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The new Perturbator album can now be downloaded for free~
http://perturbator.bandcamp.com/album/dangerous-days
 
Also DAMN SON check out dat music vid!
 


 
I'm just through my first listen of the album, it's pretty nice overall. The last track is massive!

Seven Psychopaths - Interesting & fun lil' movie, maybe dragged on for a bit too long but it has some really funny shit (kinda Tarantinoesque dialogues) plus Tom Waits with a bunny in it, so... it was alright.

Borgman - What a nice and unusual movie! It reminded me of David Lynch for some reason (or maybe Lars von Trier), eventho it wasn't all that Lynchian... maybe just because of the tense, weird atmosphere. Lots of interesting symbolism and weirdness going on that will make you think after the movie is over -- also very pretty toned-down visuals. Jan Bijvoet who played the title character was awesome! If you like slow-burning uncomfortable thrillers/dramas with a tinge of the surreal, I recommend watching it. It gives a whole new meaning to "home invasion horror" lol (tho make no mistake, it wasn't really a horror flick).

You talkin' to me, boy? I don't mind that, though. What I mind are awful attempts at covering up your teensy soap dramas with horror themes. But I like fantasy, mystery, gothic and so on. However, it's written by John Logan so it should be something good. Guy knows what he's doing.
 
But this:
 
Boss: "So guys, what do we have here?"
...
Boss: "You don't know? Well, let me tell you."
All: "Ok!"
Boss: "What we have here is just another teen drama obviouslyaimed at girls. There's nothing here that stands out. Do you know what we're gonna do?"
All: "No!"
"We're gonna put in some vampires and werewolf and make it into a romantic horror-drama. Original, and both girls and horror fans will love it!"
All: "Oooooh, boss! You're so smart! That's genius!"
 
And so it goes. Eeeew!
 
I just want something aimed towards a bit more grown up people. Someone above 15, and also not only towards girls.

Some updates:
 
 
 
Must have been a lot more to this. A guitarist doesn't suddenly forget how to tune his guitar after playing for 25 years. He's either got some serious problems, or we're not exactly getting the truth. Shame anyway, as You Oshima isn't even worthy of cleaning Shinichi's shoes. No offence to You, but really.
 
 
Shinichi is the Hideki Ishima of black metal, while You Oshima is the Jeff Loomis or something, with a shitload of others. He's just not a unique guitarist.

This is the most understated point in this entire topic.
 
As "famous" (I use that word very loosely) as Nocturnal Bloodlust are, they're still an indie band an unpopular scene playing metalcore/deathcore music. Their fanbase is small due to the nature of their music and they only made it smaller by entering the visual kei scene. They haven't been active for all that long either. Bands that end up going abroad and are still successful in Japan are bands like the GazettE, X JAPAN, and Dir en grey, who have all been around for 10 to 15 to maybe even 20 years. And you know what all three of those bands had in common? They didn't give a fuck about the foreign market until they "made it" in their home country. The GazettE pretends the American continent doesn't exist and don't come here. I still can't find albums before Withering to death. in American stores.
 
Nocturnal Bloodlust have been around for what, three or four years? How many indie bands in Japan have been around for seven or eight years and still haven't been signed to a major label? How many just made it? Did they not do their research on visual kei before diving in? Not many VK bands accelerate to superstardom status in four years.
 
Placing things on iTunes for purchase, opening doors to fanclubs, etc. are all things other visual kei bands should be doing because it doesn't require a lot of effort and the returns are valuable. However, all those CD sales and MP3 purchases still translate into money that's only going to be used for advertising and concerts in Japan. If you don't have the budget to advertise overseas, then you aren't ready to go there yet. And when you factor in our inability to attend their concerts in person, buy their merchandise in person, support them in person, then our sales are but a miniscule portion of whatever revenue they get. We aren't that important. Yet.
 
But they realize our importance. If they don't stop activities some time in the near future, they'll get places.

@ rasai
 
you're doing a good job assuming everything about lack of sales/having to work multiple jobs is unique for bijuaru kei
CD sales account for a very small number of overall monetary income in music ( http://www.bearshare.com/economic-of-music.html - good info on itunes sales value, btw)
if a VK musician has to work for 7-11, instead of composing music/doing sound work for TV/radio/advertising - so be it.
also, western musicians do not have the luxury of being employed at a host-clubs bc they r not kawai enough ^.^
 
I am not saying that surviving in vk is cheap and easy and there's no reason to be concerned with music piracy, but nokubura doesn't have enough merit to call people out, their music is below average even on the very small vk scene scale.
 
> However, it isn't unheard of for bands to play on the promise of being paid when they arrive..
 
try getting paid gigs/having a sustainable career in performance art. this is not unique for music, and the only reason this happens is because bands allow being exploited.
 
ps: please work on concision and overall delivery of your points, ty.

Anvil: The Story of Anvil - Documentary about an old Canadian heavy metal band who still hasn't quite made it big (tho they enjoyed moderate success in the '80s). Very interesting look into the personal lives of the band members, how they still keep going and still hoping to get the recognition they deserve. It's all a bit sad really, but filled with both funny and stressful moments. The ending is nice!

I guess you've seen them if you'e into splatter films, but a few recommendations anyway:
 
Blood Feast
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Color Me Blood Red
The Wizard of Gore
The Gore Gore Girls
 
All made by Herschell Gordon Lewis, known for making Blood Feast, the first ever real splatter film. All these are early examples of splatter films, but amazing classics nonetheless. These are mandatory if you're into splatters.

Nah, there hasn't been many new films in the vein of the 70's and early 80's cannibal films. It's a forgotten subgenre of exploitation. Shame to be honest. The only one I can think of is Nella terra dei cannibali, but I haven't seen it. And the guy behind this film also remade Cannibal Holocaust, but it's supossed to be shit.
 
Anyway, for cannibal films check out these:
 
1. Cannibal Ferox (9/10)
2. Eaten Alive (9/10)
3. The Mountain of the Cannibal God (8,5/10)
4. Ultimo mondo cannibale (8/10)
5. The Man from the Deep River (7/10)
 
 
You also have films such as Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals, Cannibal Apocalypse, Papaya, Love Goddess of the Cannibals and more, but these are more for the hardcore fans of the genre I think.
 
But keep in mind that I am almost uncritical to everything exploitation before the 90's, so I might be a bit biased.

It depends on what you like and what you want to see.
The original series (59-64) is often considered one of the best TV-series of all time, and one of the most influential ones. But it's an old one, and you need to be one that can enjoy things old. I haven't seen all of it myself, but from what I've seen I consider it a must-see. It's an anthology television series, so trying it out won't hurt you. The episode sin the first 3 seasons are 25 minutes long, so it won't take too much of your time if you wouldn't end up enjoying it.
The first revival (85-89) is also worth watching from what I've seen, but not nearly as good as the original one. But for people who don't want to dive into things from the 60's it's sure worth a try. Longer episodes in the first seasons, though.
However, The Twilight Zone isn't a pure horror series, though. It's mostly a mix of sci-fi, horror, fantasy, psychologial thriller and suspense. But I love what I've seen. Planning on watching everything of ourse.

First of all, keep in mind that I have not seen all of these films, but I do believe these are films in the vein of Saw and Cube.
 
Unknown
W Delta Z (The Killing Gene)
La habitación de Fermat
Haze
Das Experiment
Identity
Exam
The Killing Room
Se7en
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
 
There is also an episode of The Twilight Zone (from 1961) called Five Characters In Search of an Exit, which I am 100% was the main inspiration for Cube. It's only 25 minutes long, but it is an an absolutely killer episode. Well worth your time, even if you're not that into this old stuff.
 
So yeah, Se7en, Identity and Das Experiment isn't exactly the same, but they have much of the same in it and the first time I saw Saw and Cube I was remembered of these films among others. They're playful, demented and damn good films. The psychologial aspect of these films have a lot in common with Saw and Cube.

Then don't try live off your music. It's fully possible to make music, release music, tour a lot around the world and keep regular jobs. Thousands and thousands of bands from all over the world does that every single year. You cannot start a band in the 2000's and expect to live off your music.

This man is 92 years old today:

 

 
Not only that, this man is so awesome he's got birthday on the same as Vincent fucking Price (and my mom!). Jesus, that is awesome!
 
Releasing a new album around these days as well:
 


 
I have around 5 Gods, and this man is one of them. Amazing human being! Congrats, and all hail Sir Christopher Lee!

Yes, of course. But if a band has found their "style" (= something they'e great at), and keep releasing the same, high quality stuff over and over, is there any need for improvement or changes, even small ones? I can only speak for myself, but if a band does something perfectly and manages to write good songs, I don't need any changes at all. It's obviously hard to keep writing interesting songs if you just do the same over and over and don't take any step to the right and add something new, but a lot of bands have done that just fine and that's great. Apokalyptic Raids are one of these bands that just keeps making the same music following the same formula, but they execute it perfectly so there's no need for any changes at all. Fastkill, Coffins and Kagrra (later in the career) are other bands who did the same. You just know exactly what you're getting long before you hear anything from the album, but despite the predictable aspect of it, you're always damn pleased with the new albums because the quality is always top notch. And in cases like that, there's no need for changes at all in my ears.
 
And just because you have learnt something, doesn't mean you automatically can use what learnt and improve on anything. Using what you have learnt can easily be just as destroying as helping.

You've got to be blind not to see the similarity between the glam scene and old visual kei scene. Also, you do know that Kiss didn't become a glam inspired band before around 83, after they removed their black & white make-up, right? This is what Kiss looked like after they began flirting with the glam-scene, but they were never an actual glam band, thugh:
 

Would you care to exlain why and how any of those videos would be shocking to anyone? What's shocking with them? Because I fail to see it to be honest.

A Band Called Death - In the 70's three black brothers decided they wanted to play rock 'n' roll that was out of this would heavy. They enjoyed acts such as Alice Copper and The Who and wanted to play that kind of music. These guys came from Detroit, and being black, it was all about the Motown sound. These guy enjoyed those hits, but wanted to play something else. This was not accepted by the people in the area. Playing loud, noisy music in your bedroom weren't what people liked around here. But these guys didn't give a fuck and did what they wanted. They called their band Death, and at this time, it was not well recieved. Lots of people were interested, but no-one would release anything by a band called Death. They were offered a record deal worth 20k but one member, but only if they changed their name. One member, the leader of the band, said no to that. He was not interested. "If you give them the title to our band, then you might as well give them everything else..." And because of that these guys struggled and soon disappeared. 35 years later their debut album got released, and it is not a cult-classic and a prime example of protopunk. This isn't a documentary about a bands' bitterness or jealosy. Not even close. This is about family, to stand for what you believe and do what you want. Don't give in. One of the members of the band, the leader, didn't get to see their first album released as he had died by then. But this documentary offers interviews with the two other members, their families and some fans, as well as Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins (Black Flag) and Questlove (THe Roots) among others.
 
David Hackney was a prime example of how a musician should be. Don't give in and don't fucking compromise, even if it means you won't get your record out there. Legend!
 
This is a mustsee for anyone into rock, punk or just a damn good story.
 
PS: Their debut album, ...For The Whole World To See, was released in 2009 and is bloody brilliant. Hard and heavy protopunk that preceded the likes of The Ramones, Bad Brains and Sex Pistols. Check out Politicians In My Eyes. That chorus, man. Jesus christ!
 
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - The first one was really enjoyable, but this is a couple of steps up. You don't get much of Channing Tatum, none Joseph Gordon-Levitt and non-stop action. Good? No. Entertaining? Fuck yeah! Cheesy as fuck!

Awesome, Jigsy, and a bit surprising.
 







 
You'll find a shitload of behind the scenes pictures from all kinds of movies, but I've got a weak spot for behind the scenes pictures from Godzilla flicks. So much awesomeness! Some of the best behind the scenephos along with the ones from Metropolis.

So, watched the 1954 Godzilla the last night. It was nice. It actually surprised me how much more screen time Godzilla got in contrast to the latest movie, lol. Nice atmosphere, and there wasn't many boring scenes. Also, I just realized the little homage in the 2014 flick: both movies had a Dr Serizawa.

If you're gonna dive into the old Godzilla films, you should check out some other old school kaiju films as well just for the cool cheese factor. Frankenstein Conquers the World is quite entertaining, for example

I just read that writing from Fischer a few hours ago. Very nice and thoughtful. Been spinnin' Triptykon's releases lately, Giger's art complemented the music perfectly.
 
Anyway, not to veer off topic too much: saw the new Godzilla yesterday in IMAX 3D. It was an average movie, albeit gorgeous in the visuals. I expected a lot more Godzilla footage, instead they showed those lame-ass other monsters more. Shame. Anyway, the last 40 minutes almost made up for it. An okay-ish experience.
 
Also, I'm planning to watch the whole franchise in chronological order in the future. Should be fun. I only ever saw the American remake, the Biollante one and like 10 mins from the King Kong one. xD

Checked out this band Vallenfyre today because I saw that their new album is out. Only listened through once (to both albums), but I'm certainly likin' what I'm hearin'. Nice rough old-school influenced doomy death metal with some faster bits sprinkled here and there. They're supposed to be a "supergroup" of sorts, I've heard - some dude from Paradise Lost is in it, I dunno (I don't listen to the 'Lost). Anyway, recommended for fans of gritty dark metal!
 

Yeah, it was. Such a shame. The man is nothing short of a legend.
 


Played that album earlier today actually, a few hours before I got news about this. What a man!

Oh well that's pretty much a given since it's not you yourself as an individual that decides if a game is an modern classic but more a collective group of people. Pretty much the game needs to be acknowledged by more than just yourself to be considered a modern classic, and in that case acknowledgement doesn't always equal enjoyment as you pointed out. Which means that there is two ways to decide if a game is a modern classic, one; the emotion or feeling of enjoyment that you have while playing a game, and two; Acknowledgement of a game's quality whether or not you particularly like the game. But of course there is another factor, that factor being the collective agreement between many persons on the aforementioned points. At least that's how i see it, since no one person should be able to declare a game is a modern classic or not... it should be many people in agreement that should be the definite.
 
Ah yes glad to hear it's gotten better for you... can't really say i enjoyed the "helpful elements" of the game either, I don't mind some hand holding in my games but there's a point where enough is enough.