Xenocide FAQ
Is Xenocide still in production/accepting review material?
No, for a few reasons. It became too time- and cost-prohibitive to produce the print version, the electronic version wasn’t getting any distribution (this was before the web), and death metal as a whole was falling apart.
Does the name Xenocide have to do with Orson Scott Card’s book of the same name?
Yes and no. After issue 2, I held a contest for a new name. Villie Lavonius, a fellow netizen, suggested the name. After I fell in love with it and decided to use it, he told me about the book. Oops.
Why didn’t you keep Electric Deicide?
Because we were no longer an electronic-only zine, and because Roadrunner Records threatened to sue me for using the name Deicide.
Why was it Electronic Deicide, then in issue #2 Electric?
I don’t remember, but probably my stupidity in action.
When did … happen?
Here’s a rough timeline:
February 15, 1992: The first issue is born, with reviews and help from Ray Miller of Metal Curse. It is posted to several newsgroups and an e-mailing list is formed.
July, 1992: Issue two, with a few demos and more info.
September, 1992: Issue three, with interviews, a paper version, and far more interview material. I announce intentions to release a multimedia version of some sort.
January, 1993: Issue 4 is released, as a huge text file, or a corner-stapled zine with artwork, ads, and a real layout. I announce a floppy disk version which never happened, although I did experiment with a Mac version that contained all of the text, a reader, and a handful of images on a two-floppy set.
March, 1993: Metal Curse 7 is released.
April, 1993: Issue 5 is released. The paper version is a center-stapled, full size zine with a red cardstock cover, lots of artwork, lots of ads, and a lot of work on the layout. A text file is created, and is put on my web page. The umich archive picks up all of my issues for archival.
May, 1993: I move from Bloomington to Elkhart to work for the summer.
July, 1993: After writing about half of issue 6, I decide to scrap the entire zine, out of a lack of time, money, and energy.