates here and there (mostly reviews). I could be more frequent with it. I will endeavor to step it up a bit. But what the hell right, us old goats have families, children and all kinds of other shit that needs our time and attention. Canadian Assault is still very important to me though and has been going for nearly 15 years now! It will keep on the march, ever vigilant and pissed off.

So partly what I was getting at is another reason I have spent a little less time on CA, is because I strengthened and re-rediscovered my love for film. I just can not seem to get enough of it lately and it is an ongoing obsession that I do not see waning any time soon. My love for movies and especially movies of the horror / gore / cult & exploitation variety. Those sick, mean, gory flicks and also I am getting into the 70s exploitation movies pretty hard lately, the grindhouse stuff and roughies and that sort of thing. I have always been into that but not at this level. It is like a fire that needs to be continually stoked with more firewood and fuel.

One of the ways I am getting my fix these days is through horror, exploitation and cult movie podcasts. If you have not gotten into the podcast scene too much, well then you are missing out. There is some amazing ones out there. They remind me in some ways of the old print metal fanzines. Not always the content, but the spirit of the thing and camaraderie. I wanted to throw some banner type links up here (see below) for any and all interested or curious about this and steer you towards a few of the best ones out there.

For now I am going to throw out three of my favourites.

Exploited Cinema is headed up by two hosts, Bat32 resides in Michigan and Jdog is from my homeland of Canada. These two put out a great podcast and there is no sleazier, greasier, filthier un-politically correct podcast in existence. If you love exploitation, horror, action, roughies, blaxploitation etc... films but enjoy all things on the seedier side, hookers, beer soaked, misogynistic tinged areas of cinema. Then these two fiends will light up your life like a spliff and entertain you for hours on end. "Just remember if you are going huff paint, huff with a spotter... The Grease is going to get deep!".

Deadpit Radio are one of the originators of the horror movie podcast. They have been doing it longer than just about everyone else. With this podcast you get more of a straight horror and gore movie podcast. But the two hosts, life long friends are funny as hell, insult each other mercilessly and will just keep you laughing. They are from Kentucky and go by the names Uncle Bill and The Creepy Kentuckian. If you love horror movies then you just can not pass up this one. You will not regret giving this a try.

Profondo Cinema which is a podcast that really covers the spectrum of what I talked about before and a few things that probably fall outside of it as well. They get into horror, gore, cult movies and the two hosts are fascinating to listen to, intelligent, they know their shit and the editing is pretty slick with some great original podcast promos. If you love old Romero zombie movies like the original Dawn Of The Dead or better yet worship it like I do. Then look no further I do not know that there is anyone on the planet that knows that movie and all that surrounds it better than JScott and Axl. You will get addicted to this one. You have been warned.

Cheers,

Dale

The Canadian Assault print issue zineography:

I am not selling the back issues any longer. I will try to keep putting more content from the old issues on this site. So it will kind of cancel out the need for them anyway. Cheers

~ Dale

ISSUE # 1:

The debut issue is xeroxed and contains 56 pages and has inteviews with: Infernal Majesty, Stratorvarius, Fleshgrind, Tenebrae, Rotting, Eternal Darkness Recs/magAZINE/DistrIBUTION, Arch Enemy, a 2 page Venom tribute section and more...

ISSUE # 2:

the sophmore release with the following interviews: Gorguts, Incantation, Intestine, Headache Described fanzine, Lust, Quo Vadis, plus more. It is pro-printed on high quality newsprint and is 48 pages. Also it has new feature the killer quotes section that takes juicy quotes from all over the underground scene and reprints them. A ton of reviews and many other surprises.

ISSUE # 3:

pro printed on newsprint but added this time is a glossy black & white cover! the Interviews include: Skinless, Athotorgh, October 31, United Guttural Records, all 3 female editors of Metal Mafia fanzine, Darkthrone, Pegazus & lots more. Again we have the Killer Quotes section, a ton of reviews, Ancient album reviews. Articles on Canadian deathrash legends Disciples Of Power and big jugged porno actress Christy Canyon. All of this and much more in a 52 page package on high quality newsprint with a black & white glossy cover.

ISSUE # 4:

the historic sPlit issue with Eternal Darkness with their 13th issue. you get 2 dedicated underground fanzines for the price of 1!! It has a black & white glossy cover, pro-printed at a immensely packed 68 pages! Some of the cult interviews included are: Pagan Records, Nunslaughter, Immolation, Kaamos, Damnation Records, Unpure, Rites Of Thy Degringolade, Lust, Vulpecula, Ultra hot porn actress Shane and A FUCKING TON MORE!!!! Including a pictorial of the almighty Venom!! Diehard features such as Killer QuOtes and Ancient Album Reviews.

ISSUE # 5:

Issue 5 comes in a half-size form, pro-printed with black & white glossy cover and is 68 fucking pages! Interviews include Denial Of God, Rebaelliun, Tales Of The Macabre zine, Destruktor, Disgorge, Necrodeath, Svartsyn, Dekapitator, Urgrund, Desecration and a shitload more!! Including 2 porn actress interviews!! As well as kult features returning like Ancient album reviews, Killer Quotes, Ye Olde flyer pages (Including cult OLD flyers from Sacrifice, Slaughter, King Diamond, Necrovore, Repulsion etc...

ISSUE # 6:

100 packed Half size pages of damnation, alcohol & metal lust! Everything you expect from Canadian Assault is here. the  Interviews include: Bloodstorm, Thornspawn, Leather ?N Spikes zine, Gospel Of The Horns, Bestial Mockery, Darkness Eternal, Slaughter and tons more.

ISSUE # 7:

FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH DEEDS OF FLESH, GRAND BELIAL'S KEY, WITCHBURNER / IRON BONEHEAD RECORDS, PAINIAC RECORDS, POSSIBLY THE LONGEST INTERVIEW EVER WITH NUNSLAUGHTER! ALSO A RE-PRINT OF AN OLD BLASPHEMY INTERVIEW PRE-FALLEN ANGEL OF DOOM COURTESY OF ETERNAL DARKNESS 'ZINE! FEATURES ALSO THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE NOW NOTORIOUS ROUNDTABLE OF RANTING & RAVING INSANITY...

ISSUE # 8:

YES WE DECIDED TO TRY AGAIN THE SPLIT ISSUE THING, THIS TIME WITH MY CANADIAN BRETHREN, CATH AND HER MIGHTY LEATHER 'N SPIKES. SEEMED NATURAL SINCE THIS IS BOTH ZINES 8TH ISSUE. 116 FULL SIZE pages with b&w glossy cover! INTERVIEWS ARE: Pentagram (US doom legends!), Destroyer 666, Abigail, Lust, Cobalt, Insision, Hellflame Productions, Goatfire, Terrorama, Misery?s Omen, Drakkar Productions, Possessed (yes a new one), a new PC killing brutal Ranting Roundtable...

ISSUE # 9:

INTERVIEWS INCLUDE: Terrorama / I Hate Records, Nocturnal / Deathstrike Records, Victimizer + more! WE HAVE GONE BACK TO OUR ROOTS WITH THIS FINAL PRINT ISSUE, It is PHOTO-COPIED BUT this time but with excellent presentation of photo's / graphics and a cardboard full colour front and back cover! A ton of reviews, demos, horror flicks, a big vinyl review section, fanzines and many other surprises!

Jeffrey Kusbel

Writer for Canadian Assault

Death before Dishonor

Well unfortunately after about 6 years or so of writing for the Assault Jeffrey has decided to retire from fanzine life to concentrate solely on the label. Though is one ever 100% retired in this life? Do not be surprised if Jeffrey contributes the odd    vinyl review and maybe an interview once in a blue moon. Either way his writing will be missed but with the extensive archiving of past issues and so many of Jeffrey's reviews and a number of interviews included in the archives I thought he deserved a spot in the Canadian Assault roster listings. UP THE IRONS BROTHER!!!