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Slayer Magazine was a Norwegian extreme-metal fanzine founded in 1985 by Jon Kristiansen, who wrote under the name Metalion. It documented underground heavy metal through interviews, reviews, photographs, and correspondence, with particular importance for the early black-metal scene in Norway and elsewhere. The publication remains a contemporary record of the networks, imagery, and musical arguments that shaped extreme-metal culture before online media became central.

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Who founded Slayer Magazine?

Jon Kristiansen, known as Metalion, founded Slayer Magazine in Sarpsborg, Norway, in 1985. The fanzine became one of the best-known publications in Scandinavian extreme metal.

Did Slayer Magazine cover Norwegian black metal bands?

Yes, its later issues gave important coverage to the Norwegian black metal scene and bands such as Mayhem, Darkthrone, and Burzum. That coverage helped preserve firsthand material from the scene's early 1990s period.

Is Slayer Magazine connected to the American band Slayer?

The Norwegian fanzine and the American thrash-metal band are separate entities. Slayer the band formed in California in 1981, while Slayer Magazine began in Norway in 1985.

Where can I find the classic Slayer Magazine interviews?

Many of the best-known interviews and images were collected in Metalion's book The Slayer Mag Diaries. The book documents the magazine's 1985 origins and its coverage of extreme-metal musicians.

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