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    Bear reacted to zombiesatemycereal in General KPOP Thread   
    It's just you.
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    Bear got a reaction from nullmoon in THE HIP HOP THREAD!   
    A film I am really looking forward, though with a great amount of skepticism. And after seeing the trailer I got even more skeptic. I kinda get the feeling that they've done their best to turn the story into a movie for everyone, instead of doing their best to impress fans of hip hop and all that. Njaaaa...
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    Bear got a reaction from Crube in SIGH   
    Great song and very much Scenario IV-esque with hints of both Hail Horror Hail and Gallows Gallery, something I really like. Guitars still lack power, though, and You Oshima just isn't Shinichi no matter how one twist and turns it. He's more gifted on the technical part of the playing, but he lacks his own stye. And Oshima's solos just isn't anywhere near as good, cool and unique as Shinichi's. They're pretty standard and without any sign of uniqueness to them.
     
    But I am enjoying this a lot. Gonna be such a great album.
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    Bear got a reaction from Heroin in Your last music-related buy!   
    I recieved a package in the mail today which means I'll post a new picture and as always I'll go with awful quality:
     

     
    Sigh - Gallows Gallery (black vinyl)
    Sigh - Gallows Gallery (blue vinyl)
     
     
    Belated christmas present to myself.
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    Bear got a reaction from Visutox in The general Metal discussion thread   
    Day 4, the ending:
     
    Started the day with egg & bacon, beer and minttu shots for breakfast. And as usual we missed out on some bands we wanted to see because they started way too early. Secrets of the Moon, Deathcult and Kampfar played while we were still drinking beer and shotting minttu. Shame, especially about Deathcult, but that's festival life for ya.
     
    Slagmaur kicked off our last day at Inferno, and Slagmaur was one of the bands I had highest expectations about. It's only their third concert ever (one in 2013, one in 2014 and now one in 2015), but the band disappointed big. They started off with a way too long intro sample which was silly as fuck as well, and I had expected something weird and wicked, but this was standard shit with masks that didn't work and all that. There was nothing wicked about this at all, and it didn't sound very good either. 4/10
    Dødheimsgard was one of the bands we looked forward to due to giving us a great concert some years ago, as well as a new masterpiece in their discography and original vocalist Aldrahn back in the team. But this was a disappointment. Aldrahn looked extremely uncomfortable on stage, the new songs didn't work too well, the sound was poor and bassist L.E. Måløy was acting like a moron on stage, reminding me of Robert Trujillo. Completely out of place. Yeah, no. Didn't work out. 5/10
    Mortuary Drape are a band I adore more than most, and the band didn't disappoint me, which is weird because my expectations were immense... just like the band. I've seen plenty of pictures of the band live and they've done lots of different stuff from weird-as-fuck-makeup to other things, but this evening they entered the stage in robes and pretty standard corpsepain, and they looked great... but sounded even better. It was pretty untight and shabby, but it really does fit the heavy metalesque black metal of the band and things eally worked out. Among the festival's best bands if you ask me. 9/10
    Bloodbath was the headliner of the evening and they really did surprise me. They delivered a great fucking gig, and with songs such as Breeding Death and Eaten you couldn't really ask for much more. Nick Holmes was a cool frontman even though he didn't know all the lyrics and had to use a lyric sheet tapes to the floor, and his vocals sounded brilliant. His vocals were powerful as fuck, just at the other end of what I had expected. I expected some cool, but weak and powerless vocals from the dude. But he's still got it. Anyway, great gig! 9/10
    Sectu got to end this years Inferno and I thought they did well. Not the best, but it was a very enjoyable gig for sure. And a nice ending to a fantastic festival. 7/10
     
     
    As usual a great festival. A big party with lots of great people and more than enough good bands. Satisfied? Fucking satisfied!
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    Bear got a reaction from Visutox in The general Metal discussion thread   
    Day 3:
     
    There wasn't to many interesting bands this day, but we planned to see 4 and ended up seeing 5, which is pretty decent.
     
    Our friend left before us to see Skeletonwitch and my brother and I arrived just in time to catch the last three songs... which was not a positive experience, because it was really bad. The band looked bored as fuck as if they hated being on stage and the vocalist, Andy "Weedgrinder" Horn previously of Cannabis Corpse, came of as mentally challenged. Was shit. 2/10
    Dødsengel was the first band I wanted to see, and the band did not disappoint. The band came on stage dressed in red robes and it was like a 50 minute long dark ritual, where the drummer seemed to be in trance for the ritualistic parts of the songs. He looked to be in a different place than the rest of us. Everything really worked well here, and the vocalist Kark was the most impressive aspect of the concert. I never actually expected him to be able to pull off the clean vocals live, but he proved to nail every single type of vocals and his range is just unbelieveable. I doubt there is many others involved in exteme metal that are as talented as him. Breathtaking! Brilliant concert. 9/10
    My Dying Bride was next up and did not disappoint. It was the band's first concert with Calvin Robertshaw, who left the band in 99, back in the lineup and that was exciting as hell. I thought the band did really well, and it was damn cool hearing older songs like The Thrash of Naked Limbs and something I believe was God is Alone. The minus here was the sound. Mostly good, but there was some annoying feedback every now and then when the violin was played. But other than that it was all good. 8/10
    Sargeist wasa band I had been looking forward to as I am a huge fan of the band, and they did not disappoint me. The sound was allright and the band did really well. Cold, grim and dark. Amazing gig! 9/10
    Enslaved ended the night at Rockefeller/John Dee, and I was not looking forward to it having seeing the band twice before, where the last gig was awful. The streams I've checked out for the band in later years have been bad too, so I expected nothing. Or, I expected something bad. But was I surprised. This wasn't bad, this was super fucking bad. Almost as bad as SepticFlesh in fact. They actually played one song from Hordanes Land, one song from Frost, one song from Monumension and one song from Below the Lights, but sadly they all sounded uninspired and like shit. The rest were awful songs from Isa and onwards, which all sucks. But the band looked uninspired, Grutle had nothing to give as a frontman and it was just godawful. Really fucking shite. Also, out friend fell asleep standing during this shit gig. Heh... 1/10
    Sheol ended the night at the nachspiel. I had not heard the band before, but I really looked forward to the gig anyway and I was not disappointed. They really delivered the goods and I am sue it would've been even better had I been familiar with the band. A great gig, and they ended it with a cover of Darkthrone's death metal classic Cromlech, which was awesome. Really good gig. 8/10
     
    To be continued... as usual.
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    Bear got a reaction from Karma’s Hat in The general Metal discussion thread   
    A small Inferno Festival update. As usual there was too much good too drink and lots of great peole to hang around with. Oh, and plenty great bands.
     
    Day 1:
     
    I had massive expecations to the bands I was seeing this day, and I'll have to admit I was a tad disappointed by all of them. Had expected much more.
     
    Misþyrming was first out and did good, but not nearly as good as I had expected. But I'm not overly familiar with their music to begin with, and that probably had much to say. 6/10
    Sinmara is another band I am not too familiar with before, and I thought it all seemed way to generic both musically and visually. Not bad, but not amazing either. 5/10
    Svartidauði was good, but very disappointing as I love their album and shit. Was poor visually, but musically allright. 6/10
    Naglfar was a huge disappointment. Watched the first four songs before we gave up. Was shit. 2/10
    Arcturus finished this evening off and was very good, but visually it was a big disappointment. Lacked the theatrics and was more or less doing exactly the same as last time I saw them, just with another setlist. Sounded good, though, and the new songs were cool. 7/10
     
    This was the end of day 1, and I was drunk off my mind and had too high expectations. Probably ruined it for me, cause I've seen nothing but praise for the three icelandic bands other places.
     
     
    To be continued...
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    Bear got a reaction from Karma’s Hat in The general Metal discussion thread   
    Day 2:
     
    I was eager to see both Haemophagus and Execration, but as both played so fucking early we didn't bother going to see them. Shame, but that's life.
     
    Septicflesh started off the day for us as both my brother and friend wanted to see them, and they were, as expected, a fucking disgrace. They turned to shit many, many, many years ago and live they're even worse. This might be the worst concert I've ever been at. 1/10
    Antichrist was next up, and I was impressed. A bit too polished on album, but live they were very good. Thrashed out and had fun. 7/10
    1349 was next and they did their usual stuff. Solid liveband, but they were the exactly same as last time I saw them, just with more boring songs to play. 6/10
    Vulture Industries had a special show this evening, but they had started earlier than expected so I only catched the second half of their concert. Apart from one moment the 25 minutes I saw were amazing. Did really well on stage, and at one point the band went 100% Devil Doll and it was nothing short of brilliant! Shame I missed the first half of the concert. 8/10
    Behemoth was the first headliner of the festival, a concert I had been looking forward to because of their last album, but was sceptical towards due to 10 years of shit prior to that. But god damn did they deliver the goods. Powerful, majestic, crushing and god damn awesome. Visually amazing as well as a great performance by all the members. Especially frontman Nergal was amazing and Orion looked really well on stage. The whole concert was perfect, and even shitty songs from the shitty albums Demigod, The Apostasy and Evangelion worked really well live. That's impressive, because how it is possible to make shit like that sound god is beyond me. The only thing that disappointed me here was that they didn't play a single song from their early (92-98) period. That's disappointing because they have more than enough classics to choose from that period, but apart from that I have nothing to complain about. Brilliant and the highlight of the festival for me. 10/10
    Doomraiser ended the concert with a "nachspiel" concert at another location after Behemoth. It was OK. But I was too tired to focus at that point.
     
    To be continued again...
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    Bear got a reaction from Karma’s Hat in The general Metal discussion thread   
    Day 3:
     
    There wasn't to many interesting bands this day, but we planned to see 4 and ended up seeing 5, which is pretty decent.
     
    Our friend left before us to see Skeletonwitch and my brother and I arrived just in time to catch the last three songs... which was not a positive experience, because it was really bad. The band looked bored as fuck as if they hated being on stage and the vocalist, Andy "Weedgrinder" Horn previously of Cannabis Corpse, came of as mentally challenged. Was shit. 2/10
    Dødsengel was the first band I wanted to see, and the band did not disappoint. The band came on stage dressed in red robes and it was like a 50 minute long dark ritual, where the drummer seemed to be in trance for the ritualistic parts of the songs. He looked to be in a different place than the rest of us. Everything really worked well here, and the vocalist Kark was the most impressive aspect of the concert. I never actually expected him to be able to pull off the clean vocals live, but he proved to nail every single type of vocals and his range is just unbelieveable. I doubt there is many others involved in exteme metal that are as talented as him. Breathtaking! Brilliant concert. 9/10
    My Dying Bride was next up and did not disappoint. It was the band's first concert with Calvin Robertshaw, who left the band in 99, back in the lineup and that was exciting as hell. I thought the band did really well, and it was damn cool hearing older songs like The Thrash of Naked Limbs and something I believe was God is Alone. The minus here was the sound. Mostly good, but there was some annoying feedback every now and then when the violin was played. But other than that it was all good. 8/10
    Sargeist wasa band I had been looking forward to as I am a huge fan of the band, and they did not disappoint me. The sound was allright and the band did really well. Cold, grim and dark. Amazing gig! 9/10
    Enslaved ended the night at Rockefeller/John Dee, and I was not looking forward to it having seeing the band twice before, where the last gig was awful. The streams I've checked out for the band in later years have been bad too, so I expected nothing. Or, I expected something bad. But was I surprised. This wasn't bad, this was super fucking bad. Almost as bad as SepticFlesh in fact. They actually played one song from Hordanes Land, one song from Frost, one song from Monumension and one song from Below the Lights, but sadly they all sounded uninspired and like shit. The rest were awful songs from Isa and onwards, which all sucks. But the band looked uninspired, Grutle had nothing to give as a frontman and it was just godawful. Really fucking shite. Also, out friend fell asleep standing during this shit gig. Heh... 1/10
    Sheol ended the night at the nachspiel. I had not heard the band before, but I really looked forward to the gig anyway and I was not disappointed. They really delivered the goods and I am sue it would've been even better had I been familiar with the band. A great gig, and they ended it with a cover of Darkthrone's death metal classic Cromlech, which was awesome. Really good gig. 8/10
     
    To be continued... as usual.
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    Bear got a reaction from Visutox in The general Metal discussion thread   
    Day 2:
     
    I was eager to see both Haemophagus and Execration, but as both played so fucking early we didn't bother going to see them. Shame, but that's life.
     
    Septicflesh started off the day for us as both my brother and friend wanted to see them, and they were, as expected, a fucking disgrace. They turned to shit many, many, many years ago and live they're even worse. This might be the worst concert I've ever been at. 1/10
    Antichrist was next up, and I was impressed. A bit too polished on album, but live they were very good. Thrashed out and had fun. 7/10
    1349 was next and they did their usual stuff. Solid liveband, but they were the exactly same as last time I saw them, just with more boring songs to play. 6/10
    Vulture Industries had a special show this evening, but they had started earlier than expected so I only catched the second half of their concert. Apart from one moment the 25 minutes I saw were amazing. Did really well on stage, and at one point the band went 100% Devil Doll and it was nothing short of brilliant! Shame I missed the first half of the concert. 8/10
    Behemoth was the first headliner of the festival, a concert I had been looking forward to because of their last album, but was sceptical towards due to 10 years of shit prior to that. But god damn did they deliver the goods. Powerful, majestic, crushing and god damn awesome. Visually amazing as well as a great performance by all the members. Especially frontman Nergal was amazing and Orion looked really well on stage. The whole concert was perfect, and even shitty songs from the shitty albums Demigod, The Apostasy and Evangelion worked really well live. That's impressive, because how it is possible to make shit like that sound god is beyond me. The only thing that disappointed me here was that they didn't play a single song from their early (92-98) period. That's disappointing because they have more than enough classics to choose from that period, but apart from that I have nothing to complain about. Brilliant and the highlight of the festival for me. 10/10
    Doomraiser ended the concert with a "nachspiel" concert at another location after Behemoth. It was OK. But I was too tired to focus at that point.
     
    To be continued again...
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    Bear got a reaction from Visutox in The general Metal discussion thread   
    A small Inferno Festival update. As usual there was too much good too drink and lots of great peole to hang around with. Oh, and plenty great bands.
     
    Day 1:
     
    I had massive expecations to the bands I was seeing this day, and I'll have to admit I was a tad disappointed by all of them. Had expected much more.
     
    Misþyrming was first out and did good, but not nearly as good as I had expected. But I'm not overly familiar with their music to begin with, and that probably had much to say. 6/10
    Sinmara is another band I am not too familiar with before, and I thought it all seemed way to generic both musically and visually. Not bad, but not amazing either. 5/10
    Svartidauði was good, but very disappointing as I love their album and shit. Was poor visually, but musically allright. 6/10
    Naglfar was a huge disappointment. Watched the first four songs before we gave up. Was shit. 2/10
    Arcturus finished this evening off and was very good, but visually it was a big disappointment. Lacked the theatrics and was more or less doing exactly the same as last time I saw them, just with another setlist. Sounded good, though, and the new songs were cool. 7/10
     
    This was the end of day 1, and I was drunk off my mind and had too high expectations. Probably ruined it for me, cause I've seen nothing but praise for the three icelandic bands other places.
     
     
    To be continued...
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    Bear got a reaction from Visutox in The general Metal discussion thread   
    Oh dear god, Behemoth was amazing. Surpased my expectations with miles, and even songs from their weaker albums worked well. The power, the atmosphere, the show. Brilliant! And Nergal is an amazing front figure.
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    Bear got a reaction from CAT5 in What do you all like to listen to while studying, reading, etc?   
    It depends abit on what I am reading, but for most part I listen to ambient, neoclassical, post-rock, funeral doom or black metal. Bands like Mortiis, Summoning, Paysage d'Hiver, Mono, Zhaoze, Kinstrife & Blood, The Great Old Ones, Thergothon, Tyanny, Evoken, Worship, Evoken and more are bands that I've been playing a lot when reading. The important thing to me when finding music to read to, is that it in somewhat manage to evoke muh of the same feeling and atmosphere as the subject I am reading. I'll never listen to Summoning when reading Lovecraft or other horror stories, and I'll never listen to Tyranny or Thergothon when reading Tolkien or other fantasy stories. It doesn't match well.
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    Bear got a reaction from Visutox in The general Metal discussion thread   
    I'll be leaving for Oslo with the night train tonight. I am ready for another year of Inferno festival (the bands in () are maybe's, the rest I will see for sure):
     
    Wednsday:
     
    Misþyrming
    Sinmara
    Svartidauði
    Arcturus
     
    Thursday:
    (Haemophagus)
    (Execration)
    (Antichrist)
    (1349)
    Vulture Industries
    Behemoth
    (Doomraiser)
     
    Friday:
     
    Dødsengel
    My Dying Bride
    Sargeist
    (Sectu)
     
    Saturday:
     
    (Secrets of the Moon)
    Deathcult
    (Kampfar)
    Slagmaur
    Dødheimsgard
    Mortuary Drape
    Bloodbath
    (שְׁאוֹל / Sheol)
     
     
    Looks pretty nice! It's gonna be a blast as always.
     
     
     
    Haven't checked for a place to stay yet, though. We'll go to our buddy who we'll spend time with anyway and see if we can crash there, like last year. It's such a small apartment, though. It means 4 nights on the fucking floor. That'll do my already back good, just like last year. Heh.
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    Bear got a reaction from Karma’s Hat in random thoughts thread   
    Plane crashes usually don't come as a big shock on anybody (at least not over here), but it's still tragic as fuck and deserves plenty of media attention because of all the lives that got lost. But this time it was in fact shocking, as some guy most likely decided to crash the plane and kill 150+ people. How on earth could that not shocking?
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    Bear got a reaction from Pretsy in Why did you choose your username?   
    Back in early june 2013 I was hiking in the carpathian mountains together with my girlfriend, and we spent months walking around the mountains all alone. In this period we had no contact with other humans, and the first two and a half month everything was peaceful and beautiful. We had seen plenty of animals during this time, among them wolves, chamois and lynxes, but had no close contact with them. They left us alone, just as we left them alone and there wee no problem. Then suddenly one night we encountered a big fucking brown bear. With no weapons in hand I had to protect my girlfriend and I and I had no other choice than to fight it off with my bare hands. I did what I had to do and fought him for well over an hour until he realised he'd met someone as powerful as himself and left, and it was then I realised I'm as tough as a fucking brown bear. After such an experience I felt like calling myself Bear was the only thing natural to do.
     
    Simple as that.
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    Bear got a reaction from Flame-X in Horror Movies   
    Yeah, I'm quite familiar with The Angry Video Game Nerd, and I really like him. I especially enjoy his Cinemassacre series where he reviews a shitload of horror films throughout october. Lots of fun. And yeah, Hammer Horror is a must for any fan of horror films IMO, and the amount of amazing films they released from around 1955 to 1975ish is fantastic. Good originals and plenty of great sequels too. A shitload of what I'd call essential horror cinema there.
     
    Seen more Hammer House of Horror:
     
    Episode 2, The Thirteenth Reunion - The second episode is directed by Peter Sasdy, a man behind great films like Taste the Blood of Dracula, Countess Dracula and Hands of the Ripper. So I was really looking forward to this. This plays along like a mystery-thriller for most part and it is lacking atmosphere and chills. But the tone suddenly changes, and while it is pretty predictable, it gets very atmospheric and fun toward the end of the episode. And the end is just fantastic! Did it deliver as good as I expected? Well, no, not really. I did have quite high expectations after all. Was I entertaining however? Yes, very much so, and a step up from episode 1, Witching Time. 7/10
     
    Episode 3, Rude Awakening - Another one from Peter Sasdy, and again I find myself a bit disappointed, yet very much entertained. A it weaker than The Thirteenth Reunion as it lacks the punch from the film, and the intro kinda ruins the setup for the film telling you all you need to know to get the episode straight away, which is a shame. But other than that it was petty fun. Loved seeing Denholm Elliott and Eleanor Summerfield on screen, though. Great actors. 7/10
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    Bear got a reaction from Des in Last movie you saw.   
    Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan - Amazing martial arts revenge-flick directed by Chor Yuen. What an amazing film! This one was simply close to perfection. It's beautifully shot, acted and directed. The fights aren't all that impressive skill wise, but they are beautifully done and almost poetic in a weird way. The film was released in 1972, the year before one of my all time favourite films - Lady Snowblood, and I would lie if I said I did not get a Lady Snowblood-feeling from this film, because they are present from the first minute and to the end. Especially the cinematography, art direction, bloody fights and the way it is shot reminds me of a lot of Lady Snowblood. Fantastic film! Really fucking amazing!
     

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    Bear got a reaction from Incogneeto in Any old school bands?   
    Because you like Church of Misery:
     
    Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
    Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
    Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
    Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today
    Saint Vitus - Hallow's Victim
    EyeHateGod - Dopesick
     
    Because you like Boris (it'll obviously depend a lot on which Boris album you like, but some albums that you should enjoy):
     
    Melvins - Stoner Witch
    Melvins - Houdini
    Earth - Pentastar: In the Style of Demons
    Earth - HEX; or Printing in the Infernal Method
    Sunn O))) - Black One
    And pretty much all the albums mentioned above
     
     
    And some pesonal favourites not yet mentioned but which I consider a must of doom metal:
     
    Thergothon - Stream From the Heavens
    Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects
    Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
    My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
    Pagan Altar - Volume 1Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
    Warning - Watching From A Distance
    Pentagram - Pentagram
    Pentagram - Day of Reckoning
    The Wizar'd - Ancient Tome of Arcane Knowledge
    Blood Ceremony - Living with the Ancients
    Totem - Totem
    Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
    Witchcraft - Witchcraft
    Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
    Fallen - A Tragedy's Bitter End
    Funeral - Tragedies
    Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn
    Tristania - Widow's Weeds
    Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer
    Winter - Into Darkness
    Thorr's Hammer - Dommedagsnatt
    Coffins - Buried Death
    Hooded Menace - Fulfill the Curse
    Theatre of Tragedy - Theatre of Tragedy
     
    I probably went a bit overboard, but I do consider all albums mentioned in this post classics, either proper classics or mothern classics within lots of different subgenres of doom (traditional, drone, funeral, death/room, epic, psychedelic, doom rock, gothic and more.). So check it out and get an overview over what you like, which'll make it easier to recommend something for your taste in the future. But these albums will get you a decent overview of the genre as a whole, so I'd recommend you checking it out with time even though it'll take some time to get through the whole list.
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    Bear got a reaction from ghost in Horror Movies   
    Yeah, I'm quite familiar with The Angry Video Game Nerd, and I really like him. I especially enjoy his Cinemassacre series where he reviews a shitload of horror films throughout october. Lots of fun. And yeah, Hammer Horror is a must for any fan of horror films IMO, and the amount of amazing films they released from around 1955 to 1975ish is fantastic. Good originals and plenty of great sequels too. A shitload of what I'd call essential horror cinema there.
     
    Seen more Hammer House of Horror:
     
    Episode 2, The Thirteenth Reunion - The second episode is directed by Peter Sasdy, a man behind great films like Taste the Blood of Dracula, Countess Dracula and Hands of the Ripper. So I was really looking forward to this. This plays along like a mystery-thriller for most part and it is lacking atmosphere and chills. But the tone suddenly changes, and while it is pretty predictable, it gets very atmospheric and fun toward the end of the episode. And the end is just fantastic! Did it deliver as good as I expected? Well, no, not really. I did have quite high expectations after all. Was I entertaining however? Yes, very much so, and a step up from episode 1, Witching Time. 7/10
     
    Episode 3, Rude Awakening - Another one from Peter Sasdy, and again I find myself a bit disappointed, yet very much entertained. A it weaker than The Thirteenth Reunion as it lacks the punch from the film, and the intro kinda ruins the setup for the film telling you all you need to know to get the episode straight away, which is a shame. But other than that it was petty fun. Loved seeing Denholm Elliott and Eleanor Summerfield on screen, though. Great actors. 7/10
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    Bear got a reaction from Visutox in MH FEATURED POLL #17: Do you prefer male or female vocals in J-music?   
    I don't have a preference and don't give a fuck. I prefer fitting vocals. Doesn't matter if they're male, female, can sing or can't sing for shit. It just have to fit the music.
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    Bear got a reaction from Visutox in The general Metal discussion thread   
    Suddenly back on a symphonic black metal kick. Proper, dark symphonic black metal the way it was supossed to be. It's nice alright.
     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxWrKa8vC10


     
    They don't make 'em like this anymore. Symphonic black metal is like a forgotten art nowadays.
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    Bear got a reaction from CAT5 in Any old school bands?   
    Because you like Church of Misery:
     
    Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
    Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
    Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
    Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today
    Saint Vitus - Hallow's Victim
    EyeHateGod - Dopesick
     
    Because you like Boris (it'll obviously depend a lot on which Boris album you like, but some albums that you should enjoy):
     
    Melvins - Stoner Witch
    Melvins - Houdini
    Earth - Pentastar: In the Style of Demons
    Earth - HEX; or Printing in the Infernal Method
    Sunn O))) - Black One
    And pretty much all the albums mentioned above
     
     
    And some pesonal favourites not yet mentioned but which I consider a must of doom metal:
     
    Thergothon - Stream From the Heavens
    Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects
    Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
    My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
    Pagan Altar - Volume 1Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
    Warning - Watching From A Distance
    Pentagram - Pentagram
    Pentagram - Day of Reckoning
    The Wizar'd - Ancient Tome of Arcane Knowledge
    Blood Ceremony - Living with the Ancients
    Totem - Totem
    Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
    Witchcraft - Witchcraft
    Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
    Fallen - A Tragedy's Bitter End
    Funeral - Tragedies
    Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn
    Tristania - Widow's Weeds
    Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer
    Winter - Into Darkness
    Thorr's Hammer - Dommedagsnatt
    Coffins - Buried Death
    Hooded Menace - Fulfill the Curse
    Theatre of Tragedy - Theatre of Tragedy
     
    I probably went a bit overboard, but I do consider all albums mentioned in this post classics, either proper classics or mothern classics within lots of different subgenres of doom (traditional, drone, funeral, death/room, epic, psychedelic, doom rock, gothic and more.). So check it out and get an overview over what you like, which'll make it easier to recommend something for your taste in the future. But these albums will get you a decent overview of the genre as a whole, so I'd recommend you checking it out with time even though it'll take some time to get through the whole list.
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    Bear got a reaction from Zeus in Any old school bands?   
    Because you like Church of Misery:
     
    Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
    Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
    Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
    Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today
    Saint Vitus - Hallow's Victim
    EyeHateGod - Dopesick
     
    Because you like Boris (it'll obviously depend a lot on which Boris album you like, but some albums that you should enjoy):
     
    Melvins - Stoner Witch
    Melvins - Houdini
    Earth - Pentastar: In the Style of Demons
    Earth - HEX; or Printing in the Infernal Method
    Sunn O))) - Black One
    And pretty much all the albums mentioned above
     
     
    And some pesonal favourites not yet mentioned but which I consider a must of doom metal:
     
    Thergothon - Stream From the Heavens
    Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects
    Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
    My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
    Pagan Altar - Volume 1Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
    Warning - Watching From A Distance
    Pentagram - Pentagram
    Pentagram - Day of Reckoning
    The Wizar'd - Ancient Tome of Arcane Knowledge
    Blood Ceremony - Living with the Ancients
    Totem - Totem
    Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
    Witchcraft - Witchcraft
    Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
    Fallen - A Tragedy's Bitter End
    Funeral - Tragedies
    Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn
    Tristania - Widow's Weeds
    Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer
    Winter - Into Darkness
    Thorr's Hammer - Dommedagsnatt
    Coffins - Buried Death
    Hooded Menace - Fulfill the Curse
    Theatre of Tragedy - Theatre of Tragedy
     
    I probably went a bit overboard, but I do consider all albums mentioned in this post classics, either proper classics or mothern classics within lots of different subgenres of doom (traditional, drone, funeral, death/room, epic, psychedelic, doom rock, gothic and more.). So check it out and get an overview over what you like, which'll make it easier to recommend something for your taste in the future. But these albums will get you a decent overview of the genre as a whole, so I'd recommend you checking it out with time even though it'll take some time to get through the whole list.
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    Bear got a reaction from bonsaijodelfisch in MH FEATURED POLL #17: Do you prefer male or female vocals in J-music?   
    I don't have a preference and don't give a fuck. I prefer fitting vocals. Doesn't matter if they're male, female, can sing or can't sing for shit. It just have to fit the music.
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