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How fucking good is this song? I can't describe it. Massive. It took me years to actually give Stryper a fair chance, but when I did I was sold on the band at once. Not everything of course, but The Yellow and Black Attack and Soldiers Under Command are great. Will check out Against the Law again as well. Their lyrics tend to be disgusting, though. But just overlook them and enjoy the badass music.

Thank True Detective season 2. What a god damn fantastic song.

They're just humans with regular emotions. Smiles and jokes around just like the rest of us.

Simple thread: what kind of lyrical themes do you like, and what do you dislike? Are there any themes that'll make you check out a band soley because of that, and are there any themes that'll keep you away from a band no matter how good the music is? As for my favourite themes, I'll check out basically anything with themes of horror/exploitation films. I won't judge a band based on this, but I'll check them out just because of this. I'm also quite a fan of the lyrics for many of the first wave of black/death metal bands, often dealing with satanism/blasphemy/occult/evil/gore. Bands such as Sodom, Slayer, Sepultura, Sarcofago, Sabbat, Mercyful Fate, Death, Morbid Angel and so on. The lyrics for many of these bands were poorly written and childish, but that was never a problem with me as lyrics isn't important to begin with. Anything goes with me as far as lyrical themes goes, but least favourite is preachy religious stuff. I don't mind religious lyrics to begin with as they can be good and interesting and all that, but when it becomes too preachy I'll get a bit disgusted by it. But it won't keep me away if the music is good, I can easily overlook the lyrics. No problem at all.

They have done something very wrong then, because the original is very far from Insidious, and absolutely fantastic as well.

Sharknado 2: The Second One - As stupid as it sounds, I am one of those who really liked Sharknado. I didn't like it because it was good, but because it's so stupid, brainless and silly, yet so genuin in many ways, unlike the majority of films associated with The Asylum. Many have criticized The Asylum for missing the whole point about "so bad it's good" films as they never even tries to make something decent like they did with Troll 2 or The Room, but just makes something that's suossed to be crap. I like some of their films, more presicely their monster/animal attack films, though. This film i more of the same as the first, but it just tried too hard to be a cult film like it's predecessor ended up being, and it lacks the genuin feeling of the first film, which makes it less fun than Sharknado. It had its moments, but overall I was really disappointed with this film. I did love the Evil Dead homage though. It was cool. And it had some cool cameos too. And I do look forward to part 3, Oh, Hell No! as it is called.

It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on the albums I mentioned as more or less perfectly produced within their genre.

Kickboxer - I used t be a huge fan of this film and yesterday I found out I still am. It's a fairly standard film for its genre and it follows a story line used many times both before and after this film, but it's made in such a way that I personally can't hate it. The acting is poor for most part and the action is at times cut to death, but it still hits me in the right spot. But what makes this such a superb film to me personally is the training session which is top, top notch, the chemestry between Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dennis Chan and Michel Qissi crazy good portrayal of Tong Po. Qissi might not have been a good actor, but his attitude were spot on and he looks absolutely mental throughout this film. Kickboxer is up there with Bloodsport and Universal Soldier, and just right behind the utter masterpiece that is JCVD, Van Dammes best film to date. And I am a fan of several other Jean-Claude Van Damme films, so it's safe to say I love this film. And kudos for one of the worst and funniest scenes ever: As stupid and bad as it is, I just can't hate that.

Checked it out yesterday and thought it was alright. Sounds like a decent continuation of Vomitory if you ask me. Never been huge on Vomitory and I won't ever be a big fan of this band either, but it's OK for what it is I guess. Should please fans of Vomitory. I'll check out a few Vomitory albums again too I think. Think I'll check out Moribund and Raped in Their Own Blood. Maybe my thoughts on the band has changed since I last checked it out. I really hate the cover art for Forensic Nightmares though. Looks so cheap and booring. I'll also add that Tobben never actually released anything with God Macabre. He joined them in 2013 and have only been playing with them live. And while I am on the subject of God Macabre I'll just add that they are godly. The Winterlong... is still among the very best death metal albums ever. Top 5 for sure.

I will keep No Prayer for the Dying, Fear of the Dark and Brave New World as for now and give them more spins. I'm not 100% convinced quite yet, but there's enough interesting songs on all three albums that I'll give them a few more spins and see if they grow a bit. They need to if I'm to keep them after 4-5 more spins. A Matter of Life and Death are way too long. Songs such as For the Greater Good of God, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns and The Legacy should've been cut with 3-4 minutes each, and These Colours Don't Run, The Longest Day, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg and Lord of Light should've been a minute and a half - two minutes shorter as well.All these songs just drags on and on and on and on for no good reason whatsoever.

To be honest I don't want to push the metal any further forward than what it already is. I want it to feel like a metallic horror score like it does now already. As far as Sigh's end product goes for certain albums (Graweward, Scenes From Hell, Gallows Gallery, Imaginay Sonicscape, Scenario IV: Dread Dreams) I am pretty sure it has to do with not having enough money to match their recording process to their ambitions. They're not exactly a band with a huge backing from a record company and lots of money to deal with. I don't get this statement at all. What exactly is it that you think it "quirky" about Scorn Defeat, Ghastly Funeral Theatre, Infidel Art, Hail Horror Hail, Hangman's Hymn and In Somniphobia's productions? I think all of these sound more than fine, and especially Scorn Defeat, Ghastly Funeral Theater, Infidel Art, Hail Horror Hail and Hangman's Hymn are up there with the best (aka most fittingly) produced black metal albums ever. Despite my huge knowledge of the genre I can't think of more than a handful of black metal albums which sounds better (aka more fitting) in terms of production. It's all a pleasure to my ear. I don't mind the production for other albums either, even though some of them are very odd/off. I for one consider the original garage-rocky Gallows Gallery production to be among the coolest productions ever. It sounds so dirty and raw. But for this production however I have a full understanding as of why people don't like it at all. I think Jari should just take notes on how to compose metal in general. Høhøhøh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpBdSWoXIqs 00:00 Intro 00:48 Purgatorium 05:50 The Transfiguration Fear 10:16 Shingontachikawa 15:14 A Victory of Dakini 21:31 At My Funeral 27:05 The Soul Grave 31:17 The Forlorn 36:34 Introitus/Kyrie 39:50 Inked in Blood 43:09 Me-Devil Good shit.

Nice review! Not the best but in my top five for sure. It's not my favourite Sigh-album either, far from it to be honest. But it's a very good album, and a grower for sure. The elements (mainly the production and new guitarist You) I didn't like in the begining I now like very much, and everything hits me. Even though I still think the production is very off and odd, like on Scenes From Hell. And despite all the recording tracks included it still comes off as one of their most straight-forward and easy-listening albums. I'd say only Scorn Defeat and Hangman's Hymn are more of an easy listening experience of all their albums. Also, I adore the camp factor of the album. It gives it a nice horror film-score-esque feeling, which is something I am sure Mirai would love to hear as horror films inspire him quite a lot.

I didn't find a general Iron Maiden thread so I'll take it here instead: Godawful cover! I'm not the biggest fan of the band either, but with a new release I thought I'd try their 90's and 2000's albums again and see what I think of them now. Started with Dance of Death, another Iron Maiden album with a godawful cover, and not all that good of an album either. Most tracks are listenable, but only a few are worth my time (Rainmaker in special. No wonder it's a single track). But I think the biggest weakness is Bruce Dickinson. For most part he's giving a really poor performance, and he sounds so uninspired. There's no life in his vocals at all. Sounds like he just went in the studi to do a job and get it done for the sake of getting it done, not because he wanted to. The album is just way too long as well. Should've been cut with 18 minutes at least. Got a boring production as well. And the lenght has been a problem with many of the post-80's albums: The Final Frontier (76 minutes) A Matter of Life and Death (71 minutes) Dance of Death (68 minutes) Brave New World (67 minutes) The X Factor (71 minutes) These albums are all way too long. None of these should've been any longer than 55 minutes at most. They just don't know when enough is enough anymore. That's one of the biggest differences between the 80's Iron Maiden and 90's-2000's Iron Maiden. They don't have good enough songs in general, and they don't seem to be able to pick the creme de la creme anymore, so they just pick everything and squeeze it into the same god damn album. Such a shame. Really is, because I remember many of these albums as very good at times, but usually the songs drag on too long and the overall album is too long. Meh. They need someone to perform a quality check on the album before they release it, and get a decent producer as well because several of these albums suffers from poor production as well. Also, releasing a double album seems like such a stupid idea for a band that suffers from their albums being too long. But we'll see. Really excited for the 18 minute long Dickinson song. Could be something really good. Hopefully it's a rather progressive song with an exciting song structure, and not a song where he repeats the title 15 times every chorus, which again is repeated a shitload of times during the song. Well, as for Dance of Death it's an album I won't keep on my computer. I'll delete it and just look up the songs I want to hear again on youtube every now and then. Next up will be No Prayer for the Dying. This is the post-80's album I got the highest expectations to as well. PS: I'm not at all a fan of Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Overrated and their worst album of the 80's. It's got some very good songs, but it just doesn't have enough songs to chew into. It's just a hit parade of single songs with nothing to dig into in any way possible, and Can I Play With Madness is one of the worst songs ever. Awful!

Am I the only one cool enough to dig Czarface or what? Damn, the new album is so god damn good! It's everything I wanted and more. Superb album!

I pent way too much throwing at tin cans and darts with my mates at work yesterday. How anyone is willing to pay us for the "job" we did yesterday is unbelieveable. Or, the bosses don't know, so I guess that's why. Ended the day by playing chess against one of my mates. Three matches, 1-1-1. He gets so mad when he lose. It's so much fun!

Santo vs. the Zombies - For thse unaware, El Santo was a Mexican lucha libre wrestler and a folk hero, often regarded as one of the greatest legends in Mexican sports ever. He started his wrestling career sometimes in the mid 30's, and in '52 he got his own comics which ran for 35(!!!) years, and in '58 he started his acting career playing a syperhero-like sidekick in two films where he was not a wrestler. But in '62 he got his "own" films where he was THE man, and where he is playing himself, a wrestling saint battling evil scientists and zombies, something he would do in well over 50 films. He's also got animated series based on him and all kinds of stuff. Santo vs. the Zombies is a very fine mix of adventure, mystery and horror. As you understand from the title we're talking about zombies, but these aren't the flesh-eating bastards we know as zombies, these are the early ones, dead humans controlled by someone. Everything's a bit odd in this film, especially for me who's not a huge fan of wrestling to behin with, but I really liked this film. It's at times atmosheric, it's cool as fuck and just really entertaining. Can't wait to see more Santo-films!

Jaws - A very welcombed rewatch of one of the best blockbusters ever. This is what a summer blockbuster should be like. It's at its best when it's hot outside, and it's a film that works best with some beera snd BBQ'd food. It's darker, meaner and more brutal in many ways than blockbusters nowadays and for me that's perfect. Great atmosphere, a fantastic mechanical shark, stunning score and great acting and directing. Especially the shark stands out. It feels so threatnening and menacing, even when you can see the mechanical movement. How cool is that? Name me one CGI monster of modern age that's as good as this shark. You can't, cuz it doesn't exist. Massive film!

That's some of the charm with tapes, as well as VHS which I also happen to collect a bit of. You can see/hear what part you love the most after some while. It's a shame that the quality of the tapes and VHS' sinks so fast, but it's still a part of the charm for me. I loved it as young when we borrowed VHS films from friends and we would always be able to see what point of the film they liked best, usually it was a scene with lots of blood and violence or nudity. Always...

That's cool as fuck. Do you still have it?

True Detective season 2 has started. The first season is up there with the very, very best of TV-series, so my expectations are awfully high. But the first episode really delivered. Great, great start! And unlike "everyone else" I loved the intro and theme song as well. Not quite on par with season 1, but still great.

School finished last week, and it's now the real fun starts are work. Our days will have themes (tivoli day, wheel day and whatnot) when we're back at school, but for most part we're going out on trips. I hope for lots of good weather. This will be an awesome way to earn my money. Working 09:00-04:30 every single day. Lovely stuff. It's gonna be a blast.

No, I have not. I remember their debut album as a very good, semi-progressive melodic death metal album, but it must've been 10+ years since I heard it now. The second one I remember as rather good as well. Then it turned to shit with the third, going in a more metalcore inspired direction ala newer Soilwork (Figure Number Five/Stabbing the Drama), so I gave up on the band pretty fast. But I am sure fans of post-melodic death metal era Soilwork and In Flames could like it a lot. And I am back on a Rhapsody kick. Seriously, this band's first four first albums are so good. Especially Legendary Tales and Dawn of Victory. This is what symphonic power metal should sound like. One of the very few bands that plays power metal in this vein that are capable of keeping it interesting. Grand, epic and cheesy as fuck of course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrBIBfay_xQ

Fun to see the evolution of TV-series and Emmy's, though not very surprising at all.