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11 minutes ago, Jigsaw9 said:That sure was an okay track! Can't say I'm in love with it, but it was decent.
Absolutely, but I expect this to be either the only or one of just two fairly straight-forward tracks. Will be disappointed if they don't continue the trend with epics, which they have gradually become better at with each release.
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New Vektor track. It's alright, but surprisingly straight-forward and easy on the ear. Not bad tho. Love the cover art.
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On 12/5/2020 at 10:24 PM, TheTrendkiller said:I expected this to suck but it's actually pretty damn good. Big thumbs up
Why did you expect it to suck?
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Watched Der Pass/Pagan Peak last weekend and, thought it was bloody fantastic. It is based on Broen with a dead body found on the border between two countries, and in this case it's the Austrian-German border. This is a crime series, but it is as much rooted in classic folk horror as anything else, and that's what made the series for me. The folk horror elements are playing a huge part, and that's just too awesome. Highly recommended!
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Volcanic War - Total War Holocaust
https://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/total-war-holocaust
Yasuyuki Suzuki of Abigail fame has started a new band, and this sees him go back all the way to his black metal roots. Think old Abigail, Bestial Summoning etc. Sounds to notch!
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To be quite honest I haven't heard a lot of j-rock/vk albums released in this decade. But I'll give it a shot anyway.
Kagrra - Hyakki Kenran
Grieva - Oni to Kage
Yeah, I guess that is my top jrock/vk albums of the decade. I do however have a huge list of non-jrock/vk albums that I absolutely love:
Sigh - Scenes from Hell
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Sigh - Graveward
Sigh - Heir to Despair
Sabbat - Sabbatrinity
Evil - Rites of Evil
Abigail - The Final Damnation
Fastkill - Bestial Thrashing Bulldozer
Tiger Junkies - Green Tea or Die
Framtid – Defeat Of Civilization
Angus Dei - Ad Portas Serpentium
Birth Ritual - Turn Up the Evil
Parasite - Zankyo
And that would make it 15 altogether. Mainly albums, with the exception of Angus Dei and Tiger Junkies which are both EPs, and Tiger Junkies is just half Japanese as the other member if American. But that's fine, just because it's too god damned good.
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Aside from gathering his old bandmates Grave Violator and Chris Witchhunter to re-record the surprisingly awesome The Final Sign of Evil, kicking out Markus Freiwald and Bernemann and replacing them with Frank Blackfire (Sodom 87-89) and Tormentor/Husky is by far the best choices Tom Angelripper and Sodom has done in the past 20 years. It's probably their best album since Code Red (with the exception of The Final Sign of Evil of course!!!). It's heavier, thrashier, grittier and way more focused than everything since then. The tracks are much closer to 80's thrash, than that of the gothenburg-inspired and groove-ladden mamojambo they've done in the previous 20 years. The productions feels a bit off, maybe a bit too modern, but the overall sound here is closer to Agent Orange and Persecution Mania, than that of Sodom, In War and Pieces, Epitome of Torture and Decision Day. It's just thrashier and rougher. Surprise of the year? Well, shouldn't be after all these EPs and singles have showedcased some promise, but I am still greatly surprised. Good to have Sodom back.
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Evil - Possessed by Evil
https://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/possessed-by-evil
The Japanese black metallers in Evil released one of the very best albums of 2017, and judging from the new track Reaper this ain't gonna be no worse. Think fellow Japanese black metallers Sabbat and Abigail, as well as a hint of old Slayer, Bathory and Mercyful Fate. Glorious stuff!
Stjärnfält - Ascension
https://stjarnfalt.bandcamp.com/album/ascension
This album is truly magnificent. Sugarcoated ambient/atmospheric black metal. Think Lustre meats Mesarthim. Fantastic album!
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You can't see the phenomenon behind a label that either picked up or just released demos, EPs and albums early, early in the career of bands like Pungent Stench, Disharmonic Orchestra, Atrocity, Incubus, Abomination, Master, Toxic Shock, Benediction, Messiah, Dismember, Speckmann Project, Meshuggah, Revenant, Suffocation, Death Strike, Winter, Mortification, Monstrosity, Sinister, Hypocrisy, Gorefest, Amorphis, Disembowelment, General Surgery, Kataklysm, Macabre, Incantation, Convulse, Horde, Therion, The Abyss, Dissection, In Flames, HammerFall, Dimmu Borgir just to mantion a few. And again, these weren't HUGE bands at the moment Nuclear Blast picked 'em up, far from it. A lot of them were still rather unknown demo bands, and Nuclear Blast helped release their first EPs/albums. A lot of these bands became huge BECAUSE of Nuclear Blast, not the other way around.
Nuclear Blast is a massive label because they did more or less everything right since they started back in the last 80's, and for the next 10 years or so they would go on to be HUGE for underground extreme metal and really deserve the status they have today. Around 98 they started picking up a lot of different bands too, becoming equally important for the heavy and power metal scene too.
Nuclear Blast still release plenty good music too, tbh. Loads and loads of good releases every single year. Don't get the hate towards 'em at all, despite all the shit they have released, and continue to release, but that goes for most labels.
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Haven't liked a single Anaal Nathrakh since Eschaton, and this did nothing to change that.
But on a positive note, this EP is released this friday:
Four tracks of angry yet catchy-as-hell thrashmetalpunk in honor of four brilliant action flicks from the 90's. Remember to check it out as soon as you get up on friday, cuz it's gonna be worth it. No cap!
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Yeah, the prices are quite often a huge problem in purchasing stuff like this. Which is a shameparty, because I would love to own some more cult films and stuff.
I do own a have few Japanese splatter movies too tho, come to think of it. Meatball Machine andI Meatball Machine Koduko, Robogeisha, Mutant Girls Squad and a few more.
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I don't really own a lot of Japanese movies, mainly because the prices on the stuff I want is just too damn high.
But the few I have got is:
DVD/BR:
Stray Cat Rock DVD box with all the movies
Ran
Ninja Scroll
Vampire Hunter D
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Kagemusha
Amon Saga
Shadow Skill
Kiki's Delivery Service
My Neighbor Totoro
Berserk (1997)
Ragnarok
Your Name.
Shogun Assassin
VHS
Tetsuo - The Iron Man/Tetsuo II - Body Hammer
I know I've got more stuff on VHS, and I am pretty sure I've got more on DVD/BR as well. Just can't remember it all.
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I re-watched two forgotten and underappreciated superhero movies ever last night and early this morning, namely:
Fantastic Four (1994) and Captain America (1990). Both are generally considered to be among the worst superhero movies ever, yet they are light years ahead of anything by MCU and DCEU as far as actual entertainment goes. Both movies are corny, trashy, campy and bad, but god are they fun. They are just incredible! 8/10 on both of them.
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4 hours ago, Jigsaw9 said:Ah yes, love a good "you better show up or we'll call it quits" scenario. Classic move. :'))))
Yep, but does this shit happen outside of the VK scene? Can't remember seeing anything like this outside of it, and it's absolutely pathetic. There's just no chance I'll ever support a band that acts like this with any of my money. Other people should refrain from doing it also.
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Dollman - Albert Pyun (The Sword and the Sorcerer, Cyborg, Captain America 1990, Kickboxer 2) directed Dollman back in 1991, and despite one of the least interesting and flattering titles of all time, the movie is actually totally badass. Tim Thomerson (Trancers, Near Dark, Cherry 2000) stars as a cop from another planet, a planet with small people. So he's only 33cm tall. But the movie itself is just a totally badass action flick with loads of violence, some gore and shit. Another amazing Full Moon Features film. Glorious!
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9 hours ago, Jigsaw9 said:Possessor - Just fuckin' superb. What a relentless and bleak movie. Great to see the younger Cronenberg walk in his father's footsteps.
Looking forward to this, but the rip I downloaded was watermarked with some shit. But I'll find a new one for sure.
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Greetings from Tromaville is a 2017 documentary telling the big story about Lloyd Kaufman and his Troma Entertainment, from his early beginnings as a director to his later years, Tromas impact on cinema and all that. Really well-made, fun and informational. Lloyd Kaufman is one hell of a character for sure, and he just says whatever pops up in his head. A must for fans of Troma and cult cinema. Superb!
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The Mortuary Collection - Oh man, what a blast of a movie. The Mortuary Collection are one of those rate anthology movies where every single segment, as well as the frame story, works incredibly well. And the main reason for that is Ryan Spindell, who both wrote and directed every segment. All the stories differ, but because it's written and directed by one guy we're left with a very consistent tone. They're different stories with different type of atmosphere and shit, but they all look gorgeous, they're superbly acted and they feel like they belong in the same movie, which in itself is quite an achievement in this type of a movie. I usually rate every single segment, but I won't in this because they're all really good.
Clancy Brown (The Kurgan from Highlander, +++ loads of roles in movie, TV-series, cartoon and video games) just steal the show as Montgomery Dark, who is basically this movies' The Crypt Keeper, The Vault-Keeper, Dr. Schreck, Dr. Diabolo, The Creep etc. He is truly magnificent! But all in all, fantastic film. Loads and loads of fun.
36.15 code Père Noël aka Game Over - I've been wanting to see this for years and years, but I haven't been able to find it. But I finally come across it, and what a great fucking movie. Back in the early 90's or so director René Manzor sued )or threatened to do so )the creators of Home Alone for ripping off his movie, and it is easy to see why. Because this is basically Home Alone, but for adults. An action-horror movie where a kid is alone on christmas eve (or in this case, with his very, very old grandfather) and has to fight an adult who breaks in into his home. This is dark, twisted, fun and kinda different. The first half plays along like a movie aimed towards kids (much like Home Alone), but suddenly it gets dark and twisted. Brilliant film, and happy I finally got to watch it. Amazing!
PS: I fucking love Home Alone I & II.
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I can totally get why it isn't for everyone, but I just love William Castle's sense of humor and camp, alongside the atmosphere he creates. All of this was just completely forgotten in the remakes of his movies. There's just such a huge difference between his originals and the remakes.
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Man, William Castle was such a fun director. Macabre, House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, 13 Ghosts, Homicidal, Mr. Sardonicus, Strait-Jacket and The Night Walker are all pretty damn amazing, and The Old Dark House is really fun, albeit very strange, as well. He was quite ahead of his time, and really pushed horror forwards with his use of gimmicks both within and outside of the movies. I really would've loved to travel back to the late 50's and see some of his movies in the cinema. Must've been absolutely amazing.
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - I did not like the original Borat movie when it was released 15 years ago, but considering the current political climate in the USA I just had to watch this and it's a homerun for sure. Holy shit, this was incredibly funny, and, even more relevant. All around hilarious, and at times just pure genius. Sacha Baron Cohen is, as always, very good and Maria Bakalova is even better. That performance is INSANE. Can't believe she kept her face straight through some of these scenes. Incredible!
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Ghetto Ghouls got two new tracks out for the holidays, this time based on two slasher flicks. Garbage Day, based on the infamous Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 and Edge of the Axe, based on the movie with the same title. Enjoy.