Der Klan der Caloni

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Dear readers, Here is an old file of an unfinished mafia novel in German entitled ''Der Klan der Caloni'' that I started writing back in 2009 during my last year in Germany just before I started my bachelor program in Canada. I only completed the first...

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A walk through Gatineau and Ottawa

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Good afternoon! Exactly one week after I spent a weekend in Montreal with a close friend, another friend came to see me in Gatineau and I showed him a couple of interesting places in and around Ottawa. Once again, I took a couple of gorgeous pictures...

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Much more than a simple compilation - A review of Saber Tiger's ''The Best Of''

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Saber Tiger is a Japanese heavy metal band in the vein of Anthem, Bow Wow and Loudness that has been around for three and a half decades. A few years ago the band had decided to try to conquer foreign markets and especially the North American heavy metal...

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Rooted renewal - A review of Crematory's ''Monument''

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Crematory had gone through some significant changes before the release of thirteenth studio record that also marked the band's twenty-fifth anniversary. Lead guitarist and clean vocalist Mathias Hechler had left and had been replaced by two new musicians...

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Concert review of Dream Theater at Bell Centre in Montreal

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Last Friday, I went once again to the Bell Centre in Montreal to see my fifth concert of American progressive metal band Dream Theater with a good friend of mine. There is no band I have seen more often than this quintet of extraordinary musicians that...

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Concert review of Iron Maiden & The Raven Age at Bell Centre in Montreal

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Exactly three weeks ago, I went to see one of my favorite bands of all times in concert. After work, I took a taxi to the next bus station to get a quick ride from Ottawa to Montreal. I realized I wasn't the only one who had decided to travel for two...

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I believe in this band's hopeful optimism - A review of Myrath's ''Legacy / ميراث''

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Tunisian progressive power metal quintet Myrath has completed its shift from more complex structures to a much more accessible song writing with the release of ''Legacy''. Almost each of the eleven new tracks plus the opening instrumental tune is immediately...

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Tight chemistry guiding through weird soundscapes - A review of Voivod's ''Post Society''

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Voivod's lovely crafted new EP ''Post Society'' is both a logical continuation of the previous full length output ''Target Earth'' and another return to the band's progressive thrash metal outputs of the late eighties and the mellower progressive rock...

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A walk through Montreal

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Good afternoon! Over the past few weeks, I've spent quite a lot of time in Montreal to attend numerous concerts with some of my friends. A couple of concert and theater play reviews are coming soon. Since spring has finally arrived, one of my friends...

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Join the metal resistance! - A review of Babymetal's ''Metal Resistance''

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Many people expected Babymetal to be a short-lived hype, a gimmicky one-album wonder, an overrated and vapid product of contemporary social media activities. All these naysayers are definitely proven wrong. The band is still alive and kicking and hasn’t...

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