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Active member of alternative underground scene and culture since early 1990-ies. Underground is a way of life!
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(record review)THE DREADNOUGHTS-“Foreign Skies”

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The Dreadnoughts are hailing from Vancouver, Canada and they are known as being the drunkest and baddest celtic folk punk there. That was enough for me to read and I knew that I had to check out their record. So, I listened to it and here is the review!

2017 - Foreign Skies

The album contains 12 songs and the whole album is dedicated to those who survived the World War 1  and to those who unfortunately did not make it. But, also you can say that the songs show lyrically and musically the whole absurdity, horror and sorrow of war. After atmospheric opener “Up High”, the title track brings us the faster and melodic track made for moshing, pogo and hugging the sweaty kid next to you in the pit in front of the stage. The vocals are harsher but sung and they fit perfectly in the song structures. Musically, the band adds nothing new not heard before but still they offer some interesting changes in the songs that you dont expect like twists in a good movie. I still havent seen them play live but I could swear that this band is one hell of a fun live experience especially with some beers or wine in your system adding fuel to the fire. Top songs:”Foreign Skies”, “A Broken World”, “Black Letters”.

8/10

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Get the album: https://thedreadnoughts.bandcamp.com/album/foreign-skies

 

 

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(vintage horror movie)AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS(1973.)

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Everyone who is with this zine from the start knows my love for horror movies, horrorpunk and horror subculture. Here is one of the vintage horror movies from my collection that I have watched recently.

The story is almost classic: Young noble Charles Fengriffen and his wife Catherine marry and move to his old castle. On their wedding night Catherine gets attacked and raped by an invisible force. The strange events unravel around the castle and dead bodies pile up, and as the time for baby birth draws near, Catherine wonders…is she carrying demon child?

This movie has it all, the classic gothic story about the vengeful ghost, witchery and some gore as it was done in the 70-ies. If this was Italian horror by for example Lucio Fulci or similar authors, the gore scenes would surely be a lot more emphasized. This way, the movie heavily leans upon the atmosphere and the scary parts are shorter but more intense. From the viewpoint of modern horrror fans, this one looks ridicilous but from the point of Hammer horror fans or the fans of the movies like they were made back then this one is a decent flick.

The movie was directed by the experienced hand of Roy Ward Baker, known for other great horror movies of that time such as “Asylum”, “Monster Club” or “Vault of Horror”. The cast is awesome featuring horror movie legend Peter Cushing and also Herbert Lom and not to forget Patrick Magee or the beautiful Stephanie Beacham. If you are a fan of horror like this, you will love this one.