Immortal vampires celebrating eternal youth - A review of Ningen-Isu's Shin Seinen

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Ningen-Isu's twenty-first record Shin Seinen could be translated as New Youth and it couldn't be chosen more appropriately. Even though the mixture of gloomy doom metal, thunderous heavy metal, creative progressive rock elements, atmospheric psychedelic...

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Sebastian Kluth's 2019 Film Awards

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Best Picture: Parasite Best Director: Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) Best Actor: Edward Norton (Motherless Brooklyn) Best Actress: Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel) Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale (Ford versus Ferrari) Best Supporting Actress: Mai Cat...

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Xue bao / Savage (2018) - Blind-sided in the blizzard - 7/10 (12/01/20)

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Savage is a gritty Chinese action-thriller set in magnificent North-Eastern winter landscapes. A group of three criminals steals a gold transport and encounters two police officers on their way from the mountain. One of these officers gets fatally shot...

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Hai Phuong / Furie (2019) - Lone wolf and cub in sinister settings - 7/10 (11/01/20)

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Furie is a Vietnamese action-thriller with renowned actress Van Veronica Ngo of Clash, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny and Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi fame. Renowned French fight choreographers were also involved behind the...

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Akinjeon / The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019) - Outstanding lead actors and characters save an average plot - 7/10 (11/01/20)

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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil is a gritty South-Korean action-thriller based upon factual events. It tells the story of a mysterious serial killer who attempts to murder a gangster boss in the middle of the night. Both men get seriously injured but...

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Mr. Trash TV and my take on reality television series

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Ladies and gentlemen! Usually, I don't watch any reality shows on television. The candidates make themselves look ridiculous, the concepts are cringe-worthy and the intellectualism is insultingly low. These days, the fourteenth season of German survival...

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My first review of a record released in 2020: Apocalyptica's Cell-0

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Ladies and gentlemen! Here is my very first review of a record released in the new decade. I have been listening to Apocalyptica for nearly two decades now. The band's new record Cell-0 is one of the quartet's strongest efforts to date. I have a couple...

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Timeless - A review of Apocalyptica's Cell-0

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Finnish quartet Apocalyptica goes back to its instrumental roots on Cell-0 and delivers its best studio album since its self-titled effort fifteen years ago. The nine songs clock in at nearly fifty-four minutes and make this inspired release an early...

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Rest in peace Neil Peart (1952 - 2020)

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Ladies and gentlemen! It has saddened me to read this afternoon that legendary Canadian drummer Neil Peart of Rush has died after a tough three-and-a-half-year long fight with brain cancer. I was incredibly lucky to witness the band on its very last your...

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Spotify playlists

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Ladies and gentlemen! I have created a brand new playlist on Spotify, focusing on the greatest music released in 2019, mixed with a few classic rock, punk and metal songs. You can also find five other older playlists created with the help of a very good...

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