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UZDoom @uzdoom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

UZDOOM 5.0 IS FINALLY HERE! Download the full release version at: github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo...

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Random Hand @randomhand.co.uk · 05/08/2026

We're bringing the Ska! Go spin our cover of 'Man at C&A' by the Specials

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

REST IN POWER DARREN! Cambridge is going to be quieter and dimmer without you

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Yo! You may have noticed that Issuu is going through its enshitification phase, so all issues of Crucial Zine are online at Calaméo. You can find a link to the profile in the comments! #CrucialZine #fanzines #zines #hardcore #ska #punk #Athens #DIYORDIE #thriftyliving

Picture of the ULTIMATE DIS ROCKER GAMER spikey hair and Discharge shirt, getting shit done on a laptop, with Vergina tall boys, Kawakami and Doom posters for good luck.

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Hard copies of the latest winter special will be out next week, until then, here are the Crucial Zine Awards for 2025! #zines #fanzines #punk #hardcore #ska #skapunk #youthcrew #doom #pizza #cookies #greece #diyordie

A list of the 2025 Awards by Crucial Zine:
Top youth crew LP: Cannonball in 2025 by Cannonball
Top hardcore with feels & shredding LP: A Life's Refrain by Speedway
Top fast hardcore LP: LP 2025 by Bad Beat
Top comeback LP: Hope Against Hope by Catharsis
Top hardcore EP: Forced Perspective by Cosmic Joke
Top Greek EP: How to be Normal By Deep x Cut
Top Greek demo: Demo 2025 by Παράκρουση
Top Greek LP: Pisssniffers by Pisssniffers
Top Greek Reissue: Δεν Περιμένω by Χαοτική Διάσταση
Top trad ska EP: Money is King by the Slackers
Top ska/punk EP: Doom Garden by Catbite
Top 2024 ska/punk EP that came out in 2025: Propagation House by The JB Conspiracy
Tope ska/punk LP: Death of the heart by JER
Funniest Metal Cover: The Bestiary by Castle Rat
Most Overrated T-shirt Color: Black
Worst LP Gimmick Since Picture Discs: Liquid-filled LPs
Top cookies: Standard chocolate chip
Worst pizza topping: Anything fish-related
Funniest bit redacted from Epstein Files/Saddest thing to get worked up about instead of the ongoing genocide in Gaza: Photograph of Donald J. Trump sucking off Bill Clinton (or a horse)
Top sci-fi concept ruined by techno bros: A.I.
Top Doom Achievement: Okuplok UV Max by Coincident

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

The 2025 Winter Holiday Special is here! You can get the PDF for free online (see comment), hard copies will be available next week!

Cover of Crucial Zine's "2025 Winter Holiday Special" depicts a blakc and white sketch of a Xenomorph in a hive clutching a head screaming "I'm not even supposed to be here today!"

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

R.I.P. Raph, we'll tear it up again in the great pit beyond

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you haven't done so already, check out @randomhand.bsky.social breaking down their first album, song by song. Easily one of the best podcasts out there if you experienced the UK skacore scene "back in the day".

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alex 🐀 @tinysnekcomics.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

i drew both of these four years ago - one before the 2020 election, and one right after january 6 🤪🤪🤪

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

So we already have the symbolic photo of the year, nice.

A Tesla Cybertruck on fire outside a Trump hotel.

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

One of the greatest things of being super late with releasing a new issue of a #zine is that you get to rewrite/expand a bunch of articles/rants. Kinda glad about this one though, since the guy is the definition of an asshat - more on that soon!

Work in progress excerpt or layouts and text for article entitled "Look at this fucking prick" about the life and times of Finn McKenty.

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

A polite reminder on simple facts, adorning a bridge in Cologne

A sticker of a pizza slice and the slogan "Love pizza, hate Nazis" placed on the beam of a bridge in Cologne. Around the sticker there is random graffiti and a ton of padlocks attached to fencing.

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I just picked up the latest issue of German Compliment, what are you planning on reading this weekend?

Issue number 9 of the "German Compliment" DIY punk rock fanzine, the cover of which features a painting of Arnold Schwarzenegger in armor and clutching a skull, with the tag line "To compliment or not to compliment" beneath him.

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Bit of a long shot, but does anyone know where I can get one of those "So Long..." flags that NOFX were selling on their final tour and pop up shops?

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Crucial Zine! @crucialzine.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

'Sup peeps! Crucial Zine is now in the house, with all the random thoughts I can't be bothered to share on FB or Twitter. The new issue (2+ years in the making 😬) is coming along nicely, interviews include Long Beach Dub Allstars and Values Here, expect it in (early) December! Here's the WIP cover:

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