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I fucking love Piranha and I thought Piranha 3D was really awesome, but I've kinda delayed watching Piranha 3DD for many years now because it looks so shit. And it was. Piranha 3D isn't exactly a good film, but it's silly and dumb as fuck, but it feels so natural and genuine. This however feels so forced like they're just doing everything in their power to be crazier than the first film. Weak as fuck, and not in the Sharknado kind of way.
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Frankenhooker is so good. Really cool film. Would kill ti get meself one of the original VHS tapes.
It's a shame Frank Henenlotter didn't make more films, because those he made back in the 80's and early 90's were fantastic.
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Looking forward to this. Underrated band and Ice-T is cool as fuck. Heard a few snippets of the album too and it sounds awesome.
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Nice, happy you liked them. A few more Vektor-esque progressive thrash metal bands that I like quite a lot, but for most part we're not talking carbon copies or anything. Black Fast seems to get a lot of inspiration from mid-era Death and black metal, as an example.
Vexovoid
https://vexovoid.bandcamp.com/
Black Fast
https://blackfast.bandcamp.com/
Teleport
https://teleport1.bandcamp.com/
Obliterated
https://obliteratedthrash.bandcamp.com/
Black Fast is probably my favourite out of these, followed by Vexovoid. I recommend all fans of Vektor to check out these bands.
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This is a really nice release. Progressive thrash in the vein of Vektor, Hexovoid and Black Fast. This release is truly awesome!
https://droidcanada.bandcamp.com/
This is also really nice. Progressive thrash/speed metal with obvious inspirations from Vektor, Voivod and Annihilator and more, but it's less aggressive than the mentioned bands. Much more melodic. Parts of the vocals takes some time to get used to, though.
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On 21.1.2017 at 6:12 PM, Visutox said:Árstíðir Lífsins — Heljarkviða
Setentia — Darkness Descent
Earth and Pillars — Pillars I
Felt like the time was ready for me to "review" this now.
Árstíðir Lífsins - Heljarkviða
Árstíðir lífsins is a band I already knew and a band I quite like. The band is made up by Marcel Dreckmann (Helrunar), Árni (Carpe Noctem) and Stefán who's played live with Helrunar for a long time now. I'm not sure who compose the music, but I believe it's Árni making most of it. But despite this Árstíðir lífsins are heavily inspired by Helrunar which I feel is the most natural comparrison, but there's also some clear Enslaved influences here too. And the way these two songs are built really reminds me of the newer, more progressive side of Moonsorrow as well, but also the atmospheric pieces with acoustic guitars, ambience and such carries a strong Moonsorrow-vibe. But music-wise we're talking pagan black metal in the vein of Helrunar, but with a heavier influence of both folk and black metal. The balance between bombastic landscapes, beautifully melancholy and grimness is nothing short of superb, and if you're into pagan metal I see no reason why you should not take your time to get to know this release and band.
Setentia - Darkness Descent
And now the reason why it took me such long time to post this. Progressive death metal in the vein of fellow countrymen Ulcerate, but it's not too far off to drag in bands like Gorguts, Portal, Deathspell Omega and so on either. It's progressive, it's complex, well-produced, superbly performend and it's really well-written, but at the end of the day it just isn't my cup of tea. It's not awful, but it's not something I enjoy listening to. I also feel like the drummer is way behind the rest of the band. It's like he's on a whole other page. The entire band minus the drummer has evolved and gone all the way to page 291 while the drummer has barely managed to get to page 100. His drumming is really boring and doesn't fit the music at all IMO.
Earth and Pillars - Pillars I
Long atmospheric tracks heavily inspired by Wintherr/Wroth's Paysage d'Hiver and Darkspace. It's not nearly as frosty as Paysage d'Hiver nor as dark and spacey as Darkspace, but unlike its foresty and green debut this is something inbetween. It's grey-ish. But despite this it's impossible for me to listen to this without drawing the comparissons that way. It's hypnotic and fairly repetitive, but it's always atmospheric and massive. And it's just great. Superb album! Only thing I could wish for was that it was a bit more on the rawer side. A bit less produced or something.
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I don't think I am stretching it when I say that this is the most important film of 2016, and maybe also the most important film in many, many, many years. This documentary about race in the United States criminal justice system might not be pitch perfect, but it sure as hell should be a part of every 9th-10th grader's (or something) curriculum from here on and til the end of days.
I also rewatched Under Siege yesterday. Late 80's to mid 90's Steven Seagal were fantastic, and this is probably his masterpiece. This is Die fucking Hard on a god damned boat, with Steven Seagal at his very best and Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey showing their skills as badguys. What a film this is!
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I just want to mix myself a hurricane, sex on the beach or something, get out in the sun and look at beautiful women tiny bikinis when listening to this song. Or just drive through a Miami that's neon lit with beautiful girls on ever single corner at night in a beautifully painted red ferrari testarossa with this playing loud.
In other words, this song is brilliant!
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7 minutes ago, Jigsaw9 said:Just bought my tickets for the Gorgoroth/Melechesh gig that'll be held here in Budapest in March, so I felt like revisiting some of their old albums... man, this drum sound is cracking me up but I kinda love it at the same time too. So primitive and don't-give-a-fuck, hahaha...
It's not my favourite Gorgoroth album or anything, but I've always loved the shit out of this album. There's something so angry and hateful about this album, but at the same time it manages to capture other types of emotions as well. Especially on the more "epic" tracks like Om kristen og jødisk tru. Probably my favourite track on the album.
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I guess there's a few who still cares about this shit, so I'll post it here.
Wintersun's debut is still a decent album with a handful og really good tracks, but its pacing is really off and the whole album could've benefited from a rearranged tracklist. Music-wise it's good as it is, but the tracklist is just all wrong.
Time I is a pile of shit and one of the worst metal albums over the past 17 years. Godawful album. Everything about it is horrendous. It sound so cheap and disgusting.
QuoteTHERE WILL BE A WINTERSUN CROWDFUNDING, STARTING March 1st
During last autumn we had long and productive negotiations with our record label Nuclear Blast and we finalized it in November 2016. We came to a good solution, a win-win deal that will benefit everyone - Wintersun, Nuclear Blast and especially the fans! This means that we will do the crowdfunding and it will include our NEW album THE FOREST SEASONS!
The purpose of this crowdfunding is to build the WINTERSUN HEADQUARTERS studio. As some of you may know this has been in the plans for a long time. It is our long time goal and dream. Building the studio is absolutely essential in order to finish TIME II and produce our future albums as fast as possible and with the best production. All the money we raise will go directly to Wintersun 100%, which we will use for building the Wintersun Headquarters.
This will be the biggest crowdfunding you've ever seen in the metal scene! It will be a different kind of crowdfunding than usually. We are not going to offer dozens of different items from guitar picks to used socks for a thousand bucks. We're gonna cut all the crap and only going to offer one very valuable perk! That's right! It will be a massive Wintersun Crowdfunding Package called the FOREST PACKAGE and it will have lots of great Wintersun content including our new album THE FOREST SEASONS. You will be blown away!
The FOREST PACKAGE is huge and otherwise it would be very expensive, but we are going to offer it with a very affordable price in our crowdfunding. So you guys will get great value for your money and enjoy the new album like it should be experienced, with the absolutely BEST quality! The best thing is that all of the content is 100% done, so you don't have to wait for many months. It will be basically a pre-order for our new album.
This way you get the NEW Wintersun album the easiest way, with the best quality and with the best price and you'll help us get to the next level, so we can produce albums for YOU guys faster and with the best production! So this is a WIN-WIN for everyone!
The crowdfunding will take place on INDIEGOGO between March 1st - 31st. It will last only ONE MONTH, so you guys need to be prepared! Get those credit cards and PayPal accounts ready!
Thank you!
- Jari, Jukka, Kai, Teemu
p.s. Next Wednesday another big reveal! So click those Facebook notifications ON, if you don't want to miss out! (Because of Facebook's reach limit algorithm).That's so fucking stupid. Any fan who helps pay for his own studio and shit should just perish in a fire. Fuck off!
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Nah, it's not too unusual from them. They're a heavy metal band with a super poppy edge. Not at all what this thread is about, though.
Been blasting VHS Glitch - Evil Technology these past days. Holy shit, what an album! A masterpiece! But I can't seem to really get into the other albums, though. But Evil Technology's super good.
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On 31.1.2017 at 0:43 AM, Visutox said:^ It's okay dude, take all the time you need, it's just for fun after all. I'm glad that have some good words for Setentia even though their music isn't especially your thing. I'm looking forward your review on the album!
It is for fun, but I feel like when you participating in something like this or the trade off the other "trader" deserves that you give it a fair chance. I'm always surprised when people review the trade-offs right away, after a listen or maybe two because I always give the mixes at least 10 listens. Music can so easily grow and judging music by your first impression are often very wrong.
Anyway, contender of album of the year is already here:
This shit sounds like it was recorded and released around 88-92. So old school sounding. I feel like it's a bit less Pestilence-esque this time around, but after some listens it sounds just as good at the debut. I've had a lot of positive things to say about Rude's debut album Soul Recall, and I'll give it a few more words now because it deserves more listeners. One of my most played death metal albums over the past 2-3 years and an instant classic in my eyes. Sounds a lot like a mix of old Pestilence (Consuming Impulse and Testimony of the Ancients), Morbid Angel (Altars of Madness) and Death (Leprosy). Check both albums out if you like old school death metal from the late 80's/early 90's.
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I'm sorry it's taking so long @Visutox but I've had some problems with Setentia. It's not bad and much better than I expected, but it's not really my cup of tea either. I think at least. But it has grown a bit, but it's just a bit too much for my taste. But I'll give it a bit more time before I post anything about it.
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Good. Make a few more super butthurt posts about movies you don't like please.
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That post made me laugh out loud. Great, gives us some more of that.
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Code are still active, but they're not a black metal band anymore. Their last album, Mut, is more of a progressive post-rock album. Not bad, but not too interesting either.
As far as Emperor goes, I'd say Emperor / Wrath of the Tyrant, As the Shadows Rise, In the Nightside Eclipse and Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk are all good releases. And therefore I'll recommend them in that order.
I can't stand IX Equilibrium and Prometheus - The Discipline of Fire & Demise, but considering you prefer a more modern take on black metal the latter two will probably please you a bit more.
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Run the Jewels 3 are beyond good. Holy shit! Probably the best thing they've done till now.
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On 21.1.2017 at 6:12 PM, Visutox said:In the meantime, here are a few of my honorable mentions! I picked up only three releases, since two of them are full-lengths and one is a 44 minutes long EP.
Árstíðir Lífsins — Heljarkviða
Tbh I didn't know about this band until very recently, and I'm glad they came across my path. They're a black folk metal band from Iceland, and knowing this, you should get ready to be mind blown. I don't think there's much to say, really. If you're familiar with the band, you know what to expect. If not, then you'll love this EP. Simple as that.
→ Stream the full EP on Youtube
Setentia — Darkness Descent
Technical death metal from New Zealand with some enjoyable atmospheric parts here and there, and a cool avant-gardiste touch. I would not blame you to compare this with Ulcerate, even though you'll be wrong to reduce this band's music to such an easy comparison. It's amazing how this dudes manage to put their own signature in their music, to make it sound like it does; incredibly good. Definitely one of my faves of 2016!
Earth and Pillars — Pillars I
Discovered this Italian atmospheric/ambient black metal band in 2014 with their fantastic debut album titled "Earth I". What is funny is that I wasn't even aware that they had planned to deliver some new material, so I was very excited to check this new album out. Did I enjoy did? I surely did, hell yes. It's brilliant, I loved it. And if you do appreciate this genre, you'll surely enjoy this album as much as I did.
→ Stream the album on bandcamp
That was it for me!
I'll check these out today. Already familiar with both Árstíðir Lífsins and Earth and Pillars, but I haven't spun these releases in a long time so that'll be nice. One is very Helrunar'esque and the other very Paysage d'Hiver and Darkscape-esque, which is a great thing.
Very sceptical about Setentia though. I can't stand bands like Ulcerate, Gorguts (post-The Erosion of Sanity), Portal and so on. So I guess this'll be a tough listen. Heh.
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I'm very impressed by A Series of Unfortunate Events so far. It's very different from the film and my impåression is that it is a lot closer to the novels than the film too. The themes are dark, but wrapped into a dark, weird gothic comedy of some sort which should make this as enjoyable for teenagers as for adults.
I never liked Neil Patrick Harris, but he's fantastic as Count Olaf. As creepy as he's amusing.
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Here's my honorable mentions of 2016. I decided to to go with 5 releases since one is a one-track demo and two of them are a 15 minutes long demo/EP. They might not be my favourites of the honorable ones, but they're all great and I thought that these might not be something you've heard from at all.
Agatus - The Eternalist
Imagine Rotting Christ and Varathron anno 1993 playing US power/heavy metal inspired by viking-era Bathory. This album sounds like a greek black metal band playing power metal, which is what it is. Unique riffing and fantastic songs.
https://agatus.bandcamp.com/album/the-eternalist
Elvarhøi - Langt fra len og leite
Folk metal. It's not very unique, but I love this song. The vocals are amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6fCXh6a0yA
Evoke - Rehellshal Demo
Black/thrash metal hell in the South-American vein. The production is a bit rough considering it's a rehearsal, but the opening track just tells you all you need. That opening riff, man. Holy fucking christ!
https://rushofpower.bandcamp.com/album/rehellshal-demo
Ice War - Reverence of Gold
When Iron Dogs split Jo Capitalicide decided to go and do his own thing, and that's resulted in 4 singles and 1 EP since 2015. Heavy/speed metal with bad, rotten vocals on top. This is shabby as fuck and certainly not for everyone, but I reckong fans of old Runnign Wild and Death SS might enjoy this. I love it!
https://icewar.bandcamp.com/album/reverence-of-gold
Barrow Wight - Kings in Saurons Service
Barrow Wight play a mixture of black and heavy metal. Imagine Venom, Bathory,Hellhammer, Motorhead, Oz and Angel Witch planting their semen into old Running Wild and you're about there.
https://heavychainsrecords.bandcamp.com/
Enjoy!
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Watched Takashi Miike's Yakuza Apocalypse yesterday. It starts out very promising with a intro that's a pure splatterfest, then it turns into a big fucking mess. But it's a very entertaining mess that's all over the fucking place. It's weird, absurd and crazy. Certainly not for everyone, but I like this film quite a lot. It's just too absurd not to like. And the Killer Priest was fantastic. Such an odd but amazing character. No idea why he spoke English, but he was cool as fuck.
To sum up this film with one single gif:
Yep, a martial arts master with a big fucking frog costume fighting gangsters. And this is far from crazy or weird considering what else this film has to offer, I just didn't bother looking for other gifs.
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Just rewatched Boyz n the Hood for the first time in 10+ years. Still one of the very best dramas that's been made. It's close to perfect, if not actually perfect. Just fantastic and brilliant from every angle you try to judge it from.
Which one do people prefer, though: Boyz n the Hood or Menace II Society (I or II)? Or another one? I'm heavily into all three, but imma go with Boyz n the Hood for sure. It's slightly better IMO.