ISSUE
#10
"There's
no big evolution, when it comes to the visual side of magazine,
but who cares, since the first issue from last year was one of
the most professional and well-looking extreme metal magazines.
Experiences and sense for extreme metal visual aesthetic are
more than visible, and the another great thing about this Brazilian
magazine is its very good English, one of the most essential
means how to be successfull and respected on
international scene. Intelligent style of writing, quite deep-into
inties and informative reviews and various metal genres included
make this magazine interesting for a wide spectrum of metalheads,
from the fans thrash metal to
gore grind maniax, and if do you also want to know more about
exploding Brazilian scene, this guide seems to be the best one
for you."
Martin
(Nomenmortis
- Slovakia)
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"Just
wanted to say your mag KICKS FUCKING ASS!!!!!!.Every one in the
band as well as all of our friends agree that you have one of
the best mags today' even as good as Terrorizer SOD just to name
a few.And it's great that the comp has all heavy kickass bands
on it.Anyway congrats on all the hard work and support you have
given to all the bands.On behalf of Horde of Worms we thank you
and smoke our killer canadian weed in your honour. Hails!!"
Brent
(Horde of Worms - Canada)
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"Finalmente
saiu o tão esperado nº 10 da BLACK HOLE mag, depois
de um ano após o último nº, com 68 paginas,
desta vez traz na capa a banda DARK FUNERAL, a revista ainda
apresenta 18 entrevistas com bandas de vários estilos
da música extrema, as minhas preferidas são LYNPHATIC
PHLEGM (excelente entrevistas com
4 paginas), DISGORGE (Mex.), EXHUMED, FECULENT GORETOMB, REGURGITATE
e SUBLIME CADAVERIC
DECOMPOSITION, as outras são com PAGANIZER, ENTHRONED,
ABHORRENCE, CHAKAL, LUCIFERIANO, SUMMON, NOMENMORTIS, EVILWAR,
MACABRE, IMPERIUOS MALEVOLENCE, LACONA COIL e o com o Próprio
DARK FUNERAL esta última com 4 paginas, muitas vezes contando
com a ajuda de André Luiz do LYMPHATIC PHLEGM, além
das 180 resenhas de CDs, LPs, demos e compactos, a revista conta
com uma seção de "news"e um excelente
layout, feito pelo próprio editor, Fernando Camacho que
também faz a maioria das capas dos CDs do selo Loft Storm
Rec. e de muitas outras grandes bandas do planeta.
A revista é acompanhada por uma coletânea em CD
que traz muitas bandas encontradas na revista, Veja resenha do
CD. Mais uma vez parabéns ao Fernando Camacho pelo excelente
trabalho que vem fazendo em prol da música extrema, diferentes
das revistas encontradas no jornaleiro da esquina."
Review
by Marcelo (Carnifina
Grindcore Webzine - Brazil)
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"New
issue for this pro magazine from Brazil. I think it focuses a
little too much on funny black metal, but it
also has alot of goregrind on the other hand, so that makes up
for it. The noteworthy interviews are with Disgorge (Mex), Exhumed,
Feculent Goretomb, Lymphatic Phlegm, Regurgitate, Macabre &
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition...It's filled with metal &
grind reviews (and my 3 way split cd even scores 9/10... I don't
know how that could happen!). The layout is really amazing, fucking
great looking, it's about 70 pages long and it has a compilation
cd coming with it! You'll definitely get your money's worth of
underground crap!"
Review
by Pierre (Braindead Webzine - France)
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"It's
here! My pal Fernando is truly dedicated to extreme music, and
for his dedication he publishes this
professional magazine with brilliant full color to glorify the
sickness packed into this killer magazine! For anyone
who thinks that a magazine is a sell out or trendy just for actually
putting more effort and money into a
publication, get a clue! Fernando is into black metal, death
metal, in fact all kinds of metal, but in there very
strongly is Black Hole's dedication to today's current sickening
gore grind bands is a huge element of the
magazine! The cover features DARK FUNERAL, which I doubt the
more grind oriented fans will care about, but of course Fernando
is open to many forms of extreme music! That's no reason to overlook
this 'zine, opening its
cryptic texts you will find excellent interviews with bands such
as REGURGITATE, DISGORGE (Mex), FECULENT
GOREBOMB, EXHUMED, SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION and even MACABRE!
There is a great news section, and tons of great reviews with
pictures of the releases! Reviews are by Fernando and also some
contributors including myself for several reviews! It was a real
treat to have my idiotic words in the slick and twisted pages
of this opus! It's all laid out professionally with excellent
compostion and usage of killer graphics! Dark and demented, but
with a professional look as Fernando is a designer for advertising
and has laid out many of my favorite releases from Lofty Storm
and Bizarre Leprous! He's got one hell of a sick eye for necrotic
design! Don't forget the bous CD with bands like S.M.E.S., LYMPHATIC
PHLEGM, MACHETAZO, DECOMPOSING SERENITY, FECULENT GORETOMB, MAGGOTS...
26 in all! The magazine also interviews bands that may not be
for grinders but still are very interesting like ENTHRONED, ABHORRENCE,
EVILWAR, SUMMON, PAGANIER, LACUNA COIL, LUCIFERIANO, CHAKAL,
IMPERIOUS MALEVOLENCE, and NOMENMORTIS! Whether readers are interested
in more dark/death/black metal or not, as I know I and other
grinders are more into the gore grind, there is still a heap
of sickness like that for you!"
Reveiw
by Lee Davis (Pusvomit Webzine - USA)
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"Now
what was good got perfect. Issue 10 has more pages, again tons
of reviews, *essential* interviews, groundbreaking news with
the return of CHAKAL's original vokiller, a comp. CD that will
make your mother punch herself in the face double handedly, and
all with the visual aggression by F. Camacho, the guy who got
me into Macabre in back 1987. Buy!!! Or burn, die & fucking
fry!!!"
The Necromaniac
(Apocalyptic Raids - Brazil)
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"Black
Hole Magazine is absolutely one of the most crushing and professional
magazines I´ve read,
it has everything a true fucking death/grind freak can wish for!
Devastating layout and heaps of the
most sick bands that are around. 666 fucking points if you ask
me!"
Rogga
(Paganizer - Sweden)
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ISSUE #9
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"Very
attractive front cover design and inside artwork which is different
from each page. Also included rare and 'big' photos of bands,
plus very intersting interviews and reviews. This is The Best
Brazilian Extreme Metal magazines that i have ever seen. It is
comparable to some of the other established mags like Terrorizer,
SOD and Ill Literature."
Eric
Cheah (Psychic Scream Entertainment - Malaisya)
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"BH
is just the BEST international quality magazine in Brazil. It
OOZES tons of reviews and in-depht interviews with a lot of the
great brutal Metal bands. All packed in a nice design by F. Camacho,
a VETERAN that did it in zine format since the 80s (when he interviewed
a new band with a nice little demo, which by the way was Morbid
"fucking" Angel). The CD comes as a nice bonus for
a magazine that surely is a LOT more than it costs. Black Hole,
hear the CD, read the mag, check the website, go to fucking HELL.
But don't let your mother crazy."
The Necromaniac
(Apocalyptic Raids - Brazil)
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"Thank
you very much for this fantastic issue of Black Hole magazine
I have received on Monday. I must say I was almost smashed by
its quality and very good articles, I think this is one of the
greatest truly underground magazines I have seen in last years,
man, you rule!"
Martin
(Nomenmortis - Slovakia)
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"Parabéns
pelo excelente trabalho. A revista está muito boa, não
só na parte gráfica como também na qualidade
dos textos. Ainda não acabei de ler, e acho que pela quantidade
de matérias não vou terminar tão cedo, mas
tudo que eu li até agora gostei muito. Também achei
do caralho ter uma banda brasileira na capa, ainda mais sabendo
que a revista faz do Incantation, Malevolent Creation, Gorgoroth
e outras bandas já consagradas. Dar espaço para
o Flesh Grinder foi, nesse sentido, uma iniciativa excepcional,
que eu agradeço como membro de banda e parabenizo como
fã!"
Dimitri
(Psychotic Eyes - Brazil)
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"Hey,
I got the zine today. Man, that was killer, totally professional
looking but totally underground inside!
Can't beat that! Thanks again for featuring us and for the copy,
we greatly appreciate it. Keep up the good work, take care."
Mark
(ex-Impetigo - USA)
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"Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is exactly what I have said when I have opened the pack
and seen your mag's cover.......this mag is brilliant, the deisgn
kills, it blow away all French Mags, I didn't expect a such pro
mag, for sure, bro', this is incredible!!!!!!. And the Gurkkhas
intie.....I will now run to the printing to make a copy and include
it in the press book, it kills too much!!. Really, I have showed
it to the others, they were astonished."
JF Rey
(Gurkkhas/Deadsun Rec - France)
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"Thanks
Fernando and everyone else in Black Hole, I think you'll like
to know that my Mom discovered my copy of B.H. and kick me out
of the house, now I'm homeless and living on the streets of Oakland
getting drunk with the rest of IMPALED every night, the Magazine
is fucking amazing, better than some here in the U.S., that's
for sure, I'm keeping this issue for me, even if I run out of
toilet paper."
Raul
Varela (Impaled - USA)
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"My
first impression of Black Hole was that I could not comprehend
this is an underground magazine. The print and production were
professionally done, with very informative contents including
interviews, reviews and critics. This is important whether you
want to learn more about bands and musical acts elsewhere. In
addition, I would like to thank you for the compilation disc
as well. Hopefully, there will be more black metal next time
: )
Nevertheless, Black Hole is absolutely worth your money! Highly
recommended to death metal fans! Continue this good job, Fernando!"
Marius
Olaussen (Valgalder Records - Norway)
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"I
just wanted to get in contact and say Thanx alot for the recent
issue of the zine you sent. It is unbeleivable. One of the best
zines in the whole scene, alot of really excellent underground
bands and reviews. Thanx alot for our review as well, it is much
appreciated."
Ron (Aurora
Borealis - USA)
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"As
an advertiser I must say I'm very satisfied with the final result
of Black Hole Mag"
Kent
Henriksen (Mester Prod's - Norway)
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"Awesome!
Best Brazillian zine i have seen so far. Looking forward to the
next issue!
Hail Darkness, Hail Satan! Hail Blackhole!
Paul
(Sathanas - USA)
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"Hey
man, the new issue RULES!! Seriously this is one of the best
true death metal zines I've read in years. I love the layout,
it's professional but also maintains an underground look and
feel. The interviews are very thought out and you feature most
of the bands that I'm really into.
Thanks for the copy and I can't wait for the next one."
Billy(Razorback
Records - USA)
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"Fuck!
Shit! God Dammned!! That's what you will say when you receive
Black Hole Mag and open the fuckin' package. Look to this artwork
man, LOOK ! Put the disc on your player and hear the brutal underground
alive when you read all the terrible interviews, horrendous reviews
and all the fuck'in rest.
Fernando, go to HELL, man ! You surprised us from Krueger with
this fuckin' evolution. Congratulations ! It's a great jump between
your inicial editions at eighties and this one, in terms of quality
of your work, staying brutal and underground, kicking asses of
motherfucker trend adorers. Underground Rules! BH Rules!"
Adriano
Caminha (Vocals/Guitars - Krueger - Brazil)
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"Escrevo
para deixá-lo saber sobre a minha admiração
pelo seu trabalho com o Black Hole Mag... Eu vi o n.9 no qual
tem o Flesh Grinder e Incantation duas bandas que eu realmente
respeito! Bem, mas falando da revista está 100% extrema,
boa diagramação e visual matador! O inclusão
do CD tbém é de fuder, apesar de eu ter checado
apenas a revista. Parabéns pelo excelente artefato, eu
acho que é um dos melhores de nossas terras e certamente
um grande meio de promoção no exterior devido a
escrita Inglesa! Continue no caminho e conte conosco na divulgação!"
Rangel
(Abhorrence - Brazil)
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"Hail
to Fernardo, true supporter of the underground.This magazine
is a MUST for the true underground scene.
I hope from my heart that this will continue ...so all of us
we have to support this mag coming out from the grave again.
PS - I will never believe before i see it with my eyes the quality
of this magazine not only in the paper but in the honest reviews
and of course the great interevews."
Agisilaos
(Unholy Archangel - Greech)
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"Gostaria
de agradecer o seu envio do exemplar da black hole e parabenizá-lo
pelo trabalho, você superou muitas das revistas que existem
aqui no Brasil, a qualidade está ótima o trabalho
impecável.
Você é um dos poucos no Brasil que trabalha com
seriedade nesse ramo de revistas, te desejamos todos aqui da
banda muit sorte mesmo e sucesso, você merece um trabalho
assim não pode parar. Muito obrigado mesmo pelo espaço
em seu site e na revista com a resenha."
Ricardo
(Purgatory - Brazil)
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"Fernando.
You have created a masterpiece of brutality from front cover
of Flesh Grinder to the very end!! It is possibly the most proffessional
underground supporting magazine I have seen! We also appreciate
the killer Lividity plug you stuffed in the already over abundant
informative pages of Black Hole!! Everyone should get a copy
or 2 and be blown away as we were!! Damn, not to mention the
crushing CD comp that comes with it, I
haven't had the chance to listen to some of them bands til now,
so the whole thing has become a learning experience for me to
see what's going on in our scene of today!! Keep it fucking sick
bro!!"
Dave
Kibler (Lividity - USA)
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"I
think that the mag looks great! Good Interviews and content,
I was introduced to some new bands like "Gurkkhas"
and "Flesh Grinder", also you have interviews with
some of my favorites like "The Chasm" and "Malevolent
Creation"! The best part though, is the comp cd! Some great
bands! Carve, Morgan and Reprobation are kick ass!"
Joe (Hatred
- USA)
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"B.H.
Thanks for releasing this issue and thanks for including T666
in it. Let's see more of your Magazine here in Australia. The
B.H. cover logo looks very cool. If something is cheep it is
low quality. Black Hole is high quality. You can sell this magazine
for 100$"
David
D (T666- Australia)
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"Black
Hole is awesome to read such a piece of Brutality with a professionnal
touch and a yet Old School edge!
I wait fucking long to get such a great Underground paper! For
sure it is the best Metal-Book you can buy this year!
But I am not really impartial because I worship old school manners
as you do! Keep up the excellent work friend!"
Jean
Charles ( Infernal Waves - France)
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"Really
cool mag, great front cover and CD cover design. Good band selection
at the free CD. Lots of interesting
interviews. Altogether a very professional look. One of the best
underground zines I know!!! Black Hole rulez!!! "
Bruno
(Epicedium - Germany)
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"Here's
a great looking magazine, with color cover and all, from the
guy who made Lofty Storm records covers look so sick! (Flesh
Grinder, Decomposing Serenity/Vomito, Intestinal Disgorge). You
bet the whole pages design is really neat. Black Hole deals with
extreme underground metal, in general. Whatever, interviews are
all really excellent and insightful, there's Murder Corporation,
Flesh Grinder, Incantation, Impaled, Impetigo (Damn! Mark even
mentions me in this one), Lividity, Disinter and Malevolent Creation...
All extremely interesting. Other styles, such as doom and black
metal are represented, and that part doesn't hold as much interest
to me. But Black Hole is made in a great and honest underground
spirit, decidated to bands I absolutely adore, that you won't
always find in any metal magazine. It's full of great information,
contacts, many reviews giving good points for brutality... And
a compilation cd too, featuring a handful of good bands. I really
liked Flesh Grinder, Lymphatic Phlegm, Intestinal Disgorge &
Fuck the Facts. There are some good death metal bands as well
(Carve, Epicedium, Siege of Hate, Leukorrhea, Suture...) and
a few other bands into metal styles I'm less fond of... Anyway,
globally it's really excellent. Wonderful work from great underground
supporters, fantastic page design, Flesh Grinder on the front
cover, interesting interviews and reviews. I just totally recommend
it; especially to metalheads, guess you got that. For the story,
this zine already existed in the 80's, this is a ressurection
issue."
Review
from Pierre (Goregrind Webzine - France)
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"Recebemos
o exemplar da BLACK HOLE e devemos dizer que ficamos muitíssimo
impressionados com o seu trabalho!!! Sem sombra de dúvidas
é a melhor revista de metal extremo já produzida
no Brasil, um trabalho primoroso de lay-out e design que aproveitou-se
muito bem das possibilidades do preto e branco, as entrevistas
são inteligentes e exploram questões não
triviais, por vezes tocando em assuntos delicados para as bandas.
Muito interessantes as entrevistas com as bandas lendárias
da música extrema como com o IMPETIGO (nós cultuamos
essa banda!), MALEVOLENT CREATION, GORGOROTH e INCANTATION, importantíssimo
também o espaço dedicado às bandas novas
e às resenhas de CDs. O CD que acompanha a revista está
poderosíssimo com músicas inéditas do insano
LYMPHATIC PHLEGM, e grandes presenças de FLESH GRINDER,
EZURATE, DESDOMINUS entre outras. Enfim, a revista é ítem
indispensável para qualquer apreciador de EXTREME METAL!!!!!!!!!!"
Edgar
Franco & Equipe (Krepuskulum Webzine - Brazil)
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"São
publicações como a BLACK HOLE mag. que nos fazem
sentir orgulho do Brasil e que existem pessoas que realmente
se importam com o underground. Tudo nela é grandioso,
honesto, bem feito, de extremo bom gosto e executado por gente
que sabe o que fala e ouve. Reportagens e matérias muito
interessantes e informativas com grandes nomes como Flesh Grinder,
Incantation, The Chasm, Impaled, Gurkkhas, Malevolent Creation,
Disinter, Gorgoroth e muitíssimo mais. E ainda acompanha
uma grande e excelente compilation em CD com nada menos que Hatred,
Epicedium, Lymphatic Phlegm, Krueger, Reprobation, Sathanas,
Intestinal Disgorge, Siege of Hate, Unholy Archangel e muito
mais. Não existem comentários suficientes para
exaltar essa que é uma das mais
honestas e promissoras publicações do underground
mundial. HAIL!!!!"
Review
from Flavvio (Secrets of the Moon Webzine - Brazil)
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"Eu
confesso que ainda não tinha visto uma publicação
brasileira que tivesse unidos um conteúdo tão interessante
com uma arte tão bonita. Quando a BLACK HOLE começou
suas atividades em prol do extremo underground muitas das bandas
encontradas aqui nem sonhava em nascer, é uma publicação
em inglês bem
antiga que se iniciou nos meados dos anos 80, teve sua última
edição em 1990 depois teve que dar uma parada,
mas retornou agora com força total. Traz na capa o FLESH
GRINDER e ainda tem entrevistas com as bandas INCANTATION, IMPALED,
MURDER CORPORATION, INSANITY, THE CHASM, IMPETIGO, GURKKHAS,
LIVIDITY, GONKULATOR, NOVEMBERS DOOM, LEUKORRHEA, CINERARY, APOCALYPTIC
RAIDS, DISINTER,
MALEVOLENT CREATION, AGAURES, GORGOROTH, HORFIXION, DESDOMINUS,
ABSORBED, bandas de estilos variados mas sem nunca deixar de
fora a extremas força da música brutal (grind,
splatter, death metal, black, doom). Ainda conta com uma grande
seção com contatos de todas as bandas e selos encontrados
na revista, além das inúmeras resenhas (acho que
são quase 100 resenhas) de CDs, demo-tapes e compactos.
O único fato que talvez desagrade um pouco é que
a revista por ser uma publicação voltada para pessoas
do mundo inteiro é feito inteiramente em inglês,
mas de qualquer forma Fernando Camacho (Editor) está de
parabéns pelo excelente trabalho que está fazendo.A
revista ainda traz uma coletânea em CD"
Review
from Marcelo (Carnifina Grindcore Webzine - Brazil)
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"Quem
curte Metal Extremo sempre sentiu a necessidade de uma revista
nacional especializada no assunto. A Black Hole é uma
excelente opção para satisfazer a esta necessidade,
pois mostra um grande profissionalismo e espírito Underground.
Com ótima qualidade gráfica (em preto e branco),
diversas entrevistas com bandas nacionais e estrangeiras, várias
resenhas de cd's e demos-tapes, contatos, etc. A revista Black
Hole tem todo o seu conteúdo editado na língua
inglesa, o que é interessante, pois alcança todo
o Underground mundial. A edição #09 da revista
Black Hole traz entrevista com bandas como Flesh Grinder, Incantation,Impaled,
Novembers Doom, Malevolent Creation, Dedominus e muito mais!
Entrem em contato e adquiram este verdadeiro trabalho Underground!
E tem mais, de quebra a revista ainda vem com uma compilação
em CD de Death/Grind/Splatter/Noise com 19 bandas."
Review
from Édle Death (Crucify Zine Online - Brazil)
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Yeah!!
of course I like your mag!! In the review section, there were
92 ablums reviewed!!! Wow!!! I like the way you wrote reviews.
It was a honest review writing. There were no too much advertisement
there. I love that because I do not want to be bothered by Too
Much advertisment pages. I think you also focused on your artwork
too.
Other mags may focus on text only. In Black Hole, I can see good
artwork as well as good information about
underground scene. In my opinion, the best thing in your mag
is that you try to focus on the underground scene. I really love
this!!! This is the main reason why I will buy the Black Hole
NO 10.
Yuth
(Necrophilia Distro - Thailand)
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IF YOU
GOT THE MAG AND WANT TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS. PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL. ALSO THANX TO ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT HAD SUPPORTED/SUPPORT BLACK HOLE IN THIS WAY BACK
TO THE SCENE. SO THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF THE TRUE UNDERGROUND. LET'S
KEEP THAT FLAME BURNING!
Fernando
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