China Light Festival @ Kölner Zoo 2018

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Melodic metal magic - A review of Blind Guardian's The Tides of War - Live at Rock Hard Festival 2016

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The Tides of War - Live at Rock Hard Festival 2016 is a wonderful extended play that any Blind Guardian fan should own. The title track is a previously unreleased song, written and intended for the Nightfall in Middle-Earth album. This would have been...

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Mysterious metal mess - A review of Batushka's Litourgiya

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Batushka is certainly one of the most intriguing black metal bands in recent memory and the hype around the Polish group seems justified in my book. The group combines blistering black metal, more atmospheric mid-paced passages and mysterious orthodox...

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Daejang Kimchangsoo / Man of Will (2017) - Inspiring - 8/10 (25/12/18)

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Man of Will is a historical drama that tells the story of Korean rebel Kim Chang-soo who murdered a Japanese assassin whom he suspected to have assassinated the Korean empress Myeongseong. He proudly admits the crime and is sentenced to death during a...

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Heesaeng boohwalja / RV: Resurrected Victims (2017) - Supernatural tearjerker - 7/10 (25/12/18)

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RV: Resurrected Victims is a supernatural South Korean drama and thriller. It convinces with a creative story line, sinister atmosphere and intriguing characters. The film however suffers from being too melodramatic and lacking realism. The movie tells...

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Hung sau dou / The Empty Hands (2017) - The Empty Film - 6/10 (25/12/18)

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The Empty Hands is a slow-paced film about an unlucky young woman who inherits the karate dojo of her deceased father that she needs to share with a former student who has just come out of prison. The story features profound characters, the diversified...

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Mysterious tyrants - A review of Барон Унгерн's Grandkhaan

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It's difficult to say whether this band actually existed or whether it's a hoax. A few years ago, there were rumours about a brutal death metal band from North Korea that obviously turned out to be a joke. Baron Ungern's story features a few odd similarities....

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Lukewarm conflict - A review of Ice War's Manifest Destiny

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Ice War is a one-man heavy metal project from Ottawa that has just released its sophomore output Manifest Destiny. The man behind the project is influenced by heavy, power and speed metal of the eighties somwhere between Iron Maiden, Manowar and Exciter....

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Swallow the Sun's Lumina Aurea

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Mors fortior quam vita est, amor fortior quam mors est. Released under the credo Death is stronger than life but love is stronger than death on the longest night of the year, Swallow the Sun's Lumina Aurea is probably the most bleak, experimental and...

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All over the place - A review of Cain's Dinasty's Eva

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Cain's Dinasty's Eva is an equally confusing and intriguing release. The Spanish quintet plays power metal with a tight contemporary production that is at times rather heavy but also explores epic song structures and symphonic soundscapes. However, the...

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