by Sebastian Kluth
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Hogwarts Legacy is an action role-playing game inspired by the legendary Harry Potter novel series. It was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Brothers Games throughout the year 2023. This game is now available on Nintendo Switch,...
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New Wave Order is the fifth full length studio effort by Italian doom and gothic metal quartet The Foreshadowing. This record comes around one year after the release of the quartet's overlooked extended play Forsaken Songs and a whopping eight and a half...
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Ever since a great friend of mine and myself have been ordering music merchandise from CD Japan, we are occasionally receiving recommendations regarding bands that might suit our personal preferences. This is how I discovered Minstrelix and I have to...
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Finnish symphonic metal legends Nightwish have been on a downward spiral since the release of highly recommended creative fantasy movie Imaginaerum and its associated soundtrack twelve years ago. The last two regular studio albums have been bloated to...
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A Taxi Driver, originally known as Taeksi Woonjunsa, is a South Korean action drama based upon true events. It tells the story of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980 when student-led demonstrations in favour of democracy where met with brutal police and military...
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Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, originally released under the title Jiu Long Cheng Zhai: Wei Cheng, is an action thriller from Hong Kong that should please fans of Hong Kong action cinema from the eighties and nineties in particular. The movie has...
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The Mermaid, originally released under the title Mei Ren Yu, is a Chinese and Hong Kong fantasy romance that has broken numerous box office records upon release, including biggest opening day and biggest single-day gross in the history of Chinese cinema....
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Opeth has transitioned from its progressive death metal sounds of the early years to airy progressive rock soundscapes in recent years. Most fans certainly prefer the former while a few others favour the latter. In my case, I'm a big fan of both styles...
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I'm simply grateful to be alive in a time when French progressive gothic metal quintet The Old Dead Tree keeps releasing excellent new music. Second Thoughts comes as a most beautiful surprise since the band had already been on hiatus since 2009, then...
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Гость из царства теней. Наследие. roughly translates to Guest from the Kingdom of Shadows. Legacy. and is the twelfth official live record by Russian heavy metal icons Aria that are going to be celebratong their fortieth anniversary next year. In case...
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