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Emotionless, unoriginal and vapid - A review of Tarja's "From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)''

Emotionless, unoriginal and vapid - A review of Tarja's "From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)''

Every year again, citizens of the Western world get bombarded with Christmas music right after Halloween. We are exposed to it on the televison, on the radio and in shopping malls to just give a few examples. Instead of increasing the excitement for Christmas,...

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Emotionless, unoriginal and vapid - A review of Tarja's "From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)''

Emotionless, unoriginal and vapid - A review of Tarja's "From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)''

Every year again, citizens of the Western world get bombarded with Christmas music right after Halloween. We are exposed to it on the televison, on the radio and in shopping malls to just give a few examples. Instead of increasing the excitement for Christmas,...

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Today: Laurent Ciman's trade

Some administrators seem to have the strategy to exploit their best human resources until they are completelty drained just to drop or exchange them as soon as they aren't considered valuable enough anymore. In most cases, those inhuman and purely bureaucratical...

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Mugen no junin / Blade of the Immortal (2017) - Elegant and epic fantasy and quirky characters meet stunning directing and pitiless fight sequences - 10/10 (11/12/17)

Mugen no junin / Blade of the Immortal (2017) - Elegant and epic fantasy and quirky characters meet stunning directing and pitiless fight sequences - 10/10 (11/12/17)

Takashi Miike did it again! His one hundredth work as a director is at least one of his very best, if not his greatest film and a serious candidate for movie of the year. Everything about Blade of the Immortal just seems perfect to me. First of all, there's...

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) - A highly emotive movie that restores some faith in Hollywood - 8/10 (11/12/17)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) - A highly emotive movie that restores some faith in Hollywood - 8/10 (11/12/17)

The unusually titled Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a big cinematic surprise towards the end of the year, receives massive critical acclaim and is even considered a favourite for the upcoming Academy Awards. All these positive reactions...

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Parliament Hill Winter Light Show 2017 in Ottawa

© Jim Robertson

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Erstes Adventswochenende

Erstes Adventswochenende

Meine Damen und Herren! Hier sind ein paar Eindrucke von meinem ersten Adventswochenende im Jahr 2017 in Gatineau und Ottawa. Weihnachtsmarkt im Museum der kanadischen Geschichte in Gatineau. Eine Ausstellung im Museum. Ein Kunstwerk inmitten des Weihnachtsmarkts....

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Staying in your comfort zone can be positive - A review of Dagoba's ''Black Nova''

Staying in your comfort zone can be positive - A review of Dagoba's ''Black Nova''

French industrial and groove metal quartet Dagoba went through quite a few changes since their last studio effort as the band parted ways with its guitarist and drummer. However, these changes didn't have any obvious impacts on the sound. Black Nova will...

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Quality and quantity - A review of Elvenking's ''Secrets of the Magick Grimoire''

Quality and quantity - A review of Elvenking's ''Secrets of the Magick Grimoire''

After the somewhat predictable and safe The Pagan Manifesto, Elvenking is back in full strength with Secrets of the Magick Grimoire. The Italian folk and power metal sextet certainly doesn't reinvent itself or its genre but the songwriting sounds much...

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Second rate Babymetal worship without inspiration - A review of Kitsune Metaru's ''New Order Kitsune''

Second rate Babymetal worship without inspiration - A review of Kitsune Metaru's ''New Order Kitsune''

I have always been a supporter of kawaii metal as it has revolutionized the metal genre. Revolutionary bands have always taken risks, expanded horizons and been controversially discussed. This was the case when doom metal created a whole new genre of...

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