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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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(review) ThePicassos – Remember You Will Die

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I must admit that this is my first encounter with Michigan´s ThePicassos.

This is their new e.p. containing three songs. Memento Mori is a heavy atmospheric song, slow like doom metal meets garage punk in a way, yet with awesome horrorpunk melodic on chorus and all the heaviness is equal to foggy atmospheric parts, just made for strolling around in these Autumn times listening to this fine band. Scarecrows Lament is somehow sad song that brings melancholy in the listener with sombre and sad main vocal melodies backed up with backing vocals and is that banjo sound or I am mistaken? Puts you in the corn field in the middle of the night, was it rustling of the leaves or voices? The real gem and my favorite on this record is Queste Cose Sono Del Diavolo or These Things Are Of The Devil, superb doo wop influenced horror ballad just made for cruising under full moon aching for the times when you were still alive. Good e.p.

https://thepicassos.bandcamp.com/

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(movie review) Extraction is action shootout instant classic!

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Now, I have heard only praise for this one from others that watched it. I had no expectations, but boy, was I surprised. Chris Hemsworth plays Tyler, hardcore mercenary, he and his team are in a business of saving teenage boy, son of mafia boss, who was abducted by another boss to humiliate the father who is in prison.

Tyler and his crew come to the city and manage to save the boy, but then things go wrong and Tyler and the boy must shoot their way through the whole city to get to extraction point. Tyler must fight gangs, kids, police, special forces and mafia goons. Based upon graphic novel called Ciudad this  one is an instant classic for all fans of mindless shootout action packed movies in the vein of legendary Raid. This one is full of flying bullets, explosions, snipers, death and full on intense old school action movie. Hemsworth is ideal for such role of experienced yet traumatized mercenary, the villains are also great, typical for such movies and I really enjoyed this one. If you are a fan of such movies as Raid, go see this one you will not regret it.

8,5/10

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(review) Plot 13 – Sick ´R Treat

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Plot 13 are horrorpunk duo and this is their brand new release which contains 6 songs. This is a Haloween gift demo single which contains only cover songs done nicely. There are two Misfits songs(Halloween and I Turned Into A Martian), DieMonsterDie song(1000 Corpses Walk The Earth), Ramones song(Pet Sematary) and Murderdolls song(Summertime Suicide).  The vocals are nice, quite beautiful for horrorpunk band, music is done decently and I would definitely like to hear the band´s original material very soon, because I have a feeling that these guys could really be great in our beloved genre. Everyone has to begin somewhere and this is quite a nice beginning, so support and listen, also write a word or two to the guys, I am sure they will appreciate it.

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