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That the new Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski flick? I've got my expectations up high for that film. Very promising directors, and The Void looks to be the film to take 'em up where they belong. Looks neat as fuck.
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Don't shoot me because of this, because I usually don't follow politics. Don't care about norwegian politics and don't really give a fuck about foreign politics.
But I've read about the american presidency over the last few months and this is what I've gathered:
Trump equals plague
Hillary equals cholera
Is one of them really any better than the other?
Now, I'm done with politics for the next 10 years. Spent way too much time on this shit over the past two months.
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Do you wear that Run DMC tshirt because you like the group of because it's "cool fashion"? Awesome tshirt.
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I am currently 6 episodes into The Expanse and I am currently loving the shit out of this series. It's a beautiful mix of melodramatic space opera and dark, gritty and grim neo-noir, and unlike most space operas I've seen this is actually R-rated, with some stunning violence and use of blood. Unique cinematography (for a TV-series), classy set-designs and so far an interesting story and nice characters. So far, so fucking good!
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Holy shit, this sounds so different from Quintessenz' earlier Hellhammer/Celtic Frost/Venom/Bathory worshipping stuff. Much more speed and traditional heavy metal in the sound. Can hear some viking-era Bathory, Manowar and Thor influences here for sure. Especially on Endless Night, while Zeitgeist sounds way more speed metal influenced.
Sounds so much better than the rather disppointing Back to the Kult of the Tyrants. While a good album, it lacked the magic from Okkult Metal Spell and Über Metal.
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I tend to lean more towards punk when I want something chaotic. Phoenix Bodies, Off Minor, Pg.99, Orchid, Jerome's Dream, In/humanity and so on. It's obviously a very different chaos from what Deathspell Omega makes, but it's a type of intense chaos that doesn't give me a headache.
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Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler - This is basically The King of Kong with Nibblerbut it lacks a proper "villain" like Billy Mitchell and the memorable moments and quotes, and with less interesting drama. But it's fun, it's interesting and it's both sad and heartwarming.
Love me some Billy Mitchell. Shame he didn't play a bigger role in the film, though. He's so fucking awesome!
Anyway, recommended!
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47 minutes ago, Jigsaw9 said:Till then, all I can comment is HELL YEAH, that new Hail Spirit Noir album hits the spot! I'm not even through my first listen, but I already know this is one of my favorite things this year. I'm just here listening and grinning from ear to ear, it's so much fun. I gotta listen to these guys more frequently.
Nice! Are you familiar with their two first albums? Both great, but the debut is an absolute masterpiece. It sounds a lot more laidback and amateurish, and the mix of genres doesn't sound as tied together and well thought out as on the two others. It's a bit all over the place, but that's half the fun of the album IMO, and it's what makes it superior to the two others.
But all three albums are great. 10/10, 8,5/10 and 9/10.
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Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem in Blue
Psychedelic rock/progressive black metallers Hail Spirit Noir continues to blend psychedelick and progressive rock with progressive black metal, and they do it in a most unusual way, this time adding some carnival-esque elements to their music. You won't find a single band out there that sounds like these guys, and Mayhem in Blue is surprisingly a step up after the excellent Oi Magoi. Not quite as good as Pneuma though.
The most straight-forward and easy-listening song on the album, but brilliant nonetheless.
Furia - Guido
Guido is Furia's 9's proper release, and their best one yet. It's experimental and far from straight-forward, but it's still fairly easy on the ear. Great release!
It should be said that the EP is recorded live 320 meters underground in the old coalmine "Guido" in Zabrze, Upper Silesia.
Urfaust - Empty Space Meditation
I haven't followed Urfaust too closely after the phenomenal Einsiedler as the following release Der freiwillige Bettler never caught my attention. But Empty Space Meditation sees Urfaust returning to form, and it's an excellent album. Reminds me a lot about Einsiedler, especially the use of synth, but without copying it. The vocals are better than ever before, and this might be Urfaust's best album so far.
Listen to those clean vocals that kicks in about 3 min into the song. It's just too good!
Gatecreeper - Sonoran Depravation
Gatecreeper brings nothing new to the table, just good, ol' swedish death metal worship to the fullest. Think old Grave, Dismember and Entombed and you're there. Good album, if far from excellent.
Agatus - The Eternalist
It's been no less than 14 years since Agatus released their last album, and with only two short EPs inbetween I was not quite sure what to expect here, but I expected black metal at least. But that's not what we got, no, because in the 14 years of silence Agatus have changed into a power metal band. But it's not usual power metal. It sounds like a Hellenic black metal band playing power metal, which is what it is. Sounds like epic USPM with a Hellenic twist.
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Been trying out Deathspell Omega's newest a few times, but I'm still not a fan of the band. They know have to creat chaos, but to me it's just the wrong kind of chaos. Godawful album, like most of the previous works.
I'll just keep sitting in my room and play Kénôse on repeat. Their best and only must-have release IMO.
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Cool Air (1999) - Nice, haunting and very faithful adaption that really hit the nail on its head. Superbly directed, very well-acted and a great atmosphere throughout the film. It's really slow with lots of dialogue, but it nicely takes its time to build its aura of eeriness and suspense. I give this 9 out of 10 tentacles. Excellent!
Torrented it. There was only one seed, but it's worth the time. Excellent! Excellent!
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"Guess what? I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!"
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Because of the lack of H.P. Lovecraft adaptions I figured I'd have to see some of the short films made, and I started yesterday:
Nyarlathotep (2001) - A very good and unusually faithful Lovecraft adaption that reallt hit the nail on its head. It's only 13 minutes long, but it does the job.
Available on youtube. 8/10
The Music of Erich Zann (1980) - It's only 17 minutes long, but this atmospheric piece is one of the better Lovecraft-adaptions I've seen so far. It's not the most faithful adaption out there, but it doesn't leave the trail either. The atmosphere is incredible, the actors does really, really well and it's all over really awesome. Really, really awesome! 9/10
Available on youtube.
The Music of Erich Zann (2010) - While not bad, this film is a bit lackluster. It clocks in at 27 minutes, is a B&W silent film with only young faces. Which is a problem for two reason: they're not talented enough as actors to drive the film forward by themself, they're not talented enough make-up artists, so the young man playing Erich Zann looks like shit. It's not bad, and I don't regret spending half an hour on this, but I wouldn't really recommend it. On the positive side it's got a bit of a campy feeling, though. I liked that. 6/10
Available on IMDB.
Will watch more today.
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Alcest - Kodama
Hexenslaught - Demo 2016
Abigail - The Final Damnation
Cradle of Filth - Dusk... and Her Embrace - The Original Sin
Satan's Vomit - Back to the Beginning
Ithaqua - The Black Mass Sabbath Pulse
Moonsorrow - Jumalten aika
Blood Ceremony - Lords of Misrule
Ripper - Experiment of Existence
Uada - Devoid of Light
Occult Burial - Hideous Obscure
Vektor - Terminal ReduxHail Spirit Noir - Mayhem in Blue
Demon Bell - Steel Sorcery
Nuctemeron - Knights of Hell
I've probably forgotten a lot of great albums, but I'm pretty sure I'll keep listening to these release for many, many years from now on. Awesome stuff!
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Yes, the Furia EP was very good. Might be the best they've done so far.
I think the Cultes des Ghoules album might end up as the album of the year for me, at least based on the two tracks released. Two tracks, 30+ minutes of crazy good black metal. Still got four tracks to go, and I believe one of them is something like 35+ minutes long as the release is a 2xCD release and this is placed all alone on CD2. Gonna be a massive album!
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Only a few releases remaining? Are you a total madman, my friend? I'm still looking forward to so god damn many releases. Here's a list of albums I know will be released bewfore the year is over:
Cultes des Ghoules - Coven, or Evil Ways Instead of Love
Obscure Evil - Void Fumes
Quintessenz - To the Gallows
Ash Borer - The Irrepassable Gate
Mortualia- Wild, Wild Misery
Vader - The Empire
Downfall of Nur / Selvans
Rudra - Enemy of Duality
Saor - Guardians
Furia - Księżyc milczy luty
Blazon Stone - Ready for Boarding
Black Hole Generator - A Requiem for Terra
Antaeus Condemnation
Hellripper - Complete and Total Fucking Mayhem
Gotsu Totsu Kotsu - Where Warriors Once Dreamed a Dream
Fetid Zombie - Epicedia
Master of Cruelty - Archaic Visions of the Underworld
Scorched - Echoes of Dismemberment
Root - Kärgeräs - Return from Oblivion
Sarkom - Anti-Cosmic Art
FromHell - March on Gravitation
Revel in Flesh - Emissary of All Plagues
Ranger - Speed & Violence
Arma - Rock n' Roll Murderers
Isengard - Traditional Doom Cult
Primitive - Negro Metal da Morte
Venefixion - Armorican Deathrites
Sacrificio - Guerra eterna
Witchtower - Hammer of Witches
So of these have leaked and some are up for streaming, but I have yet to hear 'em, and no one are officially out yet. So I have a lot to look forward to, that's for sure.
Will come back with a top 10 later.
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I'm a bit late to the party, but Tales of Halloween is a nice Halloween-themed film. Anthology consisting of 10 shorter films, where no less than 9 are good. Which is quite sensational as anthology films with 5+ tends to be very, very uneven. But this worked well and is a future Halloween classic.
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Saw two films yesterday:
Things
This film is quite often mentioned among the very worst horror films ever made, and it's hard to disagree with that. We're talking The Nail Gun Massacre- and Redneck Zombies-bad. In other words, the ultimate SO BAD IT'S GOOD-films. Apart from a couple of cheesy but good practical effects, this film is a huge turd entirely. But it's entertaining. It's dumb, stupid, slow, cheesy and awful. The direction, cinematography, acting, dialogue... it's all übershit, and it's all so great!
What makes this film so god damned awesome is the mixture of awful dialogue, acting and beyond awful voice acting (it's dubbed alright!)
This brilliant clip sums up the film. Watch it!
Halloween
I am talking about the original one, John Carpenter classic, and it's brilliant. Top 10 horror movies ever made. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is pitch perfect.
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I think Pet Sematary is really, really good and really, really underrated. Great atmosphere and a SUPERB soundtrack!
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The Romanian found footage film Be My Cat: A Film for Anne looks really fucking awesome, and a lot of people claim it to be the best and most revolutionary found footage film since The Blair Witch Project, which does say quite a lot. Adrian Țofei directed, starred in and produced the film, and he seems to have done quite the job as all three, along the rest of the cast. Can't wait to see this flick!
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Since this thread has been evoked back to life let me inform you about the films I've seen this weekend:
Demons
Demons 2: The Nightmare Returns
Lamberto Bava would never go on to become as great as his father, Mario Bava, but he never had any problem impressing. While not his best films, but are highly entertaining euro-splatters full of cheese, poor acting and lovely special effects. Demons is better than Demons 2 which is more or less the same film with a different setting. Great soundtracks to with Claudio Simonetti, Pretty Maids, Billy Idol, Accept, Saxon, The Smiths, The Cult, Fields of the Nephilim, Dead Can Dance and more spread over the two films. First one is a bit more metal.
Night of the Demons
Night of the Demons 2
Cheesy, over the top and great horror films set at Halloween. So over the top, but perfectly executed with amazing special effects and lots of fun. The sequel is a bit campier and less serious in tone, but I dig it slightly more. It's more of a teen horror with silly jokes, great nudity and more humour, but it truly pays off. And who's unable to become bewitched by a beautiful girl dancing retardedly to old Morbid Angel? Holy water!
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2 hours ago, Biopanda said:Gonna check out some of the reqs y'all have suggested for CAT, but I was wondering if anyone has recommendations for good atmospheric horror films? I absolutely hate jump scares(they seem way too cheap anyways), but love movies that rely more on atmosphere and suspense. Already checked out The Babadook and It Follows and loved both of them.
You won't find horror films with more atmosphere than those made back in the 20's through the 70's. There was no such thing as jumpscares back then, and it was all about atmosphere and suspense. Jumpscares didn't really come along before the late 70's/early 80's, even though there was only a small amount of films like Carrie and When a Stranger Calls that used/tried a form of this technique before the 80's. So checking out horror films from 70's and backwards won't hurt if you look for horror films without cheap jumpscares.
You won't find a single film with better atmosphere than Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. The atmosphere is so thick you can smear it out on a piece of bread like butter. Same goes for other 20's horror films like
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Häxan
Orlacs Hände
The Phantom of the Opera
Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
Or from the 30's:
Vampyr
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
The Black Cat
Dracula
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Old Dark House
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Just to mention a few. I could go on, but these are all films that are as atmospheric as possible. Especially the 20's horror films are beyond what we can atmospheric. It's incredible. Add The Call of Cthulhu (2005) to the 20's list too, as it plays along like a film of tat era. Excellent film!
But if these type of films for some weird, unexcuseable reason ain't your thing, then try some newer films from the 2000's like
The House of the Devil
The Witch: A New-England Folktale
Martyrs
We Are Still Here
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Eden Lake
Lake Mungo
The Conspiracy
The Blair Witch Project
Bone Tomahawk (western-horror!!!)
The Others
These films have none or close to no jumpscares in them. It's about atmosphere, suspense and more atmosphere.
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They are making another one, but this time Adam Robitel is in charge. That's got me excited for sure, because his first feature film The Taking of Deborah Logan was very, very good. I'm interested to see what he'll be able to do with this universe.