ดอนผีบิน / Donpheebin - เส้นทางสายมรณะ / Way of Death - A destructive change of style - 62% (1994)

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Only 11 months after its first record that varied between emotional and nature inspired ballads, melodic and technically appealing heavy metal songs and a couple of energizing thrash metal tracks, the trio ดอนผีบิน or Donpheebin from Chiang Mai in Thailand...

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ดอนผีบิน / Donpheebin - อุบาทว์ - อุบัติ / Disastrous Device Occurrence (1995) - A coherent and mature fusion of genres - 77% (26/05/14)

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After a balanced first album somewhere between folk rock, hard rock, heavy metal and thrash metal and a much straighter second album influenced by pitiless thrash and death metal, Thailand’s most important pioneer metal band DONPHEEBIN took a little bit...

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Controversial German satire about the President of Turkey: Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdoğan

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Dear readers of my blog, How should a radical politician who is often called a dictator react when journalists criticize him for the lack of freedom of speech in his country? Erdogan reacted with radical comments, forced a meeting with the German ambassador...

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The Fifth Wave (2016) - The worst of its kind - 4/10 (29/03/16)

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''The 5th Wave'' is one of the worst in a series of dystopian coming-of-age dramas with female lead actresses where quantity beats quality. This movie stands out negatively because of a plot that lacks depth and explanations. There is an increasing number...

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Nie yin niang / The Assassin (2015) - Positively challenging images and words with hidden meanings - 7/10 (28/03/16)

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Hou Hsiao-hsien's "The Assassin" is a very introspective, metaphorical and philosophical wuxia movie that requests a lot of patience from its audience. It's more like a slow-paced historical drama than anything else. It's comparable to Wong Kar-wai's...

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The Chase (1994) - Over-the-top roller coaster ride that represents all the stereotypes of the nineties - 7/10 (27/03/16)

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"The Chase" is a highly entertaining action-comedy b-movie that offers a fast-paced story inspired by the Stockholm Syndrome. It also exposes a cynical satire of yellow journalism, the vice of the rich and famous and disorganized, overtly sensational...

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German squad for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2016

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Dear readers, I just took part in a survey for German soccer magazine ''Kicker'' that asked about a potential squad for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2016 in France in less than three months. This is the line-up I submitted: Starting line-up: Neuer Howedes Boateng...

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Crazy concert nights in Montreal

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Dear readers, I went to Montreal twice in only three days a few weeks ago to see to really stunning concerts. The first took place at the beautiful concert hall Metropolis in downtown Montreal. I went there to see Dutch symphonic metal band Delain, Finnish...

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Remember wintertime

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Dear readers, Since the winter season has come to a rather depressing end with cloudy skies, mellow temperatures and regular rainfall these days, I would like to post some of my most beautiful winter pictures of the last few weeks. This picture was taken...

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Uninspired snoozefest with a few sparks of genius - A review of Avantasia's ''Ghostlights''

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After the coherent, majestic and orchestral symphonic power metal effort ''The Mystery of Time'', the conceptual follow-up ''Ghostlights'' is a decline in quality and offers a rather directionless mixture of traditional metal elements, dated rock passages...

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