Best movies in 2016

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1. The Wailing Once again, it's a Korean movie that saves a rather shallow cinematic year dominated by sequels and remakes in Hollywood and depressive dramas in Europe. "The Wailing" is an atmospheric, dramatic and unpredictable horror movie with an epic...

Promoting Lord Symphony's "The End of Time"

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Welcome back, Manuel Munoz! - A review of Arkan's ''Kelem''

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Arkan brought Manuel Munoz of The Old Dead Tree into their band to break new grounds. The charismatic singer reunites with his former bandmate Foued Moukid. They had recorded two outstanding albums together a decade earlier. It's no surprise that Arkan's...

Finding smooth salvation in death - A review of Ewigheim's ''Schlaflieder''

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After the rhythmic, energizing and danceable ''24/7'', Ewigheim makes a one hundred eighty degree turn and offers the smooth, introspective and dreamy ''Schlaflieder''. Obviously, the album title doesn't refer to ordinary lullabies but rather talks about...

Them goddamn yoga hosers against the bratzis - A special review of a special movie

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From a purely objective point of view, ''Yoga Hosers'' could be seen as one of the worst movies ever made. The story is extremely weak. The movie has several big plot holes. The acting performances are somewhere between average and terrible. The characters...

Walking off the beaten path - A review of Lord Symphony's ''The End of Time''

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Indonesian power metal sextet Lord Symphony had received some well-deserved international acclaim for its last studio album The Lord’s Wisdom , that had offered a great mixture of traditional high-speed European power metal inspired by early Helloween,...

Beyond Magnetic ReLoaded - A review of Metallica's ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct''

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Even though it looks atrocious to me, the album cover actually represents Metallica's new output very well. The band looks back on its early years and successes and offers an eclectic mixture of its first five studio albums. Hardwired... to Self-Destruct...

Turning flaws into strengths - A review of Sonata Arctica's ''The Ninth Hour''

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I have always had a hard time approaching Sonata Arctica's music. Their early years always sounded like a light version of Stratovarius to me. Their catchier tunes were so saccharine, fluffy and amorphous that I considered them worse than exchangeable...

L'école du futur

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Bonjour à vous, Récemment, la question suivante a été discutée dans un comité pédagogique dont je fais partie: À quoi ressemblerait l'école en 2025? Je trouvais la question vraiment pertinente et j'ai travaillé sur dix points différents qui me sont venus...

Two reviews of the same album: In Flames' ''Battles'' (2016)

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Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to write two completely different reviews for the same album for the very first time. The first review is a more traditional and serious review that exposes the record's strength and weaknesses. The second review is...