by Sebastian Kluth
After the short cover EP “Lots Of Girls Gonna Get Hurt”, the controversial Swedish depressive black metal band Shining around front man, vocalist, keyboarder and guitar player Niklas Kvarforth is back for good with an eight full length record in only...
This movie is one of the most frightening movies I have ever seen. Before I start my review, let me suggest you to watch this flick in the cinemas or at least with a modern home cinema equipment to be capable to appreciate all the noisy sounds, creepy...
Genre: Alternative Rock / Party Rock / Punk Label: Eigenproduktion Spielzeit: 33:39 Band homepage: - Tracklist: Personne préférée Les amoureux qui s’aiment J’aime ta grand-mère Bamboula Sur le bord du lac (avec Renée Martel) Exercice Son visage était...
Voodoo Kungfu is a quite unique extreme metal band and somewhat impossible to categorize. Their music has some epic doom metal influences and features quite diversified vocals that vary from clean parts over Mongolian overtone singing to a more extreme...
Genre: Heavy Metal / Hard Rock / Alternative Rock Label: Self-production Playing time: 52:11 Band homepage: - Tracklist: This Is my God Lost Worlds Karma Killer Us Against The World The Chosen Ones A World Without Heaven Judas Eyes Of The Young These...
Here comes the third and to date last release of the diversified Japanese metal act Levia. This release can be seen as a step in a different direction than before. After the very balanced first single, the band's second strike got a heavier and also more...
"L'affaire Dumont" is a French Canadian drama movie that is inspired by true events where a poor and shy guy gets accused for a rape he doesn't seem to have committed. The movie completely focuses on the portrait of the desperate suburbs and their inhabitants...
Genre: Progressive Metal / Industrial Metal / Metalcore Label: Universal Spielzeit: 38:36 Band homepage: - Tracklist: Under The Bed Nobody Knows Skelemeine Circus Fucked Up World Alex’s Bed His Secret XxX Gna Gna Gna… Inside Your Mind Nightmare The End...
Genre: Alternative Rock / Party Rock / Punk Label: Self-production Playing time: 33:39 Band homepage: - Tracklist: Personne préférée Les amoureux qui s’aiment J’aime ta grand-mère Bamboula Sur le bord du lac (avec Renée Martel) Exercice Son visage était...
The province of Quebec is rather known for its elevated number of atmospheric and often folk driven black metal bands as well as for its brilliant and quite technical extreme metal groups. There is only a very small power metal scene in the province and...
Genre: Black Metal / Gothic Metal / Progressive Extreme Metal Label: Spinefarm Playing time: 40:54 Band homepage: Shining Tracklist: Du, Mitt Konstverk The Ghastly Silence Han Som Hatar Människan Hail Darkness Hail Det Stora Grå For The God Below After...
This Korean movie is one of the roughest and most mind blowing flicks I have ever seen. It's complex and twisted with and plays a lot with illusions. Lynch and Cronenberg seem to be easy entertainment compared to this brilliant plot. This masterpiece...
Metallica's Through the Never was a commercial failure but is a very interesting movie that would have deserved more recognition. The movie revolves around a roadie who is sent on a mission to fuel a stranded truck in order to deliver a crucial item for...
It took a full decade for the the People's Republic of China's pioneer heavy metal band to come around with a third and until now last album. While their first record was groundbreaking with its fusion of Western rock music and Chinese folk sounds and...
Genre: Glam Metal / Gothic Rock / Hard Rock Label: Eigenproduktion Spielzeit: 46:26 Band homepage: 69 Eyes, The Tracklist: Love Runs Away Tonight Black If You Love Me the Morning After Red I Love the Darkness In You Borderline I’m Ready I Know What You...
Genre: Black Metal / Gothic Metal / Progressive Extreme Metal Label: Spinefarm Spielzeit: 40:54 Band homepage: Shining Tracklist: Du, Mitt Konstverk The Ghastly Silence Han Som Hatar Människan Hail Darkness Hail Det Stora Grå For The God Below Nach der...
Here comes another big surprise. I have never been at all into the metalcore genre and was quite surprised when I stumbled over the very convincing debut record of the rather unknown Chinese band 塔罗圣徒 or Tarot Saint a few months ago that mixed modern...
This movie attracted me because of its original black and white expressionism style and the topic of Iran's recent history. The flick has autobiographical influences and tells the story of a young girl growing up in a country filled with tension, shattered...
Genre: Symphonic Metal / Power Metal Label: Steamhammer Spielzeit: 56:20 Band homepage: Kamelot Tracklist: Manus Die Sacrimony (Angel Of Afterlife) Ashes To Ashes Torn Song For Jolee Veritas My Confession Silverthorn Falling Like The Fahrenheit Solitaire...
This record of the Chilean progressive doom metal band "Mar de Grises" is quite challenging and everything but easy to digest. It kicks straight off with melancholic or even depressive melodies that develop a very dark atmosphere in the uneasy and somewhat...
This movie shows us the first signs of decline of the series. The jokes are getting more and more childish and one-dimensional and there are many things and scenes we have already seen in the first three movies. There are no new interesting characters...
"Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt" is a short EP and break filler before the release of the emotionally stunning and musically diversified main release "Redefining Darkness" where Shining covers three bands from Sweden and one band from Finland. The interesting...
This movie is another very atmospheric film noir from Asia that surprises with a weird main idea and a haunting conclusion while the acting is very emotional and gives a really authentic touch to the characters. Especially the main villain is completely...
This Chinese movie is a visually stunning drama that convinces with two extremely talented main actors that incarnate two credible and fascinating characters. On one side, you have the charming, naive and shy student Wong Chia Chi who gets coincidentally...
From time to time, it can happen that a new American blockbuster hits the movie theatres that is not a prequel, sequel or remake. This is also the case for the effect loaded science-fiction epic "Oblivion" and I decided to give the film a fair try. On...
