The long 3-years break in activity of Magadan, Russia zine ZHESTOKOYE SUSHESTVOVANIE (VIOLENT EXISTENCE) finally ended. Vitaly Miroshnichenko (chief editor) and Grober (reviews) crew joined Staffy, who knows English well. The last one did the interviews with international bands. Major part of all materials are the interviews with bands from CIS ��� (TESSARACT, GRENOUER, CASTRUM, T.H.R.O.N.), international legion is represented by PURTRIDITY, BURIAL PLACE, BLOOD OF CHRIST, Sevared Records, Brave Concerts Int. For those, who are interested in the situation of metal music in other countries, authors put in the zine articles-reviews of Macedonian and Hungarian metal-scenes.

Zine features 32 A4 b/w pages and CD with the music of all bands, which you can find inside.

As Vitaly Miroshnichenko writes in traditional editor column, �Read the true underground literature�. I can only add ��and press!�.