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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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(news-new single) Melodic hardcore DARKO released new single!

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Over a raucous decade, DARKO have by definition, become veterans of the UK Punk scene and it is not uncommon to see them standing as an essential name within the intricate and complex world of contemporary Punk and Hardcore.

The band, urgent and charged with conviction, are set to continue championing and contributing to the health of the very scene that birthed them as they pen the narrative of their new chapter.

In 2020, longtime voicebox Dan Smith returned to his native Australia and parted ways with the band after so long in the vox seat. Dan’s evocative, emphatic and emotional lyricisms have left quite the legacy throughout the band’s releases. Darko’s four other noisemakers have curated a backdrop of vicious, hybridised Skate Punk and Melodic Hardcore that has been pushed beyond itself across thirty countries. 

Darko have now enlisted longtime touring compadre Tom West of UK shredders, Almeida. The band have never hid from what ails them or the society they inhabit but with West at the vocal helm now and forgoing the complacent societal padding forced upon us all, his lyrical discomfort has spurred the band’s most unbarred barrage yet. 

Darko’s evolution is tied to their past but with threads so long that there is an abundance of slack to play with. Notes of Polar Bear Club, Mastodon, A Wilhelm Scream, Protest The Hero, Rise Against and Propagandhi can all be savoured in their contemporary flavour profile. 

Rob, Chris, Karl, Andy and now Tom have come together to the highest degree, poised and proud to show you a reimagined, powerful and determined Darko.

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DARKO are:Tom West – Vocals Rob Piper- Guitar / Backing Vocals Chris Brown- Guitar / Backing Vocals Karl Sursham- Bass / Backing Vocals Andy Borg- Drums
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(movie review) Death on the Nile (2022) is a total utter failure!

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I watched Kenneth Branagh´s rendition of Orient Express Agatha Christie classic couple of years ago and I must admit, although the movie had stellar line-up and promising to be a nice enjoyable experience, I felt disappointed and the movie was absolutely nothing to remember. Nice to see, but you forget it instantly after watching it.

Now, I was surprised how Branagh directed a ‘sequel’ which is loose word, having a new story, only incorporating character of legendary detective Hercule Poirot again and being a rendition of another great novel and I still remember the tv movie with awesome Peter Ustinov in the role of Poirot. He is still for me the best Poirot, although David Suchet played him decently in tv series. So, I was surprised how low can you go with this one. Starting with action in WWI? WTF? Explaining why Poirot wears his pride mustache?! The story moves from the mud drenched trenches to Egypt, where our hero enjoys his boat cruise along with newly wedded couple of rich heiress and her husband. Then murders start to happen and it is up to Poirot to discover and bring murderer to justice. Hmmm. The story is far from the novel and if you are into that novel, you will be angry for all the changes made in this movie. Also, line-up is again stellar, but only Gal Gadot was up to the task and I felt sorry and I was into her character and could relate to her somehow. Kenneth Branagh as Poirot just doesn´t fit to me, he somehow has no chemistry with character, somehow just becomes a parody of himself.

There is absolutely no tension in two thirds of the movie and it is just too long with to much slow parts when you await for the first murder to happen and that things somehow start evolving into crime story. I understand that they somehow tried to build up relations between key characters but that just did not work for me. The ending was somehow predictable and although they imagined it as kinda twist it was not really a surprise.

Conclusion: Just poor and it did not work for me.

Tension/Story: 3/10

Acting: 5/10 (Gal Gadot)

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(featured band) DE LIMANOS – Novi Sad punx hit the scene with their great new single!

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They are a new punk rock band in Novi Sad scene. 

About the band:

De Limanos were conceived in Novi Sad in the fall of 2021 and the band consists of former Atheist Rap, Blitzkrieg, Mitesers, Lazarath…members. They are all buddies from same neighbourhood in Novi Sad- Liman by which the band was named.

They recently released new single:

Check out also their YouTube channel with such great songs and instant hits like this one: