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Gotta admit that I am a bit disappointed by your metal/rock lists. Not much of interest at all. I'm hoping for something that can catch my interest later on.

Not even gonna bother with that preview, but I'm hoping for more along the lines of Rinkaku and The Unraveling, which is two of their best songs ever.

Yes, this is more along the lines of what I expected. Beautiful song with a great atmosphere. Amazing!

Framtid never released a split with the d-beat master-legends Discharge, but with the Discharge copycat band Disclose, a Japanese d-beat band that worships the living shit out of Discharge. They're like a more lo-fi version of Discharge. If you like Discharge you'll like Disclose, and the other way. Both are great bands. Nah, in fact they're both brilliant (even though Discharge turned to shit at one point, but they got their shit together and went good again)! And Framtid's amazing. I've been waiting for "Defeat Of Civilization" for 6-7 years now and seeing as "Under the Ashes" are one of my all time favourite punk albums, my expectations were high to say the least, and they didn't disappoint one bit. It's raw, ugly and brutal where chaos and destruction are the main words.

Jesus christ, that was bad.

You should check out their debut, Roads to Judah, instead/first IMO. Better songs, better production, better vocals and no annoying fillers.

Sounds interesting.

Home Alone - Just as good at it always have been. Hilarious film with plenty of charm and feeling, and Joe Pesci's brilliant! Gremlins - I haven't seen this for years, but it's as brilliant as I remembered it. Great christmas horror! Joe Dante is such an underrated director. Die Hard - This IS action! Enough said.

I prefer the one that's best. Usually it's the studio recoding, but I can mention a handful og songs that's way better live.

What, no Ghostface Killah or Czarface?

I'm not too familiar with his written works to be honest. I've seen plenty of films based on Lovecraft stories, but never read one. Wasn't big on reading until lately. So I am very much looking forward to start reading it in a couple of days.

Should be a very enjoyable read.

Most people are are willing to overlook imperfection live as long as they have a good time. I, as most of you, have been at plenty of concerts, but the only time I've had problems with vocalists not hitting the notes, smaller fuck-ups or bands not being tight is when I've been bored and felt that the band sucked. This goes for pretty much every single human being I know as well. And when it comes to expressing themself, Kyo isn't unique that way. Pretty much every single musician, be it a vocalists, guitarist, drummer or whatever, does that. But everyone does it in different ways. Sometimes it can be harder to notice, but still.

In Bruges - As good as always. Fantastic dialogue, great humour and Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes all delivers on the acting side. The brothers McDonagh has something really exciting going on. I hope they will make something together sooner or later.

Bad Santa - As hilarious as ever, and Billy Bob Thornton is just great in this one. This one ain't too far behind Superbad, and one of the better comedies since the 80's. Brilliant.

Shiet, that is blasphemous. It's a great film, but Halloween is way better. Eviler, meaner and better.

Yeah, that's true. Same with Carpenter's The Fog. Brilliant stuff. The films just drags you into their universe and doesn't let you go until they're finished.

I'm surprised to see the praise of Boris' "Präparat". By far their weakest work to date IMO, and, surprisingly enough, a really poor album. I'm a massive Boris fan, but "Präparat" just sounds unfocused. It's like they realised they had plenty of leftover riffs from the very begining of the band and decided to just put everything together no matter what genre, and then decided to release it. There's not a red thread in here or anything. Nothing flows naturally. Meh, this is the only Boris release I would not like to own.

The Fog - Great John Carpenter-flick with a brilliant atmosphere. Great acting (Adrienne Barbeau!!!), a brilliant soundtrack by the man himsef and typical early Carpenter magic. The mood is set early in the film and it just gets better with each scene. Lovely! Village of the Damned - Great, atmospheric sci-fi/horror from the early 60's. The most creepy kids ever. Jesus fucking christ! Horrible kids. City of the Living Dead - The first entry in Lucio Fulci's unofficial Gates of Hell trilogy, and a great one it is. Great atmosphere, insane special effects, AMAZING soundtrack by the one and only Fabio Frizzi and, well, just great. It's got some of the most memorable scenes ever caught on film (vomit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), and if you're a fan of gore you won't get let down by this. Amazing! The Beyond - Second film in the Gates of Hell trilogy. This is, believe it or not, even better than the first one. Better atmosphere, meaner and more evil. The goe is, once again, insane, even though no scenes are as momorable as the special one in CotLD. But it's another great film. Mean and evil! Fabio Frizzi was once again in charge of the soundtrack, and once again it's an amazing one. God! Both of them! The House by the Cemetery - The third and last entry in the Gates of Hell trilogy. This is slower, less atmosheric and less gory (you'll still get gore, though, and it's brilliantly done!) than the others, and sadly, not as good. It's an enjoyable film, just not as good as the two others. The most disappointing thing about this film is the soundtrack. Fabio Frizzi's gone and Walter Rizzati's in. It's a good soundtrack for sure, but Walter just isn't Fabio. A shame. Catriona MacColl's got the lead role in all the films (different roles each time), and she's amazing. She's as good at acting as she's beautiful. Love Actually Great romantic comedy set around christmas. Really fucking funny. Bill Nighy steals the show in this one. Amazing performance! Black Christmas - This is one of the first, if not THE first, modern slasher films ever made. This didn't only set the layout for the modern slasher films, but also the standard. It's a brilliant piece of film making, this. This isn't my favourite slasher film (top 10, sure. Maybe even top 5), but this IS slasher. This is what slashers are about! Brilliant! And if there's any doubt at all, the films I have seen are the originals, not the remakes.

Intouchables - Great film with a huge amount of great humor. I love how they make you laugh with the disabled, and not of them. The chemistry between Omar Sy and François Cluzet are brilliant, and Omar Sy is just great in this. Hands down.

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage - The fourteenth entry in the film series about Zatoichi, the blind swordsman. The thirteen films before this one are all amazing, and so is this. The only weakness in the series is that it does renew itself much from film to film, but I don't care about that. It's top ntoch, and Shintaro Katsu is as great as always. It's another amazing entry in the series about Zatoichi. Bloody great!

On the other foras where I hang, yeah. Especially the first half of the season.

Not films, but I will post it here anyway since I finished the seasons: Breaking Bad, season 3 - I've seen this before and I thought it was even more enjoyable now. I love how gritty and dark everything becomes. It's just great. I don't get why this season gets so much hate. It's on par with both of the other seasons. I've seen season 4 as well, but not yet seen season 5. It would be nice if people didn't spoil anything. Ripper Street, season 1 - It's a shame this got canceled, because this was good. It lacks the final touch to make if one of the great ones, but still a very enjoyable series. Dark, violent and gritty. The atmosphere is just great, the actors are mostly very good and the sets are beutiful, it's visually fantastic, and the last two eisodes were amazing Even better than the first, which was really good. Esecially the last one were top notch. Not much less than brilliant to be honest. Starting on season 2 soon enough, and it's the last season. I hope they found a way to finish it all up in a nice way. Anyway, recommended if you like gritty crime dramas or things set to the Victorian era.

Rosenfeld - B/Crows in Black http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAqT-KHO7Ro X Japan - Blue Blood Pretty similar, isn't it? They were both active around the same time in the 80's, both being early VK and stuff so I wouldn't be surprised if X Japan heard Rosenfeld first, and either intentionally or unintentionally wrote a very similar riff. It's a great riff and I would written the same if I could.

Paysage d'Hiver are the masters of lo-fi in my eyes. A lot of people consider lo-fi productions a wekness, but I beg to differ. Lo-fi productions can sound just as good as "good" (in lack of a better word) productions, it's all about the context. What the band sounds like, what they are trying to create and all that. And in Paysage d'Hiver's case the production is just as important, if not more important, than the music itself. And because of that I don't think Paysage d'Hiver will ever go past the demo phase, something I find very interesting. Ten demos and two splits are where he's at right now. But I tend to call them demo albums, though, because unlike most demos these aren't a preview sent to record companies to get a good deal or anything. These are their actual albums, just in demo form. I think he will keep on released demo albums with a lo-fi sound until he quits. Paysage d'Hiver is all about the atmosphere, and the lo-fo production helps creating the atmosphere Wintherr's looking for. It's a massive and cruel winter blizzard in the form of music. And every release, both the black metal and ambient, are top, top notch! It's not lo-fi for the sake of being lo-fi and cult or anything, but because it adds a lot to the actual atmosphere he's looking for. This song is from Paysage d'Hiver's fourth demo album, Paysage d'Hiver. But to keep it a bit on topic: Sabbat - Bloody Countess Bloody Countess were Sabbat's second release, but their first demo and has got a worse sound than their debut EP, Sabbat. Fast, thrashing black metal with Gezol's trademark vocals and a great, raw guitar tone. As for the production, I think it's badass. It's honest and are filled with plenty of charm. It's just easy to like. But that guitar tone's amazing. I love it!