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Showa Era Godzilla movies (1954 - 1975): Twelfth film: Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan / Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) - Outlaw motorcycle club space monster attacks - 6/10

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After the experimental Godzilla vs. Hedorah with a visionary ecological message and children's movie All Monsters Attack, director Fukuda Jun directed his first film of the franchise in five years. The twelfth entry Godzilla vs. Gigan is one of the weakest...

More relentless than hardcore thrash metal - A review of Lovebites' Electric Pentagram

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In theory, Lovebites should be right up my alley. The band plays ferocious power metal with tight riffs, ecstatic solos, unchained drum patterns and percussive elements, bumblebee bass tones and powerful melodic vocals. The group hails from Japan where...

The end is near - A review of Ewigheim's Weltuntergang

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Only one year after its last full length release Irrlichter, German gothic metal veterans Ewigheim release an extended play with three new tracks and one of their classics covered by genre colleagues Untoten. The four tracks clock in at twenty-six minutes...

Stuttering start - A review of Vehemon's Children of Heavy Metal

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Vehemon is a Vietnamese heavy metal quartet with occasional hard rock and doom metal influences that has just released its first full length record. However, the seven short tunes with a timid total running time of twenty-eight minutes would rather qualify...

The Showa Era Godzilla movies rated from best to worst

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Ladies and gentlemen! While I am continuing to review each and every Showa Era Godzilla movie from 1954 to 1975 in great detail, I would like to present you a list with all fifteen movies rated from best to worst, including school grades for each flick....

The Showa Era Godzilla movies (1954 - 1975): Eleventh film: Gojira tai Hedora / Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) - Visionary depth - 7/10

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Godzilla vs. Hedorah is the eleventh entry in the franchise and certainly one of its most experimental and memorable films. New director Banno Yoshimitsu incorporated quite a few ideas into the film that were on the pulse of time in the early seventies...

Spotify playlist: Best songs released in January 2020

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Ladies and gentlemen! In order to introduce you to some great new music I'm currently listening to, I have decided to start releasing monthly playlists of my favourite songs. You can also find a playlist with interesting tunes from 2020 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5MMYurmlZdsa8accRjFiYW...

Germany's greatest band releases its first new song in four years: Listen to and watch In Extremo's Troja

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Showa Era Godzilla movies (1954 - 1975): Tenth film: Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki / All Monsters Attack (1969) - Dreams of Monster Island - 6/10

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So far, Fukuda Jun had been directing the franchise's more family-friendly entries while veteran and legend Honda Ishiro had focused on the series' more ambitious, epic and mature films. This is why the franchise's tenth entry, All Monsters Attack, came...

Showa Era Godzilla movies (1954 - 1975): Ninth film: Kaijû sôshingeki / Destroy All Monsters (1968) - Monster mayhem around the world - 8/10

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Destroy All Monsters is the ninth entry in the Godzilla franchise and marks the return of original director Honda Ishiro. After two family-friendly predecessors, this movie goes back to the science-fiction style of Invasion of Astro-Monster three years...