by Sebastian Kluth
Dresden/Leningrad are not only two of the most beautiful cities in the world but it's also the name of a new Doom Metal band hailing from the Netherlands. The three young men just released their first EP and deliver four convincing tracks on it which...
This is another Japanese psycho thriller that keeps you guessing and asking until the very end and beyond. In this case, there's not only a twist in the end of the movie, there are several ones and it gets quite difficult to distinguish imagination and...
Genre: Symphonic Metal / Melodic Death Metal / Folk Metal Label: Nuclear Blast Records Playing time: 40:07 Band homepage: Wintersun Tracklist: When Time Fades Away Sons Of Winter And Stars Land Of Snow And Sorrow Darkness And Frost Time "Time, what is...
This thriller attracted my attention because of its beautiful location in Torino and the big names of director Dario Argento and actor Adrien Brody. I shouldn't have trusted in those names as this movie is a completely ordinary thriller in every sense...
I didn't expect that much from the movie as I bought it at a cheap price for several reasons. First of all, I am interested in Chinese culture and history and in my university classes, we were recently talking a lot about the era of Mao. Second, I saw...
*** This review may contain spoilers *** Let's get one thing straight. This movie isn't historically accurate. It is much more a movie about the relationship between a grandmaster and his respected opponent's daughter than a biography of Ip Man. That...
Since Daniel Craig incarnates the role of the most famous spy in the world, the James Bond series have profoundly changed. The movies got away from the image of a slightly arrogant but somewhat charming heart breaker who has superficial sexual relationships...
“Time, what is time?” once asked Blind Guardian on their legendary Power Metal release “Somewhere Far Beyond”. Sometimes, good things need some time to be done but this is not the case at all for Wintersun’s new output that has been released eight years...
The first strike of Chthonic 閃靈 is a melodic extreme metal album featuring many promising and often progressively performed ideas that though lack of coherent transitions and make the final result sounding somewhat confusing. This becomes evident in a...
Genre: Crossover / Alternative Rock Label: Warner Bros. Spielzeit: 08:00 Band homepage: - Tracklist: 1. The Sunset Sleeps Hometown Gypsy Die nun schon vierte von insgesamt neun Singles aus den “I’m With You” Aufnahmen der legendären Crossover-Pioniere...
Exactly one year ago, I wrote my first reviews on this web site and this one is my review number one hundred. To underline and celebrate this kind of anniversary, I decided to pick one of my favourite movies of all times. Everything about this movie just...
Rendezvous Point is a Norwegian quintet on the thin line between progressive rock and progressive metal. Dream Chaser is the group's third full length studio effort, includes eight new songs and clocks in at a reasonable thirty-eight minutes. The quintet...
This movie must be one of the worst comedy movies ever and is a breakdown after many great films coming from Quebec last year such as "Tough luck", "Incendies" and "The hair of the beast". Every thing about this movie seems to be copied in the wrong way....
Genre: Folk Label: Eigenproduktion Spielzeit: 66:12 Band homepage: - Tracklist: Gobi Road Uruumdush Yuan Ding Cap Hairan Hairan Zhang Dan Cha Har Xiger Xiger Borulai’s Lullaby Hanggai Ayrhindu Dorov Moraril Golden Bagle Yuan Zou De Ren / He Who Travels...
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal Label: Eigenproduktion Spielzeit: 38:53 Band homepage: - Tracklist: Realm Of The Blood Dancer Death To The Saints The Herald Of War Without Heroes Monster Discourse Of The Soul Skulls Crushed (And People Burned) Palace...
Three years prior to this release, In Extremo released an entire acoustic live show that had a somewhat jazzy touch. This short EP is some sort of continuation of that release but sounds a little bit straighter. The band was invited to play a couple of...
Hello everybody, please check out a brand new interview I have done with some of the members of the Chinese Symphonic Black Metal band "Screaming Savior" (惊叫基督) from Shanghai! Enjoy and tell me what you think about it! Sebastian Kluth SCREAMING SAVIOR...
Genre: Industrial Metal / Indie Rock / Progressive Metal Label: Eigenproduktion Spielzeit: 33:00 Band homepage: - Tracklist: Spiritual Awakening The Narcissistic Song Self Controll Pangea Is Back Bondage Freedom Art Of Living The Woods The Mystic Experience...
It was about time! As a big fan of Korean culture, I have seen many outstanding Korean movies, eaten many delicious dishes from that country and learned quite a lot about its culture. I've done a radio show about the country and stumbled over many famous...
This contemporary movie is another little imaginative masterpiece coming from South Korea that doesn't stop to bring fresh ideas to the film industry. This particular film is a modern adaption slightly inspired by the world famous German fairytale "Hänsel...
Kamelot are one of those symphonic power metal bands that loads of people seem to enjoy as they have rather progressive song writing and skip the overloaded elements and stereotypically charged joyful topics many of their European colleagues are focusing...
Asian metal music gets more and more popular these days as leading countries such as Japan are now rejoined by China, Taiwan or Vietnam that all have a very diversified metal scene. Bangladesh has a smaller metal community but was in fact one of the first...
Genre: Symphonic Metal / Power Metal Label: Steamhammer Playing time: 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...
Genre: Symphonic Metal / Melodic Death Metal / Folk Metal Label: Nuclear Blast Records Spielzeit: 40:07 Band homepage: Wintersun Tracklist: When Time Fades Away Sons Of Winter And Stars Land Of Snow And Sorrow Darkness And Frost Time Ein altes deutsches...
May 8, 2013 in Reviews Soilwork The Living Infinite 2013 Reviewed by Sebastian Kluth Soilwork is probably Sweden’s most famous melodic death metal band after the legendary In Flames. Both bands have recently released more courageous and experimental records...
