Samadhi'Zine Es Una Publicación Independiente Con La Única Finalidad De Apoyar y Difundir La Información Del Metal Underground Nacional e Internacional.

          Todo empezó por ahí de 1993 cuando apasionado por el Heavy Metal y sus géneros, enloquecía comprando Vynyles, Cd's, Tapes, asistiendo a conciertos, leyendo fanzines, conociendo a mucha gente con mismas afinidades (tanto en la música & ideología), recuerdo un anécdota de aquellos tiempos en la ciudad de Cuernavaca un primo me llevo a la plaza principal y ahí estaba un grupo de aproximadamente 80 metalheads todos sin conocerme me saludaron de mano (otros hasta con un abrazo), mostrando una camareria envidiable, platicábamos únicamente de metal, de tal banda, grabación, eventos, etc. y veía llegar algunos con sobres y mas sobres y les pregunte ¿Que son?, eran cartas de Bandas y de Compañías, no entendía como ellos las obtenían, como podían contactarse con una agrupación de Europa, etc. y de ahí inicio la inquietud por conocer, sumergirme, empaparme de la escena underground y sin darme cuenta crecían los contactos tanto con bandas, y poco a poco con compañías e organizadores. entrando al maravilloso e inigualable mundo del metal en cuanto a correspondencia se refiere, los famosos Trades, las cartas de mano propia con singular estilo particular de cada quien, hasta llegar a tener en mi cuarto una artillería de material. Debido esto, además del gusto por escribir, es así como comienzo esta travesía de darle vida a esta publicación. Editando el numero 1 en 1997 con una manufactura totalmente artesanal, hecho con maquina de escribir, fotocopias, pero con todo el espíritu, pasión, y entrega total por un trabajo digno y que sirva como un aporte mas para el entretenimiento del metal. Seguimos al pie de Guerra y hemos prevalecido a través de este tiempo, sintiéndonos orgullosos de nuestro trabajo y mientras tengamos vida estaremos siendo un vinculo entre las bandas y nosotros los fans.

El significado de Samadhi es "El Estado Mas Elevado De La Meditación Yoga, Que Conduce A La Autorrealización y El Conocimiento De La Unidad Mística De Todas Las Manifestaciones" Esto transportado al metal entenderán lo que quiero expresar con dicho nombre.

ABOUT US

Samadhi ‘zine is and independent publication whose main purpose is to promote and spread all kinds of underground metal music information, throughout the world.

It all started back in 1993, when yours truly, a total worshipper of heavy metal and all of its sub genres, went insane buying vinyl records, cd’s and tapes of the darkest metal bands existing at that time, going to metal gigs, reading magazines and fanzines, and meeting lots of people with the same passion for this, the devil music, and with an alike ideology.

 I remember an anecdote from back in those days, I was on a vacation in Cuernavaca Mexico, and my cousin took me to the main plaza, and in this place there were like 80 or so metalheads just hanging around, talking exclusively about heavy metal music, bands, albums, events, etc., and my cousin introduced me to these people, and almost all of them shook my hands, and treated me like if I was one of their best buddies. The friendly atmosphere, the feeling of union I found there convinced me even more that I was in the right (left hand) path. I spend that evening talking to people with my same tastes, and I could notice that lot of these metalheads brought with them letters and material from foreign bands that they got through correspondence and trades. The interest in doing correspondence and trades with other metalheads, bands, record labels and with anyone immersed in the underground scene quickly grew up on me. I started sending hand written letters to contacts I got through magazines and friends, and soon, I got replies from the most of those who I wrote to. I started making trades and getting in touch with bands, record labels, concert organizers. Soon after that, I was running out of space in my room to put all the correspondence and demos and stuff I got through trades and correspondence.

Because of that, and the fact that I really love writing, is that I decided to start Samadhi. I put out the first issue of this publication back in 1997, with a total underground feeling, typed in a writing machine, with photocopies, but with the spirit, passion and a total commitment to make of Samadhi, a worthy publication to the metal scene and as a mean of entertainment. We’re still fighting to keep the flame of metal alive and have endured through this time, feeling ourselves pride of our work, and as long as we’re alive, we’ll continue focusing our efforts into being a link between bands and us, the fans.

The meaning of Samadhi is “The highest state of Yoga meditation, that leads to self realization of the being, and the knowledge of the mystic unit in all kinds of manifestation”. Apply this meaning to the metal art, and you’ll understand what I really want to express with Samadhi.

Enjoy!!!

B.L.A.C.K.I.E.