Melodic intellect meets extreme metal mayhem - A review of Bleeding Gods' Dodekathlon

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Bleeding Gods is a Dutch sextet that combines fast-paced death metal as well as atmospheric and blistering black metal with epic symphonic metal soundscapes. If compared to similar bands like Fleshgod Apocalypse or Wintersun, Bleeding Gods remains firmly...

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Ou Zhou gong lue / Europe Raiders (2018) - A successful return to classic Hong Kong action-thrillers of the eighties and nineties - 8/10 (23/08/18)

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Europe Raiders is a quite entertaining action-thriller with strong martial arts sequences that comes around with a major and quite efficient twist in its surprising conclusion. The movie revolves around an invention that makes it possible to track down...

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Yi chu haoxi / The Island (2018) - A Barbie Doll in a cabinet of horrors - 8/10 (22/08/18)

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The Island is a mostly entertaining mixture of a survival drama with some social criticism, slapstick comedy and romantic elements. It tells the story of about thirty work colleagues who get into a heavy storm and strand on an isolated island. When nobody...

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Cui mian da shi / The Great Hypnotist (2014) - Gloomy atmosphere and challenging story make for an immersive experience - 8/10 (21/08/18)

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The Great Hypnotist offers an intriguing mixture of a psychological thriller and a mysterious drama. The movie convinces with a gloomy atmosphere from start to finish. With a length around one hour and a half without the credits, the film has solid pace...

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Greetings from Montreal

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Grab some popcorn and enjoy the freak show! - A review of Rob Zombie's The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser

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Sometimes, you wonder where artists take their inspiration for their song and album titles. If I had to describe Rob Zombie's newest eclectic record accurately, I would have titled it The Weird Sample Accumulation Show Featuring Horny Monsters and Foolish...

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Not from this world - A review of Nine Inch Nails' Bad Witch

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Nine Inch Nails has always been a quite experimental group but the newest release around Trent Reznor might be the cherry atop the cake. Bad Witch completes a trilogy of extended plays that started with Not the Actual Events two years ago and was followed...

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Rhythm is a dancer - A review of Skinflint's Skinflint

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Skinflint might be from Botswana but the dynamic trio offers traditional metal somewhere between heavy blues rock, heavy metal and a shot of doom metal on its self-titled effort. Imagine a slightly faster version of Black Sabbath with less melodic and...

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